Poems By The Way by William Morris William Morris (1834-1896) was a British artist and writer. Morris wrote poetry, fiction and translated Icelandic. Morris was part of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and was one of the founders of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. Morris believed that art should be hand made and affordable. He also felt that no one form of art was superior to any other. As an artist Morris worked with textiles in weaving, dyeing, carpet making, and wood block printing. His writing often reflected his ...
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Poems By The Way by William Morris William Morris (1834-1896) was a British artist and writer. Morris wrote poetry, fiction and translated Icelandic. Morris was part of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and was one of the founders of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. Morris believed that art should be hand made and affordable. He also felt that no one form of art was superior to any other. As an artist Morris worked with textiles in weaving, dyeing, carpet making, and wood block printing. His writing often reflected his socialist views. Some of the poems in the collection are From the Upland to the Sea, Of the Wooing of Hallbiorn the Strong, Echoes of Love's House, The Burghers' Battle, Hope Deith: Love Liveth, Error and Loss, The Hall and the Wood, The Day of Days, To the Muse of the North, and Of the Three Seekers. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. With owner's name and inscription inside cover. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Binding come away at hinge-completely detatched from text block. Spine loose, enclosed in text. Some loose pages. Edgewear, fading and foxing evident. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN:
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Very Good. No Jacket. First edition-corners a little bumped and covers rubbed and shelfworn with some minor marks and scuffs-foxing to endpapers and toning to edges of text block-Book ow/ solid, clean and bright-dark blue buckram with filt titles to front and spine-196 pages. 8vo. No dustwrapper.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. Tight square book in red cloth; a few droplet stains to top of front board. Gilt is bright on front board, faded on the sunned spine. Faint foxing to endpapers only and faint name of previous owner to front endpaper. Contents are bright and unmarked. 196 pp plus 2 pp of adverts.