and woodcut
title. 600 on paper at fifteen shillings, 12 on vellum at four guineas.
Dated July 25, issued Sept. 25, 1895. Published by William Morris. Bound
in half holland, with labels printed in the Golden type.
The borders designed for this book were only used once again, in Hand
and Soul. The plot of the story was suggested by that of Havelok the
Dane, printed by the Early English Text Society.
29b. THE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. VOLUME III. Edited by
F. S. Ellis. 8vo. Golden type. In black and red. 250 on paper at
twenty-five shillings, 6 on vellum at eight guineas. Dated August 21,
issued October 28, 1895. Published by William Morris. Bound in limp
vellum without ties.
36. HAND AND SOUL. BY DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI. Reprinted from The Germ
for Messrs. Way & Williams, of Chicago. 16mo. Golden type. In black and
red. Borders 15a and 15, and woodcut title. 300 paper copies and 11
vellum copies for America. 225 paper copies for sale in England at ten
shillings, and 10 on vellum at thirty shillings. Dated Oct. 24, issued
Dec. 12, 1895. Bound in stiff vellum without ties.
This was the only 16mo book bound in vellum. The English and American
copies have a slightly different colophon. The shoulder-notes were added
by Mr. Morris.
37. POEMS CHOSEN OUT OF THE WORKS OF ROBERT HERRICK. Edited by F. S.
Ellis, 8vo. Golden type. In black and red. Borders 4a and 4, and woodcut
title. 250 on paper at thirty shillings, 8 on vellum at eight guineas.
Dated Nov. 21, 1895, issued Feb. 6, 1896. Published by William Morris.
Bound in limp vellum.
This book was first announced as in preparation in the list of Dec. 1,
1894, and as in the press in that of July 1, 1895.
38. POEMS CHOSEN OUT OF THE WORKS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. Edited by
F. S. Ellis. 8vo. Golden type. In black and red. Borders 13a and 13. 300
on paper at a guinea, 8 on vellum at five guineas. Dated Feb. 5, issued
April 12, 1896. Published by William Morris. Bound in limp vellum.
This book contains thirteen poems. It was first announced as in
preparation in the list of Dec. 1, 1894, and as in the press in that of
Nov. 26, 1895. It is the last of the series to which Tennyson's Maud,
and the poems of Rossetti, Keats, Shelley, and Herrick belong.
39. THE WELL AT THE WORLD'S END. BY WILLIAM MORRIS. Large 4to. Double
columns. Chaucer type. In black and red. Borders 16a, 16, 17a, 17, 18a,
18, 19a and 19, and 4 woodcuts designed by Sir E. Burne-Jones.
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