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Forty books from the private library of A Halcrow Verstage Esq

Hon Secretary to the Kelmscott Felowship who also for LCC Architects’ Dept & Designed the

Central School of Arts & Crafts in London with W E Riley

 

The Artworkers Guild 1884 to 1934 by H J L J Massé

Published 1935

     1

Shakespeare Head Press

Edition of 500 ?

 

 

 

 

William Morris by May Morris (in tissuepaper wrappers)

Published 1936

     2

Published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford

750 copies

 

Shakespeare Head Press

2 Volumes

 

 

 

 

The Life of William Morris by J W Mackail

1st Edition 1899

     3

Longmans Green & Co

2 Volumes

 

Philip Burne Jones’ signature

 

 

 

 

 

The Life of William Morris by J W Mackail

New Edition 1901

     4

Longmans Green & Co

 

 

May Morris’ signature

 

 

 

 

 

Transactions of the National Association for the Advancement

of Art and its Application to Industry Liverpool Meeting of 1888

 

Edition of 500 ?

 

     5

 

 

 

Socialism Its Growth & Outcome by William Morris &

E Belfort Bax 1893

Limited edition 275

No 13

 

     6

Swan Sonnenhen & Co

 

 

 

 

 

Labour Annual

Walter Crane Covers

 

10 copies, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901 (Reformers Year Book

formerly Labour Annual), 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909

 

 

     7

 

 

 

Fabian Essays in Socialism edited by G B Shaw 1 volume

Walter Crane Cover

     8

Publisher : Walter Scott, London

 

 

 

 

 

Hopes & Fears for Art 5 Lectures 1871-1881 by William Morris

 

     9

Ellis & White, London 1882

 

 

 

 

 

Gothic Architecture : A Lecture for the Arts & Crafts Exhibition

Society by William Morris

1883 Limited Edition

 

   10

Signed William Betts 1884

 

 

 

 

 

The Dream of John Bull & The Kings Lesson

By William Morris

Illustration by Burne Jones

1888 First Edition

 

   11

Published by Reeves & Turner London

 

 

 

 

 

William Morris : Address delivered 11th November 1890

Kelmscott House before the Hammersmith Publishing Society

1892

 

 

   12

 

 

 

Socialist Review March, April & May 1928

Contains unpublished letters of William Morris

 

 

   13

 

 

 

Notice of a Fabian Society Public Meeting 1908 by G B Shaw

On Socialism – Hand Flyer

 

 

   14

 

 

 

Kelmscott Fellowship Notice 1926 showing A H Verstage

Secretary, President Miss May Morris

 

 

   15

 

 

 

The Life & Death of Jason by William Morris

8h Edition revised by

   16

Ellis & White, London

The author 1882

 

 

 

 

The Earthly Paradise by William Morris (3 of 4 parts)

1880

   17

Ellis & White, London             

 

 

Illustrations by Burne Jones; handcut paper

 

 

 

 

 

William Morris to Whistler : Papers & Addresses on Art & Craft

and the Commonweal ; Illustrations by Walter Crane

1911

   18

Chiswick Press, London , G Bell & Sons

1st edition

 

Paper cover over Hardback

 

 

 

 

 

An Artist’s Reminiscences by Walter Crane

2nd edition Oct 1907

   19

Methuen & Co London

(1st publ’d Sept 07)

 

Illustrations by Walter Crane

 

 

 

 

 

Decorative Illustration of Books by Walter Crane

1916

   20

G Bell & Sons, London ; Chiswick Press

 

 

 

 

 

Decorative Illustrations des Buches by Walter Crane

1901

   21

Leipzig , German Edition (diff illustrations to English ed.)

 

 

 

 

 

Pamphlet Board of Education South Kensington

1908

   22

J MacNeil Whistler

2nd Edition

 

 

 

 

Walthamstow Museum : Guide to William Morris Centenary

Exhibition

 

1934

 

   23

 

 

 

Speeches in Commemoration of William Morris at the

Baths Hall Walthamstow (3 copies)

 

March 1934

 

   24

By John Drinkwater, Holbrook Jackson, Prof H J Laski

 

 

 

 

 

William Morris 1884 to 1934 Some Appreciations

1934

   25

William Morris Centenary Celebrations

 

 

Ed by George Ed Roebuck

 

 

Articles by May Morris, G B Shaw, etc

 

 

 

 

 

Morris & Company 1861 to 1940                     (2 copies)

1961

   26

Commemorative Centenary Exhibition The Arts Council

 

 

 

 

 

Tributes to Peter Floud

1960

   27

Published Writings of Peter Floud & the

Wallpaper Designs of William Morris

 

 

William Morris Society

 

 

 

 

 

Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty

1899

   28

George Bell & Sons, London

1st Edition

 

With illustrations by Holman Hunt, Burne Jones & others

 

 

 

 

 

On a Pincushion & Other Fairytales by Mary de Morgan

 

   29

Illustrations by Wm de Morgan

3rd Edition

 

Alexander Moring Ltd; de La More Press London

 

 

 

 

 

A May Day Interlude

1904

   30

Written by Gerald Bishop for Campden Children under the

direction of Mrs C R Ashbee

 

 

Printed by Essex House Press, Campden, Glos

 

 

 

 

 

Table of the Arts & Crafts of the Renaissance by C R Ashbee

1892

   31

Guild & School of Handicraft

2nd edition

 

 

 

 

Table of the Arts & Crafts of the 17th Century by C R Ashbee

1894

   32

Guild & School of Handicraft                   (2 copies)

 

 

 

 

 

Table of the Arts & Crafts of the 18th Century by C R Ashbee

1895

   33

Guild & School of Handicraft                   (2 copies)

 

 

 

 

 

The New Party published by Hodder Brothers

Edited by Andrew Reid; Frontispiece by Walter Crane

 

 

   34

 

 

 

Dream of John Ball and A King’s Lesson by William Morris

Longmans, Green & Co

 

1898

 

   35

 

 

 

The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems by William Morris

edited by Robert Steele

Alexander Moring Ltd, the De La More Press

 

1904

 

   36

 

 

 

Socialism and Individualism by Sidney Webb, Sidney Ball,

G Bernard Shaw, and Sir Oliver Lodge

The Fabian Socialist Series no 3 A C Fifield

 

 

   37

 

 

 

A Catalogue of an Exhibition Celebrating the Ninetieth Birthday of

Bernard Shaw presented by the National Book league at

7 Albemarle St London 26th July to 24 August 1946

 

 

   38

 

 

 

The Churches and Chapels of Old London

1901

  39

 

 

 

William Morris as a Socialist

A William Morris Society Lecture 16 January 1957 by

G D H Cole

 

1960

 

  40

 

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