CF Libbie: CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON FOLK-LORE, FORMED BY, B. E. HELMAN, CLEVELAND, OHIO., TOGETHER WITH A Large Collection of Books and Pamphlets relating to BOOK PLATES. COLLECTION OF BIBLIOGRAPHY. Nearly complete collection of Literature relating to, 1914Dec02,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 02, 1914 - December 02, 1914

Page Size: 1541 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
898	HAYWOOD, Mrs. Eliza	Love in Excess; or, the fatal enquiry, a novel	Dublin	1724	USD -	Unknown
899	HAYWOOD	The Female Spectator	London	1786	USD -	Unknown
900	HAZLITT, W. C.	Faiths and Folk Lore; a dictionary of national beliefs, superstitions and popular customs	London and New York	1905	USD -	Unknown
901	HAZLITT	Tales and Legends of national origin or widely current in England from early times	London	1892	USD -	Unknown
902	HEARN, Lafcadio	Some Chinese Ghosts	Boston	1887	USD -	Unknown
903	HEATH	Memoirs of Major General William Heath	New York	1901	USD -	Unknown
904	HENNEPIN	A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico	London	1698	USD -	Unknown
905	William Wirt	HENRY, Patrick. Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry	Phila.	1818	USD -	Unknown
906		HEPTAMERON of the Tales of Margaret Queen of Navarre	London	1894	USD -	Unknown
907		HEPTAMERON. Seventy-four etched plates illustrating the Heptameron of Marguerite Queen of Navarre. Designed by Freudenberg	Paris	1780	USD -	Unknown
908		HEPTAMERON of Margaret, Queen of Navarre	Phila.	1881	USD -	Unknown
909	W. K. Kelly	HEPTAMERON of Margaret, Queen of Navarre	London	1855	USD -	Unknown
910	HEYWOOD, John	HEYWOOD, John. The Proverbs and Epigrams of		1867	USD -	Unknown
911	HIGGINS, Elford	Hebrew Idolatry and Superstition	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
912	HINSDALE, B. A.	The Old Northwest with a View of the Thirteen Colonies as Constituted by the Royal Charters	New York	1888	USD -	Unknown
913		HISTORICAL Illustrated Guides for Massachusetts			USD -	Unknown
914		HISTORICAL Pamphlets. Sermon, May 12, 1811...			USD -	Unknown
915		HISTORY and Legends of Old Castles and Abbeys	London		USD -	Unknown
916	HOGG, James	The Tales of the Ettrick Shepherd	London	1886	USD -	Unknown
917	HOLMES, Abiel	American Annals; or, a chronological history of America	Cambridge	1805	USD -	Unknown
918	HOLMES, O. W.	HOLMES, O. W. Writings of	Boston	1891	USD -	Unknown
919	HOPE, Robert C.	Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England, including rivers, lakes, fountains and springs	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
920	HORNER, Harlan H.	The American Flag	New York	1910	USD -	Unknown
921	HORSTMANN, C.	Sammlung Altenglischer Legenden	Heilbronn	1878	USD -	Unknown
922	HOUSMAN, Lawrence	A Farm in Fairyland	New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
923		HOW Heroes of Fiction Propose and How Heroines Reply	New York	1890	USD -	Unknown
924	HOWE, M. A. De Wolfe	American Book Men; sketches chiefly biographical of certain writers of the 19th Century	New York	1902	USD -	Unknown
925	HOYLAND, John	Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits and Present State of the Gypsies, designed to develope the origin of this singular people		1816	USD -	Unknown
926	HUBBARD, William	General History of New England, from the discovery to 1680	Boston	1848	USD -	Unknown
927	HUDSON, Frank	Origin of Plum Pudding with other fairy tales, and a little Burletta	London		USD -	Unknown
928	HUDSON Frederick	Journalism in the United States from 1690-1872	New York	1873	USD -	Unknown
929	HUGO, Victor	History of Crime...	New York		USD -	Unknown
930	HUGO	Les Miserables	New York	1887	USD -	Unknown
931	HULME, F. Edward	Natural History Lore and Legend	London	1895	USD -	Unknown
932	HULME	Myth-Land	London	1826	USD -	Unknown
933	HUNT, John	Pantheism and Christianity	London	1884	USD -	Unknown
934	HUNT, Robert	Popular Romances of the West of England, or the drolls	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
935	HUTCHINS, Thomas	Topographical Description of Virginia Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina	Cleveland	1904	USD -	Unknown
936	HUTCHINSON, Thomas	Collection of Original Papers Relative to the History of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay	Boston	1769	USD -	Unknown
937	HUTCHINSON	History of Massachusetts, from 1628 to 1750	Salem	1795	USD -	Unknown
938	HUTCHINSON	History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1749-1774	London	1828	USD -	Unknown
939	HUTCHINSON	Letters of Governor Hutchinson and Lieut.-Gov. Oliver, printed at Boston	London	1774	USD -	Unknown
940	HUTCHINSON	HUTCHINSON. The Diary and Letters of	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
941	HUTCHINSON	The Witchcraft Delusion of 1692	Boston	1870	USD -	Unknown
942	HYDE, Douglas	Beside the Fire, a collection of Irish Gaelic Folk Stories	London	1890	USD -	Unknown
943		ILLUSTRATED Ditties of the Olden Time	Brighton	1850	USD -	Unknown
944		AFFECTING History of the Dreadful Distress of Frederic Manheim's Family	Phila.	1800	USD -	Unknown
945	AIMARD, Gustave	The Prairie Flower, a thrilling tale of Indian Border Life	Phila.	1878	USD -	Unknown
946	BENNETT, Emerson	Pioneer's Daughter, a tale of Indian Captivity	Phila.	1851	USD -	Unknown
947	BODGE, George M.	Soldiers in King Philip's War; being a critical account of that war with a concise history of the Indian Wars of New England from 1620-1677	Boston	1906	USD -	Unknown
948	BRINTON, D. G.	Myths of the New World, a treatise on the symbolism and mythology of the red race of America	Phila.	1896	USD -	Unknown
949	CANFIELD, William W.	Legends of the Iroquois told by "The Corn Planter"	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
950	CAVERLY, R. B.	Heroism of Hannah Duston, together with the Indian Wars of New England	Boston	1875	USD -	Unknown
951	Samuel G. Drake	CHURCH, Thomas. History of Philip's War	Boston	1827	USD -	Unknown
952	DRAKE, S. G.	The Old Indian Chronicle; being a collection of exceeding Rare Tracts, written and published in the time of King Philip's War, by persons residing in the country	Boston	1867	USD -	Unknown
953	DRAKE	Indian Biography; containing the lives of more than 200 Indian chiefs	Boston	1832	USD -	Unknown
954	EASTMAN, Mrs. Mary	Dahcotah; or, life and legends of the Sioux around Ft. Snelling	New York	1849	USD -	Unknown
955	FOSTER, J. W.	Pre-Historic Races of the United States of America	Chicago	1878	USD -	Unknown
956	GRINNELL, George B.	Pawnee Hero Stories character of the Pawnee people	New York	1889	USD -	Unknown
957	HATHAWAY, Benjamin	League of the Iroquois and other legends	Chicago	1882	USD -	Unknown
958	HOYT, E.	Antiquarian Researches, comprising a history of the Indian Wars in the country bordering Connecticut river and parts adjacent, and other interesting events	Greenfield	1824	USD -	Unknown
959	HUBBARD	Narrative of the Indian Wars in New England, from 1607 to 1677	Stockbridge	1803	USD -	Unknown
960	HUNNEWELL, J. F.	The Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America, 1787-1887		1887	USD -	Unknown
961	KINNICUTT, Lincoln M.	Indian Names of Places in Worcester County	Worcester	1905	USD -	Unknown
962	LELAND, Charles G.	The Algonquin Legends of New England; or, myths and folk-lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Indian Tribes	Boston	1885	USD -	Unknown
963	MORGAN, Lewis H.	League of the Ho-de-nosau-nee, or Iroquois	New York	1901	USD -	Unknown
964		NARRATIVES of Captivity Among the Indians of North America	Chicago	1912	USD -	Unknown
965	POWELL, J. W.	18th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology	Washington	1899	USD -	Unknown
966	RAND, Silas T.	Legends of the Micmacs	New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
967	SCHOOLCRAFT, H. R.	The Myth of Hiawatha and other Oral Legends of the North American Indians	Phila.	1856	USD -	Unknown
968	TRASK, William B.	Letters of Col. Thomas Westbrook and others relative to Indian Affairs in Maine, 1722-26	Boston	1901	USD -	Unknown
969	TRUMBULL	History of the Discovery of America; or the landing of our Forefathers at Plymouth, and of their most remarkable engagements with the Indians	Boston	1819	USD -	Unknown
970	WILLIAMS	The Redeemed Captive returning to Zion; or, a Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences in the Captivity and Deliverance of Mr. John Williams, of Deerfield	Northampton	1853	USD -	Unknown
971	WINCHELL, Alexander	Preadamites; or, a demonstration on the existence of men before Adam	Chicago	1881	USD -	Unknown
972	INWARDS, Richard	Weather Lore, a collection of proverbs, sayings and rules concerning the weather	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
973		IRELAND. Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland	London	1834	USD -	Unknown
974		IRELAND. Secret History of Betty Ireland Prostitute	Reprinted: London	1888	USD -	Unknown
975	IRVING, Washington	IRVING, Washington. Complete Works of	New York		USD -	Unknown
976	ISAACS, Abram S.	Stories from the Rabbis	New York	1893	USD -	Unknown
977	James Parton	JACKSON, Andrew. Life of	New York	1861	USD -	Unknown
978	JACKSON	The Jackson Wreath; or, national souvenir	Phila.	1829	USD -	Unknown
979	JACOBS, Joseph	Barlaam and Josaphat	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
980	JACOBS	Book of Wonder Voyages	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
981	JACOBS	Celtic Fairy Tales	New York	1892	USD -	Unknown
982	JACOBS	English Fairy Tales	New York London	1891	USD -	Unknown
983	JACOBS	Indian Fairy Tales	New York London	1892	USD -	Unknown
984	JACOBS	More English Fairy Tales	New York London	1894	USD -	Unknown
985	JAMIESON, Robert	Popular Ballads and Songs, from tradition	Edinburgh	1806	USD -	Unknown
986		JAPANESE Fairy Tale			USD -	Unknown
987		JAPANESE Fairy Tale Series...			USD -	Unknown
988		JAPANESE Sword Guards. A catalogue of the collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	Boston	1908	USD -	Unknown
989	JEFFERSON, Thomas	The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth	Washington	1907	USD -	Unknown
990	JEFFERSON, Thomas	JEFFERSON, Thomas. Complete Anas of	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
991	JENNINGS, Hargrave	The Rosicrucians, their rites and mysteries	London	1879	USD -	Unknown
992	JEPHSON, A. J. M.	Stories told in an African Forest, by grown-up children of Africa	New York London	1893	USD -	Unknown
993	JERVISE, Andrew	History and Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearus, with notices of Alyth and Meigle	Edinburgh	1882	USD -	Unknown
994	James Boswell	JOHNSON, Samuel. Life of	London		USD -	Unknown
995	JOLINE, Adrian H.	The Diversions of a Book Lover	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
996	JOLINE	Meditations of an Autograph Collector	New York	1902	USD -	Unknown
997	JONES, Charles C., Jr.	Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast, told in the vernacular	Boston	1888	USD -	Unknown

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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
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.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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