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MORRIS, William (1834-1896) The Defense of Guenevere and Oth...

Lot 181
27.01.2021 10:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
$ 1 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 181 | MORRIS, William (1834-1896) The Defense of Guenevere and Oth...
Estimate value
$ 1 500 – 2 500
MORRIS, William (1834-1896). The Defense of Guenevere and Other Poems. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892. Quarto (196 x 135mm). Printed in red and black; woodcut borders and initials, woodcut Kelmscott device on final text page. Green morocco with gilt primrose design on corners and spine, gilt turn-ins, by Doves Bindery, dated 1896 (neatly rebacked). Provenance: Doris Louise Benz (bookplate).

[WITH:] OMAR KHAYYÁM (1048-1131). The Rubáiyát. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, and Co, 1884. Quarto (319 x 268mm). Reproducing original drawings and calligraphy by Elihu Vedder, all mounted on larger sheets. Olive green inlaid morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, with inlays in Grolier-esque design, wide gilt morocco turn-ins, and ivory silk doublures; edges gilt (some wear and sunning).

[AND:] Two other works, both by Tennyson, printed by Ballantyne, and bound in inlaid morocco by Zaehnsdorf.
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