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[Norman Kane]

HARDY, W. J.  BOOK-PLATES.  London, 1893.  8.25 x 5.25 inches.  Original red smooth linen cloth, lightly faded.  Slight chipping at top and bottom of spine.  Very good.  Pages uncut, with a few sheets unopened.  Frontispiece; illustrated throughout with examples of bookplates.  ($40)  $20

EMICH, Karl, Count Zu Leiningen-Westerburg.  GERMAN BOOK-PLATES. AN ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN EXLIBRIS. TRANSLATED BY G. RAVENSCROFT.  London, 1907.  First edition.  #41 of 75 tall copies on Japanese vellum.  9.5 x 6.5 inches.  Original parchment wrappers, some spine wear and rubbing, fully uncut.  5 plates (3 in color) and many illustrations.  Scarce in this format.  ($60)  $25

THEROUX, Paul.  LONDON SNOW, A CHRISTMAS STORY, WITH WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY JOHN LAWRENCE.  Wilton, 1979.
One of 450 copies.  Attractive white on black cloth binding, 8.75 x 5.5 inches.  Publisher's announcement laid-in.  Signed by both Paul Theroux and John Lawrence.  Fine condition; clean and bright.  ($40)  $20

BICKERSTAFF, Mr. [and DIBDIN, Charles].  THE ROMP.  A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT.  IN TWO ACTS.  ALTERED [by T. A. LLOYD] FROM LOVE IN THE CITY . . . AS IT HAS BEEN ACTED AT THE THEATRES ROYAL IN DUBLIN AND YORK, AND NOW PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL IN DRURY-LANE, A NEW EDITION.  London, [1786.  [1786].  Disbound.  6 1/2 x 4 inches.  32 pages.  SCARCE edition, (words only, no music).  ($50)  $20

THE VERY JOYOUS, PLEASANT AND REFRESHING HISTORY OF THE FEATS, EXPLOITS, TRIUMPHS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GOOD KNIGHT WITHOUT FEAR AND WITHOUT REPROACH, THE GENTLE LORD DE BAYARD . . . SET FORTH IN ENGLISH BY EDWARD COCKBURN KINDERSLEY.  London, 1848.  ASSOCIATION COPY:Thomas B. Aldrich's copy, with his signature, dated 1860.  8 x 5 3/4 inches.  Decorative cloth with some light chipping to spine.  Frontispiece and plate (coat of arms).  ($50)  $20

LOWELL, James Russell.  HEARTSEASE AND RUE.  Boston, 1888.  1 of 250 untrimmed copies.  First printing (of 5), second state with pp. 63-64 inserted.  (BAL 13194).  7.5 x 5 inches.  Collector's bookplate on front paste-down.  A very nice copy in original blue cloth with a custom-made protective cloth dust wrapper.  ($40)  $20

TROLLOPE, Anthony (editor).  BRITISH SPORTS AND PASTIMES.  London, ca.1868?  [ca 1868?]  Early reprint in publisher's blue cloth, 8 x 5 inches.  Sadleir's state "ii," without title on front cover, etc.  Trollope himself contributed the section "On Hunting."  Sadleir does not note this printing in this color cloth.  Largely unopened.  Spine has some small tears, front cover has small white stain, back cover slightly rubbed.  ($40)  $20

WINTER, William.  HENRY IRVING.  N. Y., 1885.  First edition.  Small paper format, 7 x 5 inches. with 2 plates as listed.  BAL 23054: 1st ed., state B (no priority).  ASSOCIATION COPY - signed twice by T. B. Aldrich, the poet and author noted for his work "The Story of a Bad Boy."   Spine chipped and torn and paper covers lightly soiled, but text clean and bright.  ($40)  $20

CAMPBELL, Roy.  LORCA, AN APPRECIATION OF HIS POETRY.  Cambridge (1952).  First edition.   7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches.  Yellow cloth in dust wrapper.  Small notations to rear blank.  A very good copy.  ($50)  $20

MALLET, Mr. [David].  EURYDICE.  A TRAGEDY ACTED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL BY HIS MAJESTY'S SERVANTS . . . A NEW EDITION, CORRECTED.  London, 1735.  Disbound, 6 1/2 x 4 inches.  Frontispiece.  83 pages plus 1 page of advertisements.  ($60)  $30

[CROXALL, Samuel].  THE FAIR CIRCASSIAN, A DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE.  DONE FROM THE ORIGINAL BY A GENTLEMAN-COMMONER OF OXFORD.  TO WHICH ARE ADDED SEVERAL OCCASIONAL POEMS, BY THE SAME AUTHOR   . . . THE FIFTH EDITION, CORRECTED.  London, 1732.  Disbound, 6 1/2 x 4 inches.  Frontispiece + (16), 49 pages, plus 5 pages of advertisements.  "A licentious versification of the Song of Solomon" (Lowndes).  ($50)  $25

[HEMINGWAY, Ernest and DOS PASSOS, John].  QUINTANILLA.  N.Y.: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1934.  First edition.   One sheet of coated paper, approximately 18 x 19.25 inches, folded twice.  Hemingway's essay on this Spanish Republican artist occupies two-thirds of one side, while Dos Passos' essay occupies one third of the other.  The title-fold includes a reproduction of one of the dry-points.  Below Hemingway's essay there is a list of Quintanilla's works on display at the Gallery, which was owned by the younger son of Henri Matisse.  Hannemann B16.  A nice copy of a scarce Hemingway/Dos Passos ephemeron. ($50)  $25

ELZEVIR PRINTING] STONE, Aaron, (Anglus.)  DISPUTATIO PHILOSOPHICA DE ANIMA EJUSQUE IMMORTALITATE & IMMATERIALITATE  . . .  Leyden, 1677.  Small 4to, bound in modern leather-backed colorful marbled boards. Six leaves, some old corrections in text. Nice printer's mark on title page, engraved tail piece on last leaf. Some pages closely trimmed across the top, with some words affected. On verso of the the title page Stone describes himself as a Staffordshire native, "In agro Staffordiensi Armigero, Parenti aeternum honorando."  Stone's doctoral thesis was supervised by the Rev. Prof. Gothofredi Spinaei. Apparently not in  Willems, "Les Elzevier Histoire..."  ($125)  $80

RUSHDIE, Salman.  THE JAGUAR SMILE, A NICARAGUAN JOURNEY [ BROADSIDE]. EXCERPT].  Berkeley: Black Oak Books,  n.d.  A tall printed broadside, 16 x 8 inches, on heavy paper.   From The Jaguar Smile, A Nicaraguan Journey, by Salman Rushdie, published in 1987.  Illustration by Bob Baldock; designed by Bob Baldock and Eric Johnson; printed at the West Coast Print Center.  "This is a gift from Black Oak Books, Berkeley, on the occasion of a reading by Salman Rushdie."  The excerpt regards musings on the Nicaraguan Revolution.  Excellent condition.  ($40)  $25 

MAYO, Elizabeth].  LESSONS ON SHELLS, AS GIVEN IN A PESTALOZZIAN SCHOOL, AT CHEAM, SURREY.  N.Y., 1833.  
1st US edition. Neatly, but not professionally, rebound in white cloth. Illustrated with 10 plates as called for (American Imprints, 20072). Text and plates clean.  ($40)  $20

SCHNECK, Benjamin S.  DIE DEUTSCHE KANZEL:  Eine Sammlung Auserlesener Predigten der neuesten Zeit.  Zweite Auflage.  [The German Pulpit...]  Chambersburg: Druckerei der Hochdeutsch Reformirten Kirche, 1845.  Octavo (approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches).  Contemporary full red leather, both covers with gilt flower & leaf design in center and blind-stamped double-ruled border with corner ornaments; gold rules, ornaments & title on spine.  Edges rubbed, front joint worn at top and bottom, but a sound copy of this interesting Pennsylvania binding.  (Probably by the anonymous Chambersburg binder described in item 44 of "Bookbinding in America," Bryn Mawr, 1983, as "a skilled craftsman and sensitive designer." (Plate 2  also illustrates one of his bindings.)  ($50)  $30

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