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44 volumes, 4to and 8vo, all inscribed, signed and dated by the binders (1 by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 31 by Sutcliffe, 10 by Stanley Bray), all with name ‘Florence Ada Maggs’ or ‘FAM’ monogram featured in the design, goatskin, morocco, vellum, sealskin, sharkskin or pigskin bindings elaborately gilt, with decorative onlay designs, most feature decorative gilt turn-ins and silk endpapers, many with gilt tooling and jewelled accents, in most cases spine titled and dated in gilt, 39 preserved in slipcases or folding boxes, 18 modern collector's folding boxes with near similar motifs to the bindings, the collection including: [1911] Hall, S.C. Midsummer Eve. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848, 4to, inscribed ‘With Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year’, signed ‘F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe’ and dated ‘Xmas 1911’ on a preliminary blank, frontispiece, pictorial title, plates, illustrations throughout, full crushed blue goatskin elaborately gilt, ruled in gilt with floral fans at each corner made up of leafy sprays, red morocco onlay hearts and roses, all edges gilt, some light spotting, ink ownership inscription [1913] Irving, Washington. The Sketch Book. Bell and Daldy, 1870, 4to, inscribed ‘With best wishes… from the Bindery’, signed ‘G. Sutcliffe’, and dated ‘Xmas 1913’ on a preliminary blank, half-title, portrait frontispiece, title page printed in black and red, additional engraved title, illustrations throughout, full green goatskin elaborately tooled in gilt with repeated holly and mistletoe sprays, all edges gilt with fore-edge painting of a rural scene, some light spotting to preliminaries [1914] Gaskell, Elizabeth. Cranford. Macmillan, 1891, 8vo, inscribed ‘With best wishes…from the Bindery’, signed ‘G. Sutcliffe’ and dated ‘Xmas. 1914’ on a preliminary blank, two additional calligraphic inscriptions, extra illustrated with an original pen and ink drawing by Hugh Thomson signed and dated ‘1915’, half-title, frontispiece, and illustrations by Thomson, full dark purple goatskin, upper board with central raised green morocco onlay tooled with ‘FAM’ monogram, with a border of bands of nacre and purple stones, all edges gilt and guaffered, occasional spotting, ink ownership inscription [1915] Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. George Allen 1894, 8vo, inscribed ‘With best wishes…from the Bindery’, signed ‘G. Sutcliffe’ and dated ‘Xmas, 1915’ on a preliminary blank, additional calligraphic inscription of a Christmas poem, half-title, frontispiece, pictorial title and illustrations by Hugh Thomson full pictorial purple crushed goatskin with elaborate design of peacock in gilt and multi-coloured onlays, all edges gilt and gauffered [1918] Keats, John. The Poetical Works of John Keats Edward Moxon, 1854, 4to, inscribed ‘With best wishes…from the Bindery’, signed ‘G. Sutcliffe’ and dated ‘December 1918’ on a preliminary blank, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations by George Scharf full dark green crushed morocco, board with central ligature monogram ‘JK’ within a wreath, all edges gilt and gauffered, some light browning, ink ownership inscription [1935] Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Ballads and Narrative Poems. Kelmscott Press, 1893, 8vo, one of 316 copies, of which this is one of 310 on paper, inscribed ‘With good wishes… from the bindery’, signed by George Sutcliffe and dated ‘December, 1935’ on preliminary blank, half-title, wood-engraved title and opposite page within elaborate borders, initials designed by William Morris printed in red and black throughout, full white pigskin ruled in gilt with gilt tooling, top edge gilt [1936] Morris, William. The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems. Kelmscott Press, 1892, 8vo, one of 310 copies, of which this is one of 300 on paper, inscribed ‘With best wishes… from the Bindery’, signed by George Sutcliffe and dated ‘December 1936’ on preliminary blank, half title, wood-engraved border and initials designed by William Morris printed in red and black throughout, full