ID: 2709
Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair.
MORRIS, William.
Category: First Edition
Place/Publisher/Date:
Hammersmith,The Kelmscott Press. 1895.
Description:
Limited edition; two volumes; 12mo; quarter vellum and patterned paper-covered boards, spines titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Printed in Chaucer type in red and black, title page and facing page with full woodcut. One of 600 copies of a total edition of 612. Morris's fantasy novel, considered to be a precursor to the modern fantasy genre. Morris incorporates an element of the supernatural into his reimagining of the Middle English romance Lay of Havelok the Dane. The work was included in the Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library anthology in 1977. Morris said of this edition 'When you come to look at it, and see that you get a book like this... for seven and sixpence a volume[!], it would be impossible to refuse buying them. I love my books, and I love making them, and I think of these... quite the most charming things issued from my press' (Ideal Book). Very good, ownership inscription in volume one. Peterson A35.
Price £2500.00
