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[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. MORRIS, William (1834?1896), translator....

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[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. MORRIS, William (1834?1896), translator. Love is Enough. [Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1897]. Large 4to. Printed in Troy type (stage directions in Chaucer type) in red and black, woodcut title?page with full woodcut page?border, 8?line and smaller woodcut initial capitals in blue and black, 2 full-page woodcuts by W. H. Hooper after Sir Edward Burne-Jones, several partial woodcut borders. Original limp vellum, yapp edges, gilt?lettered spine, green silk ties (a tiny spot of marring near upper silk tie and near foot of spine, small red stain to lower cover near edge); slipcase. Provenance: Lenore and James Marshall (bookplate). LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies on Perch paper, one of only two Kelmscott Press books printed in three colors. A Note by William Morris 52; Franklin, Private Presses p. 193; Peterson A52; Ransom, Kelmscott 52.