CF Libbie: AUCTION SALE: WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, NOV. 8-9, 1916. Each day at 10 and 2 o'clock, PART III, SECTION II, M to Z, CATALOGUE OF THE EXTENSIVE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF THE LATE JOHN B. PEARSE of Roxbury, Mass., COMPRISING, ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN LITERATURE. I, 1916Nov08,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 08, 1916 - November 08, 1916

Page Size: 1165 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2645	VIRGIL	The Bucolicks of Virgil	Oxford	1820	USD -	Unknown
2646	VIRGIL	An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
2647	VIRGIL	The Georgies and Bucolicks	London	1741	USD -	Unknown
2648	VIRGIL	VIRGIL. Georgics of	Boston	1904	USD -	Unknown
2649	VIRGIL	Publius Virgilius Maro	London	1800	USD -	Unknown
2650	VIRGIL	Bucolicks and Georgies of Virgil...			USD -	Unknown
2651		VIRGIL'S Messianic Eclogue...			USD -	Unknown
2652	VIRTUE	Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain	London	1831	USD -	Unknown
2653	VIZETELLY, Henry	History of Champagne, with Notes of other Sparkling Wines of France	London	1882	USD -	Unknown
2654	VOIGT, Georg	Petrarque, Boccace et les Debuts de l'Humanisme en Italie	Paris	1894	USD -	Unknown
2655	VOLTAIRE	Theatre Complet		1789	USD -	Unknown
2656	VOLTAIRE	VOLTAIRE. Works of	London	1770	USD -	Unknown
2657	VOLTAIRE	OEuvres Completes	Paris	1817	USD -	Unknown
2658		VOLTAIRE'S Philosophical Dictionary	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
2659		VOLTAIRE'S Philosophical Dictionary	Boston	1865	USD -	Unknown
2660		VOLTAIRE. Par Eugene Noel	Paris	1855	USD -	Unknown
2661		VOYAGE Pittoresque de la Grece	Paris	1782	USD -	Unknown
2662	WAAGEN, G. F.	Kunstwerke und Kunstler in England	Berlin	1837	USD -	Unknown
2663	WADE, John	British History Chronologically Arranged	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
2664	WAGNER, Leopold	Manners, Customs and Observances	London	1895	USD -	Unknown
2665	WALFORD, Edward	Holidays in Home Counties	London	1884	USD -	Unknown
2666	WALKER, Mrs. A.	Female Beauty as Preserved and Improved	London	1837	USD -	Unknown
2667	WALKER, G. S.	Corpus Poetarum Latinorum	Londini	1849	USD -	Unknown
2668	WALKER, J.	Rhyming Dictionary	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
2669	WALLIS, Frank E.	How to Know Architecture	New York	1910	USD -	Unknown
2670		WAR Correspondence of the Daily News, 1870	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
2671		WAR. With Kitchener to Khartum...			USD -	Unknown
2672	WARING, George E.	A Farmer's Vacation	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
2673	WARNER, Charles D.	My Winter on the Nile among the Mummies and Moslems	Hartford	1876	USD -	Unknown
2674	WARNER, P. F.	Cricket in Many Climes	London	1900	USD -	Unknown
2675	WARREN, E. P., and Cleverly, C. F. M.	The Wanderings of the "Beetle"	London	1885	USD -	Unknown
2676	WARREN, S. E.	General Problems of Shades and Shadows	New York	1867	USD -	Unknown
2677	WARREN, William F.	The Earliest Cosmologies	New York	1909	USD -	Unknown
2678	WARREN	Paradise Found; the cradle of the human race at the North Pole	Boston	1898	USD -	Unknown
2679	WARWICK, Eden	The Poet's Pleasaunce; or, garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers	London	1847	USD -	Unknown
2680	WASHINGTON, Booker T.	Working with the Hands	New York	1904	USD -	Unknown
2681	WATELET	Dictionnaire des Arts de Peinture, Sculpture et Gravure	Paris	1792	USD -	Unknown
2682	WATERS, W. G.	Piero della Francesca	London	1901	USD -	Unknown
2683	WATIN, M.	L'Art du Peinture, Doreur, Vernisseur et du Fabricant de Couleurs	Lyon	1822	USD -	Unknown
2684	WATSON, John T.	Dictionary of Poetical Quotations	Philadelphia	1847	USD -	Unknown
2685	WATT, Sir George	The Commercial Products of India; being an abridgment of "The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India	London	1908	USD -	Unknown
2686	WATT, Robert	Bibliotheca Britannica; or, a general index to British and foreign literature	Edinburgh	1824	USD -	Unknown
2687	WEBER, F. U.	Handworterbuch der deutschen Sprache	Leipzig	1889	USD -	Unknown
2688	WEBER, Henry	Metrical Romances of the 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries	Edinburgh	1810	USD -	Unknown
2689	WEBSTER, Noah	American Dictionary of the English Language	Springfield	1860	USD -	Unknown
2690	WEBSTER	Condensed Dictionary of the English Language	London	1886	USD -	Unknown
2691	WEBSTER	New Websterian Dictionary Illustrated	New York	1912	USD -	Unknown
2692	WEDMORE, Frederick	Fine Prints (London, 1897)...			USD -	Unknown
2693		WEEKLY Chronicle National Gallery	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
2694	WEIDENMANN, J.	Beautifying Country Homes; a handbook of landscape gardening	New York	1870	USD -	Unknown
2695	WEIGEL, Rudolph	Kunstlager-Catalog	Leipzig	1832	USD -	Unknown
2696	WEIR, Elizabeth	New Practical German and English Dictionary	New York		USD -	Unknown
2697	Jules Maurel	WELLINGTON. Le Duc de Wellington	Bruxelles	1853	USD -	Unknown
2698	WELLINGTON, Duke of	WELLINGTON, Duke of. Life and Times of	London		USD -	Unknown
2699	Lord Roberts	WELLINGTON. The Rise of Wellington	Boston	1895	USD -	Unknown
2700	WERTHEIMBER, Louis	A Muramasa Blade; a story of feudalism in old Japan	Boston	1884	USD -	Unknown
2701	WESLEY, I. E.	Practical Pocket Dictionary in Four Languages...	London		USD -	Unknown
2702	WESSELY, Joseph	Die OEsterreichischen Alpenlaender und ihre Forste	Wien	1853	USD -	Unknown
2703	WESSELY, J. E.	Das Weihliche Modell in Seiner geschichtlichen Entwicklung	Leipzig	1884	USD -	Unknown
2704	WESSELY	Kupferstich-Sammlung der Konig-lichen Museen in Berlin	Leipzig	1875	USD -	Unknown
2705	WESTCOTT, Edward N.	David Harum; a story of American Life	New York	1900	USD -	Unknown
2706		WESTERN Union Telegraph Co. Rules, Regulations and Instructions	Cleveland	1866	USD -	Unknown
2707	WESTROPP, H. M.	Prehistoric Phases; or, introductory essays on prehistoric archaeology	London	1872	USD -	Unknown
2708	WESTWOOD, T., and Satchell, T.	Bibliotheca Piscatoria; a catalogue of books on angling, the fisheries and fish culture, with bibliographical notes	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
2709	WEY, Francis	Rome	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
2710	WEY, Francis	Rome	London	1875	USD -	Unknown
2711	WHARTON, Edith	Italian Backgrounds	New York	1905	USD -	Unknown
2712	WHARTON, Grance and Philip	The Wits and Beaux of Society	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
2713	WHEATLEY, H. B.	How to Form a Library	London	1886	USD -	Unknown
2714	WHEELER, Candace	How to Make Rugs	New York	1902	USD -	Unknown
2715	WHEELER	Principles of Home Decoration	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
2716	WHEELER, J.T.	The Geography of Herodotus	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
2717	WHEELER	Life and Travels of Herodotus in the Fifth Century before Christ	London	1855	USD -	Unknown
2718	WHEELER, William A.	Brief Biographical Dictionary	New York	1881	USD -	Unknown
2719		WHEELMAN and Outing	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
2720	WHELER	A Journey into Greece by George Wheler in company of Doctor Spon, of Lyons	London	1682	USD -	Unknown
2721		WHIST. How to Play Whist...			USD -	Unknown
2722	E. A. Martin	WHITE. Bibliography of Gilbert White, the Natural Historian and Antiquarian of Selborne	London		USD -	Unknown
2723	WHITE, Richard G.	Every-Day English; a sequel to "Words and their Uses"	Boston	1881	USD -	Unknown
2724	WHITE, Stewart Edward	African Camp Fires	New York	1913	USD -	Unknown
2725	WHITE, Walter	Holidays in Tyrol, Kufstein, Klobenstein and Paneveggio	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
2726	WHITE	On Foot through Tyrol in the Summer of 1855	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
2727	WHITMAN, Walt	Autobiographia; or, the story of a life	New York	1892	USD -	Unknown
2728	WHITTOCK, N.	The Modern Picture of London, Westminster and the Metropolitan Boroughs	London		USD -	Unknown
2729	WHITTOCK	The Oxford Drawing Book; or, the art of drawing	New York	1847	USD -	Unknown
2730	WHYMPER, Edward	Scrambles Amongst the Alps in 1860-69	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
2731	WHYMPER, Edward	Scrambles Amongst the Alps in 1860-69	Philadelphia	1872	USD -	Unknown
2732	WICKS, William S.	Log Cabins and Cottages; how to build and furnish them	New York	1908	USD -	Unknown
2733	WIEL, Alethea	The Navy of Venice	New York	1910	USD -	Unknown
2734	WIEROTTER, Franz E.	Eaux Fortes			USD -	Unknown
2735	WIESNER, Julius	Die Rohstoffe des Pflanzen-reiches	Leipzig	1873	USD -	Unknown
2736	WIGHTWICK, George	Hints to Young Architects	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
2737	Percy Fitzgerald	WILKES, John (Lord Mayor of London). Life and Times of	London	1888	USD -	Unknown
2738	WILKINS, Peter	Les Hommes Volans ou les Aventures de Pierre Wilkins	Londres	1763	USD -	Unknown
2739	Robert Paltock	WILKINS. Life and Adventures of	London	1884	USD -	Unknown
2740	WILKINS, W. J.	Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Puranic	Calcutta	1882	USD -	Unknown
2741	WILKINSON, J. G.	The Egyptians in the Time of the Pharaohs	London	1857	USD -	Unknown
2742	WILKINSON	Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians	London	1837	USD -	Unknown
2743	WILKINSON	Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
2744	WILKINSON	Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt	London	1835	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.
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