MORRIS (WILLIAM) Chants for Socialists, FIRST EDITION, 2 copies, 1885
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MORRIS (WILLIAM)
Chants for Socialists, first edition, 2 copies, one as published, the other with red printed wrappers added by Forman, and a 3-page note in his hand [Enquiry 2, p.204, "A chimaera, with a false wrapper"], 8vo, Socialist League Office, 1885 [wrapper: Twentieth Century Press, c.1895]
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  • Forman's manuscript account makes it clear that he was responsible for the red wrapper; his published account (Books of William Morris, p.79) is rather different. See illustration on preceding page.

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