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[Norman Kane]

ASHCROFT'S OFFICIAL RAILWAY DIRECTORY FOR 1870-71, CONTAINING A COMPLETE LIST OF THE RAILWAY COMPANIES OF THE U. S. & CANADAS . . . THEIR FINANCIAL CONDITION, AMOUNT OF ROLLING STOCK, LENGTH OF ROADS, NAMES OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, &c., &c . . .  N.Y., n.d.  
First edition.  Octavo, original cloth, somewhat worn and
faded, bottom few inches of covers and end papers damp-wrinkled,
except as noted internally excellent, x, [16], 364 pages plus printed
paste-down end papers; signature of Geo. Webb on first Index page.
Many advts, including illustrated advts for steam coffee pots, hotel
coffee urns, railway equipment, steam hammers, machinists' tools,
"silver palace" sleeping cars, steam engines, lanterns, pattern
molding letters, pumps, gauges, drills, watches, wheels,
stone-breakers, couplers, springs, bearings, lard renderers, &c,
&c.   SCARCE - WorldCat lists only one copy
separately (Library Company of Phila.)  ($60)  $25

ALLINGHAM, William [editor].  THE BALLAD BOOK.  A SELECTION OF THE CHOICEST BRITISH BALLADS.  
London, 1864.  1/2 morocco over marbled boards.  Marbled edges and end papers.  6 x 4 inches.  A near fine copy with just some slight shelf wear.  Exlibris of Sir Edgar Wigram, (1864 - 1935), a Baron and author and illustrator of "Northern Spain," and co-author of "The Cradle of Man-Kind," a book about Kundistan.  ($50)  $15

SCHROEDER, Theodore.  FREE SPEECH BIBLIOGRAPHY...  N.Y., 1922.  (7), 247 pages.  Double columns.  Begins with 1509.  Alien and Sedition Laws, Anarchists, Communists, Slavery, Contempt of Court, Blasphemy, Heresy, Birth Control, Trial Reports, etc., etc.).  A nice copy in brown cloth.  ($50)  $15

CREVEL, Rene.  LES PIEDS DANS LE PLAT.  Paris, 1933.  First edition of this surrealistic novel.  Printed wraps, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches.  In excellent shape with the expected age-toning to pages and wraps.  ($75)  $15

CONWELL, Col. Russell H.  HISTORY OF THE GREAT FIRE IN BOSTON, NOVEMBER 9 AND 10, 1872.  Boston, 1873. 
First edition.  Green cloth stamped in gold 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.  Light wear to covers.  Frontispiece and 9 other illustrations including a color plate and a map.  Previous owner signature to end paper.  ($55)  $20

WILLIAMS, William Carlos.  I WANTED TO WRITE A POEM . . . THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF A POET.  REPORTED AND EDITED BY EDITH HEAL.  Boston, 1958.  9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches.  Red cloth in dust wrapper, Very Good/Good only.  Dust wrapper with chipping, creasing, and internal tape repair.  ($60)  $20

STRACHEY, Lytton.  CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES.  London, 1933.  First edition.  Blue cloth with spine stamped in gold, 9 x 6 inches.  Frontispiece portrait of Strachey.  A collection of Strachey's literary and critical essays including  Walpole, the Romantic poets, Rabelais, Pope, etc.  A member of the Bloomsbury Group that included Virginia Woolf
and Vanessa Bell, he was the inspiration for several characters in Woolf’s novels.   ($40)  $15

CAVEN, Robert Martin.  JOSEPH PRIESTLEY 1733 – 1804.  London, 1933.  Printed wrappers, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.  An illustrated pamphlet publication of a lecture given by Caven on March 13, 1933 on the occasion of the Bicentenary of the birth of Joseph Priestley, the famed 18th C. chemist, theologian, and philosopher who had important careers in both England and America.  ($35)  $10

CRANE, Stephen.  THE THIRD VIOLET.  N.Y., 1897.  First edition.  [BAL 4078, Stallman 13].  White cloth stamped in red, black, and gold.  7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches.  Spine darkened.  ($45)  $20

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