Merwin Clayton Sales Company: RARE BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPH. THE FINE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF THE LATE DR. O. S. ROBERTS OF PITTSFIELD, MASS. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION UPON THE ORDER OF THE PROBATE COURT IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON JANUARY 24, 1913, 492,

Auction Details

Auction Date
January 24, 1913 - January 24, 1913
Page Size: 658 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
294 T. Hasekawa JAPANESE WATER-COLOR PAINTINGS. Worshippers on the Way to the Temple by Moonlight.

USD - 2.25
295 JOHNSON (SAMUEL) The Works of Samuel Johnson. Troy, New York

[1903]

USD - 12.00
296 JONES (OWEN) The Grammar of Ornament. London

1868

USD - 10.00
297 JUSSERAND (J. J.) English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages (XIVth Century). New York and London

1889

USD - 2.00
298 KALENDER OF SHEPHERDES (THE). The Edition of Paris, 1503, in Photographic Facsimile. A faithful ... London

1892

USD - 17.00
299 KINGSLEY (CHARLES) The Life and Works of Charles Kingsley. Including Prose Idylls and Poems. London

1901-03

USD - 90.00
300 KIPLING (RUDYARD) The Courting of Dinah Shadd and Other Stories. New York

September, 1890

USD - 5.25
301 KIPLING (RUDYARD) The Writings, in Prose and Verse, of Rudyard Kipling. New York

1897-1909

USD - 30.50
302 KOCK (CHARLES PAUL DE) The Works of Charles Paul de Kock. Boston, London, and Paris

(1902)

USD - 10.50
303 LA FONTAINE (J. DE) La Fontaine's Tales: Imitated in English Verse. London

1814

USD - 15.50
304 LA FARGE (JOHN) The Wolf Charmer; Bishop Hatto and the Rats; Giant and Travellers; Pied Piper of Hamlin; Fisherman ...

USD - 1.75
305 LA FARGE (JOHN) Giant and Travellers; Bishop Hatto and Rats.

USD - Unknown
306 LA FARGE (JOHN) Fisherman and Genii; Pied Piper of Hamlin; The Wolf Charmer.

USD - 1.00
307 LA FARGE (JOHN) No-Dancer.

USD - Unknown
308 LA FARGE (JOHN) Lifa (Samoan Dancer).

USD - 1.00
309 LA FARGE (JOHN) A Study in Simplicity.

USD - Unknown
310 LAMB (CHARLES) The Life and Works of Charles Lamb (Edited with Introduction, Notes and a Life of the Author, by ... Boston

n. d.

USD - 79.00
311 LANDMARKS OF CIVILIZATION. New York

1904

USD - 10.00
312 LANG (ANDREW) Aucassin & Nicolete. East Aurora

1899

USD - Unknown
313 LARNED (J. N.) History for Ready Reference, from the best Historians, Biographers and Specialists. Springfield

1895-1910

USD - 19.00
314 John G. Nicolay and John Hay LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Abraham Lincoln, A History. New York

1890

USD - 21.00
315 Edited by Julian Hawthorn, J. R. Young, J. P. Lamberton LITERATURE OF ALL NATIONS and All Ages. History, Character, and Incident. Philadelphia

1900

USD - 3.50
316 LODGE (EDMUND) Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, with Biographical and Historical Memoirs. London

1821-34

USD - 30.00
317 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) The Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston

(1886-91)

USD - Unknown
318 M. Clery LOUIS XVI. A Journal of Occurrences at the Temple, during the Confinement of Louis XVI, King of ... London

1798

USD - 1.50
319 LOUYS (PIERRE) The Songs of Bilitis. London

1904

USD - 3.75
320 LOWELL (J. R.) The Works of James Russell Lowell (with Biography, by H. E. Scudder). Boston

(1892-1901)

USD - 10.00
321 MACAULAY (THOS. BABINGTON) History of England, from the Accession of James the Second. Cambridge

1866

USD - 15.00
322 MACLAREN (IAN) Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. New York

1896

USD - 3.25
323 MACLAY (EDGAR S.) A History of the United States Navy, from 1775-1898. New York

(1898)

USD - 3.75
324 McMASTER (JOHN BACH) A History of the People of the United States. New York

1898-1910

USD - 10.50
325 MARMONTEL Memoirs of Marmontel. London

1895

USD - 3.00
326 MARRYAT (CAPTAIN) The Novels of Captain Marryat. London

1896

USD - 20.00
327 MATHEWS (ROBERT V.) Child of the Scars. New York

1904

USD - 1.00
328 MATHEWS (ROBERT V.) The Song of the Pines. New York

1906

USD - 3.00
329 MERIMEE (PROSPER) The Writings of Prosper Merimee. New York and London

1905

USD - 25.00
330 MERIVALE (CHARLES) History of the Romans under the Empire. London

1864, etc.

USD - 19.00
331 MICHAUD (J. F.) History of the Crusades. Phila.

n. d.

USD - 3.00
332 MILLER (JOAQUIN) Songs of the Sierras. Boston

1871

USD - Unknown
333 MITCHELL (DONALD G.) The Works of Donald G. Mitchell. New York

1907

USD - 11.50
334 MODERN ELOQUENCE. Edited by Thomas B. Reed, Justin McCarthy, and others. After-Dinner Speeches, 3 ... Philadelphia

(1900)

USD - 10.00
335 MOLIERE Les Intrigues De Moliere et Celles de sa Femme, on La Fameuse Comedienne Histoire de la Guerin. Paris

1877

USD - 1.25
336 MONTAIGNE (M. DE) The Works of Michel de Montaigne. With Notes, Life and Letters. New York

1910

USD - 25.00
337 MONTESQUIEU The Persian Letters of Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, Baron of Brede and Montesquieu. Phila.

n. d.

USD - 4.00
338 MONTGOMERY (JAMES) Poetical Works of. Boston

1853

USD - 1.50
339 MOORE (THOMAS) Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance. Boston

1887

USD - 2.25
340 Edmondo de Amicis MOROCCO. Its People and Places. Philadelphia

1897

USD - 3.00
341 MOTLEY (J. L.) The Writings of John Lothrop Motley. Comprises: The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 5 vols.; History of ... New York and London

1900

USD - 52.00
342 MUSSET (ALFRED DE) The Complete Writings of Alfred de Musset (Comprising Poems, Comedies, Novels, Short Stories ...

1905

USD - 78.00
343 Arvede Barine MUSSET (ALFRED DE). The Life of Alfred de Musset. (New York)

1906

USD - Unknown
344 NAPOLEON. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. By William Hazlitt, 6 vols.; Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. By ... Paris and Boston

1895

USD - 15.50
345 NAPOLEON. Memoirs of the Prince de Talleyrand. Paris and Boston

1895

USD - 7.50
346 Editors and Special Contributors include E. J. Cornish, Sir Harry Johnston, R. Lydecker, and others NATURAL HISTORY (The People's). Embracing Living Animals of the World, and Living Races of Mankind. New York

1905

USD - 7.00
347 NEW YORK. The Stock Exchange in Caricature. A Private Collection of Caricatures, Cartoons and ... New York

1904

USD - 2.00
348 Erasmus B. Anderson, Editor-in-Chief NORROENA. Anglo Saxon Classics. Norroena; embracing the History and Romance of Northern Europe. London, Stockholm and New York

1905-06

USD - 40.00
349 NOTABLE PAINTINGS. The Marvels in Art of the Fin de Siecle: containing the most Notable Paintings of ... Phila.

(1893)

USD - 3.50
350 (James) Thomson OLD DRAMATISTS. The Tragedy of Sophonisba. Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London

1730

USD - 1.00
351 OLD DRAMATISTS. The Works of John Webster: with Life and Notes by Rev. Alex. Dyce. London

1857

USD - 3.00
352 ORIENTAL TALES. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night. Now first completely done into ... London

1901

USD - 29.00
353 William Walton PARIS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN. Phila.

1899

USD - 11.00
354 Jollivet (Gaston) PARIS SALON. Goupil's Paris Salon, 1893. Paris and New York

(1893)

USD - 2.75
355 Benedite (L.) PARIS SALON. Goupil's Paris Salon of 1895. Paris and New York

(1895)

USD - 2.75
356 PARIS SALON. Thiebault-Sisson. Salon de 1895. Paris

(1895)

USD - 2.25
357 PARIS SALON. Thiebault-Sisson. Goupil's Paris Salon of 1896. Paris and New York

(1896)

USD - 2.25
358 Proust (Antonin) PARIS SALON. Goupil's Paris Salon of 1898. Paris and New York

1898

USD - 3.25
359 PARKMAN (FRANCIS) Francis Parkman's Works. Boston

1901

USD - 17.00
360 PASCAL (BLAISE) Thoughts on Religion and Philosophy. Edin.

(recent)

USD - 1.25
361 PATER (WALTER) The Illustrated Edition of the Works of Walter Pater. London

1900

USD - 72.00
362 PENNELL (JOSEPH) Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen: Their Works and Their Methods. A Study of the Art To-day, with ... London

1889

USD - 9.50
363 PEPTS (SAMUEL) The Diary of Samuel Pepys. New York

(1892-99)

USD - 101.00
364 PHILOSOPHER PRESS. The Sermon on the Mount. Wausau, Wis.

1900

USD - 2.50
365 PHIZ. The Funny Almanack and Mirth Moving Calendar of Broad Grins for the Year 1845. London

(1844)

USD - 1.75
366 H. K. Browne PHIZ. Illustrations of the Five Senses. London

1852

USD - 4.75
367 PLUTARCH Plutarch's Lives and Writings. Edited by A. H. Clough and W. W. Goodwin. With an introduction by R ... New York and Pittsburg

1905

USD - 35.00
368 POE (E. A.) The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. New York

1903

USD - 175.00
369 POE (E. A.) Poems. East Aurora

1901

USD - Unknown
370 POE (E. A.) The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. New York

n. d.

USD - 3.50
371 Jas. Herring and J. B. Longacre PORTRAITS OF EMINENT AMERICANS. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans. Phila.

1836-'39

USD - 2.10
372 Bispham (David S.--Opera Singer) PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS, WITH AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTIONS. Photograph of Bispham, in the character ... New York

USD - 1.00
373 Bispham (David S.--Opera Singer) PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS, WITH AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTIONS. Photograph of Bispham in the Character ...

USD - 1.00
374 Howland (Hewitt Hanson--Editor) PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS, WITH AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTIONS. Cabinet Photograph.

1908

USD - Unknown
375 Marlowe (Julia--Actress) PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS, WITH AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTIONS. Photograph of, in character.

USD - 1.25
376 Riley (James Whitcomb) PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS, WITH AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTIONS. Photograph of Riley, by John S. Sargent ...

USD - 20.50
377 Sothern (E. H.--Actor) PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS, WITH AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTIONS. Photograph of Sothern in the Character ... New York

USD - 2.50
378 Abbey (Edwin Austin--Artist) PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS, WITH AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTIONS. The Knight and the Horse.

1901

USD - 1.25
379 Grandidier (Ernest) POTTERY. La Ceramique Chinoise. Porcelaine Orientale: Date de sa Decouverte: Explication des Sujets ... Paris

1894

USD - 8.50
380 Mew (Egan) POTTERY. Royal Sevres China. Royal Sevres China. London

[1908]

USD - Unknown
381 Mew (Egan) POTTERY. Old Bow China. Old Bow China. London

[1908]

USD - Unknown
382 Mew (Egan) POTTERY. Dresden China. Dresden China. London

[1908]

USD - 1.00
383 Mew (Egan) POTTERY. Chelsea and Derby China. Chelsea and Chelsea-Derby China. London

[1908]

USD - 1.25
384 POWELL (C. A.) Noli Me Tangere.

USD - Unknown
385 PUNCH'S POCKET BOOK. For 1865, '73, '74 (2 copies). London

1864, etc.

USD - 1.75
386 RABELAIS (FRANCOIS) Five books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel. Phila.

n. d.

USD - 4.25
387 RECLUSE (ELISEE) The Earth and Its Inhabitants. New York

1890

USD - 11.50
388 RHODES (JAMES FORD) History of the United States, from the Compromise of 1850 to the Final Restoration of Home Rule at ... New York

1906

USD - 11.00
389 RICHARDSON (SAMUEL) History of Sir Charles Grandison. London

1820

USD - 3.50
390 RICHARDSON (SAMUEL) The Novels of Samuel Richardsou. Complete and Unabridged (With Introductions by William L. Phelps ... New York

(1901)

USD - 152.00
391 RILEY (JAMES WHITCOMB) The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley. New York

1903

USD - 10.00
392 ROQUELAURE (DUC DE) The Secret Memoirs of the Duc de Roquelaure. [London]

1896

USD - 12.50
393 ROUSSEAU (J. J.) The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. Phila.

n. d.

USD - 4.75
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