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The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems

William Morris

First published 1858
Publisher Bell and Daldy
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages viii+248

First Edition, Bell & Daldy, 1858 Reprinted, 1875, for Ellis & White, and Subsequently for Reeves & Turner Kelmscott Press Edition (revised by the Author), 1892 Transferred to Longmans, Green, & Co., 1896 New Edition corrected by Kelmscott Press Edition, May 1900 Reprinted January 1908

Forum Auctions, London, UK: "The author's first book; although 500 copies were printed it did not sell well and only 250 were bound, leaving the other 250 to be bound and issued as required." Included 100 large paper copies, including that of the title page shown here.
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Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems 1875 Ellis & White Hardcover Collection viii+248
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems 1883 Ellis & White Hardcover Collection viii+248
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems 1889 Reeves & Turner Hardcover Collection viii+248
The Defence of Guenevere, and Other Poems 1892 Kelmscott Press Hardcover Collection 169
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems 1904 John Lane, The Bodley Head Hardcover Collection 310
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems 1908 Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover Collection viii+248
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems 2007 Project Gutenberg eBook Collection 22650