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The Glittering Plain

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Description: This is the complete and finished manuscript from which the printed edition was made. It was the first work printed at the Kelmscott Press.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1890.
Call number: mssHM 6447
Creator: Morris, William (1834-1896)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from John Quinn, 1913.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

The Glittering Plain: original draft

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Two volumes in one slipcase.

mssHM 6425

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The glittering plain, or, The land of living men

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When Hallblithe's betrothed is carried off in a strange ship, he sets off alone on a long search for her over land and sea. This leads him through many exciting adventures, first on the Isle of Ransom and then on the Glittering Plain, or the Acre of the Undying, where men find eternal youth. In this false paradise he is disappointed again, but learns of the purpose of the abduction--to lure him away--and makes his escape to continue the search. The strange, semi-medieval language which Morris creates is wonderfully evocative of the distant past, and this exotic and often comic story is one of his most fresh and colourful romances.

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Morris, William, 1834-1896. 1 letter to George Campfield, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([1886, Sep. 26]), Manchester (Eng.)

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Archival and manuscript portion of the Sanford and Helen Berger collection. In addition to the papers of William Morris and his associates, the collection also includes materials on nineteenth and twentieth century British Pre-Raphaelites, fine Printing and private presses -- Kelmscott Press, (including the Kelmscott Chaucer), and the Doves Press, architects, illustrators, and the Arts & Crafts movement .

MOR 347

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Mackail, J.W. (John Williams), 1859-1945. 1 letter to Dear [Partgate]?, A.L.S. (3 p.), ([1910]?, Dec. 21), London (Eng.)

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MOR 272

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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962. 2 letters to Walter T. (Walter Thomas) Spencer, (1894), Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith (London, Eng.)

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MOR 143-144.

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Morris, William, 1834-1896. 1 letter to Edith Marion Story, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1871, May 10), Bloomsbury (London, Eng.)

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MOR 469

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The Glittering Plain: original draft

The glittering plain, or, The land of living men

Morris, William, 1834-1896. 1 letter to George Campfield, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([1886, Sep. 26]), Manchester (Eng.)

Mackail, J.W. (John Williams), 1859-1945. 1 letter to Dear [Partgate]?, A.L.S. (3 p.), ([1910]?, Dec. 21), London (Eng.)

Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962. 2 letters to Walter T. (Walter Thomas) Spencer, (1894), Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith (London, Eng.)

Morris, William, 1834-1896. 1 letter to Edith Marion Story, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1871, May 10), Bloomsbury (London, Eng.)