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(KELMSCOTT PRESS.) Morris, William. The Defence of Guenevere. Printed in red and black in Golden type. Woodcut borders and initials. Small 4to, original limp vellum with silk ties (three broken), calligraphic title lettered in black ink on spine, light soiling, minor creasing. Norman J. Sondheim bookplate. (Hammersmith, 1892)
inscribed copy to the prominent illustrator harrison weir in black ink on the final preliminary leaf: "To Harrison Weir / from / William Morris / January 2nd 1896." One of 300 copies from a total edition of 310, the first to be bound in limp vellum, and the only Kelmscott Press edition with a hand-lettered title. Peterson A5.
