TALWIN MORRIS (1865-1911)
LARGE COLLECTION OF WORKS IN BINDINGS DESIGNED BY MORRIS
£945
Auction: Day Two | Lots 253 to 490 | Thursday 17th April from 10am
Description
various formats, all in original decorative cloth gilt, including:
Eyre-Todd, George (editor). The Book of Glasgow Cathedral. Glasgow: Morison Brothers, 1898. First edition, one of 1,000 copies only, large 4to, bookplates (Robina Spencer and Donald Buttress, architect), tips bumped and worn;
Small, David (illustrator). By-Gone Glasgow: Sketches of Vanished Corners in the City and Suburbs. Glasgow: Morison Brothers, 1896. First edition, one of 450 copies, large 4to, binding rubbed and marked, wear to foot of spine;
Sutcliffe, G. Lister. The Principles and Practice of Modern House-Construction. London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1899. First edition, 6 volumes, 4to;
French, James Weir (editor). Modern Power Generators, London: Gresham Publishing Company, 1908. First edition, 2 volumes, folio;
Marilaun, Anton Kerner von. The Natural History of Plants. London: Gresham Publishing Company, 1904. First edition thus, 2 volumes, large 8vo;
Shakespeare, William. The Henry Irving Shakespeare. London: Gresham Publishing Company, 1906. 14 volumes, 8vo;
and approx. 64 others, including: Science in Modern Life (6 volumes), The World of Today (6 volumes), The Homer Teacher (5 volumes), all published by Gresham; a run of 14 Blackie and Son editions of Victorian novels in varicoloured cloth with uniform Art Nouveau floral decoration to spine; approx. 40 works in the Blackie's Library of Famous Books series; in uniform bindings; and similar