[Rarebooks] FOR SALE: SCARE JOHN LANE PRIVATE PRINTINGS

[Norman Kane]

THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS PRINTED AS GIFTS BY JOHN LANE, LONDON, BOUND TOGETHER IN  NICE HALF LEATHER WITH MARBLED SIDES AND END PAPERS, 5-3/4 X 4-1/4 INCHES, TOP EDGE GILT, LIGHTLY RUBBED:

ACCEPTED ADDRESSES FROM DIVERS QUARTERS DIRECTED AT THE COMPILER. TWENTY-FIVE COPIES ... MARCH 14, 1897. INSCRIBED "J. M.         B[ULLOCK] WITH KIND REGARDS FROM J. L."  18, [2] PAGES.

THE LIFE OF THOMAS BODLEY WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.  PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR JOHN LANE AND HIS FRIENDS, CHRISTMAS, 1894. SIGNED INSCRIPTION BY LANE TO BULLOCK. EXCERPTED CARICATURE OF LA GALLIENNE BY BEERBOHM INSERTED.  FRONTISPIECE.  16, [1] PAGES.

LE GALLIENNE, RICHARD.  LIMITED EDITIONS, A PROSE FANCY: TOGETHER WITH CONFESSIO AMANTIS, A SONNET. LONDON: PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR RICHARD LE GALLIENNE , ELKIN MATHEWS, JOHN LANE AND THEIR FRIENDS, CHRISTMAS, 1893. [4], 11, [5] PAGES.  TIPPED IN AT THE REAR IS A 1-1/2 PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY LANE TO BULLOCK ON THE BODLEY HEAD STATIONARY: "I HAVE BEEN PIRATING YOU. WILL YOU FORGIVE ME ?  YOU WILL CERTAINLY HAVE A SET OF THE . . . PORTRAITS WHEN THEY SEND ME IN THE NEXT LOT OF PLATES. CAN YOU COME AND HAVE A CHOP WITH ME TONIGHT . . . I WANT TO HAVE A TALK WITH YOU."  ALSO TIPPED IN AT THE REAR ARE THE ORIGINAL PAPER COVERS OF "ACCEPTED ADDRESSES" WITH THEIR CLEVER ILLUSTRATION AND RHYME ATTRIBUTED TO WALTER CRANE.   BULLOCK WAS EDITOR OF 'THE SKETCH."

A UNIQUE COLLECTION.  $ 390.00

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