Selection from the library of John P. Kane, Locust Valley, L.I. ... a portion of the library of a private collector, resident in New Jersey ...
Publisher: The Galleries
Published: 1931
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Notes: Sale code: 3891

355 lots.

Beautiful colored plate and sporting books featuring Alken, Cruikshank & Rowlandson; important first editions of English authors:  Dickens, Thackeray, Trollope, Fielding, Hardy, and others.  A portion of the library of a private collector resident in New Jersey:  first editions of American, English, and French authors; an important Thoreau manuscript; autograph letters by Conrad, Hudson, Kipling, and Hardy; and other collectors' items of rarity and distinction.  A fine copy of "Tom Jones" in original binding, the property of a Philadelphia collector, and two rare Kipling pamphlets from a London lady; sold by order of the various owners.

McKay 9316

Dates of sale: February 26 and 27, 1931.