PART I. Editions of Works by William Morris
Titles:(by alphabetical order)
- An Address Delivered by William Morris and the Distribution of Prizes to Students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894. (London: Longmans & Co., 1898). [RARSTK N7450.M85 1898] Printed in Kelmscott Press golden type on Kelmscott handmade paper by the Chiswick Press. [Walsdorf #67]
Address delivered in the Town Hall, Birmingham, on the 19th of February, 1879. ["The Art of the People"] (Birmingham: Printed by E.C. Osborne, 1897.). 23 pp. [RARSTK N 7445.2.M67 1879]
The Aeneids of Virgil done into English Verse by William Morris. (London: Ellis and White, New Bond Street, 1876). 382 pp. [RARSTK PA 6807.A5M6 1976b]
The Aeneids of Virgil done into English by William Morris. (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1876). 338 pp. [RARSTK PA 6807.A5M6] Author's editions, from the Second London Edition.
The Aeneids of Virgil Done into English Verse. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1902. [RARFOL PA 6807.A5M6 1902]
Alfred Linell Killed in Trafalgar Square, Nov. 20, 1887. A Death Song. (London): Richard Lambert, (1887). 8 pp. [RARSTK PR 5076.A43 1887] On the cover a "memorial design" by Walter Crane. Morris' part consists of the words for the "Death Song," the music for which, also given in the pamphlet, was composed by M. Lawson.
Architecture and History and Westminster Abbey. London: Longmans & Co., 1900. [RARSTK NA 2563.M6 1900] A Chiswick Press reprint using Golden type. [Walsdorf #77]
Architecture, Industry, and Wealth: Collected Papers. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1902. [RARFOL N 7445.2.M672 1902] [Walsdorf #84]
Art and its Producers, and the Arts & Crafts of Today: Two Addresses Delivered before the National Association for the Advancement of Art. London: Longmans & Co., 1901. [RARSTK N 7445.M87 1901] Printed at the Chiswick Press in Golden type. [Walsdorf #83]
Art and the Beauty of the Earth. London: Longmans and Co., 1898. [RARSTK N 7450.M8555 1898] Printed at the Chiswick Press with Golden type. This copy is inscribed, "To Gwen Gimnett with Sidney Cockerell's love, Christmas, 1948." [Walsdorf #68]
The Art and Craft of Printing. A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding of the Kelmscott Press, Together with a Short Description of the Press by S.C. Cockerell, and an Annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat. New Rochelle, New York: Elston Press, 1902. [RARSTK Z 232.M87M8 1902] Limited to 210 copies. [Walsdorf #93]
The Art of the People. An Address Delivered Before the Birmingham Society of Arts, February 19th, 1879. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, Publisher, 1902. [RARSTK N 7450.M86 1902] Limited to 250 copies. [Walsdorf #92]
Arts and Crafts.Pittsfield, Massachusetts: The Caxton Society, [1910] 23 pp. [SPCSTK N 7450.M85 1910] The Caxton Brochures, Series A, no. 19, A Magazine for Quality Folks, edited by Thomas Dreier.
Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. London: Rivington, Percival, & Co., 1893. [RARSTK NK 1147.A7 1893] First edition, with a preface by Morris. In addition to his Preface, there are essays by Morris "Textiles" and "Of Dying as an Art," an essay by Morris and Walker on "Printing," and three essays by May Morris.
The Arts of Life. San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1934. [SPCSTK PR 5080.L47 1934] No statement of limitation on this four-page French-fold on handmade paper which bears the cover title: "William Morris: Craftsman, Romancer, Poet, Prophet 1834-1934." [Walsdorf #139]
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- Chants for Socialists. London: The Socialist League Office, 1885. 15 pp. [RARSTK PR 5078.C4 1885] Contains six poems: The Day is Coming, The Voice of Toil, All for the Cause, No Master, The March of the Workers, The Message of the March Wind.
Chants for Socialists. London: The Socialist League Office, 1885. 16 pp. [RARSTK PR 5078.C4 1885b] This edition contains seven poems, the last one being "Down Among the Dead Men." The first edition of 1885 contained only six poems, omitting the last one mentioned above. The 1885 edition with seven poems was reissued in 1892.
Chants for Socialists. London: The Socialist League, 1892. 16 pp. [RARSTK PR 5078.C4 1892] Reissue of the edition containing seven poems, first published in 1885 in addition to the six-poem edition. The seventh poem is entitled "Down among the Dead Men."
Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. [RARSTK PR 5079.C5 1900] 450 copies on Van Gelder handmade paper. Walsdorf notes that this is an "unusual binding, vellum overboards, with an underlay design imitative of embroidery, and two inlaid green leather labels. [Walsdorf #78]
A Christmas Carol. New York: Poets Guild, n.d. 2 pp. [RARSTK PR 5078.C47] One of a series published by the Poets Guild entitled "The Unbound Anthology."
Christmas Eve at the Blue Closet. Mount Vernon, New York: Golden Eagle Press, c. 1946. [SPCSTK PR 5080.C575] Limited to 2000 copies on Tweedweave White Antique rag paper. [Walsdorf #152]
The Collected Works of William Morris. With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris. 24 vols. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1910-1915. [RARSTK PR 5071.S6] This edition was limited to 1050 copies, of which only 1000 were for sale. This is copy 593. [Walsdorf #113]
Communism. A Lecture. Fabian Tract no. 113. London: The Fabian Society, 1907. 15 pp. [RARSTK HX 626.M6 1907] This is an October 1907 reprint of a March 1903 publication.
A Comparison of a Trial Design and a Final Version of the Frontispiece for the Kelmscott Press Edition of "News from Nowhere." N.P.: Sanford L. Berger, n.d. [c. 1973]. [SPCFOL HX 811 1890.M77 1973] Limited to 300 copies for private distribution. Printed by Lawton Alfred Kennedy. [Walsdorf #178]
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- The Decorative Arts Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress. London: Ellis and White, 1878. 32 pp. [RARSTK NK 1132.M8 1878] Subtitled "An Address delievered before the Trade's Guild of Learning." The first English edition, followed in the same year by an American edition.
The Decorative Arts: Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress. An Address. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1878. [RARSTK NK 1132.M8 1878b] First U.S. edition, published the same year as the English edition. The name of owner and date are written in ink on the front page cover and title page.
The Defence of Guenevere. A Book of Lyrics Chosen from the Works of William Morris. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1896. [RARSTK PR 5078.D4 1896] Walsdorf #64 describes this book as being dated on the title page MDCCCXCV, but stamped on the spine "Bibelot Series 1896" like this copy. His original inventory also lists the date of publication as 1895, but this is almost certainly an error that was perpetuated in his Bibliography. Limited to 925 copies.
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. [RARSTK PR5078.D4 1896b] Reprinted without alteration from the first edition of 1858. It bears a label which reads, "From the library of Andrew Lang. Sold by Messrs. Sotheby Dec. 5th, 1912."
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems. Edited by Robert Steele. The King's Poets Series. London: Alexander Moring Ltd., The De La More Press, 1904. [RARSTK PR 5078.D4 1904b]
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems. Illustrated by Jessie M. King. London: John Lane, the Bodely Head, 1904. [RARSTK PR 5078.D4 1904] This is a very rare illustrated edition with the binding also illustrated by King.
The Defence of Guenevere. Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1925. [SPCSTK PR 5078.D4 1925] Limited to 55 copies on Batchelor's Kelmscott handmade paper, of which this is number VII. Bound in full vellum. [Walsdorf #122]
La Difesa di Genevra. Translated by Eugenio Barera. Venice: Carlo Ferrari, 1898. 26 pp. [RARFOL PR 5078.D416 1898] First edition in Italian.
The Doom of King Acrisius. Illustrated with Pictures by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. New York: R. H. Russell, 1902. [RARSTK PR 5078.D66 1902]
A Dream of John Ball. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, [1922?] 128 pp. [RARSTK 5079.D8 1922] Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 37 Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius.
A Dream of John Ball and A King's Lesson. London: Reeves & Turner, 1888. 143 pp. [RARSTK PR 5079.D8]
A Dream of John Ball, Being an Idyll in Prose. East Aurora, New York: Roycroft Shop, 1898. [RARSTK PR 5079.D8 1898] This is no. 270 of an edition limited to 650 copies. There was another limited edition of 100 on Whatman paper. [Walsdorf #70]
A Dream of John Ball. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1902. [RARSTK PR 5079.D8 1902] Limited to 925 copies on Van Gelder paper. [Walsdorf #99]
A Dream of John Ball and A King's Lesson. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. [RARSTK PR 5079.D8 1903] Limited to 250 copies on handmade paper; Walsdorf notes that "this copy is bound in full leather with extensive use of gilt, much in the style of a Doves binding."
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The Early Romances of William Morris in Prose and Verse. Edited by Earnest Rhys. With an introduction by Alfred Noyes. Everyman's Library. London: J. M. Dent and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton, [1907]. [SPCSTK PR 5074.A3E94 1907]
The Earthly Paradise. A Poem. London: F. S. Ellis, 1868. [RARSTK PR 5075.A1 1868] First edition of the very rare first part of this famous long poem by Morris. Presentation copy from William Morris to his mother, and bears the inscription: "Emma Morris from her affectionate Son the author." Bound in half green morocco with gilt by Riviere.
The Earthly Paradise. A Poem. London: Reeves & Turner, 1890. [RARSTK PR 5075.A1 1980] Presentation copy with inscription by Morris: "To Elizabeth Burden from her affectionate Brother, William Morris, Christmas, 1890." Forman says of the binding, "the cover, which the poet specially designed for it, is very elegant."
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Fearless Rest and Hopeful Work. San Marino, California: Castle Press, 1954. [SPCSTK PR 5080.L47 1954] Limited to 100 copies, printed by Grant Dahlstrom for members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. [Walsdorf #156]
Five Arthurian Poems: The Defense of Guenevere. King Arthur's Tomb, Sir Galahad, A Christmas Mystery. The Chapel in Lyoness. A Good Knight in Prison. New Rochelle, New york: Elston Press, 1902. [RARSTK PR 5074.A1 1902] Limited to 178 copies. [Walsdorf #95]
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The Gateway to Romance: Tales Retold by Emily Underdown from "The Earthly Paradise" of William Morris. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1914?] [SPCSTK PN 687.U6]
Gertha's Lovers: A Tale. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1902. [RARSTK PR 5079.G4 1902] Limited to 425 copies on Japanese Vellum. [Walsdorf #100]
Gossip About an Old House on the Upper Thames. Flushing, New York: J. E. Hill, 1901. [RARSTK PR 5080.G67 1901] Limited to 100 copies on Japanese Vellum, of which 75 were for sale. This is no. 12. [Walsdorf #88]
Gossip about an Old House on the Upper Thames. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976. [SPCSTK PR 5080.G67 1976] Limited to 750 copies. Printed in Cambridge, England, at the Cambridge University Press in Golden type designed by Morris. [Walsdorf #192]
Guenevere. Two Poems by William Morris: "The Defence of Guenevere" and "King Arthur's Tomb." With Eight Decorations by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and a Foreword by Gordon Bottomley. London: Franfolico Press, 1929. [SPCSTK PR 5078.G84 1930] Limited to 450 copies for sale: this is no. 285. Printed in Weiss Antiqua type on Barcham Green vellum, with eight collotypes by Rossetti. [Walsdorf #131]
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Hand and Brain: A Symposium of Essays on Socialism by William Morris, Grant Allen, George Bernard Shaw, Henry S. Salt, Alfred Russell Wallace, and Edward Carpenter. East Aurora, New York: Roycroft Shop, 1898. [RARSTK HX 15.H3] This is no. 114 of an edition of 725 copies printed on handmade Kelmscott paper. [Walsdorf #71]
The History of Over Sea. Done out of the Ancient French into English. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1899. [RARSTK PQ 1485.H4E56 1899] Limited to 425 copies printed on Japanese Vellum. [Walsdorf #75]
The History of Over Sea. With Decorations by Louis Rhead. New York: R. H. Russell, 1902. [RARSTK PQ 1485.H4E56 1902]
The Hollow Land: A Tale. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. [RARSTK PR 5079.H65 1900] Limited to 425 copies on Japanese Vellum. [Walsdorf #80]
The Hollow Land and Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. [RARSTK PR 5079.H65 1903] Limited to 315 copies, of which 300 were for sale. Printed at the Chiswick Press in Golden type. [Walsdorf #104]
The Hollow Land. Hingham, Massachusetts: Village Press, 1905. [RARSTK PR 5079.H65 1905] This edition was limited to 220 copies, but it is thought that the fire of 1908 which destroyed Goudy's press, types, and books, also destroyed all but about 85 copies of this book. With the bookplate of Pickford Waller. [Walsdorf #110]
Hopes and Fears for Art. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882. [RARSTK N 7445.M85 1882]
Hopes and Fears for Art. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1902. [RARFOL N 7445.2.M677 1902]
The House of the Wolfings. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1901. [RARFOL PR 5079.T25 1901] Limited printed by the Chiswick Press.
How I Became a Socialist. London: Twentieth Century Press, Limited, (1896). 16 pp. [RARSTK HX 246.M8 1896]
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The Ideal Book. An Address. New York: Calumet Press, 1899. [RARSTK Z 116.A4M67 1899] Limited to 250 paper copies, of which this is no. 206. [Walsdorf #72]
The Ideal Book, An Address Delivered by William Morris in 1893. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1931. [SPCSTK Z 116.A4M67 1931] [Walsdorf #133]
"Introduction." Good King Wenceslas. A Carol by Dr. Neale. Pictures by Arthur Gaskin. Hingham, Massachusetts: The Village Press, 1904. [RARSTK PR 5103.N2G64 1904] The printing was limited to 185 copies. However, this is a very rare edition, Walsdorf observes, because "it is noted in the Village Press bibliography that about a hundred copies were destroyed in the Parker Building fire." With the bookplate of Pickford Waller. [Walsdorf #109]
"Introductory Note." Good King Wenceslas. A Carol written by Dr. Neale and pictured by Arthur J. Gaskin with an Introduction by Willim Morris. Birmingham: Messrs. Cornish Brs., 1895. [RARSTK PR 5103. N2G64 1895] Limited to 125 copies, of which 113 were for sale. [Walsdorf #59A]
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A King's Lesson. With a Woodcut by Charles W. Smith. Madison, New Jersey: Golden Hind Press, 1934. [SPCSTK PR 5079.K55 1934] Limited to 145 copies on arak paper. This is no. 38. Signed by the printer A. W. Rushmore, and the frontispiece signed by Charles W. Smith. [Walsdorf #137]
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Lectures on Art delivered in support for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. London: Macmillan and Co., 1882. 232 pp. [RARSTK N 7443.2.P65 1882] Contains a lecture by William Morris entitled "The Lesser Arts of Life," pp. 174-232.
Letters on Socialism. London: Privately Printed, 1894. [RARSTK HX 246.M68 1894] This item was printed for Thomas J. Wise, now best known for his forgeries of more than 50 titles. The book states: "The impression of this book is limited to thirty-four copies for private circulation only." [Walsdorf #60]
The Life and Death of Jason. A Poem. London: F. S. Ellis, 1869. [RARSTK PR 5076.A1 1869] Fourth edition bound in full leather with gilt by J. Sotheran and Co., London.
The Life and Death of Jason. A Poem. Boston: Roberts Brohers, 1886. [RARSTK PR 5076.A1 1886] Designated by the publishers as "Author's Edition."
The Life and Death of Jason. A Metrical Romance. Decorated by Maxfield Armfield. London: Headley Brothers, [1900?] [SPCSTK PR 5076.A1 1900]
The Life and Death of Jason. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., [1911] [SPCSTK PR 5076.A1 1911]
Love is Enough or The Freeing of Pharamond. A Morality. London: Ellis and White, 1873. [RARSTK PR 5078.L5 1873] Proof copy of the first edition, inscribed on the front wrapper in Morris's hand, "Unbound proof copy-- Will be published November 25th--" The copy has been subsequently bound in full red leather with gilt by S.S. and dated 1905.
