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News from Nowhere: or, An Epoch of Rest. Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance.
by Morris, William (1834–1896)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890. First Trade Edition/Author's Edition. hardcover. Good+. . Walter Crane. First Printing. Illustrated by Walter Crane. Printed by University Press, John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. Small 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover crimson buckram with gilt lettering and gilt stamping to front board, illustrated by Walter Crane, title to cover in white, spine panel stamped in gold, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in yellow-green. [i–v] vi [7] 8–278 [279–280: ads] [1] pp; 2–8: reviews of Morris's The House of the Wolfings. A cornerstone of science fiction and utopian literature. This is a stated, "author's edition;" but it was actually an unauthorized printing taken from its original 1890 printing in COMMONWEAL. Reeves & Turner published the first true authorized trade edition in 1891, with additional content. Morris's Kelmscott Press printed is edition in 1892/3, "... NEWS FROM NOWHERE is not, as has so often been said, a turning back to an earlier kind of civilization, but rather a look forward to what might be when men once more assert better control over the things they have themselves created—whether it be society itself or the machines which are so much a part of that society." Lewis, UTOPIAN LITERATURE, pp. 134–36. Previous owner, book publisher, Oswald Train's bookplate to front pastedown. Front hinge cracked at title page. Damage to lower fore edge of the rear board. Light dust soiling to page edges. Fore edge of front cover has a small indentation. Condition overall: Good+.
Synopsis
News from Nowhere (1890) is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. In the book, the narrator, William Guest, falls asleep after returning from a meeting of the Socialist League and awakes to find himself in a future society based on common ownership and democratic control of the means of production.
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- Bookseller
- MRM Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1169
- Title
- News from Nowhere
- Author
- Morris, William (1834–1896)
- Illustrator
- Walter Crane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition/Author's Edition
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- Bookseller catalogs
- Morris First Editions;
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I'm a collector and seller of fine books focused on works written and/or printed by William Morris, especially books from his famed Kelmscott Press.
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