Description: Gray-blue paper over boards, with titling on spine, reprinted Kelmscott Press printer's mark on the front cover. Octavo: 23 × 15 cm; pp. x, [2], 34, [1]. Portrait frontispiece and 2 plates engraved by John de Pol.

Ref.: Walsdorf, The Yellow Barn Press, A16

Condition: Spine lightly sunned, else a very good, bright and clean copy.

Notes: This copy is identical to the letterpress copies of the original edition. Walsdorf writes that the lecture from which the text of this book is taken is one of the 'most balanced, nonpartisian appraisals of Morris as a printer.'

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Bookseller: Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints (CH)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000282
Title: William Morris: Master-Printer.
Author: Colebrook, Frank (ed.); Peterson, William S. (ed.)
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yellow Barn Press
Place of Publication: Council Bluffs, IA
Date Published: 1989
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs: Private Press; Arts, Art History; Bibliography, Book Arts;

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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....