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250 p., octavo. Hard to find limited edition. Number 18 of 50 copies printed on Whatman's Paper. The Wood Beyond the World is one of the of the first and most influential examples of modern fantasy literature. It was first published by Morris's Kelmscott Press, in 1894. William Morris was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, socialist and Marxist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. Morris wrote and published poetry, fiction, and translations of ancient and medieval texts throughout his life. His best-known works include The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858), The Earthly Paradise (1868 1870), A Dream of John Ball and the utopian News from Nowhere. He was an important figure in the emergence of socialism in Britain, founding the Socialist League in 1884, but breaking with the movement over goals and methods by the end of that decade. A very attractive uncut copy bound in full mustard morocco, doublures gilted.

A fantasy novel considered one of the pre-modern examples of the genre.