Category: William Morris
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The Story of the Glittering Plain, Morris, 1891
The Story of the Glittering Plain, William Morris, Kelmscott: 1891. Reprinted with more illustrations in 1894 His earlier fantasies The House of the Wolfings and The Roots of the Mountains were to some degree historical novels. Like these The Story of the Glittering Plain is set in a world similar to the distant past of…
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Morris and Kelmscott Bibliography
Samples from the Kelmscott Press Kelmscott Press Bibliography 1891 The Story of the Glittering Plain. Which has also been called the land of living men or the acre of the undying. Written by William Morris. 1891 Poems by the Way. Written by William Morris. 1892 The Love-Lyrics and Songs of Proteus by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt…
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Hopes and Fears for Art, Morris
HOPES AND FEARS FOR ART by William Morris Contents 1. THE LESSER ARTS(1) Hereafter I hope in another lecture to have the pleasure of laying before you an historical survey of the lesser, or as they are called the Decorative Arts, and I must confess it would have been pleasanter to me to have begun my…
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The love-lyrics & songs of Proteus, Morris
The love-lyrics & songs of Proteus. [Upper Mall, Hammersmith : Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1892] Colophon: “Here ends the Love-Lyrics and Songs of Proteus, Written by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt; with the Love-Sonnets of Proteus by the same Author. Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the…
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The History of Reynard the Foxe, Morris
Colophon: “Here ends the History of Reynard the Foxe, done into English out of Dutch by William Caxton, and now reprinted by me William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith in the County of Middlesex. This book was corrected for the press by Henry Halliday Sparling, and finished on the 15th day of…
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The Poems of William Shakespeare, Morris
The Poems of William Shakespeare : printed after the original copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593, The rape of Lucrece, 1594, Sonnets, 1609, The lover’s complaint. Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press ; [London] : Sold by Reeves & Turner, 1893. Bibliography: “Edited by F. S. Ellis. 8vo. Golden type. In black and red. Borders 1 and…
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The nature of Gothic : a chapter of the Stones of Venice, Morris
The nature of Gothic : a chapter of the Stones of Venice, William Morris. Hammersmith : Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press and published by George Allen, London, 1892. Bibliography: “With a preface by William Morris. Small 4to. Golden type. Border 1. Diagrams in text. 500 paper copies at thirty shillings, none on…
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The Golden Legend, Morris
Golden legend of Master William Caxton done anew, William Morris. Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press ; London : Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1892. Bibliography: “By Jacobus de Voragine. Translated by William Caxton. Edited by F.S. Ellis. 3 vols. Large 4to. Golden type. Borders 5a, 5, 6a, and 7. Woodcut title and two woodcuts designed by Sir…
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The story of Sigurd the Volsung and the fall of the Niblungs, Morris
The story of Sigurd the Volsung and the fall of the Niblungs, William Morris. Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press, 1898. Bibliography: “Small folio. Chaucer type, with title and headings to the four books in Troy type. In black and red. Borders 33a and 33, and two illustrations designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. 160 on paper at…
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The Wood Beyond the World, Morris
The wood beyond the world, William Morris. Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press, 1894. Bibliography: “8vo. Chaucer type. In black and red. Borders 13a and 13, and a frontispiece designed by Sir E. Burne-Jones, and engraved on wood by W. Spielmeyer. 350 on paper at two guineas, 8 on vellum at ten guineas. Dated May 30, issued…