KELMSCOTT PRESS EDITION OF MORRIS'S FANTASY NOVEL. [KELMSCOTT PRESS] MORRIS, WILLIAM, translator. 1834-1896. Child Christopher And Goldilind The Fair. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895. 2 volumes, 12mo 140 x . Printed in Chaucer type in red and black, title page and facing page with full woodcut page border, 7-line and small woodcut initial capitals. Later quarter vellum and patterned paper-covered boards, spines titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Light spotting. Provenance: May Prathurst (ownership inscription on first flyleaf). LMITED EDITION, one of 600 copies of a total edition of 612 of 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. Peterson A35. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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