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15 16 300 MORE, SIR THOMASUtopia. Written by Sir Thomas More.The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1893.One of 300 copies on paper, of a total edition of 308 (8 on vellum). 8vo. pp. [2] + xiv + 284. Chaucer type (transcriptof the title-page of the second edition of Robinson’s translation in Troy type) on Batchelor hand-made paper with (thesecond version of) the Primrose watermark. Two full-page woodcut borders, and numerous woodcut initials; head-titles,side-notes, explicits, and some lines in red. Original full limp vellum, title gilt on spine, lacking original ties, partlyunopened. Peterson A16.17 500 TENNYSON, ALFRED LORDMaud, a Monodrama, by Alfred Lord Tennyson.The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1893.One of 500 copies on paper, of a total edition of 505 (5 on vellum). 8vo. pp. [8] + 72. Golden type on Batchelor handmadepaper with (the second version of) the Primrose watermark. Two full-page woodcut borders and title, quarter, halfand corner woodcut borders, and numerous woodcut initials; stanza numbers in red. Original full limp vellum slightlysoiled; title gilt on spine. Peterson A17.18 1500 MORRIS, WILLIAMGothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. By William Morris.The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1893.One of 1500 copies on paper, of a total edition of 1545 (45 on vellum). 16mo. pp. [2] + 72. Golden type on Batchelorhand-made paper with (the second version of) the Primrose watermark. Numerous woodcut initials; head-title andshoulder-notes in red. Original holland-backed blue paper boards, title printed on the front cover. Peterson A18. 19 300 MEINHOLD, WILLIAMSidonia the Sorceress. By William Meinhold, Translated by Francesca Speranza Lady Wilde.The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1893.One of 300 copies on paper, of a total edition of 310 (10 on vellum). Large 4to. pp. [2] + xiv + 456. Golden type onBatchelor hand-made paper with the Primrose watermark. Full-page woodcut border, and numerous woodcut initials;chapter titles, speakers’ names, and side-notes in red. Original full limp vellum; title gilt on spine, lacking original ties.Presentation copy of the wife of Morris. An inscription sticker GIVEN BY MRS WILLIAM MORRIS IN MEMORYOF HER HUSBUND . Peterson A19.1011

20 20a 22 24 310 ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIELBallads and Narrative Poems by DanteGabriel Rosetti.The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1893.One of 310 copies on paper, of a total edition of 316 (6on vellum). 8vo. pp. [8] + 232. Golden type on Batchelorhand-made paper with (the second version of) thePrimrose watermark. Two full-page woodcut borders andtitle, and numerous woodcut initials; shoulders and somelines in red. Original full limp vellum; title gilt on spine.Peterson A20. 310 ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIELSonnets and Lyrical Poems by Dante GabrielRosetti.The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1894.One of 310 copies on paper, of a total edition of 316 (6on vellum).8vo. pp. [8] + xii + 200. Golden type onBatchelor hand-made paper with (the second version of)the Primrose watermark. Two full-page woodcut bordersand title, and numerous woodcut initials; sonnet numberswoodcut, footnotes, shoulder-titles, and some lines in red.Original full limp vellum; title gilt on spine, exlibris onfront end-paper, p.193-194 slightly soiled, one tie torn.Peterson A20a. 250 MORRIS, WILLIAMThe Story of the Glittering Plain Which HasBeen Also Called the Land of Living Men orthe Acre of the Undying. Written by WilliamMorris.The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1894.One of 250 copies on paper, of a total edition of 257 (7on vellum). Large 4to. pp. [8] + 184. Troy type (tableof contents in Chaucer type) on Batchelor hand-madepaper with the Perch watermark. Twenty-three woodcutillustrations (by Walter Crane), two full-page woodcutborders and title, side and three-quarter woodcut borders,and numerous woodcut initials; chapter titles in red.Original full limp vellum; title gilt on spine, exlibris ofLeslie Benson, a tie torn. Peterson A22. 250 Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile.The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1894.One of 500 copies on paper, of a total edition of 515(15 on vellum). 16mo. pp. [8] + 72. Chaucer type onBatchelor hand-made paper with the Perch watermark.Two full-page woodcut borders and title, and numerouswoodcut initials; head-title, shoulder-notes, and rstparagraph of colophon in red. Original holland-backedblue paper boards, title printed on the front cover, topedge darkened, pink soiling on endpaper. Peterson A23.21 21 MORRIS, WILLIAM [TRANSLATOR]350 The Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane.The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1893.One of 350 copies on paper, of a total edition of 365 (15 on vellum). 16mo. pp. [8] + 98. Chaucer type on Batchelorhand-made paper with the Perch watermark. Two full-page woodcut borders and title, and numerous woodcut initials;head-title, shoulder-notes and explicit in red. Original holland-backed blue paper boards, title printed on the front cover,exlibris of Pickford Waller. Peterson A21.A single leaf of Kelmscott Order Form inserted. 300 KEATS, JOHNThe Poems of John Keats.The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1894.One of 300 copies on paper, of a total edition of 307 (7on vellum). 8vo. pp. [8] + 392. Golden type on Batchelorhand-made paper with (the second version of) thePrimrose watermark. Two full-page woodcut borders andtitle, and numerous woodcut initials; shoulders-titles,notes, and some words in red. Original full limp vellum,title gilt on spine, exlibris of William Harris Arnold, amargin of p.343 missing, pink staining on the bottom ofthe frontcover. Peterson A24.25 SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES Atalanta in Calydon; A Tragedy by AlgernonCharles Swinburne.23 The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1894. 500 One of 250 copies on paper, of a total edition of 258(8 on vellum). Large 4to. pp. [8] + 84. Troy type onMORRIS, WILLIAM [TRANSLATOR]Batchelor hand-made paper with the Perch watermark.Two full-page woodcut borders and title, side andthree-quarter woodcut borders, and numerous woodcutinitials; one row of ornaments and speakersnames inred. Original full limp vellum, title gilt on spine, notesinserted, previous owner’s signature on front y leaf(Sydney P. Waterlows?), 2 ties torn and lacking. PetersonA25.26 MORRIS, WILLIAM [TRANSLATOR]525 The Tale of the Emperor Coustans and of over Sea.The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1894.One of 525 copies on paper, of a total edition of 545 (20 on vellum). 16mo. pp. [8] + 136. Chaucer type on Batchelorhand-made paper with the Perch watermark. Four full-page woodcut borders and title, and numerous woodcut initials;shoulder-notes, and some lines (including the colophon) in red.Original holland-backed blue paper boards, title printed on the front cover, rear y leaf repaired, p.67, 117-118marginally soiled. Peterson A26.12 13