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
2345	SHAKESPEARE	SHAKESPEARE. Complete Works of	London		USD -	Unknown
2346	SHAKESPEARE	SHAKESPEARE. Knight's Cabinet Edition of the Works of	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
2347		SHAKESPEARE'S Dramatic Works	London	1790	USD -	Unknown
2348	SHAKESPEARE	SHAKESPEARE. Dramatic Works of	Boston	1841	USD -	Unknown
2349	SHAKESPEARE	SHAKESPEARE'S Dramatische Werke	Berlin	1863	USD -	Unknown
2350	SHAKESPEARE	Comedies, Histories, Tragedies and Poems	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
2351	SHAKESPEARE	SHAKESPEARE. Plays of	London	1838	USD -	Unknown
2352	G. C. Verplanck, editor	SHAKESPEARE'S Plays, with his Life	New York	1847	USD -	Unknown
2353	Howard Staunton, editor	SHAKESPEARE. Plays of	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
2354	Arnold, Cecil	SHAKESPEARE. Index to Shakespearian Thought; a collection of passages from the plays and poems of Shakespeare	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
2355	Bacon, Delia	SHAKESPEARE. Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded	Boston	1857	USD -	Unknown
2356	Bohn, Henry G.	SHAKESPEARE. Bibliographical Account of the Works of Shakespeare	London		USD -	Unknown
2357	Bowdler, Thomas	SHAKESPEARE. The Family Shakespeare	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
2358	Charles Lamb	SHAKESPEARE. Contes Dramatiques	Paris	1847	USD -	Unknown
2359	Cowden-Clark, Mary	SHAKESPEARE. Complete Concordance to Shakespeare	Boston	1865	USD -	Unknown
2360		SHAKESPEARE. Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations	Philadelphia	1853	USD -	Unknown
2361	Dolby, Thomas	SHAKESPEARE. Shakespearian Dictionary	London	1832	USD -	Unknown
2362	Holmes, Nathaniel	SHAKESPEARE. The Authorship of Shakespeare	Boston	1882	USD -	Unknown
2363	Jervis, S.	SHAKESPEARE. Dictionary of the Language of Shakespeare	London	1868	USD -	Unknown
2364	W. C. Hazlitt, editor	SHAKESPEARE Jest Books. Reprints of the early and very rare Jest Books supposed to have been used by Shakespeare	London	1864	USD -	Unknown
2365		SHAKESPEARE. Nick Bottom's Game of Shakespeare			USD -	Unknown
2366	J. O. Halliwell-Phillips	SHAKESPEARE. Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare	London	1833	USD -	Unknown
2367	Religious and Moral Sentences	SHAKESPEARE. Culled from the Works of Shakespeare	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
2368	R. G. White	SHAKESPEARE'S Scholar; being historical and critical studies of his text, characters and commentators, with an examination of Collier's Folio of 1632	New York	1854	USD -	Unknown
2369	Williams, James L.	SHAKESPEARE. Homes and Haunts of Shakespeare	New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
2370		SHAKESPEARE. Wit, Humor and Shakespeare...			USD -	Unknown
2371		SHAKESPEARE'S Library; a collection of the plays, romances, novels, poems and histories employed by Shakespeare in the composition of his works	London	1875	USD -	Unknown
2372	SHARPE, R. F.	Dictionary of English Authors, Biographical and Bibliographical	London		USD -	Unknown
2373	SHARPE, Samuel	History of Egypt from the Earliest Time	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
2374	SHAYLOR, Joseph	Some Favorite Books and their Authors	New York	1901	USD -	Unknown
2375	SHEPHEARD, H.	Traditions of Eden; or, proofs of the historical truth of the Pentateuch	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
2376	SHEPPARD, Nathan	Shut up in Paris	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
2377	John Watkins	SHERIDAN, R. B. Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of, with particular account of his family and connexions	London	1817	USD -	Unknown
2378	W. T. Shore	SHORE. Canterbury	London	1907	USD -	Unknown
2379	SIDNEY, Sir Philip	SIDNEY, Sir Philip. Miscellaneous Works of	Boston	1860	USD -	Unknown
2380	SILIUS	Punicorum libri Septemdecim	Paris	1823	USD -	Unknown
2381	SIMMONDS, P. L.	Commercial Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing and Technical Terms	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
2382	SIMPSON, William	The Buddhist Praying Wheel; a collection of material bearing upon the symbolism of the wheel	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
2383	SIMPSON	The Jonah Legend; a suggestion of interpretation	London	1899	USD -	Unknown
2384	SINDING, Paul C.	Scandinavian Races, the Northmen Sea Kings and Vikings	New York	1875	USD -	Unknown
2385	SINGLETON, Esther	Switzerland as Described by Great Writers	New York	1908	USD -	Unknown
2386	SINGLETON, Robert C.	Virgil in English Rhyme	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
2387	SKEAT, Walter W.	Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language	Oxford	1885	USD -	Unknown
2388	SKEAT, Walter W.	Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language			USD -	Unknown
2389	SKEAT, Walter W.	Etymological Dictionary of the English Language	Oxford	1884	USD -	Unknown
2390	SKERTCHLY, J. A.	Melinda the Caboceer; or, sport in Ashanti	New York	1876	USD -	Unknown
2391		SLANG Dictionary; Etymological, Historical and Anecdotal	London	1874	USD -	Unknown
2392	SLATER, J. H.	How to Collect Books	London	1905	USD -	Unknown
2393	SLATER	Round and About the Book Stalls; a guide for the book-hunter	London	1891	USD -	Unknown
2394	SLOCUM, Joshua	Sailing Alone Around the World	New York	1900	USD -	Unknown
2395	SMILES, Samuel	Life and Labor...			USD -	Unknown
2396	SMITH, Adam	Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations	Edinburgh	1817	USD -	Unknown
2397	SMITH, Alfred R.	Catalogue of Topographical Tracts and Prints	London	1878	USD -	Unknown
2398	SMITH, C. J.	Synonymes Descriminated; a complete catalogue of synonymous words in the English language	New York	1871	USD -	Unknown
2399	SMITH, George	The Chaldean Account of Genesis	New York	1876	USD -	Unknown
2400	SMITH	Gypsy Life; being an account of our Gypsies and their children	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
2401	SMITH, H. P.	Glossary of Terms and Phrases	New York	1883	USD -	Unknown
2402	SMITH, James	Comic Miscellanies in Prose and Verse	London	1841	USD -	Unknown
2403	SMITH, Lloyd P.	Classification of Books	Boston	1882	USD -	Unknown
2404	SMITH, Percy J.	Lettering and Writing; a series of alphabets and their decorative treatment	London	1908	USD -	Unknown
2405	SMITH, Rev. Sydney	SMITH, Rev. Sydney. Works of	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
2406	SMITH	SMITH. Memoir of	London	1855	USD -	Unknown
2407	SMITH, Thomas, and Choules, J. O.	Origin and History of Missions; containing the voyages, travels, labors and successes of various missionaries	Boston	1832	USD -	Unknown
2408	SMITH, William	Dictionary of the Bible	Boston	1879	USD -	Unknown
2409	SMITH	Dictionary of Christian Antiquities...	London		USD -	Unknown
2410	SMITH	New Classical Dictionary	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
2411	SMITH, William H.	The Mediterranean; a memoir, physical, historical and nautical	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
2412	SMITH, W. R.	The Siege and Fall of Port Arthur	London	1905	USD -	Unknown
2413		SMITH and Hamilton's International English and French Dictionary	Paris	1866	USD -	Unknown
2414	SMOLLETT, Tobias	SMOLLETT, Tobias. Works of	London	1872	USD -	Unknown
2415	SMYTH, W. H.	The Sailor's Word-Book; an alphabetical digest of nautical terms	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
2416	SNELL, F. J.	North Devon	London	1906	USD -	Unknown
2417	SNYDER, William L.	The Geography of Marriage; or legal perplexities of wedlock in the United States	New York	1889	USD -	Unknown
2418		SOME French Bibliographies	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
2419	SONNENSCHEIN, W. S.	The Best Books, a Reader's guide; a contribution towards classified bibliography	London	1887	USD -	Unknown
2420		SOTHEBY'S Auction Catalogues of Engravings, 1839-54	London		USD -	Unknown
2421	SOULE, Richard	Dictionary of English Synonymies	Boston	1906	USD -	Unknown
2422	SOUTHEY, Robert	SOUTHEY, Robert. Poetical Works of	New York	1839	USD -	Unknown
2423	SOUTHEY	The Book of the Church	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
2424	SOUTHGATE, Henry	Many Thoughts on Many Things; being a treasury of reference, consisting of selections from the writings of the known great and the great unknown	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
2425	SPALDING, H. M.	Encyclopaedia of Law and Forms for All the States and Canada	Philadelphia	1879	USD -	Unknown
2426	SPALDING, Phebe E.	Womanhood in Art	San Francisco	1905	USD -	Unknown
2427	SPALDING, William	Italy and the Italian Islands from the Earliest Ages	Edinburgh	1845	USD -	Unknown
2428		SPECIMEN Book of 100 Architectural Designs	New York	1880	USD -	Unknown
2429	SPIELHAGEN, Friedrich	Was will das werden?	Leipzig	1887	USD -	Unknown
2430	SPIERS, A.	Dictionnaire General Anglais-Francais et Francais-Anglais	Paris	1862	USD -	Unknown
2431		SPIERS and Surenne's French and English Pronouncing Dictionary	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
2432		SPIERS and Surenne's French and English Pronouncing Dictionary	New York		USD -	Unknown
2433	SPOONER, S.	Biographical History of the Fine Arts; being memoirs of the lives and works of eminent painters, engravers, sculptors and architects	New York	1867	USD -	Unknown
2434	SQUIRE, Charles	Mythology of the British Islands; and introduction to Celtic myth, legend, poetry and romance	London	1905	USD -	Unknown
2435	STABLES, Gordon	Cruise of the Land Yacht "Wanderer"	London	1892	USD -	Unknown
2436	STAGE, P. P.	Omnia Opera	Paris	1825	USD -	Unknown
2437		STAFFORD. Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures of the Marquis Stafford, at Cleveland House, London	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
2438	STAHL, P. J.	Le Nouveau Robinson Suisse	Paris		USD -	Unknown
2439		STANSFELD-HICKS, C. Yachts, Boats and Canoes	New York	1888	USD -	Unknown
2440	STEELE, Robert	The Story of Alexander	London	1894	USD -	Unknown
2441	STEPHEN, Henry	A World of Wonders; or, an introduction to a treatise touching the conformitie of ancient and moderne wonders	Edenburgh	1608	USD -	Unknown
2442	STERNE, Laurence	STERNE, Laurence. Works of	New York	1813	USD -	Unknown
2443	STERNE	STERNE. Works of	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
2444	STERNE	Voyage Sentimental	Paris	1801	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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