Hand & Soul

Upper Mall, Hammersmith: Kelmscott, 1895. leather_bound. Stiff vellum, beveled edges. Fine. Morris, William. 56 pages. 14.5 x 11 cm. Printed in Golden type in black and red. Wood-cut title page. This was the only book Morris printed for the American public, and the only Kelmscott book to bear the name of an American publisher. The English and American copies have a slightly different colophon. The shoulder-notes were added by Morris. Way became a personal disciple of Morris, and later visited England to see him at Kelmscott House, where he was told how Morris "wanted to make some nice books, but had no thought of developing such a business as has come (truncated) to the Press." Way then described their arrangement for the joint book, which was to be Rosetti's "Hand and Soul." SPARLING 36. SCOTT p103. Fresh, crisp copy. Book plate of Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928) poet, author and critic. Limited edition one of 525 copies of a total edition of 546 (311 copies for the American, 235 copies for the English market). This copy sold by Way and Williams, Chicago. PETERSON. A36. (Inventory #: 9645)