The Water of the Wondrous Isles (1897) fantasy NOVEL (World's Classics) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530921263)

The Water of the Wondrous Isles is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first writer of modern fantasy to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus a precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature.It was first printed in 1897 by Morris' own Kelmscott Press on vellum and artisanal paper in a blackletter type of his own design. For the wider reading public, a hardcover trade edition was published later that year by Longmans, Green and Co. The novel's importance in the history of fantasy

Author: William Morris
ISBN-10: 1530921260
ISBN-13: 9781530921263
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/06/2016
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.45d