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Lot 159
Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025
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Live / Philadelphia
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$800 -
1,200
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$1,792
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[Kelmscott Press] Morris, William. The Roots of the Mountains Wherein is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale Their Friends Their Neighbours Their Foeman and Their Fellows in Arms
London: Reeves and Turner, 1890. First edition (one of 250 copies of the superior edition on Whatman paper). 8vo. (viii), 424 pp. Original floral-patterned chintz-covered boards, lettered in gilt; edges untrimmed, by Morris & Co.
A fine first edition of Morris' proto-fantasy novel, one of only 250 copies specially printed on Whatman paper and bound in William Morris' Morris & Co.'s floral chintz "Honeysuckle" cloth.