Nordlunde, C. Volmer — William Morris

Kjobenhavn, Nyt Nordisk Forlag, Arnold Busck, 1944. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Danish language biography of the English designer and book illustrator, by C. Volmer Nordlunde. Brown cloth boards, lightly half-toned at front board top, mild wear to covers, sharp gilt lettering over burgundy label over spine. Clean, bright interior, single wrinkled bottom page tip, and replete with black-and-white photographs and illustrations, from heads to initials to tails, and a full-page woodcut by him of him. Housed in a simple cardboard slipcase. Laid in are also three extraordinary items of added association value: 1) a two-page hand-written letter in pen from John von Daler to Mr. John J. Walsdorf (complete with envelope) regarding what appears to be Mr. von Daler's reply to Mr. Walsdorf regarding the latter's initial entreaty to the former regarding the latter's need for translation of the book (presumably from Danish into English, but not so stated). The book appears to have been gifted to Mr. Walsdorf because there is 2) a folded note from June of 1980 from "Sif and Ben Olzen" (?) and who compliment Mr. Walsdorf for his "marvellous Morris-Collection," and then claiming, probably with justification, that Mr. Walsdorf didn't read Danish. Then 3) there is a typescript note from the William Morris Society Fifteenthy Annual Report from 1970, p. 13, with plentiful notes about the author of this biography, Mr. C. Volmer Nordlunde, the great Danish printer. 71 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good