William S. Peterson

William S. Peterson taught for many years in the English Department of the University of Maryland. He is the author or editor of twenty-one books, including The Ideal Book: Essays and Lectures on the Arts of the Book by William Morris (University of California Press, 1982), A Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press (Clarendon Press, 1984), and The Kelmscott Press: A History of William Morris’s Typographical Adventure (Clarendon Press and University of California Press, 1991) [winner of the Felice Feliciano Award, 1993]. He also edited three journals: Browning Institute Studies (1973–1984), Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (1989–94), and Printing History (2007–2011).