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Lot 191
Wiggins (Joseph, explorer 4pp., 8vo, Palace Hotel, Aberdeen, 11th July 1895, explaining why he should not review the book [Ice Bound on Kilguev] by the Arctic explorer Trevor Battye (1855-1922), partly because of his own preparations for leaving on his last voyage to Siberia and because the "whole thing SEEMS so absurd - and his [Battye`s] being left on that Is[lan]d so mysterious an affair when he ought to have been taken off by his companion", that he fears that any review he could write would not be taken well, particularly any strictures he might write about the passages concerning Russian officials which seem insulting or at least injudicious, folds. ***Letters by Wiggins are rare; he travelled to Kilguev Island in 1875. Henry Currie Marillier (1865-1951), friend and correspondent and possibly lover of Oscar Wilde, journalist, expert on tapestries and scientific correspondent of The Pall Mall Gazette; Managing Director of Morris & Co., and a benefactor of the Bodleian Library. .
Lot 220
Morris (May) Two A.Ls.s. 6pp. 4to, 21st and 29th March, 1922, discussing participants in a Tapestry joint meeting, and plans for an exhibtion, offering an important piece by her father § Dolmetsch (Arnold) Autograph Letter signed to Mr. Morley, 3 pp. 8vo, 5 July, 1896, asking if his daughter would play in a concert; another 3pp. 8vo, 27th December 1922, discussing a demonstration he will give [at the Art Workers Guild] with a Stradivarius and other violins and some of his own bows; other Ls.s. from A.A. Milne, John Galsworthy, Ivor Novello and others; and signatures of Sir Winston Churchill, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Ellaline Terriss and Seymour Hicks, Ellen Terry, Rider Haggard, and others, v.s., v.d.(qty)
Lot 486
Morris (William) Pre-Raphaelite Ballads number 66 of 250 large paper copies on Imperial Japanese paper, from an edition limited to 750, printed in red and black, illustrations and decorations by H.M.O`Kane, original boards, uncut, spine worn, New York, 1900 § Ashbee (C.R.) Conradin: A Philosophical Ballad, number 188 of 250 copies, illustrations by P.A.Mairet, light foxing towards end, Broad Campden, Essex House Press, 1908 § Shakespeare (William) Hamlet, illustrations and decorations by John Austen, [c.1920], the last two original cloth-backed boards, uncut, all a little rubbed, 4to(3)
Lot 260
* Typography. Lee Priory Press. Greene`s Groat-Worth of Wit, 1813, 4to, one of 61 copies, light spotting, half morocco (rubbed); Hague (R) The Death of Hector, Skelton Press 1973, signed, limited edition (200); Franklin (C) Emery Walker.., CUP 1973; Rogers (B) Report on the Typography of the Cambridge University Press, 1950; Sparling (H H) The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman, first edition 1924, extra illustrated by Foster, cloth backed boards; etc (9)
Lot 67
A VICTORIAN BRASS-INLAID MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY TIMEPIECE DROP DIAL WALL CLOCK MORRIS, BERKHAMPSTEAD, CIRCA 1840 With gadrooned moulding to octagonal case, glazed panel to trunk, white painted convex dial, signed 'MORRIS BERKHAMPSTEAD', the movement with four pillars, single fusee and anchor escapement; pendulum 28 in. (71 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide; 7 in. (18 cm.) deep View on Christie's.com
Lot 249
Richardson (J.) et al., The Museum of Natural History .., nd., 8 vols., hand-coloured plates, a.e.g., original cloth gilt; Morris (F.O.), A History of British Butterflies, 1891, hand-coloured plates, original cloth; Watson (John), The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire, 1775, copper plates (some folding), calf (re-backed with backstrip laid down), slipcase; with four others (14)
Lot 311
An early 20th Century gentleman`s nine carat rose gold cased Fob Watch, the silvered dial with engine turned centre, Roman numerals and subsidiary second hand, with engraved monogram to back of case, sold together with original hand written provenance detailing the watch was originally owned by Dr Arthur D Morris M.D.
Lot 128
1948 Official 20th Australian Touring Team to Great Britain signed team sheet - signed by 17/18 players and manager to include Don Bradman, Sydney Barnes (rubberstamp), Brown, Hammence, Harvey, Johnston, Lindwall, Loxton, McCool, Morris, et al - minor creases and nicks to the edges and pocket folds - the Australian team became better Known As the Invincibles and at the end of the tour Don Bradman retired from international cricket achieving a remarkable batting average 99.9 runs in the series
Lot 445
Scarce collection of 6x Manchester United signed postcards c. 1951-issued by Pal Blades Autograph League red and white postcards, all individually signed by the Manchester United players Johnny Carey, Jack Rowley, Reg Allen, Johnny Morris, Jimmy Delaney, and Charlie Mitten -printed below each signature "Manchester United football club" and "See that your father uses Panel Blades-they`re Hollow Ground for "feather touch" shaves(G) Pal Blades were popular in the 1950s.
Lot 69
A Morris & Co walnut sideboard designed by Philip Webb, stamped marks to drawer top 152cm. wide Provenance Dr J W Browne, Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford until 1886. thence by descent to Mr & Mrs Sylvester Gibb. Literature Decoration, Morris & Co. catalogue page 28 catalogue number 181, for a comparable form illustrated, priced at £25. Sheila Kirk, Philip Webb, Pioneer of Arts and Crafts Architecture, Wiley Academy, page 53 for a comparable sideboard with closed ends.
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