Folio (425 x 286 mm). Bifolium with an original leaf inserted (some bleed-through from printed red text); loose as issued in linen-backed portfolio (some light soiling).

LIMITED EDITION, number 31 of 100 copies signed by Windle, WITH AN ORIGINAL OPENING TEXT LEAF from Troilus and Criseyde, Book III with accompanying woodcut illustration by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Called "the finest book since Gutenberg" (Franklin, The Private Presses, p.192), the Kelmscott Chaucer was printed in Morris's own Chaucer and Troy types. Chalmers 208.

[With:] Another copy. LIMITED EDITION, number 85 of 100 copies, with an original leaf of text representing the opening verses of The Monk's Tale with 10-line initials or smaller.

[With]: WALSDORF, Jack. On Collecting William Morris: A Memoir. Kirkwood, MO: The Printery, 2006. 8vo. Original quarter crushed morocco with printed boards patterned after Kelmscott vine designs; publisher's slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 29 of 69 copies with an original leaf from Child Christopher (Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1895) representing a portion of chapter XVI with three-line initials.