William Morris and His Earthly Paradises

Marshall, Roderick

ISBN 10: 0807610097 / ISBN 13: 9780807610091

Published by George Braziller, New York, 1981

About this Item

Author Marshall's attempt to portray the interior and spiritual side of the poet, artist, and socialist. 315 pp. plus index. 11 illustrtions. Another ISBN number (0807610127) appears on rear dust-jacket flap. Small black mark (possible remainder?) on bottom edge of text block - otherwise a clean copy with no names or marks. Unclipped, mylar-covered dust-jacket has light soiling, an old price sticker on blank rear panel, and edgewear, including a 1 by 1.5 inch chip at bottom of front panel.

Seller Inventory # 004538

Bibliographic Details

• Title: William Morris and His Earthly Paradises
• Publisher: George Braziller, New York
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807610097
• ISBN 13: 9780807610091
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Biography, Criticism, & Interest
  • Architecture & Design

About this title

Synopsis

Davies's astonishing chronicle of his attempt, at age fifty, to find a wife reveals, with honesty and candor, how the noted British poet searched for the right partner in the streets of London at the close of World War I

About the Author

W. H. Davies (1871-1940) was a Welsh poet and writer who spent a significant part of his life as a vagabond in the United Kingdom and United States. He began publishing his own poetry in 1905 and became a popular poet in his time, mixing with leading figures of society.