Philip Henderson — William Morris: His Life, Work and Friends

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Philip Henderson's detailed biography of William Morris, illustrated throughout with examples of the artist's work. The first US edition, first impression of this illustrated biography of British textile designer, poet, and artist William Morris, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Divided into three sections - Romance, Commitment and Utopia - and illustrated with eight colour plates, and numerous further photographic plates. Collated, complete.The dust wrapper notes that here the author, Philip Henderson, the editor of the Morris family letters, presents 'the first full length portrait of Morris since Mackail's heavily censored 'official' biography of 1899&apos. In the publisher's pictorial paper covered boards, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally exceptionally bright, with shelf wear to back strip head and tail. Significant loss to rear wrap of dust wrapper. Closed tear and chipping to head of back strip and front wrap, with light edge wear to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: William Morris. Near Fine/Good.