Search Results: Morris and Kelmscott Press Reference from MRM Books

London: The Studio Publications, 1914. First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 11 5/8" × 8 1/2" (29.5 × 21.6 cm) . First Printing. Edited by Charles Holme. Large 4to. Bound in publisher's original hardcover Gray paper boards with dark tan cloth spine and paper label. 276 pp. Fully illustrated, with examples of typography, printed pages, and bindings from Britain (William Morris's Kelmscott Press and its influence in reviving the art of the fine Private Press), Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, and America. Very fine, full-sized, letterpress reproduction of the first page of the Kelmscott Chaucer and examples from other Kelmscott books. Top right cover corner bumped. Some yellowing to internal pages but no foxing. Condition overall: Good+.

New York: Oriole Editions, 1971. First Edition. hardcover. As New/As New. 10 1/4" × 7 1/4" (26 × 18.4 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Large 4to. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with beige linen spine and blue title to spine. Printed on fine, heavy paper. 86. Before William Morris created his Kelmscott press and designed his own types, he and Edward Burne-Jones attempted to collaborate on an edition of THE EARTHLY PARADISE together. They eventually gave up, in part, because they could not find type that was in harmony with the illustrations. Includes numerous illustrations and sketches by Edward Burne-Jones. In a tan dust jacket with dark blue title to spine and front panel. Tight binding. Bookplate of William and Mary Graf detached and tipped in. Dust jacket condition: As New. Condition overall: As New.

New York: Oriole Editions, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. . Near Fine/As New. 10 1/4" × 7 1/4" (26 × 18.4 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Large 4to. Bound in publisher's original Hardcover. quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with beige linen spine and blue title to spine. Printed on fine, heavy paper. 86 pp. Before William Morris created his Kelmscott press and designed his own types, he and Edward Burne-Jones attempted to collaborate on an edition of THE EARTHLY PARADISE together. They eventually gave up, in part, because they could not find type that was in harmony with the illustrations. Includes numerous illustrations and sketches by Edward Burne-Jones. In a tan dust jacket with dark blue title to spine and front panel. Housed in a tan paper covered slipcase. Tight binding. Minimal damage to tan paper of slipcase at bottom of spine and at front bottom. Dust jacket condition: As New. Condition overall: Near Fine.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements.… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements. Includes… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements. Includes… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements.… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements.… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Fine. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements. Includes… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements.… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Fine. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements. Includes… Read More

Irish University Press: T.M. MacGlinchey, 1969. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 8 1/4" × 5 7/8" (21 × 14.9 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Thus. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by Robert Hogg. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter light green paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. Colophon and printer's device. [iv] + 70 + [1, colophon] + [1, blank] pp. A reproduction of the Kelmscott edition of 1898, this edition was "Reprinted MCMLXIX by photolithography in the Republic of Ireland at the Irish University Press. T M Mac Glinchey Publisher Robert Hogg Printer." printed in black and red in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press, with 5 pages in the Troy and Chaucer types he designed. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red.The frontispiece, "Psyche Borne off by Zephyrus," designed by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, was engraved by William Morris for a projected edition of The Earthly Paradise in the 1860s and was… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1898. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/4" × 5 5/8" × 7/16" (21 × 14.3 × 1.1 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by William Morris, and sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 525 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 12 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [iv], 70 pp., [1, colophon], [1, blank]. Printed in black and red throughout with the Golden type designed by Morris for his press, with 5 pages in the Troy and Chaucer types he designed. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. The frontispiece, "Psyche Borne… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1898. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 8 1/4" × 5 5/8" × 7/16" (21 × 14.3 × 1.1 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by William Morris and sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 525 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 12 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [iv] + 70 + [1, colophon] + [1, blank] pp. Printed in black and red throughout with the Golden type designed by Morris for his press, with 5 pages in the Troy and Chaucer types he designed. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. The frontispiece, "Psyche… Read More

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/none. 13" × 9" × 2 1/2" (33 × 22.9 × 6.4 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by Copifyer Lithograph Corporation. Small Folio. Bound in publisher's original hardcover blind-stamped cream leatherette, by The Press of the World Publishing Company, in imitation of the alum tawed pigskin binding design for the book by Morris and executed by Douglas Cockerell at the Doves Bindery. Gilt titles to spine. Printed on fine, thick and heavy, in imitation of the original Kelmscott paper paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and special printer's device designed by Morris especially for this book. [xx], 554 pp. Includes a new introduction by John T. Winterich and a glossary for the modern reader. Often called "The Most Beautiful Book Ever Published," William Morris's acclaimed masterpiece, "THE KELMSCOTT… Read More