WILLIAM MORRIS LIST 2016 We have recently aquired a large collection of books printed by the William Morris Society and also many leaves from books printed by the Kelmscott Press. The following list includes a few highlights from our collection, some classic reference titles, books printed by the Morris Society, a few examples of the Kelmscott leaves we now have available, and more. In some cases additional images are available on our website (www. kelmscottbookshop.com). Please note that all books are subject to prior sale. We accept payment by credit card, US check, Paypal, and money order. Please add 6% sales tax if you are a Maryland resident. Shipping is $5 for media mail (5 - 15 days), $12 for priority mail (2 - 5 days), or $15 for Fedex Ground (2 - 5 days). International shipping will vary and will be billed at cost. All items may be returned for any reason, providing the buyer contacts us within two weeks of receiving the item. 1. Bliss, Anthony and Margaretta M. Lovell [exhibition arranged by]. William Morris, The Sanford and Helen Berger Collection. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library and the University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, 1984. This is a presentation copy inscribed from the Bergers. An illustrated exhibition catalog of Sanford and Helen Berger’s William Morris collection. The exhibition was held in 1984 at the Bancroft Library and University of California Art Museum in Berkeley, and featured 245 items including carpets, tapestry, textiles, wallpaper, ceramics, stained glass, books, and more. Highlights of the collection are pictured and discussed within thisSOLD catalog and a complete listing of all 245 items is included in the rear. Illustrated paper wrappers with black title to front wrap and to spine. Includes a laid-in brochure from the exhibition. Pristine interior filled with illustrations, 4 of which are in color. 56 pages. (#26610) $45 2. Boos, Florence S. (compiler) The Juvenilia of William Morris with a checklist and Unpublished Writings. New York and London: The William Morris Society, 1983. Includes 13 unpublished juvenile poems by William Morris, some of which are fragments. White paper wrappers with black title to spine and front panel. Pristine, tight interior. 90 pages. Fine condition. (#28501) $20 1 3. Boos, Florence S. and Carole G. Silver (editors). Socialism and the Literary Artistry of William Morris. Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 1990. A collection of 10 essays “representing a spectrum of critical approaches and topics, [these essays] explore the interconnections between Morris’s political thought and his later writings. Although the occasion for this collection is the hundredth anniversary of the publication of the utopian romance ‘News from Nowhere’ (1891), these essays consider a variety of other works, ranging from socialist songs to theories of art” (jacket). New in black cloth boards with bronze title to spine. Clean and bright with frontispiece illustration. In new pink, grey, and black dust jacket with pink spine panel titled in black. 177 pages. (#28513) $20 4. A Brief Sketch of the Morris Movement and of the Firm Founded by William Morris to Carry Out His Designs and the Industries Revived or Started by Him. London, 1911. This small book was written to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Morris & Company. It was privately printed by the Chiswick Press for the company. The book provides an interesting history of the company and has five photographs, four of which show the production of various products. The frontispiece is of William Morris at the age of 37. An octavo sizedSOLD volume in blue paper wraps which has minor bumps and two very small tears. The interior is bright and clean. A very nice copy of this fragile item. (#21556) $75 5. [Clinker Press] Morris, William. The Speech of John Ball: From A Dream of John Ball. Pasadena: The Clinker Press, 2007. Number 43 of 60 copies. The Clinker Press was founded by Andre Chaves in 1996. Mr. Chaves prints materials relating to the art of printing and the Arts and Crafts movement at his letterpress studio. In this book the printer says that despite his love of the Middle Ages, Morris was firmly bound to the 19th century and that in John Ball he uses an event in 1381 to link its principles of solidarity with his socialist views. Bound in brown linen with white and red paper label to front cover. Thin quarto. In fine condition. I-II; 6 pages. (#25666) $100 6. Coupe, Robert L.M. Illustrated Editions of the Works of William Morris in English. A Descriptive Bibliography. Oak Knoll Press, 2002. “A detailed description of the various editions of works by William Morris in which one or more artists have illustrated the text” including biographical notes and critical comments about each artist included (jacket). Very good in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Interior is pristine with many illustrations and tight binding. In very good grey dust jacket with blue title to spine. Size quarto. 238 pages. (#16863) $35 2 7. Crow Gerald H., C. G. Holme [editor]. William Morris Designer. London and New York: The Studio and The Studio Publications, 1934. The Special Winter Number of the Studio. An examination of Morris and his large variety of design work including book production, furniture, wallpaper, tiles, tapestries, and more, arranged in biographical form as “Morris’s art was at all times a function of personal rather than artistic development” (introduction). Size quarto. Very good in blue cloth covered boards with pink title to front board and to spine. Wear to exterior includes minor bumpingSOLD to spine ends and corners, minor rubbing to boards, and minor browning to spine. Binding is tight. Foxing throughout though text remains bright. A few light pencil marks throughout but mostly to margins. 72 illustrations, 4 of which are in color. Index,120 pages. (#25676) $65 8. [Dolman Press] Faulkner, Peter. William Morris and W.B. Yeats. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1962. First Edition. Limited to 1050 copies. A short but prized essay on Morris and Yeats, whose aesthetics and politics were almost antithetical but whose meetings (from boyhood) left influences on both men. This essay by Faulkner was awarded a prize by the Morris Society and was printed here in its first public edition. Very good in original blue paper covered boards and white linen spine. Titled in black on the spine and front cover. Sunning to SOLDbottom edges of both boards. Discoloration to boards where a wrap-around price sticker appears to have been removed. Bookplate has been neatly removed from front endpaper; otherwise, interior is clean. In original glassine wrapper, which is chipped and creased with a large loss to rear panel. 31 pages. Very Good condition. (#26711) $45 9. Dunlap, Joseph R. [William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones]. The Book That Never Was. The Argument: How William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones attempted to make of The Earthly Paradise a big book with “lots of stories and pictures”; how they fared in this endeavor; and how their dream, though it evaded them, has yet outlived them. New York: Oriole Editions, 1971. New in beige cloth backed light blue paper covered boards with blue title to spine. Pristine with illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. Tight binding. In a new tan dust jacket with dark blue title to spine and front panel. Housed in a tan paper covered slipcase with very minor wear to edges. Size: quarto. 86 pages. (#28516) $10 10. Faulkner, Peter. William Morris and Eric Gill. William Morris Society. 1975. London: William Morris Society, 1975. Limited to 1750 copies. This essay was developed by Peter Faulkner from one for which he was awarded a Peter Floud Memorial Prize in 1963. In light blue paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Clean and bright. 32 pages. In fine condition. (#28500) $12 11. Floud, Peter. Tributes to Peter Floud, the Published Writings of Peter Floud, and the Wallpaper Designs of William Morris. Reprinted from The Penrose Annual, Vol. 54, 1960. Size quarto. Light blue portfolio houses the loose articles mentioned above along with some relevant ephemera. Minor browning / discoloration to folio. Minor creasing to edges/corners of several sheets, else very clean. Very Good condition. (#16530) $50 3 12. [Elston Press] Morris, William. Five Arthurian Poems: The Defence of Guenevere; King Arthur’s Tomb; Sir Galahad, A Christmas Mystery; The Chapel in Lyoness; A Good Knight in Prison. New Rochelle, NY: The Elston Press, 1902. 1 of 178 copies. The Elston Press was a short-lived venture by Clark Conwell and his wife, the designer Helen Marguerite O’Kane. It began in 1900 and closed in 1904. It was one of the several American presses of its time that was greatly influenced by The Kelmscott Press, and it reprinted several works by William Morris. Rebound in fine black cloth with a black and gilt title labelSOLD to spine. Printed in black and red ink on fine handmade paper, with beautiful initials designed by O’Kane. Some browning to edges of a few pages, and inconspicuous number stamped on first page of The Defence of Guenevere. A lovely tribute to Morris and his poetry. 45 pages. Near Fine. (#23599) $450 13. [Folio Society] Morris, William; Clive Wilmer (introduction). The Odes of Horace. London: Folio Society, 2014. Limited to 980 copies. William Morris produced 18 hand calligraphed illuminated books including ‘The Odes,’ which was his last. It was left unfinished, providing a fascinating record of Morris’s creative method. This beautifully produced facsimile is bound in Indian goatskin with title and five raised bands to the spine. The edges and doublures and decorated in gilt.