Feb 23, 2012 - Sale 2269

Sale 2269 - Lot 147

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
LAST BOOK OF THE PRESS (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, some rubbing at spine with a bit of loss; erratum slip laid in. Norman J. Sondheim bookplate. one of 525 unnumbered copies of the final book printed by the kelmscott press after Morris's death. Peterson A53. (Hammersmith, 1898)