Lot 45
45
MORRIS,WILLIAM, translator. The Odyssey of Homer, London: Reeves & Turner, 1887, 2 vols., small 4to, original parchment-backed blue paper boards, paper title labels on spines, uncut, spines soiled, vol. 1 with upper joint cracked and corners rubbed, head and foot of spine of vol. 2 chipped, olive-green morocco gilt pull-off cases (discolored to brown), PRESENTATION COPY, "To Charles Faulkner from William Morris" on half-title of vol. 1, "Charles T. Faulkner from his friend William Morris Jan 2nd 1888" on half-title of vol. 2. Bookplate of Estelle Doheny (sale, Christie's New York, 19 May 1989, lot 2269).

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MORRIS,WILLIAM, translator. The Odyssey of Homer, London: Reeves & Turner, 1887, 2 vols., small 4to, original parchment-backed blue paper boards, paper title labels on spines, uncut, spines soiled, vol. 1 with upper joint cracked and corners rubbed, head and foot of spine of vol. 2 chipped, olive-green morocco gilt pull-off cases (discolored to brown), PRESENTATION COPY, "To Charles Faulkner from William Morris" on half-title of vol. 1, "Charles T. Faulkner from his friend William Morris Jan 2nd 1888" on half-title of vol. 2. Bookplate of Estelle Doheny (sale, Christie's New York, 19 May 1989, lot 2269).

Charles J. Faulkner, who had met Morris at Oxford and became a lifelong friend, was an original partner of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
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