Selected writings and designs / William Morris ; edited with an introduction by Asa Briggs ; with a supplement by Graeme Shankland on William Morris, designer, illustrated by twenty-four plates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, William, 1834-1896, author.

Contributor:

Briggs, Asa, 1921-2016, editor.

Shankland, Graeme, writer of supplement.

Penguin Books USA, Inc., publisher.

Richard Clay & Co., printer.

Monotype Corporation, type designer.

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

Series:

Pelican books ; A521.

Pelican books ; A521

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morris, William, 1834-1896.

Morris, William.

English literature--19th century.

English literature.

Decorative arts, Victorian.

Genre:

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Monotype Bembo.

Illustrated works.

Publishers' advertisements.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

308 pages, 12 unnumbered pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Manufacture:

Bungay, Suffolk : Made and printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Company, Ltd ...

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Penguin Books, [1962]

Notes:

Publisher's advertisements on pages [315]-[320] and page [3] of cover.

"Set in Monotype Bembo"--Verso of title leaf.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has a few manuscript marginal marks in text.

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

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has laid in business card of Jean-François Vilain.

OCLC:

213783665