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The art and craft of printing / by William Morris. A note by William Morris on his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press, together with a short description of the press by S.C. Cockerell, and an annotated list of the books printed thereat.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, William, 1834-1896, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kelmscott Press.
- Printing--Great Britain--History.
- Printing.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Deckled edges (Paper)
- Handmade papers (Paper)
- Watermarks (Paper)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Elston Roman.
- Case bindings (Binding)
- Dust jackets (Binding)
- Untrimmed edges (Binding)
- Essays.
- Illustrated works.
- Bookplates (Provenance)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Stilwell, Brian Douglas, 1947- (bookplate) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [4], 44, [2], 19, [9] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Distribution:
- New Rochelle, New York : Sold by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press, Pelham Road.
- Place of Publication:
- [New Rochelle, New York] : Printed ... by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press, finished this thirtieth day of January MDCCCCII [1902]
- Contents:
- Note by William Morris on his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press
- The ideal book : an address by William Morris, delivered before the Bibliographical Society of London, MDCCCXCIII
- An essay on printing / by William Morris and Emery Walker, from Arts and crafts, essays by members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
- Passages given to show the Troy & Chaucer types, and four initials that were designed for the Froissart, but never used.
- Notes:
- "Here ends The art and craft of printing; collected essays by William Morris. Of this book there have been printed two hundred and ten copies by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press: finished this thirtieth day of January MDCCCCII. Sold by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press, Pelham Road, New Rochelle, New York."--Colophon.
- Errata on page [26] (second count).
- "210 copies printed in red and black on American handmade paper watermarked 'Elston.' Bound in linen spine and blue paper boards, with paper label on spine ... Elston Roman 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 bookplate of Brian Douglas Stilwell (b. 1947) on front pastedown.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy in clear dust jacket.
- Cited in:
- Johnson, H.H. Notes on the history of the Elston Press, 8 (page 100)
- Contains:
- A note by William Morris on his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press, together with a short description of the press by S.C. Cockerell, and an annotated list of the books printed thereat.
- OCLC:
- 5366222
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