KELMSCOTT PRESS: MORRIS, William.

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The Water of the Wondrous Isles. First edition, one of 250 copies on paper. Morris first started writing his romance in verse, then experimented with prose and verse, before deciding on prose alone. The work tells of the adventures of a naked heroine, Birdalone, who escapes from the claws of a witch and travels to a series of fantasy lands, including the Isle of Increase Unsought, which holds a critical mirror to Victorian Britain.

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