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plate, and 2 unpaged 11. between pp. 82 and 83 in Book
iv., a few margins cut close, russ., 1661, folio (129), May
18, Sotheby
Bain, £2 12s. 6d.

[See also Mar. 30, £5.] [Morier (James)] The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, first ed., plates inserted (half-titles wanting), 3 vol., hf. cf., 1824, 8vo. (386), Nov. 26, Hodgson Edwards, £2 10s. [See also American Art Association, April 23, second ed., $17.50.] Morier (J.) Journey through Persia to Constantinople, and Second Journey, maps and aquatint plates (some of the latter col.), 2 vol., tree cf. gt., m.e. (one leaf stained), 1812-18, 4to. (105), June 25, Hodgson Treat, £3 3s. Morin (Louis). Les Dimanches Parisiens, notes d'un décadent, edition limited to 250 copies on vellum paper, of which this is No. 59, with 41 orig. etchings by Auguste Lepère (brilliant impressions), crimson mor., g.e., uncut at foot under the gt., orig. wrappers and backbone bound in, by Lortic, Paris, 1898, roy. 8vo. (346), Dec. 4, American Art Association $85 Morison (Stanley). Four Centuries of Fine Printing: upwards of 600 Examples of the Work of Presses established during the years 1500 to 1914, facsimiles, cl., canvas back, Ernest Benn, 1924, roy. folio (433), Dec. 10, Hodgson

Grant, £II

[See also Feb. 11, £9; Anderson Galleries, Jan. 12, $85.] Morland (George). A Collection of Thirty-three [col.] Sketches from Nature, orig. wrappers (loose), Edward Orme, n.d., folio (609), Feb. 2, Sotheby Beale, £5 15s. Morland (Sir Samuel). History of the Evangelical Churches of the Valleys of Piedmont, fine port. by Lombart after Lilly, folding map and illustrations, blue mor. gt., g.e., a fine copy, H. Hills for A. Byfield, 1658, folio (301), Feb. 2, Sotheby Cotton, £3 5s. Morley (C.) The Ichneumons of Great Britain, cuts, 5 vol., cl., Plymouth, 1903-14, 8vo. (172), May 28, Hodgson Quaritch, £7 Morley (Prof. Henry). Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair, with facsimile drawings engraved upon wood by the Brothers Dalziel, extra-illustrated copy, vol., hf. orange crushed mor., gt. fillet bands on sides, full gt. panelled backs, g.e., London, Chapman & Hall, 1859, folio (412), Jan. 20, American Art Association

$200

[The text of the original in one vol. 8vo., inlaid to 4 vol. large folio, and prefaced by Thomas Gaspey's "The History of Smithfield."] Morley (John, Lord). Edmund Burke, a Historical Study, first ed., orig. cl., uncut, 1867 (348), July 23, Hodgson Edwards, 1 2S. Morley (J., Lord). The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, library ed., illustrated, extra-illustrated and extended from 3 vol. to 6 vol. by the insertion of 318 engraved

ports. of persons mentioned in the text and 8 autograph letters and signatures, hf. maroon straight-grain mor. gt., gt. tops, uncut, by Sanford, London, 1903, 8vo. (218), $110 April 14, American Art Association Morley (J., Lord). Rousseau, first ed., 2 vol., orig. cl., 1873, Bumpus, £1 5s. 8vo. (35), July 20, Sotheby

[See also American Art Association, Mar. 3, 2 A.L. laid in, $27.50.] Morley (J., Lord). Works, ed.-de-luxe, port., 15 vol., buckram, unopened, as issued, 1921, 8vo. (981), April 20, Porter, £5 Sotheby [See also Dowell, Mar. 23, £7 10s.; Hodgson, Mar. 11, £7 10s.; April 22, £6.] Morley (Thomas). Plaine and Easie Introdvction to Practicall Mvsicke, 2 11., printed in red and black [collation: Title and dedication, 2 ll. B-Aa in fours, вb. 6 ll. Annotations, ¶ 4 ll., * 4 ll., and (.·.) 4 ll.], first 8 11. defective and several stained, hf. cf., 1597, 8vo. (166), Dec. 17, Hodgson Thomson, £6

[See also Anderson Galleries, Dec. 2, $42.50.]

Mornay (Philippe de, Lord of Plessie). A Notable Treatise of the Church . . . translated by Io. Feilde, first ed., title within woodcut border, small hole through first 3 ll., a few marginal notes defective, russ. (defective), Christopher McLeish, £3 Barker, 1579, 8vo. (392), Feb. 2, Sotheby

[See also July 27, ed. 1592, £2 10s.]

Morrell (W.) The Notorious Impostor, or the History of the Life of William Morrell, alias Bowyer, sometime of Banbury, Chirurgeon, 2 parts in 1, some catch-words or sigs. cut away, mor., g.e., with the Miller arms, Abel Roper, Ellis, £4 15s. 1692, sm. 4to. (423), Mar. 23, Sotheby

[See also May 25, 1 16s.]

Morris (B. R.) British Game Birds and Wildfowl, 60 col. plates, blue mor. emblematically tooled, g.e., 1855, 4to. (56), April 20, Sotheby

[See also June 22, 1 12s.]

Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen).

Maggs, fi 12S.

Picturesque Views of seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, col. plates, 6 vol., hf. mor., g.e., n.d., 4to. (481), Joseph, £2 8s. June 15, Sotheby [See also April 6, £5 9s.; Dec. 18, £2; Hodgson, May 13, £1 18s.; July 1, £I IIS.; Dec. 17, 1 98.]

Morris (F. O.) History of British Birds, first ed., numerous col. plates, 6 vol., hf. green mor., gt. backs, t.e.g., 1851-57 Stroyan, £5 7s. 6d. (179), Mar. 26, Hodgson

[See also Jan. 28, rubbed, £1 7s.; April 1, hf. cf., £2 5s. ; Sotheby, June 22, cl., £2 12s.; Nov. 10, hf. mor., £4 10s.; Hodgson, April 22, ed. 1865, cl., £2; Dec. 17, ed. 1868, £2 10s.; Sotheby, April 20, 1; Hodgson, May 28, ed. 1870, £2 7s.; Dowell, Jan. 26, £1 10s.; Puttick, Oct. 22, ed. 1895 £2, 15s.]

Morris (F. O.) Natural History of British Moths, col. plates, 4 vol., hf. mor., g.t., 1861-70, 8vo. (313), Dec. 15, Sotheby Quaritch, £1 6s. [See also Hodgson, Mar. 26, £3 17s. 6d.; American Art Association, Mar. 18, ed. 1872, $13.]

Morris (F. O.) Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, first ed., numerous col. plates, 3 vol., hf. maroon mor., gt. backs, t.e.g., 1853-56 (180), Mar. 26, Hodgson Stroyan, £3 12s. 6d. [See also Jan. 28, £1 5s.; May 28, ed. 1875, £1 Is.] Morris (Capt. Thomas). Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, port. of the Author, stitched, unbound, London, 1791, 8vo. (372), Jan. 15, American Art Association

$310

[Only one other perfect copy is recorded as having been sold at public sale in America-the Tillotson copy, sold in 1910.] Morris (William). The Friendship of Amis and Amile, woodcut borders and small initials, printed in black and red, boards, white buckram back, Kelmscott Press, 1894 (511), Mar. 26, Hodgson Hollings, £2 14S.

[See also Feb. 11, £3 7s. 6d.; Oct. 22, £2 15s.; Anderson Galleries, Jan. 5, $17.50.] Morris (W.) An Address delivered by William Morris at the Distribution of Prizes to Students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art, on Feb. 21, 1894, Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1898-Art the Beauty of the Earth, Reprinted at the Chiswick Press, with Golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press, 1899-Some Hints on Pattern Designing, Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type, etc., 1900, in 1 vol., full dark green crushed levant mor., elaborately gt. tooled back, sides having 4 large ornate gt. corner ornaments, with a number of inlays in crimson levant, monogram W.M. in centre, solid gold edges, London, 1898-1900 (1048), Mar. 30, American Art Association

$35

[Beautiful specimen of binding, in the manner of Cobden-Sanderson.]

Morris (W.) Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair, woodcut titles and initials, printed in red and black, 2 vol., boards, Kelmscott Press, 1895, 12mo. (148), April 1, HodgHowes, £4

son

[See also Mar. 11, £3 7s. 6d.; Mar. 28, on vell., £26; Sotheby, April 6, bds., £3 8s.; June 29, mor., £5 15s.] Morris (W.) The Defence of Guenevere and other Poems, first ed., with slip of Errata mounted at back, full crushed mor., single gt. fillet border on sides, with an inner border of gt. dots, richly gt. floreated panelled back, inner levant borders gt., with floreated gt. corners, g.e., partly gauffred, by The Doves Bindery, 19 C[obden]-S[anderson] 07, beautiful copy, London, 1858, 16mo. (36), Feb. 5, American Art Association $92.50

[See also Dec. 4, ed. 1875, pres. copy, inscribed, $17.50;

Sotheby, Nov. 10, £1 12s.; June 29, ed. 1892, £7 15s.; Hodgson, Mar. 26, £6 15s.; American Art Association, Feb. 5, $75; Hodgson, June 25, pres. copy, £12.] Morris (W.) The Earthly Paradise, first ed., 4 parts in 3 vol., mor., 1868-70, 8vo. (488), Nov. 10, Sotheby

Heffer, £5 15s.

[See also Hodgson, June 25, £5 5s.; American Art Association, Dec. 4, ed. 1870, pres. copy, $27.50; Hodgson, April 22, ed. 1873, £1 14s.; June 25, ed. 1890, £3; American Art Association, Mar. 3, $10; Feb. 24, ed. 1896, $100; Mar. 30, $77.50; Hodgson, June 25, £20.]

Morris (W.) Gothic Architecture, printed in red and black,
orig. boards, Kelmscott Press, 1893, 8vo. (769), Mar. 2,
Sotheby
McLeish, 1 158.

[See also July 6, £1 8s.; Anderson Galleries, Jan. 12, $20; Hodgson, April 1, 1 IOS.; Oct. 22, £1 128.] Morris (W.) Laxdaela-Saga sive Historia de Rebus Gestus Laxdolensium, ex Manuscriptis Legati Magnæanicum Interpretatione Latina, first ed., engraved frontispiece, hf. vell., Hafniæ, 1826, 4to. (513), Mar. 18, American Art Association

$8

[With William Morris' autograph presentation inscription, "H. Buxton Forman, from his Friend William Morris," on fly-leaf. With the bookplates of H. Buxton Forman and W. F. Goble.]

Morris (W.) The Life and Death of Jason, first ed., with the Errata, orig. cl., uncut, 1867, folio (169), June 25, Hodgson Thorp, £4 15s.

[Presentation copy, inscribed on fly-leaf "Elizabeth Burden, from her affec. Brother, the Author." See also Sotheby, Nov. 10, £2 2s.; Hodgson, Mar. 11, ed. 1882, £4 10S.; Sotheby, June 29, ed. 1895, £14.] Morris (W.) Love is Enough, or the Freeing of Pharamond, a Morality, first ed., full green levant mor., with richly gt. decorative panels of leafy sprays on sides, gt. fillets, gt. panelled back, narrow inner gt. borders, g.t., uncut, by De Sauty, superb copy, London, 1873, 12mo. (617), Nov. 24, American Art Association $27.50

[Laid in is an A.L.s. by the Author, 2 pp. 12mo., Hammersmith, Nov. 26, 1881, to Mr. Micklethwaite. See also Mar. 3, $13; Dowell, Jan. 26, 1 38.; Sotheby, Nov. 10, inscribed, £6 15s.; June 29, ed. 1897, £8 5s.]

Morris (W.) News from Nowhere, first English ed., Buxton Forman's copy, with bibliographical note on the fly-leaf, hf. citron mor. gt., t.e.g., by Tout, with the wrapper bound in, 1891 (392), April 22, Hodgson Atkinson, £I IOS. [See also Sotheby, June 29, ed. 1892, £6 15s.]

Morris (W.) A Note on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, woodcut borders and initials, printed in red and black, orig. boards, canvas back, Kelmscott Press, 1898, folio (164), June 25, Hodgson Hollings, £4 1OS.

[See also Feb. 11, £4 12s. 6d.; April 1, £6; Nov. 12, £5 12s. 6d.] (633)

Morris (W.) Poems by the Way, woodcut border and large initials, printed in black and red, limp vell., with silk ties, uncut, Kelmscott Press, 1891 (213), Feb. 11, Hodgson

Holt, £6

[See also April 1, £15 58.; June 17, £4 15s.; American Art Association, Feb. 5, $65.] Morris (W.) The Roots of the Mountains, first ed., orig. canvas cl., 1890, 4to. (236), July 6, Sotheby

Danielson, LI 18s. [See also Nov. 10, £1 2s.; Hodgson, June 25, £4 4S.; June 17, ed. 1901, £2 18s.] Morris (W.) The Story of the Glittering Plain, woodcut border and initials, limp vell., leather ties, uncut, Kelmscott Press, 1891 (212), Feb. 11, Hodgson Holt, £6 15s.

[See also American Art Association, Feb. 5, $90; Hodgson, Feb. 11, ed. 1894, 11 5s.; Mar. 26, £10 10s.; Sotheby, June 29, £9; Christie, June 18, £9 10s.] Morris (W.) The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-tongue, and Raven the Skald, inscribed by Mrs. Morris, orig. boards, canvas back, [Privately] printed at the Chiswick Press for William Morris, 1891, folio (174), June 25, Hodgson

Quaritch, £5 Morris (W.) The Story of Grettir the Strong-The Roots of the Mountains-The Odyssey of Homer, etc., printed in red and black, 8 vol., boards, as issued, Kelmscott Press, 1901, 8vo. (694), Nov. 12, Hodgson Carter, £3 ros. Morris (W.) The Sundering Flood, edition limited to 310 copies, printed in Chaucer type in red and black, with woodcut border, ornaments and initials, boards, holland back, uncut, Hammersmith, Kelmscott Press, 1897, thick 8vo. (118), May 8, American Art Association $21

[The last romance written by William Morris. See also Hodgson, June 25, £8; Anderson Galleries, Jan. 5, $20.] Morris (W.) The Tale of the Emperor Coustans and of Over Sea, woodcut borders and initials, printed in red and black, boards, linen back, Kelmscott Press, 1894, 16mo. (184), June 29, Sotheby Sawyer, £3 5s.

[See also Anderson Galleries, Jan. 5, $18.50; American Art Association, Nov. 24, mor., $52.50; Hodgson, Feb. 11, £3 7s. 6d.; April 1, £3 12s. 6d.; June 25, £5 10s.] Morris (W.) The Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane, woodcut borders and small initials, printed in black and red, boards, canvas back, Kelmscott Press, 1893, 24mo. (507), Mar. 26, Hodgson Holt, £4 7s. 6d.

See also Anderson Galleries, Jan. 5, $22; Sotheby, Mar. 2, 3 18s.; Hodgson, April 29, £4: June 25, £4 10s. ; Oct. 22, 3 3s.]

Morris (W.) The Water of the Wondrous Isles, edition limited to 250 copies, printed in Chaucer type in black and red, with a few lines in the Troy type at the end of each of the seven parts, printed in double columns, woodcut borders, ornaments and initials designed by William Morris, except

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