[Rarebooks] FS: Two Books by the Printery on William Morris

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Offered Today: 

BOOS, FLORENCE. 

_The Artist & The Capitalist: William Morris and Richard Marsden....
Including a Facsimile and Transcription of a William Morris Manuscript
Letter to Richard Marsden, and Portraits of Morris, Marsden, and Charles
Rowley_. 

Kirkwood, MO: The Printery, 2009. 

LIMITED EDITION of 110 copies of _The Artist_, this is copy vi, one of
10 reserved for Florence Boos and Jack Walsdorf. The text is set in
Jenson Old Style types, a modern version of the Jenson type that served
as William Morris' inspiration for his Golden Type. Text and
illustrations printed hand-press on mold-made Somerset Book paper from
St. Cuthberts Mill, with the Morris facsimile reproduced on Arches Text
Laid paper. Foreword by Jack Walsdorf. Small 4to. 10 x 6 7/8 inches.
(xvi), (44) pp. Half-title, title page printed in black, beige and
burgundy with a burgundy printer's device, ornaments printed throughout
in burgundy, portrait of Morris (appears to be a reproduction of a
calling card) tipped-in, initials in red, portrait of Marsden tipped-in,
8-page facsimile of the letter from Morris to Marsden inserted in a
pocket in the rear end-papers; text clean, unmarked. Quarter maroon
morocco, decorative paper over boards, spine titled in gilt, added mylar
dust-jacket; binding square and tight. Fine. 

WITH: WALSDORF, JACK. 

_[LEAF BOOK] __On Collecting William Morris: A Memoir. Together With an
Original Leaf from the 1895 Kelmscott Edition of Child Christopher &
Goldilind the Fair_. 

Kirkwood, MO: The Printery, 2006. 

LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies, this is copy number 45 with an original
leaf from the Kelmscott _Child Christopher_, printed from Jenson and
Italian Old Styles types (see above). Printed hand-press on mold-made
Somerset Book paper, and bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery. These two
volumes make public some of the treasures accumulated by Jack Walsdorf,
William Morris collector for more than 50 years, and President of the
William Morris Society in the US. Walsdorf's collection comprised more
than 9,000 books and ephemeral items purchased from American and English
dealers. Small 4to. 9 3/4 x 9 11/16 inches. [xii], (42) pp. Half-title,
frontispiece portrait of Morris from a late nineteenth-century calling
card tipped-in, title page decorations and titling for chapter heads and
initials in maroon and green, printer's device on title page, Foreword
by Jim Carmin, John Wilson Special Collections Librarian at Multnomah
County Library, black-and-white photograph of William Morris' study at
Kelmscott House, Hammersmith tipped-in, 6 figures, original leaf of the
Kelmscott _Child Christopher_; text clean, unmarked. Quarter green
morocco, patterned paper over boards, spine titled in gilt; binding
square and tight. SCARCE. Fine. 

Both books come together in a red silk-covered slip case. 

$ 850 for the pair. 

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