The Ideal Book: Essays and Lectures on the Arts of the Book, SIGNED, 1982, NF HC w/slipcase

Morris, William, and William S. Peterson [ed.]. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982.

English, Near Fine, HC, 8vo, 11" x 7 3/4", 134 pp. 

ISBN: 0520045637

Hardcover in blue paper over navy blue cloth backing; signed in black pen by editor, William S. Peterson, to the half title page. Good blue slipcase, no lettering, multiple missing spots of blue paper layer, otherwise structurally sound and intact. 134 pp. Includes black-and-white reproductions of illuminated manuscripts pages, decorative letters, and other supportive images. This wonderfully designed book brings together the essays and lectures from the 19th-century creative and founder of the Arts and Crafts Movement, William Morris, in which he discusses a variety of topics, such as ornamented manuscripts from the Middle Ages, woodcuts from Gothic books, and his founding of the Kelmscott Press. Also included are four interviews with Morris.