Sir Galahad : a Christmas mystery / by William Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, William, 1834-1896

Contributor:

O'Kane, H. M. (Helen Marguerite), 1879- designer.

Conwell, Clarke, printer, bookseller.

Elston Press, printer, bookseller.

L.L. Brown Paper Co., papermaker.

American Type Founders Company, type designer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Galahad (Arthurian legendary character)--Poetry.

Galahad.

Galahad (Arthurian legendary character).

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Handmade papers (Paper)

Watermarks (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Cloister Black.

Case bindings (Binding)

Dust jackets (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Poems.

Booksellers' labels (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Henry Sotheran Ltd. (label) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[28] pages : illustrations ; 33 cm

Place of Publication:

[New Rochelle, New York] : Printed by me, Clarke Conwell, at the Elston Press in New Rochelle, New York, and are to be sold thereat, Finished this Tuesday, the second day of December, MDCCCCII [1902]

Notes:

In verse.

"Here endeth this book. Sir Galahad, a Christmas mystery, by William Morris. One hundred and eighty copies, with decorations by H.M. O'Kane, have been printed by me, Clarke Conwell, at the Elston Press in New Rochelle, New York, and are to be sold thereat. Finished this Tuesday, the second day of December, MDCCCCII."--Colophon.

Text and added title-page in red and black.

Added title-page and first page of text within ornamental border.

"180 copies printed in red and black on American handmade paper, possibly watermarked 'Elston.' Bound in linen spine and blue paper boards, with paper label on spine ... Cloister Black type."--Johnson.

Deckled edges, untrimmed.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has bookseller's label ("Henry Sotheran Ltd Booksellers Founde in York 1761 2, 3, 4 & 5 Sackville Street London W1X 2DP") on front pastedown.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy in clear dust jacket.

Cited in:

Johnson, H.H. Notes on the history of the Elston Press, 17 (page 105)

OCLC:

2871838