Presentation copy of a Forman piracy.- Morris (William) The Pilgrims of Hope. A poem in thirteen books, signed presentation copy from Harry Buxton Foreman to Robert Alfred Potts, half-title, original printed wrappers bound in, brown crushed morocco, gilt, signed 'EH' and dated 1915, 8vo, 1886 [but c.1897]. ⁂ A rare copy of this pirated collection of poems (in his preface Foreman talks of a 'dozen or two copies'), which had originally appeared in The Commonweal. The background of the printer's circumventing of permission from Morris is outlined by Barker and Collins in their The Two Forgers: A Biography of Harry Buxton Forman and Thomas James Wise. This copy is presented to the wealthy bibliophile Potts, who was part of the inner circle of Forman and Wise, and provided them with a ready audience and a degree of respectability for their output. Provenance: Robert Alfred Potts (presentation inscription 'R.A. Potts, from H. Buxton Forman'); William Arnold (armorial bookplate).
Presentation copy of a Forman piracy.- Morris (William) The Pilgrims of Hope. A poem in thirteen books, signed presentation copy from Harry Buxton Foreman to Robert Alfred Potts, half-title, original printed wrappers bound in, brown crushed morocco, gilt, signed 'EH' and dated 1915, 8vo, 1886 [but c.1897]. ⁂ A rare copy of this pirated collection of poems (in his preface Foreman talks of a 'dozen or two copies'), which had originally appeared in The Commonweal. The background of the printer's circumventing of permission from Morris is outlined by Barker and Collins in their The Two Forgers: A Biography of Harry Buxton Forman and Thomas James Wise. This copy is presented to the wealthy bibliophile Potts, who was part of the inner circle of Forman and Wise, and provided them with a ready audience and a degree of respectability for their output. Provenance: Robert Alfred Potts (presentation inscription 'R.A. Potts, from H. Buxton Forman'); William Arnold (armorial bookplate).
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