The Quest - Volume Ones and Two (Numbers 1 to 6)

Hardback, with recent calf spine over marbled paper covered boards. 22.5 x 18.5cm. Volumes One and Two bound into a single volume, containing all six issues published. 1894-1896. Number 59 of the first edition of 300 copies. Bound without wraps. [4], 46pp; 52pp; 48pp; 144pp, [4]. Woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments by Edmund Hort New, Charles M. Gere, A J. Gaskin, although most members of the Guild made contributions. Issue number 4 starts with an article by William Morris - 'Gossip about and old house on the Upper Thames' , referring to Kelmscott Manor with illustrations by Edmund New. The divisional title for the second volume and contents list for this volume have been bound at the front of the book. A small scuff to the spine. A touch of off-setting. A very few marginal spots and occasional toning to pages edges but generally a very clean copy.