[Rarebooks] FS; some interesting odds and ends

[Norman Kane]

[FORD], FORD MADOX HUEFFER.  ON HEAVEN AND POEMS WRITTEN ON ACTIVE SERVICE.      London & N.Y.: John Lane, 1917. First edition. Original blue cloth, spine dull, tiny worn spot at foot of spine, crease in end paper,. half title on a stub. WITH A TANTALIZING STATEMENT on the free end paper, "Bought to replace copy given me by Amelia Earhart in 1920. M. S."  $65.00

HILL, CONSTANCE.  JANE AUSTEN, HER HOMES AND HER FRIENDS. ILLUSTRATIONS BY ELLEN G. HILL, AND REPRODUCTIONS IN PHOTOGRAVURE, ETC.  London & N.Y.: John Lane, 1902.  Original decorated cloth, very good.  $90.00

WATT,  FRANCIS.  THE LAW'S LUMBER ROOM.  London: John Lane; Chicago: McClurg, 1895.  First edition. Original cloth, light wear. Presentation copy  "with the author's compliments." (The Custom of the Manor, The Law of the Forest, Sanctuary, Trial by Ordeal, &c.)   $50.00

WATTS-DUNTON, THEODORE.  THE COMING OF LOVE, RHONA BOSWELL'S STORY AND OTHER POEMS.  EIGHTH EDITION WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTE ON THE NATURE OF THE POEM BY THE AUTHOR, AND A PORTRAIT BY DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI. London & N. Y.: John Lane, 1907.  Original gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt, nice copy, IN THE ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (some wear at top of spine but essentially complete.)  WITH A SIGNED PRESENTATION FROM WATTS-DUNTON  to ?. ?. R. Anderson, "with affectionate regard." (Watts-Dunton is best remembered as Swinburne's friend and minder.)  $135.00

EASTMAN KODAK STORES, INC.    CATALOGUE NO. 36. PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT.  N. Y., n. d. [193-].  4to, original cloth-backed pictorial wrappers, very good. 80 pages.  Illustrated and priced throughout.  Index. Phone your orders to Murray Hill 2-6068. $50.00                                                                       

ALLEN, SUE.  VICTORIAN BOOKBINDINGS, A PICTORIAL SURVEY. REVISED EDITION.  Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press, (1976). Original wrappers, very good. An interesting experiment in book production, with 251 photos of bindings on 3 inserted microfiche in addition to the text.   $45.00

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