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
698	DRAKE, F. S.	Tea Leaves, being a collection of letters and documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773 by the East India Tea Company	Boston	1884	USD -	Unknown
699	DRAKE, S. A.	Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore, in prose and poetry	Boston	1884	USD -	Unknown
700	DRAKE	Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore	Boston	1888	USD -	Unknown
701	DRAKE	Myths and Fables of To-day	Boston	1900	USD -	Unknown
702	DRAKE	Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston	Boston	1900	USD -	Unknown
703		DRAMATIC. The Marie Burroughs Art Portfolio of Stage Celebrities	Chicago	1894	USD -	Unknown
704	DRAYTON, John	View of South Carolina as Respects her Natural and Civil Concerns	Charleston	1802	USD -	Unknown
705	DRYDEN, John	Fables from Boccaccio and Chaucer		1822	USD -	Unknown
706	DUNTON, John	Athenianism; or, the new projects; being 600 distinct treatises	London	1710	USD -	Unknown
707	DUNTON	Athenian Oracle; being an entire collection of all the valuable Questions and Answers in the old Athenian Mercuries	London	1703	USD -	Unknown
708	DUNTON	Athenian Sport; or, 2,000 paradoxes merrily Argued to amuse and divert the age	London	1707	USD -	Unknown
709	DUNTON	History of the Athenian Society for the Resolving all Nice and Curious Questions	London	1692	USD -	Unknown
710	DUNTON	DUNTON. Life and Errors of	London	1705	USD -	Unknown
711	DUNTON	The Medal; or, a loyal essay upon King George's Picture	London		USD -	Unknown
712	DUBOCCAGE, Madame	La Columbiade, ou la foi portie, au nouveau Monde, poeme	Paris	1756	USD -	Unknown
713	DUCANE, Ella	The Italian Lakes	London	1905	USD -	Unknown
714	DU CHAILLU, Paul R.	The Viking Age	New York	1889	USD -	Unknown
715	DWIGHT, Timothy, Jr.	Sketches of Scenery and Manners in the United States	New York	1829	USD -	Unknown
716	DWIGHT	A Journey in Ohio in 1810 as Recorded in the Journal of Margaret Van Horn Dwight	New Haven	1912	USD -	Unknown
717	DYER, T. F. T.	British Popular Customs, present and past, illustrating the social and domestic manners of the people	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
718	DYER	Folk-Lore of Plants	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
719	DYER	Folk Lore of Shakespeare	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
720	EARLE, Alice Morse	Curious Punishments of Bygone Days	Chicago	1896	USD -	Unknown
721	EARLY Ideas	A Group of Hindoo Stories, collected and collated by "An Aryan"	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
722	EASTWICK, Edward B.	The Anvar--I Suhaili; or, the lights of Canopus; being the Persian version of the Fables of Pilpay	Hartford	1854	USD -	Unknown
723	EBSWORTH Drolleries	Choice Drollery: Songs and Sonnets...			USD -	Unknown
724	EDWARDS, Jonathan	The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended	Boston	1758	USD -	Unknown
725	EDWARDS	Treatise Concerning the Religious Affections	Boston	1746	USD -	Unknown
726	EGGLESTON, Edward	The Beginners of a Nation; a history of the earliest English settlements in America	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
727	ELLACOMBE, Rev. Henry N.	Plant Lore and Garden-Craft of Shakespeare	London	1884	USD -	Unknown
728	ELLIOTT, Sir Henry M.	Memoirs on the History, Folk-Lore and Distribution of the Races of Northwesters Provinces of India	London	1869	USD -	Unknown
729	ELLIS, G. E.	The Puritan Age and Rule in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1629-1685	Boston	1888	USD -	Unknown
730	ELTON, Oliver	The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus	London	1894	USD -	Unknown
731	ELWORTHY, Frederick T.	The Evil Eye, an account of this Ancient and Widespread Superstition	London	1895	USD -	Unknown
732	F. B. Sanborn	EMERSON. The Personality of Emerson	Boston	1903	USD -	Unknown
733	EMERSON, P. H.	Tales from Welsh Wales, founded on Fact and Current Tradition	London	1894	USD -	Unknown
734	ENGLISH, Dr. Thomas Dunn	Fairy Stories and Wonder Tales	New York	1897	USD -	Unknown
735		ENGRAVINGS. A Descriptive Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early Engraving in America, Dec. 12, 1904--Feb. 5, 1905, Boston Museum of Fine Arts	Cambridge	1904	USD -	Unknown
736	EPICTETUS	EPICTETUS. Works of	Boston	1897	USD -	Unknown
737		EROTIKA Biblion Society's Publications	Athens	1891	USD -	Unknown
738	W. K. Kelly, editor	EROTICA. The Elegies of Propertius, the Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter and the Kisses of Johannes Secundus	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
739	ESQUEMELLING, John	The Buccaneers of America; a true account of the most remarkable assaults committed upon the coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
740		ESSEX Book and Print Club	Salem	1908	USD -	Unknown
741		ESSEX Book and Print Club. Perley, Sidney	Salem	1912	USD -	Unknown
742		ESSEX County, Mass. Old Wood Engravings, Views and Buildings in the County of Essex	Salem	1908	USD -	Unknown
743	EVANS, Mrs. Frank	Some Legendary Landmarks of Africa	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
744	EVANS, M. A. B.	Nymphs, Nixies and Naiads, legends of the Rhine	New York	1895	USD -	Unknown
745	Chester, Evelyn	FACETIOUS. Miss Derrick a Boston Society Girl's Diary	New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
746		FAIRY Tales, Far and Near	New York	1895	USD -	Unknown
747		FAIRY Tales from the Arabian Nights	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
748		FAIRY Tales from Brentano	New York		USD -	Unknown
749	FARMER, John S.	Musa Pedestris; three Centuries of canting songs and slang rhymes, 1536-1896		1896	USD -	Unknown
750	FARROW, G. E.	The Wallypug of Why	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
751	FIELDE, Adele M.	Chinese Nights' Entertainments	New York	1893	USD -	Unknown
752	Slason Thompson	FIELD. Eugene Field; a study in heredity and contradictions	New York	1901	USD -	Unknown
753	J. P. W. Crawford	FIGUEROA, Christobal S. de. Life and Works of	Phila.	1907	USD -	Unknown
754	Helen Zimmern	FIRDUSI. The Epic of Kings. Stories retold from Firdusi	London	1882	USD -	Unknown
755	FISHER, George	The Instructor; or, American young man's best companion	Worcester	1785	USD -	Unknown
756	Goode, George B.	FISHERIES. The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States	Washington	1884	USD -	Unknown
757	FISKE, John	FISKE, John. Works of	Boston	1901	USD -	Unknown
758	FISKE	The American Revolution	Boston	1891	USD -	Unknown
759	FISKE	Discovery of America	Boston	1892	USD -	Unknown
760		FITZGERALD, Augustine. Naples	London	1904	USD -	Unknown
761	Cooper, W. M.	FLAGELLATION. Flagellation and the Flagellants; a history of the rod in all countries, from the earliest period to the present time	London		USD -	Unknown
762		FLAGELLATION. History of, among different nations, a narrative of the strange customs and cruelties of the Romans, Greeks and Egyptians, also anecdotes of remarkable cases of flogging	London	1888	USD -	Unknown
763		FLAGELLATION. Memorials of Human Superstition; being a paraphrase and commentary of the "Historia Flagellatium " of the Abbe Boileau	London	1784	USD -	Unknown
764	FLEESON, K. N.	Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India	New York	1899	USD -	Unknown
765		FOLK-Lore and Legends. First and Second Series complete	London	1891	USD -	Unknown
766	FOLK-Lore	Choice Notes from "Notes and Queries	London	1859	USD -	Unknown
767	Pandit S. M. Natesa Sastri	FOLK Lore in Southern India	Bombay	1884	USD -	Unknown
768		FOLK-Lore Record	London	1878	USD -	Unknown
769	HENDERSON, William	Notes on the Folk Lore of the Northern Countries of England and the borders	London	1879	USD -	Unknown
770	AUBREY, John	Remains of Gentilisme and Judaisme, 1686-87	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
771	GREGOR, Walter	Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
772	BLACK, William G.	Folk-Medicine; a chapter in the history of culture	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
773	JONES, Rev. W.	Henry and Lewis L. Kroff	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
774	GOMME, George L.	The Handbook of Folk Lore	London	1890	USD -	Unknown
775	COX, Marian R.	Cinderella. 345 variants of Cinderella, Catskin and Cap O' Rushes, abstracted and tabulated, with a discussion of mediaeval analogues and notes	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
776	FORDHAM, Elias P.	Personal Narrative of Travels in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, etc.	Cleveland	1906	USD -	Unknown
777	FORREST, A. S.	Morocco. Described by S. L. Bensusan	London	1904	USD -	Unknown
778	FORRESTER, A. H.	Tales of Magic and Meaning	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
779	FORRESTER	Fairy Footsteps, or lessons from legends	London		USD -	Unknown
780	FOSTER, Hannah	The Coquette; or, the history of Eliza Wharton	Exeter	1828	USD -	Unknown
781	FOULKES, Charles I	Noel, a book of Carols for Christmas tide	London	1894	USD -	Unknown
782	FRANKLIN, Benjamin	FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Works of	New York	1807	USD -	Unknown
783		FRANKLIN. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of	Phila.	1818	USD -	Unknown
784	E. E. Hale and E. E. Hale, Jr.	FRANKLIN in France. From original documents, most of which are now published for the first time	Boston	1887	USD -	Unknown
785	FRERE, M.	Old Deccan Days, or Hindoo Fairy Legends	Phila.	1868	USD -	Unknown
786	FROEBEL, Friedrich	Mother-Play and Nursery Songs	Boston	1895	USD -	Unknown
787	Thomas Johnes	FROISSART'S Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the latter part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV. Translated from the French Editions	London	1874	USD -	Unknown
788	FROST, William H.	The Court of King Arthur, stories from the Land of the Round Table	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
789	FROST	Fairies and Folk of Ireland	New York	1900	USD -	Unknown
790	FULKE	Certaine Learned and Elegant Works of the Right Honorable Fulke, Lord Brooke	London	1633	USD -	Unknown
791	FURST, Clyde	A Group of Old Authors	Phila.	1899	USD -	Unknown
792	GARNETT, Lucy M. J.	Women of Turkey and their Folk-lore	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
793	GARNETT	New Folklore Researches	Guilford	1896	USD -	Unknown
794	GARRETT, Edmund H.	Three Heroines of New England Romance	Boston	1894	USD -	Unknown
795	GARRISON, William L.	Selections from the Writings and Speeches of	Boston	1852	USD -	Unknown
796	GAUTIER, Theophile	Mademoiselle de Maupin	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
797	GAYLEY, Charles M.	The Classic Myths in English Literature, based chiefly on Bulfinch's Age of Fable	Boston	1893	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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