Grettir the Strong; The House of the Wolfings; The Roots of the Mountains; Volsunga Saga: Three Northern Love Stories

Title: Grettir the Strong; The House of the Wolfings; The Roots of the Mountains; Volsunga Saga: Three Northern Love Stories

Author: Morris, William, and Eirikr Magnusson

Publication: London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1901.

Description: Works of William Morris, printed by the Chiswick Press in 1901 with the Golden type designed by Morris for the Kelmscott Press, under arrangement with the trustees of his estate. Four volumes from an eight-volume series. One of 315 copies. Printed in red and black, on paper made at the same mill, of the same materials, and from the same moulds as the Kelmscott Press, with its Daisy watermark. Bound uniformly in publisher's quarter blue linen with gray paper over boards, with printed paper label on spine; extra spine label tipped into each volume. Quarto; 11.75 x 8.5 inches. Bifolium prospectus laid in. From the collection of Arthur Williams Hall (1873–1952) of Massachusetts, bibliophile and manufacturer of laboratory equipment, with his pencil note on front free endpaper of The House of the Wolfings; thence by descent through three generations. Moderate sunning to spines, toning to covers, very clean interiors. Three volumes Near Fine, one volume with more pronounced edgewear and toning to the binding and therefore Very Good. Overall, attractive and well-preserved copies of Morris's fantasy novels and Icelandic saga translations. Includes: A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark / written in prose and in verse by William Morris. [4], 161, [3] pages. Fantasy novel that influenced J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. -- The Roots of the Mountains Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, Their Friends, Their Neighbours, Their Foemen, and Their Fellows in Arms / by William Morris. vi, [2], 284 pages. Fantasy novel that influenced J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. -- The Story of Grettir the Strong / translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris. With a map. xiv, [2], 177, [3] pages, [1] leaf of plates. Icelandic saga. -- Volsunga Saga: The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs, with Certain Songs from the Elder Edda / translated from the Icelandic by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris. xii, 112 pages. Medieval Icelandic saga. With: Three Northern Love Stories and Other Tales / translated from the Icelandic by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris. vii, [1], 113, [3] pages. Medieval Icelandic sagas. From the prospectus: "It was Mr. Morris's intention to print the full series of his works at the Kelmscott Press, but his death on October 3rd, 1896, led to the closing of the Press in March, 1898, before the project was completed... The new volumes...are being printed at the Chiswick Press in double columns with the Golden Type, under the immediate direction of the Trustees, no pains being spared to make them worthy of a place beside the Kelmscott Press volumes which are now so widely sought after."