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Printed in commemoration of the centenary of the birth (March 24, 1834) of William Morris by The Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California for distribution to members of the Club. 350 copies.

This card is laid in the book Gothic Architecture.

Morris's retelling of "The Lay of Havelock the Dane," in which he reduces the importance of warfare seen in the original lay and brings the love story into primary focus.

600 copies printed on paper, 12 on vellum.

In A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, he wrote "[a]fter a while I felt that I must have a Gothic as well as a Roman fount; and herein the task I set myself was to redeem the Gothic character from the charge of…

Five Trees Press was founded in San Francisco in 1973 by Kathleen Walkup, Jaime Robles, and Cheryl Miller. The press focused on printing the work of women poets both famous and unknown.The colophon states that "[t]his book was designed and printed by…

This book was printed by Nicolas Jenson, the printer noted by Morris for the influence of his Roman type on Morris's Golden type. Jenson printed it in 1475 in his Gothic type. 

Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson was a friend of Morris, a lawyer who, after learning bookbinding, left the practice of law to focus on his new craft. In 1893 he founded the Doves Bindery in Hammersmith with the intention of accomplishing for…

The lecture includes, along with the stated theme of Gothic architecture, Morris's musing on book arts, furniture, crafts, and literature. The book was printed by the Kelmscott Press during the Arts and Crafts Exhibition at the New Gallery, Regent…

It had been Morris's hope that the Kelmscott Press would continue after his death, but his executor, Sydney Cockerell, decided it should be closed to keep all Morris's publications as a cohesive body. This trial page is one of the last things printed…

This volume by the Merrymount Press of Boston shows the appreciation for fine printing moving to North America. The illustrations, by Edward Burne-Jones, were originally intended for a large "Biblia Innocentium" to be published by the Kelmscott…