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
1948	William Bates	MACLISE Portrait Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
1949	McMASTER, J. B.	History of the People of the United States	New York	1887	USD -	Unknown
1950	MACNAMARA, M. H.	The Irish Knight in Bivouac and Battle	Boston	1867	USD -	Unknown
1951	Sir Frederick Pollock	MACREADY'S Reminiscences	New York	1875	USD -	Unknown
1952	McSHERRY, James	History of Maryland	Baltimore	1849	USD -	Unknown
1953	McSHERRY, Richard	Essays and Lectures on the Early History of Maryland, Mexico, Mexican Campaign, etc.	Baltimore	1869	USD -	Unknown
1954	McVICKAR, H. W.	The Evolution of Woman	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
1955		MAGAZINE of American History, with Notes and Queries	New York	1878	USD -	Unknown
1956	MAHAFFY, J. P.	Rambles and Studies of Greece	Phila.	1900	USD -	Unknown
1957	MAHAN, Captain A. T.	The Interest of America in Sea Power	Boston	1897	USD -	Unknown
1958		MAHOMETISM Fully Explained by Mahomet Rabadam	London	1723	USD -	Unknown
1959		MAINE Historical Society. Collections of	Portland	1869	USD -	Unknown
1960	MAITLAND, Capt. F. L.	Narrative of Surrender of Buonaparte and of his residence on board H. M. S. Bellerophon	London	1826	USD -	Unknown
1961		MAKERS of America. Charles Sumner...	New York	1891	USD -	Unknown
1962		MALDEN, Mass. The Bi-Centennial Book of Malden (hist. oration, etc.)	Boston	1850	USD -	Unknown
1963	MALORY, Sir Thomas	The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the end Le Morte D'Arthur	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
1964	MALTHUS, T. R.	An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness	Georgetown	1809	USD -	Unknown
1965	MAN, Thomas	Picture of a Factory Village; to which are annexed remarks on lotteries	Providence	1833	USD -	Unknown
1966	D. F. Lamson	MANCHESTER, Mass. History of, 1645-1895	Boston	1895	USD -	Unknown
1967	C. E. Potter	MANCHESTER, N. H. History of, including that of Ancient Amoskeag	Manchester	1856	USD -	Unknown
1968	J. B. Clarke	MANCHESTER. A Brief Record of its Past and a Picture of its Present	Manchester	1875	USD -	Unknown
1969		MANCHESTER. Ceremonies at the Dedication of (soldiers) Monument, Sept. 11, 1879	Manchester	1880	USD -	Unknown
1970	MANDEVILLE, Bernard de	Fable of the Bees	London	1795	USD -	Unknown
1971		MANUSCRIPT. Book of Hours. Psalmorum Liber			USD -	Unknown
1972		MANUSCRIPT. Book of Hours. Written in fine hand. Rubricated throughout			USD -	Unknown
1973		MANUSCRIPT, 1474. Henrici de Kassia, Quatuor Nonissi			USD -	Unknown
1974		MAPLESON'S Memoirs, 1848-1888	Chicago	1888	USD -	Unknown
1975	Samuel Roads, Jr.	MARBLEHEAD, Mass. History and Traditions of	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
1976	Samuel Roades, Jr.	MARBLEHEAD. History and Traditions of	Marblehead	1897	USD -	Unknown
1977	Charles A. Walker	MARBLEHEAD. Six Etchings; scenes in Marblehead			USD -	Unknown
1978	MARDEN, O. S.	The Secret of Achievement	New York	1898	USD -	Unknown
1979	MARDEN	Pushing to the Front; or, success under difficulties	New York	1897	USD -	Unknown
1980	Madame Campan	MARIE Antoinette, Queen of France. Memoirs of the Private Life of	London	1823	USD -	Unknown
1981	MARKHAM, Pauline	MARKHAM, Pauline. Life of	New York	1871	USD -	Unknown
1982	Mrs. A. T. Thomson	MARLBOROUGH, Duchess of. Memoirs of	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
1983		MARLBOROUGH. History of John Duke of Marlborough	London	1741	USD -	Unknown
1984	MARLOWE, Christopher	MARLOWE, Christopher. Works of	Boston	1885	USD -	Unknown
1985	MARSH, J. B.	Life and Adventures of Robin Hood	London		USD -	Unknown
1986		MARTHA'S Vineyard. Sketches of, and other Reminiscences of Travel at Home	Boston	1838	USD -	Unknown
1987		MARTIAL. Epigrams of Martial	London	1773	USD -	Unknown
1988	Maria W. Chapman	MARTINEAU. Harriet Martineau's Autobiography	Boston	1877	USD -	Unknown
1989	MARTINEAU, James	The Seat of Authority in Religion	London	1891	USD -	Unknown
1990	MARTYN	Antiquities of Herculaneum	London	1773	USD -	Unknown
1991	MARTYR, Peter	Most Godly Prayers	London	1509	USD -	Unknown
1992	J. B. Hill	MASON, N. H. Memoir of Rev. Ebenezer Hill (Pastor of the Congregational Church in Mason) and his Discourse on the History of the Town	Boston	1858	USD -	Unknown
1993	Capt. William Morgan	MASONIC. Morgan's Freemasonry Exposed and Explained	New York		USD -	Unknown
1994		MASONIC. A Selection of Masonic Songs. An appendix containing a short historical account of masonry	Dedham	1816	USD -	Unknown
1995	Stillson and Hughan	MASONIC. History of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons	Boston	1898	USD -	Unknown
1996		MASSACHUSETTS. Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay	Boston	1814	USD -	Unknown
1997		MASSACHUSETTS Laws. Charter Granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the Inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay in New England	Boston	1714	USD -	Unknown
1998		MASSACHUSETTS Historical Society. Collections of...	Boston	1806	USD -	Unknown
1999		MASSACHUSETTS Historical Society Collections	Boston	1792	USD -	Unknown
2000		MASSACHUSETTS Historical Society. Proceedings of, 1791-1863, 69-'70, '82-'83, '88-'90, '94-96	Boston	1859	USD -	Unknown
2001		MASSACHUSETTS. Lectures delivered in a course before the Lowell Institute, in Boston	Boston	1869	USD -	Unknown
2002		MASSACHUSETTS. List of Persons whose Names have been changed in Massachusetts from 1780 to 1892	Boston	1893	USD -	Unknown
2003		MASSACHUSETTS. Perpetual Laws of the Commonwealth of Mass., 1780-1789	Boston	1789	USD -	Unknown
2004		MASSACHUSETTS. Records of the Company of the Massachusetts Bay as Contained in the first volume of the Archives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Cambridge	1857	USD -	Unknown
2005	John Noble, editor	MASSACHUSETTS. Record of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692	Boston	1901	USD -	Unknown
2006	MASSINGER, Philip	MASSINGER, Philip. Plays of, from the text of William Gifford	London	1868	USD -	Unknown
2007	MASSON, Frederic	Napoleon at Home; the daily life of the Emperor at the Tuileries	London	1894	USD -	Unknown
2008	MASSON	Napoleon, Lover and Husband	New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
2009	MATHER, Cotton	Blessed Unions	Boston	1692	USD -	Unknown
2010	MATHER	Durable Riches; two brief discourses occasioned by the impoverishing Blast of Heaven with the undertakings of men both by sea and land, have met withal	Boston	1695	USD -	Unknown
2011	MATHER	Early Religion Urged	Boston	1694	USD -	Unknown
2012	MATHER	Help for Distressed Parents	Boston	1695	USD -	Unknown
2013	MATHER	Johannes in Eremo	Boston	1695	USD -	Unknown
2014	MATHER	Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New England from its Planting in the year 1620 unto the year 1698	London	1702	USD -	Unknown
2015	MATHER	Magnalia Christi Americana; or, the ecclesiastical history of New-England	Hartford	1820	USD -	Unknown
2016	Samuel Mather	MATHER. Sermon after the Decease of the Rev. Learned Cotton Mather, who expired Feb. 13, 1727, 8	Boston	1728	USD -	Unknown
2017	Samuel Mather	MATHER. Life of	Boston	1729	USD -	Unknown
2018	A. P. Marvin	MATHER. Life and Times of, 1663-1728	Boston	1892	USD -	Unknown
2019	MATHER, Cotton and Increase	Wonders of the Invisible World	London	1862	USD -	Unknown
2020	MATHER, Cotton, and Calef, Robert	Witchcraft Delusion in New England	Roxbury	1866	USD -	Unknown
2021	MATHER, Increase	Early History of New England	Boston	1864	USD -	Unknown
2022	MATHER	Meditations on the Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ; delivered in several sermons	Boston	1705	USD -	Unknown
2023	MATHER	Remarkable Providences Illustrative of the Early Days of American Colonization	London	1890	USD -	Unknown
2024	MATHER	MATHER. Memoirs of the Life of	London		USD -	Unknown
2025	MATHER, Samuel	Apologies for the Liberties of the Church in New England; to which is prefixed a discourse concerning Congregational Churches	A Boston	1738	USD -	Unknown
2026	MATHER	Vindication of the Holy Bible	London	1723	USD -	Unknown
2027		MATRIMONIAL Ceremonies Displayed; collected from the papers of a rambling bachelor, to which is added the comical adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerald, who had seven wives	London		USD -	Unknown
2028	MATTHEWS, Brander	Vignettes of Manhattan	New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
2029	MATTHEWS, J. B.	The Theatres of Paris	New York	1880	USD -	Unknown
2030	MAUDUIT, Israel	Short View of the History of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay	London	1774	USD -	Unknown
2031	MAVERICK, Samuel	Brief Description of New England and the Severall Townes Therein	Boston	1885	USD -	Unknown
2032	MAXWELL, W. H.	Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran and His Man Mark Anthony O'Toole	London		USD -	Unknown
2033	MAXWELL	History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798, and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
2034	MAY, Caroline	American Female Poets	Phila.	1848	USD -	Unknown
2035	MAY, Thomas E.	Constitutional History of England	New York	1886	USD -	Unknown
2036	MAY	Democracy in Europe	New York	1878	USD -	Unknown
2037	MAYER, Brantz	Mexico as it Was and as it Is	New York	1844	USD -	Unknown
2038	MAYHEW, Experience	Grace defended, in a Modest Plea for an Important Truth	Boston	1744	USD -	Unknown
2039	MAYHEW, Henry	London Labour and the London Poor	London	1861	USD -	Unknown
2040	MAYHEW, Jonathan	Practical Discourses Delivered on Occasion of the Earthquakes in Nov., 1755	Boston	1760	USD -	Unknown
2041	MEADER, J. W.	The Merrimack River; its source and its tributaries	Boston	1872	USD -	Unknown
2042	MEADOWS, Kenny	Heads of the People	Phila.	1841	USD -	Unknown
2043	MEADOWS	Heads of the People	London	1878	USD -	Unknown
2044	W. S. Tilden	MEDFIELD, Mass. History of	Boston	1887	USD -	Unknown
2045	Charles Brooks	MEDFORD, Mass. History of, 1630-1855	Boston	1855	USD -	Unknown
2046		MEDFORD. History of: 1630-1855...	Boston	1886	USD -	Unknown
2047		MEDFORD. The Tornado of 1851 in Medford, West Cambridge and Waltham	Boston	1852	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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