KELMSCOTT PRESS -- MORRIS, William. The Water of the Wondrous Isles . Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1897. Tall 8° (285 x 205mm). Printed in Chaucer type in black and red, the book headings in Troy type, in double columns. Seven leaves with full woodcut borders, woodcut initial capitals, woodcut foliate and floral border ornaments. Original limp vellum, spine gilt-lettered, silk ties (light spotting on the edges).
KELMSCOTT PRESS -- MORRIS, William. The Water of the Wondrous Isles . Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1897. Tall 8° (285 x 205mm). Printed in Chaucer type in black and red, the book headings in Troy type, in double columns. Seven leaves with full woodcut borders, woodcut initial capitals, woodcut foliate and floral border ornaments. Original limp vellum, spine gilt-lettered, silk ties (light spotting on the edges). LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies from an edition of 256. The borders and initials are after designs by Morris. Cockerell 45; Peterson A45.
KELMSCOTT PRESS -- MORRIS, William. The Water of the Wondrous Isles . Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1897. Tall 8° (285 x 205mm). Printed in Chaucer type in black and red, the book headings in Troy type, in double columns. Seven leaves with full woodcut borders, woodcut initial capitals, woodcut foliate and floral border ornaments. Original limp vellum, spine gilt-lettered, silk ties (light spotting on the edges).
KELMSCOTT PRESS -- MORRIS, William. The Water of the Wondrous Isles . Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1897. Tall 8° (285 x 205mm). Printed in Chaucer type in black and red, the book headings in Troy type, in double columns. Seven leaves with full woodcut borders, woodcut initial capitals, woodcut foliate and floral border ornaments. Original limp vellum, spine gilt-lettered, silk ties (light spotting on the edges). LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies from an edition of 256. The borders and initials are after designs by Morris. Cockerell 45; Peterson A45.
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