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Books to read and buy about Morris and his contemporaries:

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Author Title
Kelvin, Norman (ed) The Collected Letters of William Morris, 3 vols,
(Princeton, 1984-99)
MacCarthy, Fiona   William Morris; A Life for our time (London, 1994)
MacKoil, J.W. The Life of William Morris, 2 vols. (London, 1899)
Morris, May The Introductions to the Collected Works of William Morris, (New York,1973)
Rodgers, David William Morris at Home (London, 1996)
Thompson, E.P. William Morris, Romantic to Revolutionary (London 1976)
Burne-Jones, G. Memorial of Edward Burne-Jones, 2 vols. (London, 1904)
Fitzgerald, Penelope Edward Burne-Jones, A Biography (London, 1975)
Doughty, Oswald Victorian Romantic, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London, 1999)
Marsh, Jan Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Painter and Poet (London, 1999)
Marsh, Jan William Morris and Red House (2005)
Bryson, J (ed) Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Jane Morris, their correspondence (Oxford, 1976)
Baker, Derek The Flowers of William Morris, (London, 1996)

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Books to read and buy about designs

                                           
Author Title
Harvey, C and Press, J William Morris, Design and enterprise in Victorian Britain (Manchester, 1991)
Hollamby, Edward Red House in Arts and Crafts Houses 1 (London, 2000)
Jill, Duchess of Hamilton et al, The Gardens of William Morris (London, 1998)
Parry, Linda William Morris Textiles (London, 1983)
Peterson William The Kelmscott Press (Oxford, 1993)
Seuter, A.C. The Stained Glass of William Morris and his circle, 2 vols. (Yale, 1974)
Thompson, Paul The Work of William Morris (London, 1967)
Tinniswood, Adrian The Arts Crafts House (London, 1999)
Watkinson, Raymond William Morris as Designer (London, 1967)

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Places to Visit

The William Morris Gallery
Water House, Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow - This is an excellent small gallery that was once the home for Morris's family.

Wightwick Manor
Wolverhampton, West Midlands. A Victorian manor house with William Morris interiors and Pre-Raphaelite paintings.

Kelmscott Manor
Kelmscott, near Lechlade, Gloucestershire - Morris's favourite house that he at one time leased with Rossetti.

Kelmscott House,
26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London - The house where William Morris and his family lived for the last part of his life and the base for the William Morris Society.

Standen:
East Grinstead, East Sussex - Now a National Trust property, this is the most famous of Philip Webb's houses.

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