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The Works (of William Morris): Architecture, Industry and Wealth: Collected Papers by William Morris
by Morris, William (1834–1896)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1902. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 11 5/8" × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) . First Thus. Printed by Chiswick Press. Large 4to. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with blue linen spine and paper title label. One of 315 (of which 300 were for sale) copies. Printed on fine, hand-made, W M and floral watermarked paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iii], 106, [ii], 100, [iii] pp. Part of a William Morris series comprising eight large quarto books printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by Morris for his Kelmscott Press, 1901–1902. First gathered together and printed here. Chapter headings in red and some notes in red, with shoulder notes in black. Finished on the 23rd day of June, 1902. Label cracked but intact. The paper-covered boards have some fading. Corners bumped. No edge toning. Spine uniformly faded from blue to brown-grey, showing wear at the head and foot with some cracking at cloth hinge. Small red stain to back board. Square and solidly bound. Completely free from the usual spotting and foxing of a book this age. The very slightest offsetting to endpapers, with internal pages pristine, clean, white, and crisp. All in all, the book is attractive and very well-preserved. A very handsome copy, indeed. Unopened. Condition overall: Good+.
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- Bookseller
- MRM Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1185
- Title
- The Works (of William Morris): Architecture, Industry and Wealth
- Author
- Morris, William (1834–1896)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 11 5/8" × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- William Morris, Virgil, Aeneid, Aeneas, Trojan, Chiswick Press, Kelmscott Press, classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press;
Terms of Sale
MRM Books
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About the Seller
MRM Books
Biblio member since 2017
Los Angeles, California
About MRM Books
I'm a collector and seller of fine books focused on works written and/or printed by William Morris, especially books from his famed Kelmscott Press.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
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- Unopened
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- Fine
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- Edges
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- Hinge
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
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