A dream of John Ball ; and, A king's lesson / by William Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, William, 1834-1896, author, type designer, printer.

Contributor:

Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898, illustrator.

Reeves & Turner, publisher, distributor.

Kelmscott Press, printer.

Joseph Batchelor & Son, papermaker.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ball, John, -1381--Fiction.

Ball, John.

Matthias I, King of Hungary, 1443-1490--Fiction.

Matthias.

Tyler's Insurrection, 1381--Fiction.

Tyler's Insurrection, 1381.

Peasant uprisings--Fiction.

Peasant uprisings.

Ball, John, -1381.

Matthias I, King of Hungary, 1443-1490.

Genre:

Fiction.

Private press books (Printing)

Printers' devices (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Handmade papers (Paper)

Watermarks (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Golden.

Silk ties (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Short stories.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[8], 123, [1] pages : 1 illustration ; 21 cm (4to)

Distribution:

[London] : Sold by Reeves & Turner, 196, Strand, London.

Manufacture:

[Hammersmith] : Printed by [William Morris] at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex, and finished on the 13th day of May, 1892.

Other Title:

John Ball

Place of Publication:

[London] : [Reeves & Turner], [24 September 1892]

Notes:

Publication information from Peterson. Printer and distributor statements from colophon.

"This book, a Dream of John Ball and a King's Lesson, was written by William Morris, and printed by him at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex; and finished on the 13th day of May, 1892. Sold by Reeves & turner, 196, Strand, London."--Colophon.

"300 paper copies (30s.); 11 vellum copies (10 gns.) Issued 24 September 1892."--Peterson.

Signatures: [a]⁴ b-h⁸ i⁶ (leaves [a]1-[a]2 blanks; leaves b1 and i1 unsigned).

"Small [quarto] ... Flower (1) paper ... Golden type."--Peterson.

Wood-engraved illustration by Edward Burne-Jones with caption in Roman lettering designed by William Morris on leaf [a]4v. See Peterson.

Illustration on leaf [a]4v and text of leaves b1r and i1r within ornamental woodcut borders (3a, 4 and 2; see Peterson). Ten-line floriated initials on leaves b1r, b6v, c2r, c4v, d3r, d7v, e6v, f1r f4v, f8v, g4v, g8v, and i1r; 6-line floriated initials throughout text. Printer's device on leaf i6r.

First chapter title and printed marginalia in red.

"Binding: Limp vellum with silk ties. Stamped in gold on spine: 'JOHN / BALL' (Golden type)."--Peterson.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is one of 300 paper copies.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy bound as issued in full parchment with 2 green silk fore-edge ties; title ("JOHN BALL") stamped in gold on spine.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: leaves [a]3-[a]4 unopened at head edge.

Cited in:

Peterson, W.S. Kelmscott Press, A6

Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2006

Contains:

Morris, William, 1834-1896. King's lesson.

OCLC:

2743275