London, Routledge and Kegan Paul 1971

xxi + 481pp, with 34b/w plates. Cloth vg indeed in attractive dw using one of Voysey's fabric designs. A history of Alexander Morton and Company, and its offshoots, Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd and Edinburgh Weavers. With considerable information on Alexander Morton and Sir James Morton, and some description of the lives of Alastair Morton and Commander R.S.E, Hannay. With information on C.F.A. Voysey, John Ruskin, William Morris, the Arts & Crafts movement, the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, book-binding cloth, Liberty and Co., and numerous anecdotes of period artists including members of the Glasgow School and Ben Nicholson. Also interesting for its account of the firm's development from hand-weaving to large scale industrial production. Hand written note on headed paper dated 14/11/78 from Jocelyn Morton to 'Welch' (Possibly Robert Welch?) referencing a cancelled visit to Stratford on Avon and conveying this book by post instead to the recipient. Hard to find.