[Presentation Copy from William Morris to Ford Madox Brown]. A Tale of The House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark Written in Prose and in Verse

Morris, William

Verlag: Reeves and Turner, London, 1889

Beschreibung

Inscribed presentation copy from Morris to Ford Madox Brown, dated December 1888. An exceptional Pre-Raphaelite association. Brown was a British painter closely aligned with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an "old and intimate" friend of Morris, and a founding partner of Morris's design company, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. This copy was also owned by, and has the bookplate and ownership inscription of, American painter and collector Hamilton Easter Field who appears to have acquired it in 1894, the year after Brown's death. 8vo. [8], 199pp., [1] + 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated November 1888. Buxton Forman 107 (ordinary copy). Scott, pg. 13. About very good in publisher's dark red cloth with bumping and wear to edges and spine, paper spine label present but with loss, spine lean, front hinge starting, but nevertheless a desirable copy with excellent association. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 283

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [Presentation Copy from William Morris to ...

Verlag: Reeves and Turner, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1889

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: First Edition.