Child Christopher And Goldilind The Fair
Upper Mall, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895. Hardcover. 256 and 239 pages. 15 x 11 cm, printed in Chaucer type, in black and red, and is uniform in size with the romances from the French. Wood engraved title, borders and initials designed by Morris. Limited edition, one of 600 copies. FORMAN pp. 182-183, and in his introduction notes [this title] "Morris got back to a thoroughly human story racy of British earth in the old days, - the story admirably conceived and laid-out and the characters drawn with the consistency and vigour to be expected from the liberal hand......" SCOTT, p102. PETERSON. A35. "When you come to look at it, and see that you get a book like this.........it would be impossible to refuse buying them. I love my books, and I love making them, and I think these little octavos quite the most charming things issued from my press. [Morris in "The Ideal Book]. Decorated boards, quarter stitched vellum. Teg. Fine. Two vols. Item #24562
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