A dream of John Ball and A king's lesson /
Morris, William,1834-1896.
Ellis, Frederick Startridge,1830-1901,former owner.NLS
Ellis, C.A.F.,former owner.NLS
Loftus, Caroline A.,former owner.NLS
Kelmscott Press.
Reeves & Turner.
[Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press ; London : Reeves & Turner,
1892]
Type in black and red; limp vellum, silk ties.
Limited to 311 copies, of which this is one of 300 printed on paper.
A dream of John Ball first appeared in the Commonweal, 1886-87; issued in book-form, 1888.  A king's lesson, a story based on the life of Matthias Corvinus, also appeared in the Commonweal, Sept. 18, 1886.
"This book ... 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 13th day of May, 1892. Sold by Reeves & Turner, 196, Strand, London."--Colophon.
Provenance: FB.s.752: ownership inscriptions in ink on upper flyleaf read: 'To my dearly loved wife Sep. 30. 1892 F.S. Ellis' (i.e. Frederick Startridge Ellis) and 'And given by her to her dear kind young friend "Carol", Sep. 30 1904, C.A.F. Ellis'. Bookplate of Caroline A. Loftus, Tottenham' on upper pastedown FB.s.752:
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