Get Out or Get in Line
Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1902. Paperback. VG in brown wraps with black and red lettering on cover; slight foxing throughout; pp. 10; dimensions: 8 1/4 x 5 1/4. Books on Books. MOR111170. Very Good. More
Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1902. Paperback. VG in brown wraps with black and red lettering on cover; slight foxing throughout; pp. 10; dimensions: 8 1/4 x 5 1/4. Books on Books. MOR111170. Very Good. More
East Aurora, N.Y. The Roycrofters, 1934. Hardcover. 2nd Printing. Very good minus. Beatiful full soft brown leather with only minor chipping to head of spine. 8vo., detailed gilt title to cover. B/W photographic endpapers; front inner hinge is cracked and leather of binding partially detached from top half of textblock; rear inner hinge is tight. Interior is clean, text bright. Textblock is tightly bound; frontis., bookmark. 142 pp. Literature. MOR/7103. Very Good -. More
Incline Press, (2010). Limited to 50 copies. A quote from William Morris: "My work is the embodiment of dreams in one form or another" printed in black with red floral decorations. Printed by Graham Moss at the Incline Press. Fine. More
New York: Dover Publications, 1973. This publication is part of the Dover Pictorial Archives Series. It includes 100 full-page reproductions of pages from the original Kelmscott Chaucer in black and white. Octavo. Paper wrappers with William Morris design in purple and black on front cover, plus an illustration and title in white. Purple spine with title in black. Top and bottom of front cover are faded, and edges of cover show wear, including at top of spine. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Pages are bright and clean. 112 pages. MOR/013124. More
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892. This monumental three volume work was one of the early achievements of the renowned Kelmscott Press. This is a single sheet from the book (pages 521-522 from Volume II) with two ten-line and one six-line beautiful ornamental initials designed by William Morris. Printed in Golden type on Flower paper. Small chips and light browning to margins otherwise very good condition. PRI/120518. Very Good. More
London: William Morris Society, 1999. Paperback. The Kelmscott Lecture 1996. Side-stapled in white paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Slight rust to staples, else clean and bright. 23 pages. MOR/080515. Fine. More
Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press, 2006. Softcover. In this book the author posits that William Morris had a romantic attachment to his sister Emma and that it destroyed his marriage to Jane Burden. Softcover with a pictorial cover and title in white to spine. Slightest evidence of handling. Inserted is the publisher's prospectus and order form, Near fine condition. Measures 6 x 9 inches. 140 pages. MORRIS.122723. Near Fine. More
London: William Morris Society, 2007. Paperback. A lecture delivered at the South Kensington Museum on 4th March 1926. Cream side-stapled paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Clean and bright with 5 illustrations. 16 pages. MOR/080515. Fine. More
London: William Morris Society, 1961. Paperback. Very good in yellow paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Minor wear to edges of wrappers and minor chipping to head of spine. Clean and bright. Bumping to head of spine. 30 pages. MOR/080515. Very Good. More
NY; Taplinger Publishing, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean, tight interior. Green illustrated dust jacket with white title to spine. Spine panel of jacket slightly faded to turquoise color. Index, 432 pages. MOR/113006. Fine in very good Plus dj. More
London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd, 1947. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. A "sympathetic biography" of Morris from the vantage point of fifty years after his death. Bright green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. Off white illustrated dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Light soiling to dust jacket as well as light creasing to head of spine panel. Sixteen illustrations. 229 pages. MOR/051306. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. More
Bracketpress, 2008. Hard Cover. 1 of 60 copies printed for subscribers to the Incline Press. This essay, first written for the Idler, appeared in issue No. 41 - The Q.I. Issue, published on the fist day of May 2008. Fine in grey cloth backed grey paper covered boards with black title to front board. Pristine interior printed in Morris Golden type with Morris ornaments and frontispiece illustration by Edward Burne-Jones (reprinted from 'A Dream of John Ball and A King's Lesson' by William Morris) on Zerkall edelweiss halbmatt paper. Includes a laid-in 4 page facsimile letter by Morris. 13 pages. MOR/121216. Fine. More
London: William Morris Society, 1987. Paperback. Kelmscott lecture 1985. Fine in orange paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Side-stapled with rust to staples. Clean and bright with illustrations. 24 pages. MOR/080515. Fine. More
New York: Oriole Editions, 1973. Hardcover. "May Morris' 'Introductions' to each of the twenty-four volumes of the 'Collected Works of William Morris' have become classics in themselves as well as illuminating and informative guides to her father's unique place in the art, literature and public affairs of his time. Among many other things, the 'Introductions' contain letters, conversations and accounts of people and events, not found in any other collection of William Morris materials or sources, which provide an opening to the variety, the scope and the meaning of the work of William Morris and his circle; an opening indeed on a large and most significant segment of the English cultural and intellectual movements of the second half of the nineteenth century. Gathered together in a separate work, the 'Introductions' will be readily accessible to a larger audience" (jacket). Both volumes are new in yellow cloth boards with red titles to spines and front covers. Pristine, tight interiors with illustrations. Brown dust jackets with black titles to spines and front covers. 761 pages. This set may require an extra shipping fee. MOR/080515. New / New. More
London: Longmans & Co., 1898. Hardcover. This interesting address offered advice to the students by which Morris himself lived: “...make yourself sure that you have in you the essentials of an artist before you study Art as a handicraft by which to earn your bread. But, again, if you are able to do this, & become a genuine handicraftsman, I congratulate you...for you belong to the only group of people in civilization which is really happy: Persons whose necessary daily work is inseparable from their greatest pleasure.” An exceptionally nice copy bound in blue paper boards with grey linen spine and title printed on cover. Light wear and slight darkening to edges of boards. Interior is bright and clean save for offsetting to the rear endpapers and a few brown spots on fore-edge. Pages are unopened. 25 pages. MOR/081712. Near Fine. More
London: Chiswick for Longmans, 1900. Hardcover. Two addresses by Morris about the protection of ancient buildings delivered in 1884 and 1893 (lectures 4 and unnumbered in the series). Bound in blue paper covered boards with dark blue linen spine and black title to front cover. There are several large chips to the cloth covering the spine. The spine is also sunned and frayed; however, the boards remain securely attached. Wear, browning, and rubbing to boards and edges. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown and offsetting to endpage. Printed with Morris's Golden Type on fine mouldmade papers. 50 pages. MOR/042513. Very Good. More
New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in black cloth covered boards with beige title label to spine. Minor rubbing to boards and minor bumping to corners and spine ends, Minor browning and rubbing to title label. Light foxing to end pages and light browning to edges of pages. Else is clean and bright. 376 pages + ads. MOR/122910. Very Good. More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870. Hardcover. First American Edition. Very good minus in green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Wear and fraying to spine ends, bumped corners, and rubbing to boards. Title page is chipped along edges and a few other pages have chipped corners. The interior is browned along the edges. Includes frontis with tissue guard. 382 pages plus 36 pages Tribute to William Morris plus 4 pages of ads. MOR/101010. Very Good. More
New York: The Grolier Club, 1996. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. A beautiful limited edition of 750 copies published to note the centenary of Morris's death. Printed by the Stinehour Press. Bound in rust colored paper covered boards with a Morris design. Cream linen spine with gold title. An enlarged and corrected version, designed and typeset by William Peterson, who also wrote the book's introduction. In addition to The Note with Morris's thoughts on paper, fonts, and book design, there are two sections reprinting Sydney Cockerell's history of the Kelmscott Press and an annotated list of books published by the press. Includes several illustrations. Pristine. 78 pages. MOR/051306. New. More
New York: Charles Scribners' Sons, 1896. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor wear to spine ends and edges. Minor browning to edges of interior, though text remains bright. The page edges are untrimmed and there is chipping to the edges of many pages. Tight binding. 169 pages. MOR/021307. Very Good. More
New York: n.p., 1927. Hardcover. One of 245 copies privately printed for George A. Nelson as a Christmas keepsake. This George Nelson may be the American socialist who was the 1936 Socialist candidate for Vice-President of the United States, here reprinting a poem by famed British Socialist William Morris. Bound in blue paper boards with a white paper spine and title label affixed to front cover. In near fine condition. Housed in a white cardboard box with blue paper lid. Book measures 5 x 8 inches. Unpaginated [4 pages]. MOR/112918. Near Fine. More
London: William Morris Society, 2004. Paperback. Reprinted from the Co-operative Wholesale Societies Ltd England and Scotland Annual for 1890. This edition presents from the first time since 1890 the argument in the more powerful rhetorical tone that Morris felt appropriate for this original middle-class audience. It also contextualises the lecture by providing an appendix by Lional Young on 'The Nineteenth-Century Growth of Co-operatives.' Fine in white paper wrappers with red title to spine and front cover. Includes frontispiece illustration by Hans Holbein and illustration to front cover by Walter Crane. 83 pages. MOR/080415. Fine. More
London and New York: Journeyman / London History Workshop Centre, 1985. Paperback. "William Morris was the most prominent Victorian artist to embrace the new socialist movement of the 1880s, and his socialist diary one of the only two extended diaries he kept. The diary provides us with a highly accessible introduction to his political activities, and documents the energy and enthusiasm of his work for 'the social revolution', a commitment which strongly influenced the origins of British socialism. Florence Boos's carefully edited text is supplemented by many running notes and separate biographical sketches of fellow-workers in the early socialist movement whom Morris mentioned in the diary" (back cover). Fine in red paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Slight wear to corners of wrappers and slight yellowing to interior pages. Clean and bright. 75 pages. MOR/080515. Fine. More
William Morris Society, 2008. Paperback. "In his prescient essay 'Our Country Right or Wrong' (1880), William Morris stringently criticized 'false patriotism' as the enabler as well as byproduct of 'National Vain-glory, which is both begotten of ignorance and begets it ...; its great office is for ever to cry out for war without knowing what war means'" (back cover). Fine in cream paper wrappers with red title to spine and front cover. Clean and bright with12 illustrations and a reproduction of William Morris' manuscript to inside covers. 95 pages. MOR/080415. Fine. More
New York: William Morris Society in the United States, 1990. Paperback. Limited to 200 copies. Fine in blue paisley paper wrappers with black title to front panel. Side-stapled. Clean and bright with a facsimilie of the first page of Morris's manuscript of The Widow's House. 64 pages. MOR/080415. Fine. More