Apr 26, 2018 - Sale 2475

Sale 2475 - Lot 159

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(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 decorative initials by Edward Burne-Jones. 8vo, original linen-backed blue printed boards; lacks erratum slip. Bookplate of Paul Lemperly engraved by Edwin David French. (Hammersmith, 1898)

Additional Details

one of 525 unnumbered copies of the final book printed by the kelmscott press after Morris's death. Peterson A53.