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William Morris. (1834-1896)
Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair (2 volumes)
Hammersmith, Kelmscott Press, 1895. 16 mo.
Copy: Stanford {p. 105-6}
Ref: Peterson A35, Ransom p. 329 #35, Tomkinson {Vol. I}
p. 116 Sparling p. 161
Vol. i [a]4 b-r8 132 leaves, pp. [8][I] 2-256
Vol. ii [A]4 B-Q8 124 leaves, pp. [8] 1-239 [240]
Flower (2) paper. Leaf 142 x 103 mm.
Text: 20 lines, x 59 mm.
Chaucer type - black + red.
Binding: Quarter holland. (blue paper on boards)
600 paper copies (15 s.) i 12 vellum copies (4 ghs.)
finished July 25, 1895. Issued Sept. 25, 1895.
The story - whose plot was suggested by that of Havelok
the Dane, printed by the Early English Text Society.
Woodcut title page + woodcut border around first page of text.
papers Flower (1) 16 x 11 inches. - used only in the earliest books.
+ Flower (2) 16 x 22. "
watermarks Perch 16 3/4 x 23. "
Apple 18 1/4 x 12 3/4. "

Vol. I Chapt. I → XX.
Chapt. I. Of the King of Oakenrealm, and his wife
and his child.
Chapt. VIII. Christopher comes to the Tofts, p. 73 → 108

p. 103 The men in the hall.
104 Women on the dais.
107 Jack speaks.
108 The leeching of Christopher.

Vol. II Chapt. XXI → XXXVIII.