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Lot 123

KELMSCOTT PRESS
MEINHOLD (WILLIAM) Sidonia the Sorceress... translated by Francesca Speranza Lady Wilde, LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM MORRIS TO KATE FAULKNER on fly-leaf ("to Kate Faulkner from William Morris November 29th 1893"), Kelmscott Press, 1893

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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KELMSCOTT PRESS

MEINHOLD (WILLIAM) Sidonia the Sorceress... translated by Francesca Speranza Lady Wilde, LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM MORRIS TO KATE FAULKNER on fly-leaf ("to Kate Faulkner from William Morris November 29th 1893"), printed in red and black in Golden type, wood-engraved border and initials designed by William Morris, original limp vellum, silk ties [Peterson A19], large 4to, Kelmscott Press, 1893

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INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM MORRIS TO KATE FAULKNER, ONE OF HIS DESIGNERS AT MORRIS & CO.

Provenance: William Morris, incribed on fly-leaf to Kate Faulkner, tile-painter and designer for Morris & Co., sister of Lucy and Charles Faulkner (one of the founding partners of the firm), and recipient of some 24 presentation copies from Morris (the present copy not listed amongst them by Peterson); Marion C. Walker, booklabel.

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