American Art Association: FINE SETS AND FIRST EDITIONS. THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF THE LATE J. BARTON TOWNSEND, PHILADELPHIA. SOLD BY ORDER OF CASPAR W. B. TOWNSEND AND THE PROVIDENT TRUST CO. OF PHILADELPHIA EXECUTORS. UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE NOVEMBER 26, 27 AND 28. AMERICAN ART ASS, 1928Nov26,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 26, 1928 - November 26, 1928

Page Size: 769 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101		Bibliophile Society. First to Twenty Sixth Annual Year Books.	Boston	[1902-1928]	USD -	7.00
102	[Bierce (Ambrose)]	Nuggets and Dust Panned Out in California by Dod Grille.	London	[1873]	USD -	17.50
103	[Bierce (Ambrose)]	The Fiend's Delight. By Dod Grile. Vignette on title. London [1873]; Write it Right. New York and ...	London and New York	[1873]-1909	USD -	15.00
104	Dod Grile	[Bierce (Ambrose).] Cobwebs from an Empty Skull.	London	1874	USD -	17.50
105	William Herman	[Bierce (Ambrose).] The Dance of Death.	San Francisco	1877	USD -	7.50
106	Bierce (Ambrose)	Black Beetles in Amber.	San Francisco	1892	USD -	17.50
107	Bierce (Ambrose) and Danziger (G. A.)	The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter.	Chicago	1892	USD -	12.50
108	Bierce (Ambrose)	Can Such Things Be? [1893]; In the Midst of Life. 1898.	New York	[1893-]1898	USD -	9.00
109	Bierce (Ambrose)	Fantastic Fables.	New York	1899	USD -	7.50
110	Bierce (Ambrose)	Shapes of Clay.	San Francisco	1903	USD -	17.00
111		Biography. Trowbridge (J. T.). My Own Story. Illustrated. Boston, 1903; Modjeska (Helena). Memories ...	Various places	1814-1910	USD -	2.50
112		Biography The Confessions of S. Augustine. With frontispiece. London, 1900; The Remains of Henry ...	London	1821-1900	USD -	9.00
113		Biography. Emmet (T. A.). Memoir of Thomas Addis and Robert Emmet. 2 vols. New York, 1915; Layard (G ...	London and New York	1892-1915	USD -	3.00
114	Birrell (A.)	Frederick Locker-Lampson. Illustrated. New York, 1920; Rackham Illustrations. Undine. With 25 ...	Various places	various dates	USD -	6.00
115	[Darwin (Erasmus)]	[Blake (William).] The Botanic Garden; A Poem, in Two Parts.	London	1791	USD -	8.00
116	Hayley (William)	[Blake (William).] The Triumphs of Temper. A Poem: in six cantos.	Chichester	1803	USD -	12.50
117	Gilchrist (Alexander)	Blake (William). Life of William Blake, Pictor Ignotus.	London and Cambridge	1863	USD -	12.50
118	Boccaccio (Giovanni)	Ein Schone Kronica oder Hystori buch von den furnamlichsten Weibern.	Augsburg	1543	USD -	3.00
119	Boccaccio (Giovanni)	Le Decameron.	Paris	1890	USD -	10.00
120		Books About Books. Dunlop (John). History of Fiction. 3 vols. Edinburgh, 1816; [Disraeli (I ...	London and Edinburgh	1812-1907	USD -	10.00
121		Books About Books. Tredwell (D. M.). A Monograph on Privately Illustrated Books. Brooklyn, 1881; The ...	Various places	1817-1926	USD -	5.00
122		Books About Books. The Book-Lover's Almanac for the Years 1893 to 1897, inclusive.	New York	1893-1897	USD -	12.00
123		Books About Books. Mumby (F. A.). The Romance of Bookselling. Illustrated. London, 1910; Spencer (W ...	Various places	various dates	USD -	13.00
124	Booth (Edwin)	Edwin Booth.	New York	1894	USD -	12.00
125	Bosschere (Jean de)	Job Le Pauvre.	London	1922	USD -	4.00
126		Bosschere Illustrations. The Poems of Oscar Wilde.	New York	1927	USD -	10.00
127		Bosschere Illustrations. The Golden Asse of Lucius Apuleius.	London	1923	USD -	20.00
128		Bosschere Illustrations. The First Temptation of Saint Anthony. By Gustave Flaubert. 1924; Ten Droll ...	London	1924-1926	USD -	25.00
129		Bosschere Illustrations. The Love Books of Ovid.	London	1925	USD -	15.00
130		Boswell (James). Letters. Collected and Edited by Chauncey B. Tinker. Portraits and facsimiles. 2 ...	Oxford and Boston	1904-1924	USD -	6.00
131	Boutet (Henri)	Autour D'Elles.	Paris	1897	USD -	6.00
132		Breviary Treasures (The).	Boston	[1904-1905]	USD -	62.50
133		British Theatre (The). Or A Collection of Plays which are acted at The Theatres Royal.	London	1808	USD -	12.50
134		Broadsides. Curiosities of Street Literature. With woodcuts. 1871; Smith (C. J.). Historical and ...	London	various dates	USD -	4.00
135	Bronte (Charlotte, Anne, and Emily)	Life and Works of The Sisters Bronte.	New York	[1899]	USD -	10.00
136		Brothers of the Book Publications. Banning (Kendall). Mon Ami Pierrot Songs and Fantasies. Chicago ...	Chicago	1913-1918	USD -	5.00
137	Brown (Charles Brockden)	Charles Brockden Brown's Novels.	Philadelphia	1887	USD -	10.00
138	Browne (James)	The History of Scotland. Its Highlands, Regiments and Clans.	Edinburgh	1909	USD -	5.00
139	Browning (E. B.)	Hitherto Unpublished Poems and Stories. With portrait frontispieces. 2 vols.; The Poets' Enchirideon ...	Boston	1914	USD -	3.00
140	Browning (Robert)	The Complete Works of Robert Browning. 12 vols. 1899; The Complete Works of Mrs. E. B. Browning. 6 ...	New York	1899-1901	USD -	25.00
141	Bryant (W. C.) and Thoreau (H. D.)	Unpublished Poems by Bryant and Thoreau.	Boston	1907	USD -	6.00
142	Bullen (A. H.--Editor)	Speculam Amantis: Love-Poems from rare Song-Books and Miscellanies of the Seventeenth Century.	[London]	1902	USD -	17.50
143	Burke (Thomas)	London Lamps. 1918; Out and About [1919]; Out and About London. New York, 1919.	London and New York	1918-1919	USD -	2.50
144	Burns (Robert)	The Complete Works of Robert Burns (Self-Interpreting).	Philadelphia	1896	USD -	55.00
145	Burns (Robert)	The Geddes Burns.	Boston	1908	USD -	13.00
146	Burns (Robert)	The Cotter's Saturday Night.	Boston	1915	USD -	12.50
147	Burroughs (John)	The Writings of John Burroughs.	Boston	1904	USD -	95.00
148	Burton (Captain Sir Richard F.)	Goa, and the Blue Mountains.	London	1851	USD -	5.00
149	Burton (R. F.)	First Footsteps in East Africa; or, An Exploration of Harar.	London	1856	USD -	5.00
150	Burton (R. F.)	The Lake Regions of Central Africa. A Picture of Exploration.	London	1860	USD -	10.00
151	Burton (R. F.)	The Lake Regions of Central Africa. A Picture of Exploration.	London	1860	USD -	7.00
152	Burton (R. F.)	The City of the Saints and Across The Rocky Mountains to California.	London	1861	USD -	8.50
153	Burton (R. F.)	A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome.	London	1864	USD -	6.00
154	Burton (R. F.)	The Nile Basin. 1864; Sind Revisited. 2 vols. 1877.	London	1864-1877	USD -	4.00
155	Burton (R. F.)	The Highlands of the Brazil.	London	1869	USD -	12.00
156	Burton (R. F.)	Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry.	London	1870	USD -	8.00
157	Burton (R. F.)	Unexplored Syria. Visits to The Libanus, The Tulul El Safa, The Anti-Libanus, The Northern Libanus ...	London	1872	USD -	8.00
158	Burton (R. F.)	Zanibar; City, Island, And Coast.	London	1872	USD -	10.00
159	Burton (R. F.)	Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo.	London	1876	USD -	3.00
160	Burton (R. F.)	Etruscan Bologna: A Study.	London	1876	USD -	3.00
161	Burton (R. F.)	The Life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton.	New York	1893	USD -	4.00
162	Burton (R. F.)	Il Pentamerone; Or, The Tale of Tales.	London	1893	USD -	18.00
163	Burton (R. F.)	The Carmina of Caius Malerius Catullus.	London	1894	USD -	13.00
164	Burton (R. F.)	Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah.	London	1898	USD -	7.50
165	Burton (R. F.)	The Jew, The Gypsy and El Islam.	London	1889	USD -	17.50
166	Burton (R. F.)	The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. 10 vols. 1900; Also, Supplemental Nights. 6 vols. 1901.	Denver	1900-1901	USD -	62.50
167	Norman M. Panzer	Burton (R. F.). An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton, K.C.M.G.	London	1923	USD -	3.00
168	Byron (George Gordon, Lord)	Poems on Domestic Circumstances.	London	1816	USD -	22.50
169		Byron (Lord). Medwin (T.). Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron. New York, 1824; Graham (W ...	London and New York	1824-1921	USD -	5.00
170	Cabell (James Branch)	Chivalry.	New York	1909	USD -	30.00
171	Cabell (James Branch)	Straws and Prayer-Books. Dizain des Diversions.	New York	1924	USD -	12.00
172	Cabell (James Branch)	The Music from behind the Moon.	New York	1926	USD -	11.00
173	Cabell (James Branch)	The Silver Stallion.	New York	1927	USD -	15.00
174	Cabell (James Branch)	Something about Eve.	New York	1927	USD -	12.00
175	Cabell (James Branch)	Ballades from the Hidden Way.	New York	1928	USD -	14.00
176		Campbell (Thomas). The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. 1837; Rogers (Samuel). Italy. A Poem. 1830 ...	London	1830-1837	USD -	31.00
177	Fuchs (E.)	Caricature. Die Frau in Der Karikatur. Munchen, 1907; Die Karikatur der Europaischen Volker. 2 vols ...	Berlin and Munchen	1904-1907	USD -	15.00
178	Fuchs (E.)	Caricature. Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegen wart. 2 vols. No date; Der ...	Munchen	No date	USD -	32.50
179		Caricature. Reznick (F. von). Verliebte Leute; Sie. 1911; Der Tanz; Wilke (R.). Gesindel. 1908; and ...	Munchen	various dates	USD -	16.00
180		Carter (N. H.). Letters from Europe. 2 vols. New York, 1827; Sinclair (Sir John). The Correspondence ...	New York and London	1827-1831	USD -	2.50
181	Casanova (Jacques)	Memoires de JacquesCasanova De Seingalt.	Bruxelles	1881	USD -	6.00
182	Castiglione (Count Baldesar)	The Book of the Courtier.	New York	1901	USD -	20.00
183		Catherine of Russia. The Life of Catherine II. With 7 portraits. 3 vols. 1798; Memoirs of Count ...	London	1798-1900	USD -	20.00
184	Caylus (Comte de)	Oeuvres Badines, Completes, Du Comte De Caylus.	Amsterdam	1787	USD -	65.00
185	Cazotte (Jacques)	Oeuvres Badines et Morales, Historiques et Pholosophiques de Jacques Gazotte.	Paris	1816	USD -	7.00
186	Whitman (Walt)	Centaur Press. Song of the Broad-Axe.	Philadelphia	1924	USD -	5.00
187		Centaur Press. The Song of Solomon.	[Philadelphia]	[1927]	USD -	3.00
188	Centlivre (Mrs.)	Dramatic Works.	London	1872	USD -	11.00
189		Century Dictionary (The). An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language. Illustrated. 10 vols ...	New York	[1911]	USD -	21.00
190	Cervantes (Miguel de)	The Histopy of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant don Quixote of the Mancha.	New York	1906	USD -	60.00
191	Chang (Li Hung)	Memoirs of Li-Hung-Chang. With frontispiece. Boston, 1913; The Adventures of Hsi Men thing. With ...	Boston	1913-1927	USD -	3.00
192	Edited by G. L. Gomme, and H. B. Wheatley	Chap-Books. Chap-Books and Folk-Lore Tracts.	London	1885	USD -	10.00
193		Chatfield (Paul). The Tin Trumpet: or, Heads and Tales. With portrait. 2. vols. London, 1836; Knight ...	London	1836-1854	USD -	10.00
194	Chaucer (Geoffrey)	The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer.	London	1822	USD -	42.50
195		Chesterfield (Lord) and Others. The new Foundling Hospital for wit. With frontispieces. 6 vols. 1771 ...	London	1771-1786	USD -	8.00
196	[Chetwood (W. R.)]	The Voyages and Adventures of Capt. Robert Boyle, in several parts of the World, &c. . . .	London	1726	USD -	13.00
197	Child (Francis James--Editor)	The English and Scottish Popular Ballads.	Boston and New York	[1882]	USD -	47.50
198	Cibber (Colley)	An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber Written By Himself.	London	1889	USD -	7.50
199		Civil War Cartoons. Ye Book of Copperheads.	Philadelphia	1863	USD -	10.00
200	Clemens (Samuel Langhorne--Mark Twain)	Punch, Brothers, Punch! and other Sketches. Two Issues.	New York	[1878]	USD -	22.50

Sotheby’s
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December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.