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London, Macmillan and Co. Limited [1924]., 1924. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with photogravures; facsimile plates after photos, manuscripts & fine press illustrations. Original 1/2 tan linen over blue boards with printed paper label on the spine. Bibliography. Very good. 178 pages + 2 page publisher's advertisements at end. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Bound-in, memorial article by May Morris printed by the Shakespeare Head Press.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London & NY: Macmillan and Co., , 1924.. First US edition.. ix + 176 pp w/index. Very near fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine printed dust jacket with light wear to spine.

London, London: Macmillan and Co., 1924. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, 1924. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated. 177 pp. Linen backed boards, paper label on spine. Very good. First Edition Hard Cover Very Good +++ No Jacket 6 3/8 x 9 3/8 Inches. 177 pages including index plus two pages of ads for other publications and another label like that pasted down on spine. tipped in following index. Interior fine. Illustrated with tissue guarded frontis photogravure of Morris working in his study. Black and white Engravings, Book Illustrations, Typefaces, Manuscript Facsimiles, Border Designs and more. Biography of Morris, his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press. Description of the Press and annotated list of books printed at the press by S.C. Cockerell plus compilation of other publications from the Press.

London: Macmillan, 1924. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece of Morris by Emery Walker, 16 plates. Original linen-backed blue holland boards, printed paper spine label. A fine copy. First edition, and a fine copy of this excellent study of the operation and history of the Kelmscott Press. The author was the son-in-law of William Morris between 1890 and 1898. He had married May Morris, but their marriage ended over her involvement with George Bernard Shaw.