[Rarebooks] FOR SALE: A FEW BOOKS FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

[Norman Kane]

LOWRY, H[ENRY] D[AWSON].  MAKE BELIEVE.  ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES ROBINSON.  London & N. Y.: John Lane, 1896.  First (U.S.) edition ? Original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, small marginal tear in one leaf, just slight wear - a very good plus copy of this scarce work of juvenile fiction elegantly embellished by Robinson. Advts dated 1897 priced in dollars.   $90.00

GALE, NORMAN.  ORCHARD SONGS.  London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane; N. Y. Putnam, 1893.   First edition. Original full gilt-stamped vellum, slightly warped, uncut. Bookplate of Frederick Van Wagenen has left a modest echo on the free end paper. The cover and title page design are by Wm. Rothenstein. Advts. dated Sept. 1893 are priced in pounds. A SPECIAL EDITION ON HANDMADE PAPER LIMITED TO 150 COPIES. 
An elegant little book..  $75.00

FREDERIC, HAROLD.  MRS. ALBERT GRUNDY. OBSERVATIONS IN PHILISTIA.
London: John Lane; N. Y.: Merriam, 1896.  First U. S. edition, with 263 pages.  BAL 6285: state B, printed on laid paper (sequence unknown.) Original decorated cloth, uncut, top edge gilt. A very good plus copy of this satirical work  $65.00

GARNETT, RICHARD.  THE QUEEN AND OTHER POEMS.  London & N. Y.: John Lane, 1901. First edition.  Original cloth, top edge gilt, excellent copy, with the book label of Herbert Boyce Satcher.  $90.00

WILDE, OSCAR.  SALOME, A TRAGEDY IN ONE ACT FROM THE FRENCH . . .
London & N. Y.: John Lane, 1906.  First trade edition.  Original boards with an illustration after Beardsley, outer edges of binding and spine lightly toned, top edge gilt, slight wear, a very good copy of this fragile book.   2 pages of advts listing books by Beardsley priced in pounds. $190.00

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