The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman by SPARLING, H. HALLIDAY - 1924

Paperback / softback. New.

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

Hardback. New.

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

Fookestone, Kent: Wm Dawson. 1975. First Edition. Fine, bookplate, 77 pp, review copy .

London: Macmillan and Co., 1924. First Edition . Quarter Cloth. G to Vg. Bound in quarter canvas-style, oatmeal coloured cloth, boards covered in grey paper, printed paper label, b/w frontis, " William Morris " at his desk, 16 b/w plates, 177pp. The author was a close colleague of Morris working with him as co-editor of the " Commonweal " and aiding his with his work on ancient manuscripts. " Nearly every Kelmscott Press book was either a work by Morris or one of his old farourites, long valued, whose production in decent-seeming form was an act of love ". An appendix to this book by Sydney C Cockerell provides the reader with, " an annotated list of the books printed at the Press ". Condition of the text is vg.

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, 1924. First edition. Linen spine with stains, else VG. Bookplate of Faith Mary Lampard. First edition. ix (i), 177p. (ii, ads). Illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece and 16 images on 14 plates as issued. Bound in the publisher's binding of quarter linen over blue boards. Extra printed spine label tipped in rear.

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1924. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 5". Various. The first edition of this interesting in-depth study of the founding and production of the Kelmscott Press, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A fascinating study on the founding of the Kelmscott Press.The Kelmscott Press was founded by William Morris and Emery Walker, publishing fifty-three books between 1891 and 1898. All books were limited edition works, issued as part of the Gothic revival movement.Though the Press closed shortly after Morris' death, the Press had a huge influence on book production.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixteen plates.Collated, complete.Written by H. Halliday Sparling.William Morris was a noted Victorian textile designer, artist, and poet, largely associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement, and the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He was one of the most significant cultural figures of the century.Rebound in an institutional cloth binding. Labels to the… Read More

London: Macmillan. FINE book. 1st ed. Paper title label tipped in @ book's end.. 1924. 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book. REBOUND, closely matching the original BUT: title stamped in gilt directly on spine, rather than on a paper label. . 9"x6", ix,177,2pp. A fine rebind but no binder's ticket. Two types of very minor flaws. (1) the first & last 2 original leaves are faintly aged, (2) the fore & bottom margins of the last 3 original leaves faintly damp stained. (3) Ink of laid in inked note has transferred to p 32. Note bo longer there. (4) Few foxed spots on scatttered leaves. FLAWLESS BOOK otherwise. It stays closed when stood on its spine. All three deckle edges white as new. COMES WITH a 68p exhibition catalog "William Morris and the Kelmscott Press". A 1994 U of Scranton exhibit of 122 items of the Walsdorf Morris collection. The photo of this catalog is taken against the backdrop of the tipped in, extra, title paper label. .