29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Morris (William).
Love is Enough or The Freeing of Pharamond, A Morality,
Ellis & White, 1873, one of 'twenty-five copies printed on large paper for private circulation only', demy octavo, printed on Whatman handmade paper, [8], 134, [2] pages, first leaf a blank, with previous owner's inscription, uncut fore-edge, original grey paper boards with cream back, covers dust marked, tanned and darkened, backstrip cracked, label worn, edges dust marked, a little staining to early pages.
[Buxton Forman pps. 79-81]
Sold for £500
Estimated at £500 - £800
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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