Search Results: the kelmscott press and william morris by sparling h halliday

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements.… Read More

Hardback. New.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements. Includes… Read More

Fookestone, Kent: Wm Dawson. 1975. First Edition. Fine, bookplate, 77 pp, review copy .

London:: Macmillan and Co.,, 1924.. First edition.. publisher's quarter cloth and blue boards with printed paper label on spine.. Ownership notation in ink on the front free endpaper; tiny bookseller's ticket at rear; boards unworn; clean, tight an dsound.. 8vo,. Illustrated.. Publisher's illustrated flyer laid in.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1924. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations H Halliday Sparling's history of the Kelmscott Press, and tribute to his mentor William Morris; Sparling was a long-time associate of Morris, and worked with him at The Kelmscott; details Morris' printing apprenticeship, preparation, his work as a master-printer, and also includes a chapter on books printed at the Kelmscott Press; includes appendices including texts by Morris, and S.C. Cockerell; frontispiece portrait of William Morris with tissue-guard, 16 b&w plate illustrations; half-cloth with title label to spine, blue boards; untrimmed pages; former owner's name to front endpaper, endpapers foxed, frontispiece tissue-guard tanned, o.w. Very Good throughout; cloth a little rubbed, title label tanned, and with minor loss.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements. Includes… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1924. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 5". Various. The first edition of this interesting in-depth study of the founding and production of the Kelmscott Press, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A fascinating study on the founding of the Kelmscott Press.The Kelmscott Press was founded by William Morris and Emery Walker, publishing fifty-three books between 1891 and 1898. All books were limited edition works, issued as part of the Gothic revival movement.Though the Press closed shortly after Morris' death, the Press had a huge influence on book production.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixteen plates.Collated, complete.Written by H. Halliday Sparling.William Morris was a noted Victorian textile designer, artist, and poet, largely associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement, and the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He was one of the most significant cultural figures of the century.Rebound in an institutional cloth binding. Labels to the… Read More

London: Macmillan. FINE book. 1st ed. Paper title label tipped in @ book's end.. 1924. 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book. REBOUND, closely matching the original BUT: title stamped in gilt directly on spine, rather than on a paper label. . 9"x6", ix,177,2pp. A fine rebind but no binder's ticket. Two types of very minor flaws. (1) the first & last 2 original leaves are faintly aged, (2) the fore & bottom margins of the last 3 original leaves faintly damp stained. (3) Ink of laid in inked note has transferred to p 32. Note bo longer there. (4) Few foxed spots on scatttered leaves. FLAWLESS BOOK otherwise. It stays closed when stood on its spine. All three deckle edges white as new. COMES WITH a 68p exhibition catalog "William Morris and the Kelmscott Press". A 1994 U of Scranton exhibit of 122 items of the Walsdorf Morris collection. The photo of this catalog is taken against the backdrop of the tipped in, extra, title paper label. .

1 . Hardbound. Very Good. Illustrated. First edition. London (Macmillan) 1924. 1/4-cloth and blue boards. Backstrip and paper spine label darkened else a very good copy, internally fine.

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited [1924]., 1924. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with photogravures; facsimile plates after photos, manuscripts & fine press illustrations. Original 1/2 tan linen over blue boards with printed paper label on the spine. Bibliography. Very good. 178 pages + 2 page publisher's advertisements at end. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Bound-in, memorial article by May Morris printed by the Shakespeare Head Press.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements.… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Fine. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements. Includes… Read More

1 . hardback. Very Good. Illus. 1st ed. L.(Macmillan) 1924. Linen-backed paper boards. Spine darkened else a very nice untrimmed copy.

London: Macmillan & Co, 1924. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 176, [2], 2, ads; frontispiece, plates; original taupe cloth-backed blue boards, dust jacket with most of spine perished.

London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1924. Book. Very Good. Cloth & Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Quarter taupe cloth with paper title label over blue paper boards. This is a UK edition with US dust jacket. Ink name of J. Horace McFarland on endpaper.Little soiling and chipping to dj but book is clean. Author was the son in law of Morris for a time.Illustrations from Morris. Bibliographic information included. .

London & NY: Macmillan and Co., , 1924.. First US edition.. ix + 176 pp w/index. Very near fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine printed dust jacket with light wear to spine.

London, London: Macmillan and Co., 1924. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, 1924. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated. 177 pp. Linen backed boards, paper label on spine. Very good. First Edition Hard Cover Very Good +++ No Jacket 6 3/8 x 9 3/8 Inches. 177 pages including index plus two pages of ads for other publications and another label like that pasted down on spine. tipped in following index. Interior fine. Illustrated with tissue guarded frontis photogravure of Morris working in his study. Black and white Engravings, Book Illustrations, Typefaces, Manuscript Facsimiles, Border Designs and more. Biography of Morris, his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press. Description of the Press and annotated list of books printed at the press by S.C. Cockerell plus compilation of other publications from the Press.

London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1924. 177 pages. Frontispiece is illustrated with a black and white tissue-faced plate of William Morris. Illustrated with 16 more plates. Endpapers and pages are yellowed at edges but otherwise clean and good condition. Quarter bound with beige cloth over grey boards. Spine has label with the title. Spine a bit discolored. Edges and corners are lightly bumped. Beige dust jacket shows wear and is yellowed. Small tears at edges and one tear/creases on lower cover. Dust jacket is in plastic protective cover. VG/Fair+. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair+.