Lot Essay
The first book printed at the Kelmscott Press.
KELMSCOTT PRESS
MORRIS, William. The Story of the Glittering Plain, which has been also called the land of the living men or the acre of the undying, London: KELMSCOTT PRESS, 1891, small 4°, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, Golden type, woodcut borders and initials after designs by William Morris, original vellum gilt (localised ink stains to lower cover), silk ties. [Sparling 1]
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MORRIS, William. The Story of the Glittering Plain, which has been also called the land of the living men or the acre of the undying, London: KELMSCOTT PRESS, 1891, small 4°, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, Golden type, woodcut borders and initials after designs by William Morris, original vellum gilt (localised ink stains to lower cover), silk ties. [Sparling 1]