Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair.

MORRIS, William.

Limited edition; two volumes; 12mo; quarter vellum and patterned paper-covered boards, spines titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Printed in Chaucer type in red and black, title page and facing page with full woodcut. One of 600 copies of a total edition of 612. Morris's fantasy novel, considered to be a precursor to the modern fantasy genre. Morris incorporates an element of the supernatural into his reimagining of the Middle English romance Lay of Havelok the Dane. The work was included in the Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library anthology in 1977. Morris said of this edition 'When you come to look at it, and see that you get a book like this... for seven and sixpence a volume[!], it would be impossible to refuse buying them. I love my books, and I love making them, and I think of these... quite the most charming things issued from my press' (Ideal Book). Very good, ownership inscription in volume one. Peterson A35.

The Arab War: Confidential Information for General Headquarters from Gertrude Bell, being despatches reprinted from the secret "Arab Bulletin"

BELL, Gertrude

Limited edition; 4to; original green goatskin by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, top edge gilt, others uncut. Number 16 of 30 specially bound, with supplement, from an edition limited to 500. With an introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, Director of the Arab Bureau 1916-1920. Near fine, spine a little browned, contained in original slipcase. [Pertelote 147]

The Defence of Lucknow. A Diary Recording the Daily Events During the Siege of the European Residency from 31st May to 25th September, 1857.

A Staff Officer (Captain T. F. Wilson)

First edition; 8vo; half red morocco over red cloth; five raised bands, title gilt to the second panel, top edge gilt. Folding frontispiece ("Plan of the Entrenched Position of the British Garrison at Lucknow 1857"). The Defence of Lucknow is a memoir of 1857, when sepoy troops rose up. The insurrection was one of the bloodiest in the British Empire's history. Staff Officer Wilson gives an extraordinary account of the residency compound siege in Lucknow, 300 miles south-east of Delhi. This account of the Indian Rebellion has been described as one of the finest war diaries ever written. A fine copy with a pencil ownership inscription to front free end paper.