Merwin Clayton Sales Company: CATALOGUE OF COLLECTION OF AMERICANA COMPRISING AMERICAN PERIODICALS; AMERICAN REVOLUTION (AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION); TOWN AND COUNTY HISTORIES; INDIAN NARRATIVES, HISTORY, ETC.; LINCOLN MEMOIRS, EULOGIES, ETC. (INCLUDING RARE TITLES); PAMPHLETS; FIRST EDI, 278,

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 01, 1909 - November 01, 1909
Page Size: 621 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
501 HAWTHORNE (NATHANIEL) Mosses from an Old Manse. New York

1846

 USD - Unknown
502 HAWTHORNE (NATHANIEL) The Scarlet Letter. A Romance. Boston

1850

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503 HAWTHORNE (NATHANIEL) The House of the Seven Gables. Boston

1851

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504 HAWTHORNE (NATHANIEL) Tanglewood Tales. Boston

1853

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505 HAWTHORNE (NATHANIEL) Our Old Home. Boston

1863

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506 HAY (JOHN) Castilian Days. Boston

1871

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507 HAY (JOHN) The Bread Winners, 1884; Drafted In: a Sequel to The Bread Winners, by Faith Templeton (1888). New York

USD - Unknown
508 HEARN (LAFCADIO) A Japanese Miscellany. Boston

1901

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509 HEARN (LAFCADIO) Kokoro: au Cceur de la Vie Japonaise. Paris

n. d.

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510 George M. Gould HEARN (LAFCADIO). Concerning Lafcadio Hearn. Phila.

[1908]

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511 HENLEY (W. E.) The Song of the Sword, and other Verses. London

1892

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512 HENLEY (W. E.) (With R. L. Stevenson) Macaire: a Melodramatic Farce. Chic.

1895

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513 HENLEY (W. E.) Burns: Life, Genius, Achievement. (Reprinted from The Centenary Burns.). Edinb.

1898

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514 HERBERT (HENRY W.-- Frank Forrester) The Magnolia, 1836. Edited by H. W. Herbert. New York

(1835)

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515 HERBERT (HENRY W.-- Frank Forrester) Albert Simmons; or, The Midshipman's Revenge. A Tale of Land and Sea. Boston

1845

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516 HERBERT (HENRY W.-- Frank Forrester) The Warwick Woodlands. Phila.

1845

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517 HERBERT (HENRY W.-- Frank Forrester) My Shooting Box. Illustrations by Darley. Phila.

1846

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518 HERBERT (HENRY W.-- Frank Forrester) The Deerstalkers: a Tale of the South-Western Counties. Phila.

1849

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519 HORACE. The Odes, Satyrs, and Epistles: done into English by Mr. Creech. London

1740

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520 [HOWE (JULIA WARD)] Passion Flowers. Boston

1854

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521 JAMES (HENRY) Trans-Atlantic Sketches. Boston

1875

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522 JAMES (HENRY) Port Tarascon. New York

1891

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523 JAMES (HENRY) The Private Life, etc. London

1893

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524 JAMES (HENRY) The Awkward Age. New York

1899

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525 JERROLD (DOUGLAS) Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures. Illustrations (including frontispiece in colors) by Charles Keene. London

1866

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526 JERROLD (DOUGLAS) Chronicles of Clovernook. London

1846

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527 KEMBLE (FRANCES ANN) Francis the First: a Tragedy; with other Poetical Pieces. New York

1833

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528 LAZARUS (EMMA) Poems. Boston

1889

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529 LEECH'S ENGRAVINGS. Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine. London

1845-47

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530 Albert Smith and John Leech LEECH'S ENGRAVINGS. Month (The). A View of Passing Subjects and Manners. London

1831

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531 LELAND (C. G.) Hans Breitmann's Party, with other Ballads. Phila.

(1868)

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532 LELAND (C. G.) Hans Breitmann's Party, with other Ballads. Phila.

(1869)

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533 LELAND (C. G.) Hans Breitmann's Christmas; Hans Breitmann as a Politician; Hans Breitmann in Church, etc. London

1870

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534 LELAND (C. G.) The Egyptian Sketch Book. London

1873

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535 LELAND (C. G.) (Humboldt's) Letters to a Lady. Phila.

1864

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536 Petroleum V. Nasby [LOCKE (D. R.).] Swingin' Round the Cirkle. Boston

1867

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537 [LOCKE (D. R.)] Struggles, etc., of Petroleum V. Nasby. Boston

1872

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538 [LOCKE (D. R.)] The Nasby Papers (with Preface by S. O. Beeton). London

1865

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539 [LOCKE (D. R.)] Hannah Jane. Boston

1882

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540 LONGFELLOW (HENRY W.) Evangeline. Boston

1848

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541 LONGFELLOW (HENRY W.) The Courtship of Miles Standish, and other Poems. Boston

1838

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542 LONGFELLOW (HENRY W.) Origin and Growth of the Languages of Southern Europe and of their Literature. Brunswick, Me.

1907

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543 LOTI (PIERRE) The Story of a Child. Boston

1902

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544 MARION PRESS. The Plays of Mievonius: Praxiteles. Jamaica, New York

1903

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545 MEREDITH (GEORGE) The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper. New York

(1890)

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546 MOSHER'S LIMITED EDITIONS. Sylvie: Souvenirs du Valois. Translated from Gerard de Nerval, by Lucie ... Portland

1896

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547 Hay (John) MOSHER'S LIMITED EDITIONS. In Praise of Omar: an Address. Portland

1898

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548 NAPOLEON DYNASTY (THE); or, The History of the Bonaparte Family. New York

1853

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549 NAST. Miss Columbia's Public School, 72 illustrations by Thomas Nast; The Fight at Dame Europa's ... New York

1871

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550 NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE. Vol. 2 (Nos. 1-52, complete; 1 number mutilated). New York

1846-47

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551 OLD FURNITURE. The Complete Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, etc. London

[1829]

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552 Eben F. Thompson OMAR KHAYYAM. Edward FitzGerald's Rubaiyat. With a Persian Text. A Transliteration and Prose and ... Privately printed

1907

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553 OMAR KHAYYAM Rubaiyat of. A New Metrical Version rendered into English by George Roe. Chic.

1906

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554 OVID. Fastoram Libri Sex. Interpretatione & Notis Illustravit Daniel Crispinus Helvetius: cum Indice ... London

1720

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555 PAGE (THOMAS NELSON) On Newfound River. New York

1891

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556 PAGE (THOMAS NELSON) Polly. New York

1894

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557 PAGE (THOMAS NELSON) In Ole Virginia. Illustrated by Smedley, Frost, Howard Pyle and others. New York

1896

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558 PAGE (THOMAS NELSON) Social Life in Old Virginia. New York

1898

 USD - Unknown
559 PARSONS (THOMAS W.) Poems. Boston

1854

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560 PARSONS (THOMAS W.) First Canticle (Inferno) of the Divine Comedy. Portrait of Dante. Boston

1867

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561 PENNELL (JOSEPH) The Illustration of Books. New York and London

(1895)

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562 [PIATT (SARAH M. B.)] A Woman's Poems. Boston

1871

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563 Jules Janin, Balzac and other PICTURES OF THE FRENCH. By Jules Janin, Balzac and other French Authors. Upwards of 230 ... London

1840

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564 Henry Clapp, Jr PIONEER (THE). Leaves from an Editor's Portfolio. Lynn, Massachusetts

1846

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565 POE (EDGAR A.) Tales. New York

1845

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566 POE (EDGAR A.) Works of. With Notices of His Life and Genius, by N. P. Willis, J. R. Lowell, and R. W. Griswold. New York

1850

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567 POETRY. Airs from Arcady and Elsewhere, by H. C. Bunner; Giorgio, by Stuart Sterne; Tiresias, by ...

USD - Unknown
568 POETRY. Ireland, by John N. Maffitt, Louisville, 1839; Ruins of Athens, etc., by G. Hill, Bost. 1839 ...

USD - Unknown
569 PORTRAITS. A Collection of Portraits to Illustrate Granger's History of England, and Noble's ... London

1820

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570 PRESCOTT (W. H.), with ROBERTSON (WM.) History of the Reign of Charles V. Boston

1857

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571 PRESENTATION COPIES. With Authors' Inscriptions to Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

USD - Unknown
572 PROCTOR (ADELAIDE ANNE) Legends and Lyrics. With Introduction by Charles Dickens (its first publication). Boston (London printed)

1866

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573 PUTNAM (ALFRED P.) Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith. Boston

1875

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574 RABELAIS (F.) Works of. Translated by Urquhart and Motteux. London

1849

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575 RILEY (JAMES W.) Armazindy. Indianapolis

1894

 USD - Unknown
576 [ROGERS (DANIEL)] The Knight of the Rum Bottle & Co.; or, The Speechmakers. A Musical Farce. New York

1818

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577 ROOSEVELT (THEODORE) The Strenuous Life. Essays and Addresses. New York

1901

 USD - Unknown
578 ROUSSEAU (J. J.) Original Letters of. Translated from the French; also Original Letters of Butta Fuoco and David Hume ... London

1799

 USD - Unknown
579 SALTUS (EDGAR) The Philosophy of Disenchantment; The Pace that Kills. Boston and New York

1888-89

 USD - Unknown
580 SANTAYANA (GEORGE) A Hermit of Carmel, and other Poems. New York

1901

 USD - Unknown
581 SARGENT (EPES) Velasco: a Tragedy. New York

1839

 USD - Unknown
582 SETON-THOMPSON (ERNEST) The Trail of the Sandhill Stag. New York

1899

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583 SETON-THOMPSON (ERNEST) Lives of the Hunted. New York

1901

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584 SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Dramatic Works; with Dr. Johnson's Preface and Notes. To which is prefixed the Life of the Author. Boston

1802-4

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585 SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The Comedies, Histories and Tragedies of. London

1831

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586 SHILLABER (B. P.-- Mrs. Partington) Rhythmics of Many Moods and Qualities, Wise and Otherwise. Chelsea

1874

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587 SILL (EDWARD ROWLAND) Oration, Poem and Speeches, at Meeting of the Associated Alumni, Oakland, June 6, 1866. San Fran.

1866

 USD - Unknown
588 SILL (EDWARD ROWLAND) Poems. Boston

1890

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589 SONGS. A Collection of Songs, selected from the Works of Mr. Dibdin. To which are added the Newest ... Phila.

1799

 USD - Unknown
590 C. S. Cartee SONGS. Souvenir Minstrel (The). A Choice Collection of the Most Admired Songs, Duets, Glees', etc. Phila.

1837

 USD - Unknown
591 STANFIELD (CLARKSON) Sketches on the Moselle, the Rhine, and the Meuse. London

1838

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592 STODDARD (CHARLES WARREN) Hawaiian Life; or, Lazy Letters from Low Latitudes. Chic.

1894

 USD - Unknown
593 SUE (EUGENE) The Mysteries of Paris. London

1845-46

 USD - Unknown
594 TAYLOR (BAYARD) Views a-Foot. New York

1846

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595 TAYLOR (BAYARD) A Book of Romances, Lyrics and Songs. Boston

1852

 USD - Unknown
596 TAYLOR (BAYARD) Poems of the Orient. Boston

1855

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597 TAYLOR (BAYARD) The Picture of St. John. Boston

1866

 USD - Unknown
598 TAYLOR (BAYARD) The Echo Club. Boston

1875

 USD - Unknown
599 THEATRE PROGRAMMES and Posters, Theatres of Chicago, 1868-70.

USD - Unknown
600 THEATRE PROGRAMMES. New Orleans, 1871-72.

USD - Unknown
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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