tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post4358264157317994762..comments2024-03-24T02:21:53.258-07:00Comments on william morris unbound: The Socialist Reading RoomTony Pinkneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-72639771611850839582010-11-29T03:22:45.916-08:002010-11-29T03:22:45.916-08:00Hi Tony,
Tom Sawyer spoke twice to the Society ab...Hi Tony,<br /><br />Tom Sawyer spoke twice to the Society about his collection of socialist books with designer bindings - first at the House of Lords in October or November 2008and then again at Kelmscott House during the 175th Birthday Weekend in September 2009. Sue and I heard him on the second occasion. He brought several volumes of his collection to this meeting and passed them around the members present. I remember particularly the "News From Nowhere" volume whose binder, Lester Capon, used the trip up the Thames as the theme. It was bound in vellum which was cut to reveal blue stained hand-made paper for the Thames.<br /><br />Tom Sawyer produced a catalogue of the books for the exhibition he organised in the House of Lords. He gave all the members present at the weekend copies of the catalogue. It may be that there is a copy (or indeed several copies) in the Society Library.<br /><br />It may seem odd to have an exbibition of these books in the House of Lords - but then again I have heard Tristram Hunt give an illustrated lecture on his biography in Engels in one of the stately rooms of Althorp House!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Ianianmac55https://www.blogger.com/profile/02082002867930846104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-71673861727825446722010-11-25T00:59:01.067-08:002010-11-25T00:59:01.067-08:00Great list, Mac. I missed Tom Sawyer's talk t...Great list, Mac. I missed Tom Sawyer's talk to the WM Society, alas. Sounds as though you were there? Lucky you!Tony Pinkneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-33380634933325483942010-11-24T11:53:59.850-08:002010-11-24T11:53:59.850-08:00Tony,
For a good start to reading about socialism...Tony,<br /><br />For a good start to reading about socialism, what about the titles which Tom Sawyer had bound by craftsmen (and on which he has spoken so eloquently to the Society)?<br /><br />They were:<br /><br />Robert Blatchford "Merrie England"<br /><br />Sidney & Beatrice Webb "The History of Trades Unionism"<br /><br />William Morris & E Belfort Bax "Socialism its growth and outcome"<br /><br />William Morris "News from Nowhere"<br /><br />William Morris "A Dream of John Ball"<br /><br />John Ruskin "Unto This Last"<br /><br />Robert Owen "The Revolution in the Mind and Practice of the Human Race"<br /><br />G D H Cole "Chartist Portraits"<br /><br />William Cobbett "Rural Rides"<br /><br />Mary Woolstonecraft "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"<br /><br />Thomas Paine "Rights of Man"<br /><br />John Bunyan "The Pilgrim's Progress"<br /><br />Jack Emery (ed) "The Putney Debates"<br /><br />Sir Thomas More "Utopia"<br /><br />May Morris "William Morris: Artist, Writer, Socialist"ianmac55https://www.blogger.com/profile/02082002867930846104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-21839386127973633792010-11-23T10:56:28.320-08:002010-11-23T10:56:28.320-08:00Given all the tents and camping in News from Nowhe...Given all the tents and camping in News from Nowhere, not to mention Morris's two Iceland holidays under canvas in 1871 and 1873, I imagine he would heartily approve of Cohen's 'camping trip' model of socialism!D.Plemicnoreply@blogger.com