The widow's house by the great water / William Morris ; edited and with an introduction by Helen A. Timo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, William, 1834-1896, author.

Contributor:

Timo, Helen A., editor.

William Morris Society in the United States, publisher.

British Library., bibliographic antecedent.

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

Standardized Title:

Water of the wondrous isles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Widows--Fiction.

Widows.

Mothers and daughters--Fiction.

Mothers and daughters.

Genre:

Fiction.

Short stories.

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

64 pages : 1 facsimile ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : William Morris Society in the United States, 1990.

Notes:

"... an early version of the tale which was finally published in 1897 as The water of the wondrous isles."--Page 6.

"Transcription of B.L. Add. MS. 45324, fols. 1-47 with the minimum of necessary editing."--Page 16.

Left unfinished by Morris.

"This edition is limited to 200 copies."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

0931332079

9780931332074

OCLC:

23874859