The life of William Morris. [Walthamstow, Woodford & Marlborough: Oxford: Brotherhood: Red Lion Square: Oxford Union: Defence of Guenevere: red House: Formation of Firm: Fall of Troy: Earthly Pardise: MOrris & Kelmscott Journey to Iceland: Love is enough: Period of Illuminations: Dissolution of Firm: Period of dyeing: Aeneids: Sigurd Volsung: Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings: Eastern Question Association: Period of Textiles: London & Kelmscott: Theories of Art & life Merton Abbey: Concentration: Democratic Federation: Socialist League: Odyssey: John Ball: Trafalgar Square: Signs of Change: Arts & Crafts: Return to Romance: Passive Socialism: Foundation of Kelmscott Press: Printing, Romance-writing, Translation, & Criticism]

London ; New York & Bombay : Longmans, Green & Co.; [Chiswick Press, Charles Whittingham & Co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane], 1899, 1899. Fine. New impression ; 2 v. ; xv, 375 pp. (vol.1) ; vii, 364 pp. (vol.2) ; plates, ports ; LC: PR5083; Dewey: 709.24; 823.8 ; OCLC: 360800 ; LCCN: 01-4041 ; contemporary bookstore label from Peter Paul Book Co., Buffalo, NY on back endpaper of volume 2; name on endpapers of both volumes, red cloth with gold lettering and designs ; no dustjackets ; edges untrimmed ; Contents: Walthamstow, Woodford and Marlborough: 1834-1852 -- Oxford: 1853-1855 -- The Brotherhood: 1855-1856 -- Red Lion Square: The Oxford Union: The Defence of Guenevere: 1857-1859 -- red House: Formation of the Firm: The Fall of Troy: 1859-1865 -- The Earthly Pardise: 1865-1870 -- Morris and Kelmscott -- Journey to Iceland: 1871 -- Love is enough: Period of Illuminations: Dissolution of the Firm: 1871-1874 -- Period of dyeing: The Aeneids: Sigurd the Volsung: 1875-1876 -- The Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings: The Eastern Question Association: Period of Textiles: 1877-1878 -- London and Kelmscott: Theories of Art and life 1879-1881 -- Merton Abbey: 1881 -- Concentration: 1882 -- The Democratic Federation: 1883-1884 -- The Socialist League: 1885-1886 -- The Odyssey: John Ball: Trafalgar Square: 1886-1887 -- Signs of Change: The Arts and Crafts: Return to Romance: 1888-1889 -- Passive Socialism: Foundation of the Kelmscott Press: 1890-1891 -- Printing, Romance-writing, Translation, and Criticism: Final Attitude towards Art and History: 1891-1893 -- Last Years: The Kelmscott Chaucer: 1894-1896 -- Illicet -- Index ; "...[N]ever was there so full and varied a life as that of William Morris. Poet, painter, architect, designer, decorator, dyer, weaver, upholsterer, prose romancer, pamphleteer, translator, editor, publisher, printer, lecturer (not to say agitator), one is almost dazzled by the number of characters in which he appears; and the curious part is that they were not so many detached rdles which he played at different periods, but all closely connected one with another and forming one harmonious whole, combined in the very striking personality of William Morris. In reviewing a book the hero of which laid so much stress upon education through the eye of sense we turn first, as in duty bound, to its outward appearance; and even before we open it we are struck with its binding, in a beautiful subdued colour, and with the artistic design on the back of the cover, which is one of Morris's own borders. Then, when it is opened, we are struck with the clear, bold, mediaeval type, which is worthy of Morris's own press at Kelmscott; and then with the exquisite illustrations from the drawings of Mr. E. H. New. It would be little less than sacrilege to present to the public a Life of William Morris in any form but the best; but none the less ought we to be grateful to Mr. Mackail and to all who have been concerned for presenting it to us in the very best." --The Church Quarterly Review, Vol.54, 1900 ; FINE