BOOK
News from nowhere:, or, An epoch of rest : being some chapters from a utopian ro-mance / by William Morris.
- Date
- 1892
- By
- Morris, William, 1834-1896, Morris, William, 1834-1896, Gere, Charles M. (Charles March), 1869-1957, Reeves & Turner, Kelmscott Press, J. & J. Leighton
- Notes
"Written by William Morris, and printed by him at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middle-sex, and finished on the 22nd day of November, 1892. Sold by Reeves & Turner"--Colophon.
Text printed in Golden type, on watermarked Flower paper. Cf. Peterson.
Engraved woodcut frontispiece designed by C.M. Gere. P. [1], 2nd set has ornate woodcut border, ornate initals throughout text. Shoulder notes printed in red. Printer's device below colophon.
Limited ed. of 300 copies printed on paper, 10 on vellum. Cf. Peterson.
"Issued 24 March 1893"--Peterson.
Binding: limp vellum, narrow yapp edges, silk ties, spine lettered in gilt ; bound by Leighton. Cf. Peterson.
Peterson, W.S. Kelmscott Press, A12
Tomkinson, G.W. Modern presses, p. 110
The Alexander Turnbull Library copy has green silk ties and is printed on paper, with fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Acc. 130988.
- Source URL
- https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE600574
- Related to
- Digital Collection = Kohinga Matihiko 81268192800002836 Alma Collection
- Other Titles
- News from nowhere; Epoch of rest
- Publisher
- Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press, 1892.
- Format
- [4], 305, [1] p. (page [2], 1st set, is blank) ; 21 cm.
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