News from nowhere : or, an epoch of rest, being some chapters from a utopian romance /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Morris, William, 1834-1896
Corporate Author:	Kelmscott Press (Printer)
Other Authors:	Gere, Charles M. (Charles March), 1869-1957 (Illustrator), Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912 (Engraver)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Subjects:	English prose literature > 19th century. Utopias in literature > 19th century. Private presses > England > 19th century. English prose literature. Private presses. Utopias in literature. England. 1800 - 1899

Description
Item Description:	The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy has two inscriptions; one to John E. Perrin, the other to Michael Perrin. Ornamental woodcut borders on frontis. and page 1, and initial letters designed by Morris. Woodcut frontis. designed by C.M. Gere and engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Printed in black, shoulder titles and some lines in red. Golden type on Batchelor handmade paper, watermarked: Flower(2). Limited edition of 300 paper copies (2 gns.) and 10 vellum copies (10 gns.), issued 24th March 1893. - Cf. Peterson. Imprint from colophon dated 22nd Nov. 1892. First printed in "Commonweal" in 1890. This version is set from the first English edition printed by Reeves & Turner (1891), with minor alterations.
Physical Description:	6 unnumbered pages, 305 pages, 1 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm (octavo)