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1820. first edition. There is Nothing in it Which is Not…a Masterpiece"Scarce in Original Boards with Spine Label and Half-TitleKEATS, John. Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1820. First edition of the author's third and final book, his second collection of poems. Large duodecimo (7 x 4 1/8 in; 177 x 104 mm). [4, blank], [viii], 199, [1, printer's imprint] pp. Complete with half-title and publisher's advertisement.Publisher&... more information

1891. 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 Living Men or The Acre of the Undying. Written by William Morris. [London: Sold by Reeves & Turner, 1891].One of 200 paper copies, out of a total edition of 206 copies. Small quarto. [4], 188 pp. Printed in Golden type. Decorative woodcut border (designed and engraved by W.H. Hooper) and initials. Original stiff vellum with washleather ties. S... more information

1896. Coleridge's Poems[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. Poems Chosen out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. [Hammersmith: Sold by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1896].One of 300 paper copies, out of a total edition of 308 copies. Octavo. ii, 100 pp. Printed in red and black in Golden type. Decorative borders and initials. Edited by F.S. Ellis.Original full limp vellum with blue silk ties. Spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy. Housed in a gray cloth slipcase."As to the Cole... more information

1892. Caxton’s Translation[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. [CAXTON, William, translator]. The History of Reynard the Foxe [done into English out of Dutch] by William Caxton. [London: Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1892].One of 300 paper copies, out of a total edition of 310 copies. Large quarto. [2, blank], v, [1], 162, [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. Printed in red and black in Troy and Chaucer types. Wood-engraved title with gothic lettering designed by Morris. Decorative woodcut borders and initials. Reprinted from the... more information

1897. “The Last Romance Written by Morris”[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. MORRIS, William. The Sundering Flood. [Hammersmith: Sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1897].One of 300 copies on paper, out of a total edition of 310 copies. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 in; 205 x 140 mm). [6, blank, [2], 507, [1, colophon] pp. Printed in red and black in Chaucer type. Decorative woodcut borders and initials. Line-block map (on front pastedown) drawn by H. Cribb. Original quarter holland o... more information

1896. The Kelmscott Press Earthly Paradise[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. MORRIS, William. The Earthly Paradise. [Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896-1897].One of 225 paper copies. Eight small quarto volumes. Woodcut title, decorative woodcut borders and initials. Printed in red and black in Golden type.Full limp vellum with yapp edges. A fine set. Housed in a cloth slipcase.This was the first Kelmscott Press book printed on the paper with the apple water-mark. “None of the ten borders used in The Earthly Paradise ... more information

1897. first edition. Cockerell on Woodcuts[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. [COCKERELL, Sydney C., editor]. Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century.[Hammersmith: Sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1897].One of 225 paper copies, out of a total edition of 233 copies. Large quarto. xi pp., 23 leaves, 24-36 pp. Thirty-five reproductions of woodcuts printed on twenty-three leaves (rectos only). One six-line woodcut initial. Printed in red and black in Golden type. Original holland-b... more information

1893. The First Book Published and Sold at the Kelmscott Press[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. [GUILELMUS, Archbishop of Tyre]. The History of Godefrey of Boloyne and of the Conquest of Iherusalem. [Hammersmith: Sold by William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press, 1893].One of 300 paper copies, out of a total edition of 306 copies. Large quarto. xxii, [2], 450, [2] pp. Printed in red and black in Troy and Chaucer types. Decorative woodcut title, borders, and initials. Woodcut printer’s device. Reprinted from Caxton’... more information

1893. With a Frontispiece Designed by Sir Edward Burne-JonesKELMSCOTT PRESS]. [LULL, Ramón]. The Order of Chivalry. [Translated from the French by William Caxton, edited by F.S. Ellis]. [Together with:] L’Ordene de chevalerie, with Translation by William Morris. [London: Sold by Reeves & Turner, 1893].One of 225 paper copies, out of a total edition of 235 copies. Small quarto. [4], 150, [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. Printed in red and black in Chaucer type. Wood-engraved frontispiece design... more information

1897. The Last Work Written and Designed by William Morris[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. MORRIS, William. The Water of the Wondrous Isles. [Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897].One of 250 paper copies of an edition of 256. Large quarto. [2], 340, [1] pp. Embellished with decorative woodcut borders, ornaments, and initials all designed by William Morris, except for two large initial words Whilom & Empty, which were completed from his unfinished designs by R. Catterson-Smith. Full limp vellum. Spine lettered in gilt... more information

1863. Just Another Destitute Little Chimney-Sweep"or "The Oddest Fairy Tale That There Has Ever Been…A Near Fine Copy Of The First Edition of The Water-BabiesKINGSLEY, Charles. The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton, R.S.A. London & Cambridge, 1863. First edition, first issue. Small square octavo (8 x 6 1/8 inches; 201 x 156mm). [viii], [1-3], 4-350, [1 advertisements], 1 blank. With the ‘L’Evoi’ leaf inserted after the dedi... more information

1913. 1 of 500 Sets Signed by KiplingKIPLING, Rudyard. Works... London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913-1938. The Bombay Edition, limited to 500 complete sets signed by Kipling on the half-title to volume one. Thirty-one large octavo volumes (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in; 235 x 160 mm). Printed by R.& R. Clark, Edinburgh from Florentine Press type on hand-made paper watermarked RK on each second leaf.Handsomely bound in the early 1990's in three quarter tan calf over cloth boards ruled in blind. Spines with ... more information

1920. A Unique SetFifty Dickensian “Playing Cards” by KydKYD (pseudonym of Joseph Clayton Clarke). [DICKENS, Charles]. A Handful of Cards for all Lovers of the Works of Charles Dickens. A series of fifty original designs by “Kyd.” [N.p.: n.d., ca. 1920's].Fifty-one original pen, ink and watercolor drawings (image size: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches; 91 x 65 mm.) on separate sheets watermarked "Reeves Greyhound Water Colour Paper England", (leaf size 10 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches (264 x 174... more information

1910. Pickwick Characters in Watercolor by "Kyd"KYD (pseudonym of Joseph Clayton Clarke), artist. [DICKENS, Charles]. 84 Original Character Studies from "The Pickwick Papers." Drawn in colors by "Kyd."] [N.p.: n.d., ca. 1910]. Eighty-four original drawings of which 48 are pen, ink and watercolor drawings (each 11 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches; 290 x 217 mm.) and 36 are pure watercolors. Contemporary three quarter crimson morocco. Five raised bands. Six gilt ruled, ornamented and lettered... more information

1920. Forty-Eight Original Kyd Watercolors"The Law is an Ass"But the Artwork is SublimeKYD, (pseudonym of Joseph Clayton Clarke) artist. [DICKENS, Charles]. Representatives of the Law. (Ranging from the Bench to the Broker’s man), extracted from the Works of Dickens, and portrayed by “Kyd” in a series of 48 Character Studies drawn in colours. London: ca. 1920.Calligraphic title page in an orange border and with a judge’s head at the top, calligraphic list of plates in a green ... more information