Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Morris, William, 1834-1896

Title:

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

Alternate Title(s):

News from nowhere

Published / Created:

[Hammersmith, England] : [Kelmscott Press], [1892]

Physical Description:

[6], 305, [1] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR5079 .N48 1892
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

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Classification:

Books

Notes:

Colophon: 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. [Printer's device]

The woodcut frontispiece is engraved by W.H. Hooper from a design by C.M. Gere.

Marginal notes in red.

Frontispiece depicts Morris's home, Kelmscott Manor, in Oxfordshire.

300 paper copies. 10 vellum copies.

Peterson, W.S. Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press A12

BAC: British Art Center copy is one of 10 on vellum. Bound in vellum with silk ties.

Exhibition History:

Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)

Subject Terms:

Kelmscott Manor (Kelmscot, England) | Utopias. | Kelmscott Press -- Publisher. | Morris, William -- Printer. | Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1892.

Contributors:

Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834–1912, engraver. | Gere, Charles M. (Charles March), 1869–1957, ill. | Morris, William, 1834–1896, printer. | Kelmscott Press.