Merwin Clayton Sales Company: CATALOGUE OF A PRIVATE LIBRARY COLLECTED BY A GENTLEMAN OF ROCHESTER, N.Y. LIBRARY SETS IN GOOD EDITIONS; AMERICANA; LINCOLNIANA; AND HISTORICAL AND LITERARY WORKS OF GENERAL INTEREST. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, 1911. BY THE MERWIN-CLA, 369,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 02, 1911 - February 02, 1911
Page Size: 371 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 AKEMPIS (THOMAS) The Imitation of Christ. With introduction and notes by T. F. Dibdin. London

1828

USD - Unknown
3 ALBANY Evening Journal Almanacs, 1860-1868, inclusive. 9 numbers bound in one volume.

USD - Unknown
4 ALMANACS. Town & Country Almanac for 1804, 1805, 1808, 1811.

USD - Unknown
5 AMERICAN ETCHINGS. A Collection of twenty original Etchings by Moran, Parrish, Ferris, Smillie, and ... Boston

1886

USD - Unknown
6 ARABIAN NIGHTS. The Thousand and One Nights. A new translation, with copious notes by Edward W. Lane ... London

1839

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7 ARCTIC. McClintock's Narrative (folded map);--Hayes, Arctic Boat Journey;--Gilder, Schwatka's Search ...

USD - Unknown
8 ARNOLD (EDWIN) The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation. Being the Life and Teachings of Gautama (as told in ... Boston

1885

USD - Unknown
9 ARNOLD (EDWIN) Japonica. With illustrations by Robert Blum. New York

1891

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10 BALZAC (H. DE) Le Medecin de Campagne;--Petites Miseres de la Vie Conjugale. Paris

1872-74

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11 BALZAC (H. DE) The Country Doctor;--Lily of the Valley. Boston

1891-1894

USD - Unknown
12 BANGS (JOHN KENDRICK) Works. New York

1902

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13 BARLOW (JANE) Irish Idylls (name erased from title). New York

1894

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14 BENEDICT (FRANK L.) The Shadow Worshiper and other Poems, N. Y. 1857;--Dunbar (P. L.), Lyrics of Lowly Life, with an ...

USD - Unknown
15 BENJAMIN (S. G. W.) The Atlantic Islands as Resorts of Health and Pleasure. New York

1878

USD - Unknown
16 BEWICK (THOMAS) Select Fables of AEsop and others. With original wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. London

1886

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17 BIBLIOGRAPHY. Smyth, Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors;--Priced Catalogues of the Boon ...

USD - Unknown
18 BRILLAT-SAVARIN. Gastronomy as a Fine Art; or, The Science of Good Living. A translation of the ... London

1889

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19 BRONTE (CHARLOTTE--Currer Bell) Shirley; Villette. Philadelphia

n. d.

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20 BROWNING (ROBERT) Select Poems of;--A Blot in the Scutcheon, and other Dramas. Edited, with notes, by W. J. Rolfe. New York

1887-1891

USD - Unknown
21 BROWNING (ROBERT) Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett. New York

1899

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22 BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN) A Library of Poetry and Song, being choice selections from the best Poets. New York

n. d.

USD - Unknown
23 BUNNER (H. C.) Made in France. French Tales retold, with a United States Twist. New York

1893

USD - Unknown
24 F. O. Morris BUTTERFLIES. A History of British Butterflies. London

1870

USD - Unknown
25 CABLE (GEORGE W.) Strange Stories of Louisiana. New York

1889

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26 Charlotte Fiske Bates CAMBRIDGE BOOK OF POETRY AND SONG, selected from English and American Authors. New York

(1882)

USD - Unknown
27 CAMPAIGN OF 1856. Well's Illustrated Hand Book; Philadelphia Convention; Fremont not a Catholic, etc ...

USD - Unknown
28 CARLETON (WILL) Farm Ballads. New York

1874

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29 CARLYLE (THOMAS) The French Revolution. Illustrated with numerous full-page portraits. Philadelphia

n. d.

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30 CARY (ELISABETH LUTHER) William Morris. Poet, Craftsman, Socialist. New York

(1902)

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31 CENTURY DICTIONARY (THE). New York

(1895)

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32 CENTURY ATLAS (THE). New York

1898

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33 Jennie J. Young CERAMICS. The Ceramic Art. A compendium of the History and Manufacture of Pottery and Porcelain. New York

1879

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34 Joel Hatch CHENANGO COUNTY, N. Y. Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Statistics of the Early Settlers in the Town of ... Utica

1862

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35 Edited by Philip Gates CHRISTMAS IN SONG AND STORY. New York

1876

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35 CHURCHILL (WINSTON) Richard Carvel;--The Crisis;--Mr. Crewe's Career. New York

1899-1908

USD - Unknown
37 CIRCUIT RIDER (Eggleston);--Lucile (Meredith);--Life in Danbury (Bailey); and others.

USD - Unknown
38 A'Lord (Corporal G.) CIVIL WAR. A Short Narrative and Military Experience. Troy, New York

1864

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39 CIVIL WAR. The Anderson Zouave. Vol. 1, No. 1 (all published?). Tenlytown, D. C, March 8, 1862.

USD - Unknown
40 Bryant (Edwin E.) CIVIL WAR. History of the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865. Madison

1891

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41 CIVIL WAR. Charleston Courier, April 13, 1865.

USD - Unknown
42 Smith D. Atkins CIVIL WAR. Chickamauga. Useless, Disastrous Battle. n. p.

(n. d.)

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43 Eden (R. C.) CIVIL WAR. History of the 37th Wisconsin Vol. Infantry. Madison

1865

USD - Unknown
44 CIVIL WAR. Headquarters Array of the Potomac, July 4, 1863. General Orders No. 68. Thanking the Army ...

USD - Unknown
45 [Lyon (J. S.)] CIVIL WAR. War Sketches. Personal and Historical Incidents of the Campaign under Gen. Pope. Buffalo

1882

USD - Unknown
46 Owls-Glass CIVIL WAR. Rebel Brag and British Bluster; a Record of Unfulfilled Prophecies, etc. New York

(1865)

USD - Unknown
47 CIVIL WAR.

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48 CLEMENS (S. L.) Mark Twain's Sketches. New and Old. Hartford

1875

USD - Unknown
49 CLEMENT (CLARA ERSKINE) The Queen of the Adriatic; or Venice, Mediaeval and Modern. Boston

(1893)

USD - Unknown
50 CLEVELAND (ROSE ELIZABETH) George Eliot's Poetry and other studies. New York

1895

USD - Unknown
51 COATES (HENRY T.--Editor) The Fireside Encyclopaedia of Poetry, comprising the best poems of the most famous writers, English ... Philadelphia

(1878)

USD - Unknown
52 CONFEDERATE. The Administration of the Confederate States. n. p.

(n. d.)

USD - Unknown
53 CONFEDERATE. Map of the British Isles, executed in pen and ink by the Confederate General W. J ...

USD - Unknown
54 CONFEDERATE. Message of President Davis to the House of Representatives, Feb. 8, 1864.

USD - Unknown
55 CONFEDERATE. Muster Roll of Company C, 12th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, Oct. 31, 1863.

USD - Unknown
56 CONFEDERATE. Muster Roll of Capt. Wm. W. Bentley's company of Infantry, from the County of Pulaski ...

USD - Unknown
57 Pollard (E. A.) CONFEDERATE. Observations in the North: Eight Months in Prison and on Parole. Richmond

1865

USD - Unknown
58 CONNECTICUT. Memoirs of Rev. Ammi Rogers, a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, falsely accused and ... Johnstown, New York

1837

USD - Unknown
59 Mrs. Benj. Harrison, and others COOKERY. Statesmen's Dishes, and How to Cook Them. New York

(1890)

USD - Unknown
60 CORNEILLE. Theatre de Corneille. Nouvelle edition, collationee sur la dernier edition publier du ... Paris

n. d.

USD - Unknown
61 DAHLGREN (MADELINE VINTON) A Washington Winter. Boston

1883

USD - Unknown
62 DAUDET (ALPHONSE) Robert Helmont. Journal d'un Solitaire. Dessins et aquarelles de Picardo et Montegut. Paris

1888

USD - Unknown
63 DAUDET (ALPHONSE) Port-Tarascon. Dernieres aventures de l'illustre Tartarin. Dessins de Bieler, Conconi, Montegut, and ... Paris

1890

USD - Unknown
64 DAVIS (JEFFERSON) The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. New York

1881

USD - Unknown
65 DICKENS (CHARLES) A Tale of Two Cities;--David Copperfield;--Nicholas Nickleby;--(Harper's Household Edition ... New York and Boston

v. d.

USD - Unknown
66 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS from English and American Poets. Based upon Bonn's Edition. New York

(1883)

USD - Unknown
67 DISTURNELL (J.) Commerce of the Lakes, 1865;--Disturnell, The Great Lakes, 1871;--Ingersoll, Crest of the Continent ...

USD - Unknown
68 DODD (ANNA BOWMAN) In and Out of Three Normandy Inns. Boston

1899

USD - Unknown
69 Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold DORE ILLUSTRATIONS. London. New York

1890

USD - Unknown
70 DRYDEN. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, with a Memoir of the author. New York

n. d.

USD - Unknown
71 DU BARRY. Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry. New York

1903

USD - Unknown
72 DU MAURIER (GEORGE) English Society at Home. From the collection of Mr. Punch. Illustrations on India paper. London

1880

USD - Unknown
73 DUNCAN (SARA JEANNETTE) A Social Departure;--An American Girl in London. Illustrations by F. H. Townsend. New York

1890-91

USD - Unknown
74 ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS. The Great and Eccentric Characters of the World, their Lives and Deeds. New York

n. d.

USD - Unknown
75 ECONOMICS.

USD - Unknown
76 EDERSHEIM (ALFRED) The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah. New York and London

n. d.

USD - Unknown
77 ELIOT (GEORGE) Romola. Beautifully illustrated with photographs. Leipzig

1893

USD - Unknown
78 ELIOT (GEORGE) The Works of George Eliot. Edinburgh

n. d.

USD - Unknown
79 ELLIOT (FRANCES) Old Court Life in France. New York

(1893)

USD - Unknown
80 ELLWANGER (GEORGE H.) The Story of my House. New York

1891

USD - Unknown
81 EVELYN (JOHN) The Diary of John Evelyn. Edited from the original MSS. by William Bray. Photogravure portraits and ... New York

1901

USD - Unknown
82 FACETIAE. Musarum Deliciae; or, The Muses Recreation--Wit Restored--Wits Recreations. New edition ... London

1874

USD - Unknown
83 FAWCETT (EDGAR) An Ambitious Woman. Boston

1884

USD - Unknown
84 FICTION. Fedora (Belot);--Montezuma's Daughter (Haggard);--John Marmaduke (Church);--Free to Serve ( ...

USD - Unknown
85 FICTION. Love or a Name (Hawthorne);--The Greater Inclination (Wharton);--An Accidental Romance ( ...

USD - Unknown
86 FICTION. la (Q);--Stories by American Authors;--Sweet Clover (Burnham);--A Puritan's Wife (Pemberton ...

USD - Unknown
87 FICTION. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (Maclaren);--Dorothy and other Italian Stories (Woolson);--A ...

USD - Unknown
88 FICTION. Fior D'Aliza (Lamartine);--The Choir Invisible (Allen);--Pembroke (Wilkins);--A ...

USD - Unknown
89 FICTION. The Cardinal's Snuff Box (Harland);--The Chevalier d'Auriac (Yeats);--The Old Devil and the ...

USD - Unknown
90 FICTION. Peter Ibbetson (Du Maurier);--When a Maid Marries (Hart);--When Knighthood Was in Flower ( ...

USD - Unknown
91 FICTION. Eben Holden (Bacheller);--The Bachelor's Christmas (Grant);--Rodney Stone (Doyle);--The ...

USD - Unknown
92 FICTION. The Money Makers;--The Fate of Mansfield Humphreys (White);--The Visits of Elizabeth (Glyn ...

USD - Unknown
93 FICTION. Frivolous Cupid (Hope);--The King's Stratagem [2] (Weyman);--The Little Huguenot (Pemberton ...

USD - Unknown
94 FICTION. The Prisoner of Zenda (Hope);--The Indiscretion of The Duchess (Hope);--Amos Judd (Mitchell ...

USD - Unknown
95 Albert Wolff FIGARO-SALON (1887). Paris

(1887)

USD - Unknown
96 Philippe Gille FIGARO-SALON (1887). (1897). Paris

(1897)

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97 FLAMMARION (CAMILLE) Uranie. Illustrations de Bieler, Gambard et Myrbach. Paris

1889

USD - Unknown
98 FLEMING AND TIBBINS. Royal Dictionary. French and English and English and French. Paris

1889

USD - Unknown
99 FOTHERGILL (JESSIE) The First Violin. New York

(1896)

USD - Unknown
100 FRENCH ETCHERS. Examples of the etched work of Corot, Jacquemart, Ballin, Veyrasset, Chauvel ... New York

1884

USD - Unknown
101 FRENCH FICTION. Marie-Premier Amour (Albalat);--Les Vieilles Rancunes (Ohnet);--Jonathan et son ... Paris

v. d.

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