Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors, in Two Volumes; Volume I: William Morris; Volume II: Thomas B. Macaulay
East Aurora, New York: Roycroft Shop. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2332386
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144; 162 pp. Two volume set. Three-quarter leather, blue cloth, floral decorative endpapers. The complete series of Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors. Many volumes include portraits from photographs or etchings. ABOUT WILLIAM MORRIS: William Morris, (born March 24, 1834, Walthamstow, near London, England—died October 3, 1896, Hammersmith, near London), English designer, craftsman, poet, and early socialist, whose designs for furniture, fabrics, stained glass, wallpaper, and other decorative arts generated the Arts and Crafts movement in England and revolutionized Victorian taste. ABOUT THOMAS B. MACAULAY: Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay, in full Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay of Rothley, (born October 25, 1800, Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, England—died December 28, 1859, Campden Hill, London), English Whig politician, essayist, poet, and historian best known for his History of England, 5 vol. (1849–61); this work, which covers the period 1688–1702, secured his place as one of the founders of what has been called the Whig interpretation of history. He was raised to the peerage in 1857.
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