News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest :
being some chapters from a Utopian romance /
by William Morris.

Description

Main Author

Morris, William, 1834-1896

Related Names

Sterling, Louis, Sir, 1879-1958, former owner
Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, former owner.
Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver.
Gere, Charles M. (Charles March), 1869-1957, illustrator.
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
William Morris and Kelmscott Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Reeves & Turner
Kelmscott Press

Language(s)

English

Published

Hammersmith, England : Kelmscott Press, 1892.
London : Reeves & Turner.
[Hammersmith, England] : [Kelmscott Press], [1892]

Subjects

Vellum printed books.
Utopias.
utopias.
utopian literature.
Livres imprimés sur vélin > Livres imprimés sur vélin / Spécimens.
Utopies.
Vellum printed books > Vellum printed books / Specimens.
Utopias.
Gravures sur bois.
Typefaces (Type evidence) > Typefaces (Type evidence) / Golden.
Bookplates (Provenance)
Bookplates (Provenance) > Bookplates (Provenance) / 19th century.
Paper (Paper evidence) > Paper (Paper evidence) / Flower.
Printers' devices (Printing) > Printers' devices (Printing) / England > Printers' devices (Printing) / England / London > Printers' devices (Printing) / England / London / 19th century.
Octavo format.
Watermarks (Paper) > Watermarks (Paper) / England > Watermarks (Paper) / England / 19th century.
Utopian literature.
Silk ties (Binding) > Silk ties (Binding) / England > Silk ties (Binding) / England / London > Silk ties (Binding) / England / London / 19th century.
Limp bindings.
Vellum bindings.
Wood engravings.
Science fiction.
Utopian fiction.
Specimens.
Science fiction.
Utopian fiction.
Wood engravings.
wood engravings (prints)
Wood-engraved printers' marks.
Wood engravings)
watermarks.
Vellum (skin) limp bindings.
utopian literature.
ties (fasteners)
rubrics.
Romances.
roman (upright typeface group)
marginalia (annotations)
Handmade papers (fibre products)
deckle edges.
Wood-engraved initials (layout features) > Wood-engraved initials (layout features) / England > Wood-engraved initials (layout features) / England / 1893.
Wood-engraved compartments > Wood-engraved compartments / England > Wood-engraved compartments / England / 1893.
Utopias.

Note

Watermark: flower; initials "WM" (William Morris).
Rubricated marginalia. 1 wood-engraved illustration by W.H. Hooper from a design by C.M. Gere, depicting the manor house in the village of Kellmscott from which Kelmscott Press took its name (see Sparling). Wood-engraved printer's device (unnumbered page at end), compartments, and initials.
Edition of 300 copies on paper, 10 on vellum; printed in Golden typeface and issued 24 March 1893 (see Sparling).
"This book, News from nowhere or An epoch of rest, was written by William Morris, and printed by him at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex, and finished on the 22nd day of November, 1892. Sold by Reeves & Turner, 196, Strand, London"--Colophon.
ULL copy is from the library of Sir Louis Sterling.
Exhibited in 'Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian avant-garde' at Tate Britain, London, Sept. 12, 2012-Jan. 13, 2013; the Pushkin Museum, Moscow, June 10-Oct. 2013.
Exhibited in 'Art turning left' at Tate Liverpool, 8 Nov. 2013-16 Feb. 2014, open at title page.
Displayed in Gallery 128a, 'Philip Webb: 1831-1913', 7 Nov. 2015-24 May 2016.

Physical Description

6 unnumbered pages, 305 pages, 1 unnumbered page : 1 illustration ; 21 cm

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