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Hammersmith, Kelmscott Press., 1895. 8mo. Upper Mall, Hammersmith Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. 1895. Limited Edition. Octavo. 98pp. Original quarter linen and blue-gray paper covered boards; a few pencil notations on the front free endpaper, else a fine copy. One of three hundred fifty copies. Printed in black and red from Chaucer types, title-page woodcut border after Burne-Jones, with the first line of text in red.'Overseen by F.S. Ellis. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, One of 350 copies (of a whole edition of 358). Frontispiece by Edward Burne-Jones. Printed in Chaucer type, with titles and shoulder notes in red, and with numerous borders and initials designed by William Morris. Interior fine. Linen backed boards, very good: spine extremities a bit worn, two bottom corners worn, covers a bit faded, edges damp stained.. Printed in red and black, wood engraved frontispiece, ornamental woodcut borders and initials. (Peterson A33).

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1891. First, Limited Edition. near fine. Small 4to, 8 x 5 7/8 inches (205 x 145 mm); pp. vi +197. One of 300 on Flower paper; printed in Golden type, THIS IS THE FIRST book printed by KELMSCOTT IN TWO COLORS; it is also the first book to feature the famous Kelmscott printer's mark, which in fact appears twice - at the end of the table of contents and on the colophon leaf at the end. Wood-engraved borders and initials designed by Morris. Original stiff vellum, yapp edges, gilt titling on spine, uncut, with four silk ties, (one is detached but present), a little soiling on the spine, pristine interiors. This is an AUTOGRAPHED PRESENTATION COPY from WILLIAM MORRIS, in ink on front free endpaper "to Robert Smith, from William Morris, Nov. 5th 1891 [Peterson A2; Forman 126; Tomkinson, p. 108, no. 2; Ransom p. 325, no. 2]. The recipient, Robert Smith, was one of two business-like brothers employed originally in the London shop of Morris and Co., but later promoted to junior… Read More

Quarto., Hammersmith., 1897. 4to. 91pp. One of only two Kelmscott Press titles printed in blue, as well as red and black ink. Beautiful opening spread borders and two illustrations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones along with ornamental initials and borders throughout. Limited to 300 copies. (Sparling, 52, Peterson A52). Fine in limp full vellum with some original ties, four missing. Morris profoundly influenced the typographical revival of the late 19th century by showing that printing was an art and its details worth infinite trouble. "The Kelmscott Press...was far and away the most splendid of all private presses." Colin Franklin. A Beautiful copy bound in vellum.