WILLIAM MORRIS IN PRIVATE PRESS AND LIMITED EDITIONS: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS BY AND ABOUT WILLAIM MORRIS 1891-1981 by Walsdorf, John J - 1983

(Phoenix): Oryx Press, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Basil Blackwell. Quarto. 602pp. Light wear and soil, topedge very lightly foxed, very good or better, lacking the slipcase.

Phoenix: Orxy Press, 183. Hardcover. As New/Fine. William Morris (1834-1896) poet, designer, and founder of Kelmscott Press. 602 pages, blue paper & navy cloth spine. Blue slipcase.

Greenwood Press. Very Good. 0897740416. 1983, bright clean copy, in slipcase, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1983. Hardcover.

Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 10" by 7". Not Stated . A bright first edition of this extensive bibliography of books by and about William Morris, an important figure in the Victorian era. The first edition of this bibliographical work on the works by and about William Morris by John J Waldorf. In the original publisher's slipcase. A bibliography of William Morris' work published in private press and limited editions from 1891 to 1981. Morris was a British textile designer and poet, who immensely influenced the tradition of British textile art and methods of production, and profoundly influenced interior decoration throughout the Victorian period. With a foreword by Sir Basil Blackwell, praising Morris's work. With numerous decorations in text. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over paper covered boards. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. The slipcase is excellent with only minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and… Read More

Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 10.5" by 7.5". William Morris. The first edition of this comprehensive bibliography concerning works associated with the artist William Morris. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original slipcase.John Walsdorf's extensive bibliography of books published by private press or in limited edition, between the years 1891 and 1981, by or about British textile designer, prominent member of the Arts and Crafts movement and poet William Morris.The foreword to this work offers that 'Jack Walsdorf's descriptive bibliography of books by and about William Morris will stand as a permanent memorial of the traditional craft of printing and of English masters of that craft'.Illustrated throughout, and featuring numerous examples of decorative frontispieces and title pages from the works discussed.With a partially removed bookplate to the front pastedown, and a library stamp to the front free endpaper. Library label to back strip… Read More

PHOENIX, ORYX PRESS, 1983. FIRST EDITION. A NEAR FINE HARDBACK COPY IN A VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS BY AND ABOUT WILLIAM MORRIS 1891-1981.