CF Libbie: CATALOGUE OF THE, Extensive Private Library, OF A WELL KNOWN, BOSTON COLLECTOR. COMPRISING OVER 12,000 VOLUMES, RARE AMERICANA. Franklin Imprints. Works of Cotton and Increase Mather. Town and State Histories. Civil War and Confederate Publications. NAPOL, 1910Apr26,

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 26, 1910 - April 26, 1910

Page Size: 2989 items in 30 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ABBOT, W. J.	Blue Jackets of 1812	New York	1887	USD -	Unknown
2	ABBOTT, J. S. C.	Confidential Correspondence of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine	New York	1856	USD -	Unknown
3	ABBOTT	French Revolution of 1789, as viewed in the light of Republican Institutions	New York	1859	USD -	Unknown
4	ABBOTT	History of Maine	Boston	1875	USD -	Unknown
5	ABBOTT	History of Napoleon Bonaparte	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
6	ABBOTT	History of Napoleon III	Boston	1868	USD -	Unknown
7	ABBOTT	Napoleon at St. Helena; or, interesting anecdotes and remarkable conversations of the Emperor during the five and a half years of his captivity	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
8	Aaron Hobart	ABINGTON, Mass. Historical Sketch of	Boston	1839	USD -	Unknown
9	ADAMS, Brooks	Emancipation of Massachusetts	Boston	1887	USD -	Unknown
10	ADAMS, C. F.	Dialect Ballads...	New York and Boston		USD -	Unknown
11	ADAMS, Hannah	Summary History of New England	Dedham	1799	USD -	Unknown
12	ADAMS, John	ADAMS, John. Works of	Boston	1856	USD -	Unknown
13	C. F. Adams	ADAMS. Familiar Letters of John Adams and his Wife Abigail Adams during the Revolution	Boston	1875	USD -	Unknown
14	ADAMS	ADAMS. Letters of; addressed to his wife	Boston	1841	USD -	Unknown
15	Mellen Chamberlain	ADAMS. John Adams, the Statesman of the American Revolution	Boston	1898	USD -	Unknown
16	ADAMS, M. B.	Examples of Old English Houses and Furniture	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
17	ADAMS, O. F.	Hand Books of American and English Authors	Boston	1889	USD -	Unknown
18	William V. Wells	ADAMS, Samuel. Life and Public Services of	Boston	1863	USD -	Unknown
19	Sir Roger L'Estrange	AESOP. Fables of AEsop and Other Eminent Mythologists	London	1724	USD -	Unknown
20	AGASSIZ, Elizabeth C. and Alexander	Seaside Studies in Natural History	Boston	1865	USD -	Unknown
21	AIKIN, Lucy	Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First	Phila.	1833	USD -	Unknown
22	AIKIN	Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth	London	1823	USD -	Unknown
23	AINSWORTH, W. H.	Crichton	London		USD -	Unknown
24	AINSWORTH	Guy Fawkes	Paris	1841	USD -	Unknown
25	AINSWORTH	Jack Sheppard	London		USD -	Unknown
26	AINSWORTH	Lancashire Witches	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
27	AINSWORTH	The Miser's Daughter	London	1855	USD -	Unknown
28	AINSWORTH	Old Saint Paul's	London		USD -	Unknown
29	AINSWORTH	Saint James's	Paris	1845	USD -	Unknown
30	AINSWORTH	Tower of London	London		USD -	Unknown
31	AINSWORTH	Winsor Castle	London	1853	USD -	Unknown
32	W. H. Ainsworth, editor	AINSWORTH'S Magazine; a miscellany for romance, general literature and art	London	1842	USD -	Unknown
33	a KEMPIS, Thomas	Imitation of Christ	Boston	1884	USD -	Unknown
34		ALDINE Imprint, 1527. Actii Synceri Sanna Zardii de Partu, Virginis, etc.	Venetiis	1527	USD -	Unknown
35		ALDINE Imprint. Ovid Herodium Epistolae	Venetiis	1502	USD -	Unknown
36	ALDIS, Elijah	Carvings and Sculptures of Worcester Cathedral	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
37	ALDRICH, T. B.	The Course of True Love never did run Smooth	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
38	[ALDRICH]	Jubilee Days	Boston	1872	USD -	Unknown
39	ALDRICH	ALDRICH. Poems	Boston	1882	USD -	Unknown
40	ALEMAN, Mateo	Amusing Adventures of Guzman of Alfaraque	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
41	ALISON, Archibald	History of Europe. 1789-1815	Edinburgh	1853	USD -	Unknown
42	ALISON	History of Europe	Edinburgh	1847	USD -	Unknown
43	ALLEN	Ethan Allen; narrative of the capture of Ticonderoga	Burlington	1849	USD -	Unknown
44	ALLEN, Paul	History of the American Revolution; to which are added many of the most important letters of General Washington	Baltimore	1819	USD -	Unknown
45	ALLEN	History of the American Revolution; to which are added the most important resolutions of the Continental Congress and many of the most important letters of General Washington	Baltimore	1822	USD -	Unknown
46	ALLEN, Walter	Governor Chamberlain's Administration in South Carolina	New York	1888	USD -	Unknown
47	ALLEN, William	American Biographical and Historical Dictionary	Cambridge	1809	USD -	Unknown
48	ALLIBONE, S. A.	Critical Dictionary of English Literature, British and American Authors	Phila.	1891	USD -	Unknown
49	J. B. Flagg	ALLSTON, Washington. Life and Letters of	New York	1892	USD -	Unknown
50	W. S. Lincoln	ALTON, Ill. Alton Trials of W. S. Gilman and others for the crime of riot, committed Nov. 7, 1837	New York	1838	USD -	Unknown
51	Edward Beecher	ALTON. Narrative of the Riots at Alton in connection with the Death of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy	Alton	1838	USD -	Unknown
52		AMERICA. Spanish Letter of Columbus, 1493...	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
53		AMERICAN Apollo. Containing the Publications of the Historical Society, No. 24. June 15, 1792	Boston		USD -	Unknown
54		AMERICAN Art Review (The)	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
55		AMERICAN Art Review, for 1880	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
56		AMERICAN Colonial Tracts Monthly	Rochester	1897	USD -	Unknown
57	H. E. Scudder, editor	AMERICAN Commonwealths	Boston	1887	USD -	Unknown
58	C. D. Warner, editor	AMERICAN Men of Letters	Boston	1887	USD -	Unknown
59		AMERICAN Periodical. Boston Magazine...	Boston	1783	USD -	Unknown
60		AMERICAN Periodical. The Gentlemen and Ladies Town and Country Magazine, August and October, 1789	Boston	1789	USD -	Unknown
61	Willis, editor	AMERICAN Periodical. American Monthly Magazine	New York		USD -	Unknown
62		AMERICAN Periodical. Boston Magazine for November...	Boston	1783	USD -	Unknown
63		AMERICAN Periodical. Diogones, hys Lantern	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
64	J. S. C. Abbott	AMERICAN Pioneers. Paul Jones and David Crockett	New York	1874	USD -	Unknown
65		AMERICAN Prose. Hawthorne, Irving, Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Lowell, Thoreau and Emerson	Boston	1882	USD -	Unknown
66		AMERICAN Register; or summary review of history politics and literature	Phila.	1817	USD -	Unknown
67	J. T. Morse, Jr., editor	AMERICAN Statesmen	Boston	1887	USD -	Unknown
68		AMERICAN Woolen Co. A Sketch of the Mills of the American Woolen Co	Boston	1901	USD -	Unknown
69	Joseph Merrill	AMESBURY, Mass. History of, including the first seventeen years of Salisbury to the separation in 1654, and Merrimac from its incorporation in 1876	Haverhill	1880	USD -	Unknown
70	W. S. Tyler	AMHERST College. History of, 1821-71	Springfield	1873	USD -	Unknown
71	W. S. Tyler	AMHERST College. History of	New York	1895	USD -	Unknown
72		AMUSEMENS de la Chasse et de la Peche; un Dictionnaire de tous les termes ufites pour la chaffe et la Peche	Amsterdam	1743	USD -	Unknown
73		ANACREON. Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Musaeus	London	1760	USD -	Unknown
74		ANACREON. Thomas Stanley's Translation	New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
75	ANDERSEN, H. C.	Fairy Tales	London		USD -	Unknown
76	ANDERSEN	Fairy Tales	London		USD -	Unknown
77	ANDERSON, Alexander	Blossoms of Morality	New York	1807	USD -	Unknown
78	Samuel Johnson	ANDERSON. History of Rasselas	Bridgeport	1809	USD -	Unknown
79	Maria Edgeworth	ANDERSON. Moral Tales	New York	1832	USD -	Unknown
80	Thomas Campbell	ANDERSON. Pleasures of Hope	New York	1804	USD -	Unknown
81	John Bunyan	ANDERSON. Pilgrim's Progress	Printers, New York	1811	USD -	Unknown
82		ANDERSON. Pleasures of Memory...	New York	1808	USD -	Unknown
83	ANDERSON	The United States School Primer	New York		USD -	Unknown
84	ANDERSON	The Wreath; a selection of elegant poems	New York	1813	USD -	Unknown
85	ANDERSON, R. B.	Viking Tales of the North	Chicago	1889	USD -	Unknown
86	Sarah L. Bailey	ANDOVER, Mass. Historical Sketches of	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
87	Samuel Raymond	ANDOVER. Memorial Volume; the record of Andover during the Rebellion	Andover	1875	USD -	Unknown
88		ANDOVER. Historical Manual of the South Church, August, 1850 (with catalogue of members)	Andover	1859	USD -	Unknown
89		ANDRE, Amelia; or, the faithless Briton, an original American novel founded upon recent facts. To which is added Amelia, or Malevolence Defeated, and Miss Seward's Monody on Major Andre	Boston	1798	USD -	Unknown
90	Egbert Benson	ANDRE. Vindication of the Captors of Major Andre	New York	1817	USD -	Unknown
91	W. W. Lord	ANDRE; a tragedy in five acts	New York	1856	USD -	Unknown
92	ANDREWS, E. B.	History of the Last Quarter Century in the U. S., 1870-95	New York	1897	USD -	Unknown
93	ANDREWS, E. B.	History of the United States	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
94	Lady Churchill, editor	ANGLO-American Review	London	1899	USD -	Unknown
95	W. M. Mac Vicar	ANNAPOLIS Royal, N. S. Short History of	Toronto	1897	USD -	Unknown
96	Louisa H. Sheridan, editor	ANNUALS. Comic Offering	London	1834	USD -	Unknown
97		ANNUAL. The Gift, for 1844	Phila.	1844	USD -	Unknown
98		ANNUALS. The Token for 1832, '34, '35, '36 and '41	Boston		USD -	Unknown
99	ANTHONY (U. S. Senator from R. I.)	A Metrical Description of a Fancy Ball given at Washington, April 9, 1858	Washington	1858	USD -	Unknown
100		ANTI-GALLICAN (The); or, standard of British loyalty...	London	1804	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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