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¶ "I began printing books with the hope of producing some which would have a definite claim to beauty, while at the same time they should be easy to read and should not dazzle the eye, or trouble the intellect of the reader by eccentricity of form in the letters. I have always been a great admirer of the calligraphy of the Middle Ages, and of the earlier printing which took its place." — William Morris
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Preliminary notes: California State University, Los Angeles
Quarter-linen binding. Two inscriptions: “Property of Wanda and Colin Smith”; “This incomparable book given to Edward R. Taylor by his dear wife on December 1896.” Three bookplates: Edward Robeson Taylor; Edward DeWitt Taylor; Lowell Roy Smith. Full description to follow.
Private Collection, New Hampshire
Private collection, New Hampshire. ¶ Peter Geraty binding. Johnson–Parker copy. Alum-tawed pigskin binding with gold lettering and design on cover and spine. Signed on lower back binding with Praxis Bindery stamp and ”20.PG.10.” The original quarter linen binding and endpapers are laid … Continue reading
University of Maryland
Maryland Room, Hornbake Library, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.† ¶ Morocco binding. [PR1850 1896] Unsigned modern crushed maroon morocco binding, with false raised bands and a gold tooled floral vine on the front cover. In a box. Provenance: The … Continue reading
Posted in Located copies
Tagged fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, morocco bindings, University of Maryland, William Morris
Copy for sale: Bloomsbury, 26 May 2011 [sold]
A quarter-linen copy will be offered for sale on 26 May 2011 by Bloomsbury Auctions in London. It is described as “spine frayed at joints and head and tail, original paper label rubbed with loss, boards slightly soiled and rubbed … Continue reading
Posted in Copies sold
Tagged Bloomsbury Auctions, fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, Quarter-linen bindings, William Morris
Copy for sale: Heritage Auction Galleries, 7 April 2011 [sold]
A copy of the Chaucer was sold at Heritage Auction Galleries on 7 April 2011: bookplate of Jean Hersholt, Beverly Hills, Calif.; unsigned full pumpkin morocco binding. (When it was auctioned by Parke-Bernet on 23 March 1954, it was still in … Continue reading
Searching for a famous book
We are the authors of The Kelmscott Chaucer: A Census, published by Oak Knoll Press in April 2011. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, issued by William Morris’s Kelmscott Press in 1896, is probably the most famous of all private press … Continue reading
Posted in Introduction
Tagged fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris
