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AYTOUN, William Edmonstone. Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems. Edinburgh and L: William Blackwood and Sons, 1852. Contemporary red morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing a modern FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, stamp-signed by Holloway. Provenance: Anne Hatford (signature); Nancy Waldorf Astor (1879-1964), American-born politician who became the first woman to sit in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament (Cliveden Library bookplate). Fifth edition. -- HEMANS, Felicia. Poems. Edinburgh and L: William Blackwood and Sons, 1854. Late 19th-century green morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing FORE-EDGE PAINTING of a pastoral shore with boats and some scattered dwellings (rebacked). “New edition.” -- HEMAN, Felicia. The Poetical Works. L and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., and Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, n.d. Late 19th-century navy morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Haddon Hall. Later edition. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, various 16mo and 8vo sizes, condition generally very good.



