Socialists at play
Subtitle: prologue spoken at the entertainment of the Socialist League, South Place Institute, June 11, 1885
By: by William Morris
Contributors: Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928, former owner
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1885
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Forgeries; Literary forgeries and mystifications; Specimens; Socialism; Poetry; Forgery
Notes: Poem.

Identified as a forgery by Barker & Collins.

"A" text in red wrapper.

Rare Book copy: In original red printed paper wrappers.

Rare Book copy: Tipped-in autograph letter signed by Edmund Gosse, [London], June 26, 1901, presenting it to unidentified person and referring to his unsuccessful attempts to prove its authenticity.

Barker & Collins, p. 210

Forman, H.B. William Morris, p. 77

Gift; Mulford Martin.