first edition leather_bound
London · 1898-1899
by Morris, William
1898-1899: Longman and Company, London. First Editions. leather_bound. Full brown calf in pattern design. Aeg. Near fine. 25, 31, 45 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press. These lectures were published after his death in 1896 of tuberculosis. Bright, fresh and very crisp copy. Raised bands, backstrip lettered in gilt, slight nick to backstrip head. Inner dentelles, binding signed 19 GS 03.
(Inventory #: 23953)