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

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Auction Date
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
1 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

The Story of the Glittering Plain. Which Has Been Also Called the Land of Living Men or the Acre of the Undying.

Hammersmith 1891 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,040.00
2 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

Poems by the Way.

Hammersmith 1891 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,096.00
3 BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN. 1840-1922.

The Love-Lyrics & Songs of Proteus by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt with the Love-Sonnets of Proteus by the Same Author Now Reprinted in Their Full Text with Many Sonnets Omitted from the Earlier Editions.

Hammersmith 1892 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,584.00
4 RUSKIN, JOHN. 1819-1900.

The Nature of Gothic: A Chapter of the Stones of Venice. With a preface by William Morris.

Hammersmith 1892 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,584.00
5 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems.

Hammersmith 1891 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,040.00
6 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems.

Hammersmith 1891 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,816.00
7 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

A Dream of John Ball and a King's Lesson.

Hammersmith 1892 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,120.00
8 VORAGINE, JACOBUS DE. C. 1230-1298.

The Golden Legend. Translated by William Caxton. Edited by F.S. Ellis.

Hammersmith 1892 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,920.00
9 LEFEVRE, RAOUL. FL 1460.

The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye. Translated by William Caxton, edited by H. Halliday Sparling.

Hammersmith 1892 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,400.00
10 MACKAIL, JOHN WILLIAM. 1859-1945.

Biblia Innocentium. Being the Story of God's Chosen People Before the Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ Upon Earth, Written Anew for Children.

Hammersmith 1892 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,200.00
11 CAXTON, WILLIAM. C. 1422-1491.

The History of Reynard the Foxe.

Hammersmith December 1892. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,376.00
12 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.

The Poems of William Shakespeare.

Hammersmith 1893 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,880.00
13 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

News from Nowhere: Or, an Epoch of Rest, being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance.

Hammersmith 1892 [but 1893]. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,760.00
14 LULL, RAMON. 1232-1316.

The Order of Chivalry. Translated by William Caxton, edited by F.S.Ellis and translated by William Morris.

Hammersmith 1893 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 20,480.00
15 CAVENDISH, GEORGE. 1497-1562.

The Life of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal.

Hammersmith 1893 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,584.00
16 GUILELMUS. Archbishop of Tyre. C. 1130-1186.

The History of Godefroy of Boloyne and of the conquest of Iherusalem. [Reprinted from Caxtons edition of 1481, edited by H. Halliday Sparling.]

Hammersmith 1893 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,480.00
17 MORE, THOMAS. 1478-1535.

Utopia. Translated by Ralph Robinson, with a Foreword by William Morris. Edited by F.S. Ellis.

Hammersmith 1893 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,040.00
18 TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD. 1809-1892.

Maud. A Monodrama.

Hammersmith 1893 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,816.00
19 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.

Hammersmith 1893 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,408.00
20 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.

Hammersmith 1893 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,408.00
21 MEINHOLD, WILLIAM. 1797-1851.

Sidonia the Sorceress. Translated by Francesca Speranza, Lady Wilde.

Hammersmith 1893 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,040.00
22 MEINHOLD, WILLIAM. 1797-1851.

Sidonia the Sorceress. Translated by Francesca Speranza, Lady Wilde.

Hammersmith 1893 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,480.00
23 ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL. 1828-1882.

Sonnets and Lyrical Poems.

Hammersmith 1894 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 19,840.00
24 ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL. 1828-1882.

Ballads and Narrative Poems.

Hammersmith 1893 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,480.00
26 MORRIS, WILLIAM, translator.

Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane. Translated from the French of the 13th Century.

Hammersmith 1893 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,960.00
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