Bonhams: The Complete Kelmscott Press Collection of Joseph Mark Van Horn, 31214, New York

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December 17, 2024 - December 17, 2024
Page Size: 79 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
52

Here Begynneth the Prologue of Sir John Froissart.

Hammersmith 1898 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 15,360.00
53

Sire Degrevaunt.

Hammersmith 1897 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,680.00
54 ELLIS, FREDERICK STARTRIDGE, editor. 1830-1901.

Syr Ysambrace.

Hammersmith 1897 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,920.00
55 ELLIS, FREDERICK STARTRIDGE, editor. 1830-1901.

Syr Ysambrace.

Hammersmith 1897 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,536.00
56 COCKERELL, SYDNEY C. editor.

Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century.

Hammersmith 1898 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,840.00
57 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs.

Hammersmith 1898 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 15,360.00
58 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs.

Hammersmith 1898 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,120.00
59 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

The Sundering Flood.

Hammersmith 1897 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,040.00
60 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

Love is Enough, or the Freeing of Pharamond: A Morality.

Hammersmith 1898 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,400.00
61

A Note By William Morris On His Aims In Founding The Kelmscott Press Together With A Short Description Of The Press By S. C. Cockerell, and An Annotated List Of The Books Printed Thereat.

Hammersmith 1898 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 38,400.00
62 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896

A Note By William Morris On His Aims In Founding The Kelmscott Press Together With A Short Description Of The Press By S. C. Cockerell, and An Annotated List Of The Books Printed Thereat.

Hammersmith 1898 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,200.00
63

Kelmscott Press Leaflets (spine title).

Hammersmith 1892-1898. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,600.00
64

An American Memorial to Keats.

Hammersmith 1894 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,584.00
65 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896

Autograph Letter Signed ("William Morris") to [William] Armstrong, regarding the imminent demolition of an antique house,

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,280.00
66 ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA. 1830-1894.

Autograph Poem (unsigned) in the hand of Christina Rossetti, a fair copy of "La Bella Mano," headed "Gabriel's Sonnet on his own picture La Bella Mano,"

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,088.00
67

Polycronicon.

Westminster 1482 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,088.00
68

Liber chronicarum.

Nuremberg 12th July 1493. USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 44,800.00
69

The true use of armorie, shewed by historie, and plainly proved by example...

London 1592 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,176.00
70

The Beggar's Opera.

London 1728 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 512.00
71

The Aenids of Virgil done into English Verse.

London 1876 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,280.00
72

Ballads and Sonnets.

London 1882 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
73

Archive of correspondence to the Rossetti family including letters from Lawrence and Laura Alma Tadema, Francis Hueffer, Mathilde Blind, Mary Robinson (Lady Dormesteter), Norman MacColl, and others,

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,280.00
74

The Odyssey of Homer, done into English Verse.

London 1887 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,200.00
75

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs.

London 1887 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,584.00
76 WILDE, OSCAR. 1854-1900.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

London 1898 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 768.00
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