[Yellow Barn Press] Peterson, William S., editor; John de Pol, illustrator

The Kelmscott Golden Legend: A Documentary History of its Production Together with a Leaf From the Kelmscott Edition

Council Bluffs, IA: The Yellow Barn Press and the University of Maryland at College Park, 1990. Hard Cover. 153 of 170 copies. The University of Maryland received its William Morris collection from Jack Walsdorf in 1985. It included a leaf from a disbound copy of the Kelmscott Press Golden Legend. Each of the leaves is now included in a leaf book by Kelmscott Press scholar, William Peterson, who compiled a history of the printing of this work by the press. Following the history, Mr. Walsdorf tells how he acquired disbounded leaves. Includes facsimilies of the original prospectus and a letter to Quaritch from Morris. Frontispiece wood engraving of William Morris by John de Pol. 4to. Bound in grey cloth with black and gold spine label. Slight bump to lower right of spine otherwise in fine condition. Interior is also fine. Printed on Batchelor Paper from 1940 with Monotype Bembo type. Press work by Neil Shaver using a Vandercook III. 44 pages. MORRIS/051412. Fine.