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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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Tag Archives: Geoffrey Chaucer
Three copies for sale in one month
[Originally posted 24 November 2015; most recent revision, 5 September 2016.] By coincidence, three copies of the Chaucer are coming up for sale next month (December 2015). (1) Swann, on 1 December (lot 140), will be offering a quarter-linen copy … Continue reading
Copy for sale in Massachusetts
A quarter-linen copy (Census, 3.177, 4.710) is listed for sale by Buddenbooks, Inc., Newburyport, Mass., for $115,500. Provenance: Robert Heysham Sayre, George Abrams.
Posted in Copies for sale
Tagged Buddenbooks, fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, Quarter-linen bindings, William Morris
Copy for sale in Tokyo
The Kageroubunko Bookshop in Tokyo has an interesting copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer for sale. The book has a Doves binding that is quite brown, as if the book had been in a fire. Sections of the binding, specifically around … Continue reading
Posted in Copies for sale
Tagged Doves binding, Geoffrey Chaucer, Japan, Kelmscott Press, William Morris
Discovery of a sales receipt
Brian Johnson, son of Folger Johnson of Portland, Oregon [see this earlier post], has found the sales receipt for his father’s copy of the Chaucer from Philip C. Duschnes, 5 May 1945, for $950 (probably Census 4.400 and 4.412).
Posted in Miscellaneous, Private collections
Tagged Duschnes, fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, William Morris
Restoration of Occidental College copy
Sophia Bogle of Save Your Books has recently restored the Kelmscott Chaucer at Occidental College (Census, 2.162). She has made two videos of the book on YouTube, one before restoration and one after. Before: https://youtu.be/uxpV2Nu8AC8 After: https://youtu.be/nmL2nGfxo3g
Posted in Restoration
Tagged fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, William Morris
Copy for sale: Bloomsbury Auctions [SOLD]
Bloomsbury Auctions (London) will offer a copy of the Chaucer on 23 October 2014, lot 147 (estimate price: £15,000–20,000). It is described as a worn and loose quarter-linen binding but internally fine. [Update, 13 November 2014.] Sold for £23,560 including … Continue reading
Posted in Copies sold
Tagged Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, Quarter-linen bindings, William Morris
A portrait of Robert Catterson-Smith
Tom Riedlinger has recently sent us a scan of this portrait of Robert Catterson-Smith, a pastel painting by T. Murray Bernard Bladon in about 1920. It was for many years owned by the Central School of Arts and Crafts in … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged Emery Walker, fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, Robert Catterson-Smith, William Morris
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