[3] Morris was a passionate printer and typographical designer, but he was not a good businessman and had to move several times, suffering a series of difficulties and bankruptcy before being called up for active service in 1940.
Here he printed posters, catalogues and other ephemera for the local artistic community, and had his most settled period, continuing to operate until 1953, when the Press was again declared bankrupt.
[6] He printed some ephemera and pamphlets between 1970 and 1974, but did not produce work on the scale, or of the quality, of his Latin Press days.
[7] He did, however, attempt to launch an artistic/literary periodical called Loquela Mirabilis of which only three issues appeared in 1936 and 1937 before he was forced to abandon the project.
Morris was a handsome man, with a charming manner, wit, intelligence and intellectual curiosity[9] – qualities which helped him in his many, often short-lived, relationships with women, and in his business dealings (though his financial skills were somewhat limited, and he developed an unfortunate reputation for taking on work which he could not complete and for not paying bills).