American Art Association: THE LUTHER A. BREWER. COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON PRINTING AND BOOKMAKING DOVES PRESS AND OTHER FINE PRESS ISSUES DUPLICATES FROM HIS FAMOUS LEIGH HUNT COLLECTION: FIRST EDITIONS ART MONOGRAPHS AND REFERENCE WORKS. ALSO THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF , 1925Mar10,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 10, 1925 - March 10, 1925

Page Size: 1112 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
497	Hamerton (Philip Gilbert)	The Present State of the Fine Arts in France.	London	1892	USD -	4.00
498	Hamilton (Anthony)	Memoirs of Count Grammont.	London	1811	USD -	9.00
499	Hamilton (Anthony)	Memoirs of Count Grammont.	Philadelphia	No date	USD -	16.00
500	Hardy (Thomas)	Life's Little Ironies. A Set of Tales with Some Colloquial Sketches.	London	[1894]	USD -	17.00
501		Harper (Henry H.). The Codicil. A Novel. Illustrations. Issued Privately by the Vail-Ballou Company ...			USD -	1.50
502		Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History, from 458 A.D. to 1902. Based upon the Plan of ...	New York	1902	USD -	8.00
503		Harris (Frank). Contemporary Portraits. Eight Illustrations. London [1915]; Asquith (Margot). The ...	London	1915-1922	USD -	4.50
504	Harris (Joel Chandler)	The Tar-Baby and other Rhymes of Uncle Remus.	New York	1904	USD -	3.00
505	Harte (Bret)	Poems.	Boston	1871	USD -	1.50
506	Harte (Bret)	A Collection of First Editions. 11 vols.; One vol. of W. D. Howells.	Boston	1871-1903	USD -	15.00
507	Harte (Bret)	Tales of the Argonauts and other Sketches.	Boston	1875	USD -	1.00
508	Harte (Bret)	In the Carquinez Woods.	Boston	1884	USD -	1.50
509	Harte (Bret)	By Shore and Sedge.	Boston	1885	USD -	1.00
510	Harte (Bret)	A Phyllis of the Sierras; A Waif of the Plains.	Boston	1888-1890	USD -	1.50
511	Harte (Bret)	A First Family of Tasajara.	Boston	1892	USD -	1.00
512	Harte (Bret)	In a Hollow of the Hills.	Boston	1895	USD -	2.00
513	Harte (Bret)	From Sand-Hill to Pine.	Boston	1900	USD -	1.00
514	Clarke (John)	Harvard College. Letters to a Student in the University of Cambridge, Massachusetts.	London	1796	USD -	6.00
515	F. G. Attwood	Harvard College. Manners and Customs of ye Harvard Students.	Boston	1877	USD -	1.50
516	Harvey (Peter)	Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Daniel Webster.	Boston	1877	USD -	4.00
517	Hawthorne (Julian)	Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife. A Biography.	Cambridge	1884	USD -	5.50
518	Hawthorne (Nathaniel)	Grandfather's Chair. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged; Famous Old People. Second Edition ...	Boston	1842	USD -	6.00
519	[Hawthorne (Nathaniel)]	AEsthetic Papers.	Boston	1849	USD -	3.00
520	Hawthorne (Nathaniel)	The Scarlet Letter, A Romance.	Boston	1850	USD -	38.00
521	Hawthorne (Nathaniel)	A Collection of First Editions, with the exception of 2 items.	Boston (one London, one Hartford)	1850-1872	USD -	10.00
522	Hawthorne (Nathaniel)	A Collection of First Editions.	Boston (two New York)	1850-1883	USD -	12.00
523	Hayley (William)	The Triumphs of Temper.	London	1784	USD -	6.50
524	Hazlitt (William)	The Round Table: A Collection of Essays on Literature, Men and Manners.	Edinburgh	1817	USD -	3.00
525	[Hazlitt (William)]	Liber Amoris; or, the New Pygmalion.	London	1823	USD -	12.50
526	France (Anatole)	Hearn (Lafcadio). The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard.	New York	1890	USD -	7.50
527	Hearn (Lafcadio)	Interpretations of Literature.	New York	1915	USD -	6.50
528		Hebrews. A collection of works regarding the Indians of America being descended from the Jews.			USD -	15.00
529		Herculaneum et Pompeii. Recueil General des Peintures, Bronzes, Mosaiques, etc. decouverts jusqu'a ...	Paris	1870-1877	USD -	17.00
530	Hergesheimer (Joseph)	The Bright Shawl.	New York	1922	USD -	6.00
531	Herrick (Robert)	Hesperides or the Works both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick.	London	1846	USD -	11.00
532		Hewlett (Maurice). New Canterbury Tales. 1901; Belloc (Hilaire). The Four Men. Illustrated. n. d ...	London, New York and Boston	Various dates	USD -	6.00
533	Hewlett (Maurice)	Pan and the Young Shepherd.	London	1898	USD -	5.00
534		Hewlett (Maurice). The Fool Errant. Being the Memoirs of Francis-Antony Strelley . . . Edited by ...	London	1905-1908	USD -	4.00
535	Krom (Dr. N. J.)	Hindoo-Java Art. Inleiding tot de Hindoe-Javaansche Kunst.	's-Gravenhage	1923	USD -	8.00
536	Hingston (Edward P.)	The Genial Showman. Being Reminiscences of the Life of Artemus Ward and Pictures of a Showman's ...	London	[1872]	USD -	1.00
537	Hildeburn (Charles R.)	Sketches of Printers and Printing in Colonial New York.	New York	1895	USD -	3.00
538	Richard Cattermole	History. The Great Civil War of the Times of Charles I. and Cromwell.	London	1857	USD -	5.00
539	Abbott (Jacob)	History. Makers of History.	New York	1902-1903	USD -	4.00
540	Williams (Henry Smith)	History. The Historians' History of the World.	New York	1905	USD -	5.00
541		History. The Romance of History.	London	No date	USD -	7.00
542	Hobbes (Thomas)	Moral and Political Works . . .	London	1750	USD -	2.50
543	Hodgkin (John Eliot)	Rariora. Being Notes of Some of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Historical Documents, Medals ...	London	[1900]	USD -	32.50
544	Hoffman (E. T. W.)	Weird Tales.	London	1885	USD -	8.00
545	Hogarth (William)	An Explanation of Several of Mr. Hogarth's Prints. London: Printed for the Author, 1785; The ...			USD -	6.00
546	Hogarth (William)	Hogarth Moralized; A Complete Edition of all the Most Capital and Admired Works of William Hogarth ...	London	1831	USD -	6.00
547		Holmes (Oliver Wendell). The Last Leaf. Cambridge, 1886; Rousselet (Louis). India and Its Native ...			USD -	2.00
547a	Holmes (Oliver Wendell)	Writings of, and contributions by: Introductory Lecture, Nov. 3, 1847; Oration, N. E. Society, N. Y ...			USD -	2.50
548	[Holmes (Oliver Wendell)]	The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.	Boston	1859	USD -	8.00
549	Holmes (Oliver Wendell)	The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.	Boston	1858	USD -	7.50
550	Holmes (Oliver Wendell)	Memorial: 50th Birthday and 70th Birthday of James Freeman (poem for each by Holmes), Boston, 1860 ...			USD -	2.50
551		Holmes (Oliver Wendell). Songs in Many Keys. 1862; Hawthorne (N.). The Marble Faun. 2 vols. 1860.	Boston	1860-1862	USD -	4.00
552	[Holmes (Oliver Wendell)]	The Address of Mr. Everett and the Poem of Dr. O. W. Holmes at the Dinner given to H. I. H ...	Cambridge	1861	USD -	2.00
553	Holmes (Oliver Wendell)	Elsie Venner: a Romance of Destiny.	Boston	1861	USD -	2.00
554	Holmes (Oliver Wendell)	In Memory of Fitz-Greene Halleck. Read at the Dedication of his Monument, in Guilford, Connecticut ...	[Boston]	[1869]	USD -	17.00
555	Holmes (Oliver Wendell)	Poems (including Additional Poems to 1877). 1877; The Iron Gate and other Poems. Portrait. 1880 ...			USD -	2.00
556	Holmes (Oliver Wendell)	Illustrated Poems (including Ave, now first published).	Boston	1885	USD -	1.50
557	Holmes (Oliver Wendell)	The Last Leaf.	Boston	1886	USD -	3.00
558	Holmes (Oliver Wendell)	The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes.	Boston	[1892]	USD -	7.00
559	[Chapman (George)]	Homer. The Odyssey of Homer.	London	1897	USD -	5.00
560	Hood (Thomas)	Poems.	London	1872	USD -	4.00
561	Horace	Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera cum Novo Commentario ad modum Joannis Bond.	Parisiis	1855	USD -	4.00
562	Tuer (A. W.)	Horn-Books. History of the Horn-Book.	London	1896	USD -	22.00
563	Horne (R. H.--Editor)	A New Spirit of the Age.	London	1844	USD -	4.00
564	Housman (Clemence)	The Were-Wolf.	London	1896	USD -	4.50
565	Houssaye (Arsene)	Les Comediennes de Moliere.	Paris	1879	USD -	1.00
566	Howells (William Dean)	Poems. 1873; A Chance Acquaintance. 1873; Criticism and Fiction. 1891; The Albany Depot. 1892; The ...	Boston and New York	Various dates	USD -	1.00
567	Howells (William Dean)	A Foregone Conclusion.	Boston	1875	USD -	1.50
568	Howells (William Dean)	The Rise of Silas Lapham.	Boston	1885	USD -	3.50
569	Hugo (Victor)	The Works of Victor Hugo.	New York	circa 1900	USD -	24.00
570	Hugo (Victor)	The Works of Victor Hugo.	Boston	undated	USD -	4.00
571	Chesterton (G. K.)	Humphreys Publications. Five Types. 1911; The Wisdom of the Foolish. 1913; Peeps into Pepys. 1913.	London	1911-1913	USD -	11.00
572	Williamson (George C.)	[Humphry (Ozias).] Life and Works of Ozias Humphry.	London	1918	USD -	8.00
573	Townson (Robert)	Hungary. Travels in Hungary.	London	1797	USD -	1.50
574		[Hunt (Leigh).] Classic Tales. Illustrated. 5 vols. London, 1806. First Edition; Cowley (A.). Works ...			USD -	19.00
575	Hunt (Leigh)	Hero and Leander, and Bacchus and Ariadne.	London	1819	USD -	7.00
576		Hunt (Leigh). The Old Court Suburb, or Memorials of Kensington, Regal, Critical, and Anecdotal ...	London	1832-1862	USD -	6.50
577	Hunt (Leigh)	The Indicator, and the Companion; A Miscellany for the Fields and the Fire-Side.	London	1834	USD -	2.50
578	Hunt (Leigh)	Readings for Railways; or, Anecdotes and other Short Stories. [1849]; The Religion of the Heart. A ...	London	[1849]-1853	USD -	2.50
579	Hutchinson (Thomas)	History of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay . . . 2 vols. 1760-1768; History of the Province of ...	London	1760-1828	USD -	6.00
580		Illumination, Etc. Rogers (G. A.). The Art of Wood Carving. Practical Hints to Amateurs, and a Short ...	London	1866-1867	USD -	2.50
581		Illumination. The Legend of St. Ursula and Her Companions.	London	1869	USD -	3.00
582		Illustrated Books. The Mediterranean. 1880; Trollope (F. E.). Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna ...	London	1877-1880	USD -	2.50
583		Illustrated Books. Le Livre et l'Image. Revue Documentaire Illustree Mensuelle. Directeurs, J. Grand ...	Paris	1893-1894	USD -	1.00
584		Illustrated Books. Parquin (Capt. C.). Napoleon's Victories. 1803-1814. Chicago, 1893; Fischer ( ...			USD -	8.00
585		Indians. A Synopsis; or, Complete System of the Indian Nations, Proving them out of all Doubt in ...	No place or [London]	No date [circa 1800]	USD -	3.00
586	Boudinot (Elias)	Indians. A Star in the West; or, a Humble Attempt to Discover the Long Lost Ten Tribes of Israel ...	Trenton, N. J.	1816	USD -	3.00
587	Drake (Samuel G.)	Indians. The Book of the Indians; or, Biography and History of the Indians of North America, from ...	Boston	1841	USD -	3.50
588		Initials and Miniatures of the IXth, Xth, and XIth Centuries. From the Mozarabic Manuscripts of ...	New York	1904	USD -	15.00
589		Inquisition. The History of the Inquisition; including the Secret Transactions of these horrific ...	London	1810	USD -	2.50
590	Lazell (Frederick John)	Iowa. Works.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	1907-1911	USD -	4.00
591		Ireland. A Collection of Books relating to Ireland and the Irish.	Various places	Various dates	USD -	7.00
592	Irving (Washington)	Conquest of Granada. 2 vols. London, 1829; A Tour on the Prairies. London, 1835; Tales of a Traveler ...			USD -	5.00
593		Irving (Washington). The Crayon Miscellany. 3 vols. Phila., 1835; The Rocky Mountains. 2 vols. Phila ...			USD -	5.50
594	Irving (Washington)	The Land of Sleepy Hollow and the Home of Washington Irving. Together with Irving's Legend of ...	New York	1887	USD -	1.00
595	Delaborde (Henri)	Italian Art. La Gravure en Italie avant Marc-Antoine (1452-1505).	Paris	No date	USD -	6.00

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