stiff paper wrappers
1996 · New Castle, Delaware and London
by Thompson, Susan Otis
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 1996. stiff paper wrappers. Morris, William. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 318 pages with 113 illustrations. Paperback edition. Reprint of the first edition with additional illustrations and new introduction. With his Kelmscott Press and associations with the Arts & Crafts Movement, William Morris helped raise the public's awareness of fine books to new heights. Morris inspired and influenced a generation of other designers and those working in American typography and book design, including Updike, Rogers, Goudy, Bradley, Cleland, Dwiggins, Ransom, Nash and Collins.
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