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
1298		LES Parisiennes, ou XL Caracteres Generaux, pris dans les moeurs actuelles, propres a servir a l'Instruction des Personnes du Sexe	Neufchatel	1787	USD -	Unknown
1299		MONSIEUR Nicolas, ou le Coeur Humain Devoile	Paris	1883	USD -	Unknown
1300		PICTURES of Life; or, a record of manners, physical and moral on the close of the Eighteenth Century	London	1790	USD -	Unknown
1301	Charles Monselet	SA Vie et ses Amours	Paris	1858	USD -	Unknown
1302		TABLEAUX de la Bonne Compagnie	Paris	1787	USD -	Unknown
1303		REAL, Anthony. The Story of the Stick	New York	1891	USD -	Unknown
1304	RHYS, John	Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as illustrated by Celtic Heathendom	London	1888	USD -	Unknown
1305	RHYS	Studies in the Arthurian Legend	Oxford	1891	USD -	Unknown
1306	RICE, Harvey	Pioneers of the Western Reserve	Boston	1888	USD -	Unknown
1307	RICHARDS, Caroline Cowles	RICHARDS, Caroline Cowles. Diary of		1908	USD -	Unknown
1308	RICHARDSON, Charles F.	American Literature, 1607-1885	New York	1887	USD -	Unknown
1309	RIEDESEL, Mrs.	Letters and Journals Relating to the War of the American Revolution	Albany	1867	USD -	Unknown
1310	RILEY, James	Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig "Commerce," wrecked on the Western coast of Africa, 1815	New York	1818	USD -	Unknown
1311	RINK, Dr. Henry	Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo	Edinburgh	1875	USD -	Unknown
1312	RITSON, Joseph	Ancient English Metrical Romances	Edinburgh	1884	USD -	Unknown
1313	ROBERTS, Charles G. D.	A History of Canada	Boston	1897	USD -	Unknown
1314	ROBERTS, Samuel	The Gypsies, their origin, continuance and destination	London	1836	USD -	Unknown
1315	ROBERTS, William	Earlier History of English Bookselling	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
1316	Hilaire Belloc	ROBESPIERRE, a Study	New York	1901	USD -	Unknown
1317	ROBINSON, Frederick S.	The Connoisseur; essays on the romantic and picturesque associations of art and artists	London	1897	USD -	Unknown
1318	ROBINSON, Phil.	Under the Punkah	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
1319	ROBY, J.	Traditions of Lancashire	London	1829	USD -	Unknown
1320	ROCHEFOUCAULT, Duke de la	Maxims and Moral Reflections	Edinburgh	1798	USD -	Unknown
1321		ROCKPORT Harbor, Mass. Navigation Chart, 1902			USD -	Unknown
1322	ROMILLY, Hugh H.	From My Verandah in New Guinea, sketches and traditions	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
1323		ROQUELAURE. Secret Memoirs of the Duc de Roquelaure	London	1900	USD -	Unknown
1324		ROSICRUCIANS. Mysteries of the Rosie Cross, or the history of that curious sect of the Middle Ages known as the Rosicrucians	London	1891	USD -	Unknown
1325		ROSSETTI, Christiana G. Sing-Song, a nursery rhyme book	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
1326	ROSSETTI, Christiana	Goblin Market	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
1327	ROSSETTI, D. G.	The House of Life; a sonnet sequence	Boston	1903	USD -	Unknown
1328		ROUMANIAN Fairy Tales and Legends	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
1329		ROWFANT Club. Bibliographical Notes on a Collection of Editions of the Book known as "Puckle's Club	Cleveland	1899	USD -	Unknown
1330		ROWFANT Club. Code of Regulations with the Names of the Members and a List of Governing Officers	Cleveland	1892	USD -	Unknown
1331	ROWLANDS, Samuel	The Bride	Boston	1905	USD -	Unknown
1332	ROWLANDS, Walter	Celebrated Paintings by Noted Masters	Boston	1898	USD -	Unknown
1333	Ivah Dunklee	ROYALTON, Vt. Burning of Royalton by Indians	Boston	1906	USD -	Unknown
1334	RUSKIN, John	Modern Painters...	New York		USD -	Unknown
1335	RYDBERG, Viktor	Teutonic Mythology	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
1336	ST. JOHN, Bayle	Legends of the Christian East	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
1337	T. M. Newson	SAINT Paul, Minn. Pen Pictures of St. Paul and Biographical Sketches of Old Settlers	St. Paul	1886	USD -	Unknown
1338		SALEM, Mass. The Affair at the North Bridge, Feb. 26, 1775			USD -	Unknown
1339	Joseph B. Felt	SALEM. The Annals of Salem, from its first settlement	Salem	1827	USD -	Unknown
1340		SALEM. Articles of the Washington Fire Club Associated in Salem, Oct. 10, 1803	Salem	1818	USD -	Unknown
1341	Joseph Story	SALEM. Discourse in commemoration of the first settlement of Salem	Boston	1828	USD -	Unknown
1342	John J. Dearborn	SALISBURY, N. H. History of	Manchester	1890	USD -	Unknown
1343	SAMPSON, Deborah	The Female Review-Life of Deborah Sampson, the female soldier in the war of the Revolution	Boston	1866	USD -	Unknown
1344	SAND, George	Fadette La Petite Fadette	New York	1893	USD -	Unknown
1345	SANDERSON, John	Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence	Phila.	1820	USD -	Unknown
1346		SANSON d'Abbeville. Geographische en Historische der vier bekende Werelds-Deelen, Europa, Asia, Africa en America	Utrecht	1683	USD -	Unknown
1347	SAUVIGNY, J.	Les Amours de Pierre-le-Long et de Blanche Bazu	Paris	1819	USD -	Unknown
1348		SCHOOL Books. American First-Class Book...			USD -	Unknown
1349	SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R.	Narrative Journal of Travels through the North-West Regions of the United States in 1820	Albany	1821	USD -	Unknown
1350	SCHRADER, Dr. O.	Prehistoric Antiquities of the Aryan Peoples	London	1890	USD -	Unknown
1351	SCHULZ, Albert	An Essay on the Influence of Welsh Tradition upon the literature of Germany, France and Scandinavia	Llandovery	1841	USD -	Unknown
1352	SCHULTZ, Christian	Travels on an Inland Voyage through New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, etc.	New York	1810	USD -	Unknown
1353	SCOTT, John	Sermon Preached before the Artillery Company of London, Sept. 15, 1680	London	1680	USD -	Unknown
1354	SCOTT, Joseph	United States Gazetteer; containing an authentic description of the several states	Phila.	1795	USD -	Unknown
1355		SCOTT, Elder Walter. Life of	Cincinnati	1874	USD -	Unknown
1356	SCOTT, Sir Walter	SCOTT, Sir Walter. Waverley Novels	New York	1898	USD -	Unknown
1357	SCOTT	SCOTT. Poetical Works of	London	1892	USD -	Unknown
1358	SCOUGEL, Henry	The Life of God in the Soul of Man	London	1739	USD -	Unknown
1359		SCRIBNER'S Magazine	New York	1887	USD -	Unknown
1360	SEELERS, Charles	Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes	London	1888	USD -	Unknown
1361	SEWALL, Samuel	Diary of, 1674-1729	Boston	1878	USD -	Unknown
1362	SEWARD, W. H.	Travels Around the World	New York	1874	USD -	Unknown
1363	SEYMOUR, William W.	The Cross, in tradition, history and art	New York	1898	USD -	Unknown
1364	John J. Mangan	SHEPARD, Rev. Jeremiah 3d Minister of Lynn, 1680-1720. Life of	Lynn	1905	USD -	Unknown
1365	SHIPWRECKS	Perils of the Ocean; or, disasters of the seas	New York		USD -	Unknown
1366	SHORTLAND, Edward	Traditions and Superstitions of the New Zealanders	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
1367	SILLIMAN, Benjamin	Remarks on a Short Tour between Hartford and Quebec in 1819	New York	1820	USD -	Unknown
1368	SILVER	American Church Silver of the 17th and 18th Centuries	Boston	1911	USD -	Unknown
1369		SILVER. American Silver, the Work of the 17th and 18th Century Silver Smiths Exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1906	Boston	1906	USD -	Unknown
1370		SILVER Fairy Book	New York London	1895	USD -	Unknown
1371	SIMMS, J. R.	Trappers of New York; or, a biography of Nicholas Stoner and Nathaniel Foster	Albany	1871	USD -	Unknown
1372	SIMSON, Walter	History of the Gipsies, with specimens of the Gipsy Language	London	1865	USD -	Unknown
1373	SIMPSON, William	Buddhist Praying-Wheel, a collection of material bearing upon the symbolism of the wheel and circular movements in custom and religious ritual	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
1374		SINBAD the Sailor and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	New York	1895	USD -	Unknown
1375	SKINNER, C. M.	Myths and Legends of Our Own Land	Phila.	1896	USD -	Unknown
1376	SKINNER, H. M.	Readings in Folk-Lore	New York	1893	USD -	Unknown
1377		SLAV Tales. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen	New York London	1896	USD -	Unknown
1378	SMART, B. C., and H. T.	Crofton. Dialect of the English Gypsies	London	1875	USD -	Unknown
1379	SMITH, Capt. John	True Travels, Adventures and Observations of, in Europe, Asia, Africke and America	Richmond	1819	USD -	Unknown
1380	SMITH	SMITH. Works of	Birmingham	1884	USD -	Unknown
1381	SMITH, W. R.	Lectures on the Religion of the Semites	New York	1889	USD -	Unknown
1382	SMITHERS, Leonard C.	The Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
1383	SMITHERS	Transmigrations of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam Chinese Tales	London	1894	USD -	Unknown
1384	George B. Goode, editor	SMITHSONIAN Institutions, 1846-1896; a history of its first half century	Washington	1897	USD -	Unknown
1385	SNOW	History of Boston, the metropolis of Massachusetts, from its origin to the present period	Boston	1825	USD -	Unknown
1386		SOCIAL Life and Literature Fifty Years Ago	Boston	1888	USD -	Unknown
1387	SOMMAR, Prof. H. Oskar	Le Roman de Merlin, or the early history of King Arthur, faithfully edited from the French MS. about A. D. 1316	London	1894	USD -	Unknown
1388		SONGS. The Songster's Repository; being a choice selection of songs	New York	1811	USD -	Unknown
1389	SONNECK, Oscar G. T.	Report on "The Star Spangled Banner," "Hail Columbia," "America," "Yankee Doodle"	Washington	1909	USD -	Unknown
1390	SOULSBY, Basil H.	The First Map containing the name America			USD -	Unknown
1391	SOUTHACK, John	SOUTHACK, John. Life of		1809	USD -	Unknown
1392	Hume, Sophia	SOUTH Carolina. An Exhortation to the Inhabitants of the Province of South Carolina to bring their Deeds to the Light of Christ in their own Consciences	Bristol	1750	USD -	Unknown
1393		SOUTH Carolina. Summary of Church Discipline shewing the Qualifications and Duties of the Officers and Members of a Gospel Church	Richmond	1794	USD -	Unknown
1394	SPALDING, Thomas A.	Elizabethan Demonology	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
1395	SPAULDING, John H.	Historical Relics of the White Mountains	Boston	1855	USD -	Unknown
1396	SPENSER, Edmunde	Amoretti. Written not long since	New York	1901	USD -	Unknown
1397	SPOFFORD, Ainsworth R.	A Book for all Readers; designed as an aid to the collection, use and preservation of books	New York	1900	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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