May 09, 2013 - Sale 2313

Sale 2313 - Lot 216

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
O'MORE / MARSHALL COPY (KELMSCOTT PRESS.) Morris, William. A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press. Together with a Short Description of the Press by S. C. Cockerell, & an Annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat. Printed in red and black. Wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. 8vo, original linen-backed blue printed boards, usual light toning to edges of boards; lacks erratum slip. (Hammersmith, 1898)
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Ex-collection Haven O'More and Lenore and James Marshall, with their book labels. one of 525 unnumbered copies of the final book printed by the kelmscott press after Morris's death. Peterson A53.