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Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.
by KELMSCOTT PRESS: MORRIS, William
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press,, 1893. Gothic Architecture is the most completely organic form of the Art which the world has seen First edition of the author's examination of architecture and its relationship with art, literature, and politics. The entire first edition was printed in public during the Arts and Crafts Exhibition at the New Gallery in London, "under the eyes of an interested and constantly renewed crowd, whose presence imposed a severe strain upon the pressman Collins's Celtic modesty" (Sparling, p. 87). It was also the first Kelmscott Press book printed in sextodecimo. This is one of 1,500 copies on paper; there were also 45 copies printed on vellum. The present example has the misprint "Van Eyk" for "Van Eyck" (page 45, line 1) but "gilds" corrected to "guilds" (page 41, line 16). Sextodecimo. Original holland-backed boards, front cover lettered in black, edges untrimmed. Title and side-notes printed in red. Text printed in Golden type. Binding lightly rubbed, contents fresh, a near-fine copy. Peterson A18. H. Halliday Sparling, The Kelmscott Press and William Morris, Master-Craftsman, 1924.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 169218
- Title
- Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.
- Author
- KELMSCOTT PRESS: MORRIS, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press,
- Date Published
- 1893
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Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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