The collected works of William Morris : with introductions by his daughter May Morris (v.1)
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Type of record: Book
Title: The collected works of William Morris : with introductions by his daughter May Morris (v.1)
Classmark: BC Gen MOR
Creator(s): Morris, William (1834-1896)
Additional creator(s): Morris, May (1862-1938) (Other)
Publisher: Longmans Green and company
Publication city: London; New York
Date(s): 1910-15
Language: English
Size and medium: 24 volumes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/278111
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000692669705181
Description
"This edition is in 24 volumes and is limited to 1050 copies, of which 1000 only are for sale.
Bibliographical notes.
Contents: v. 1. The defence of Guenevere, The hollow land. -- v. 2. The life and death of Jason. -- v. 3-6. The earthly paradise. -- v. 7. The story of Grettir the Strong, The story of the Volsungs and Niblungs. -- v. 8. Journals of travel in Iceland, 1871 1873. -- v. 9. Love is enough, Poems by the way. -- v. 10. Three northern love stories, The tale of Beowulf. -- v. 11. The Æneids of Virgil. -- v. 12. The story of Sigurd the Volsung and the fall of the Niblungs. -- v. 13. The Odyssey of Homer done into English verse. -- v. 14. The house of the Wolfings, The story of the glittering plain. -- v. 15. The roots of the mountains. -- v. 16. News from Nowhere, A dream of John Ball, A king's lesson. -- v. 17. The wood beyond the world, Child Christopher and Goldilind the fair, Old French romances. -- v. 18-19. The well at the world's end. -- v. 20. The water of the wondrous isles. -- v. 21. The sundering flood, Unfinished romances. -- v. 22. Hopes and fears for art, Lectures on art and industry. -- v. 23. Signs of change, Lectures on socialism. -- v. 24. Scenes from the fall of Troy, and other poems and fragments.
Additional description
The set is no. 842 of an edition limited to 1050 copies, of which one thousand only are for sale
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