[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.
4to. Printed in Troy type (with Argument, glossary, and other parts in Chaucer type) in black and red, woodcut title-page, facing page with full woodcut page-border, numerous three-quarter and smaller woodcut page-borders, 8-line and smaller initial capitals; inserted "note to reader" slip. Original limp vellum, yapp edges, silk ties.
LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies on Perch paper, of an edition of 308. One of Morris's favorite poems in the English language. "The borders in this book were only used once again, in the Jason." Cockerell 32; Peterson A32. A FINE COPY.
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