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
394 ROYAL HOUSE OF STUART. The Royal House of Stuart. London

1890

USD - 3.00
395 ROYCROFT PRESS. Ruskin and Turner. East Aurora

1896

USD - 1.50
396 Elbert Hubbard ROYCROFT PRESS. Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women, by Elbert Hubbard. East Aurora

1898

USD - 1.25
397 Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) ROYCROFT PRESS. The Intellectual Life. East Aurora

1899

USD - 1.75
398 ROYCROFT PRESS. Maud (Tennyson), 1900;--Respectability (Fra Elbertus), 1905;--Little Journeys, Great ... East Aurora

1900-05

USD - 1.50
399 Schreiner (Olive) ROYCROFT PRESS. Dreams. East Aurora

1901

USD - 1.10
400 ROYCROFT PRESS. Contemplations: being several Short Essays, Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic ... East Aurora

1902

USD - 1.25
401 ROYCROFT PRESS. The Comedy of As You Like It, by William Shakespeare. East Aurora

1903

USD - 1.00
402 ROYCROFT PRESS. The Comedy of As You Like It, by William Shakespeare. East Aurora

1903

USD - 2.25
403 ROYCROFT PRESS. The Book of Songs (Heinrich Heine), 1903;--The Law of Love (W. M. Reedy), 1905;-- ... East Aurora

1903-05

USD - 2.25
404 ROYCROFT PRESS. The Tragedy of King Lear, by William Shakespeare. East Aurora

1904

USD - 1.40
405 ROYCROFT PRESS. The Tragedy of King Lear, by William Shakespeare. East Aurora

1904

USD - 1.60
406 SCHILLER (FRIEDRICH) Works of Friedrich Schiller. Boston

(1902)

USD - 10.00
407 SCOTT (SIR WALTER) Waverley Novels. New York and London

1902

USD - 151.00
408 SECRET MEMOIRS. The Roman Empresses; or The History of the Lives and Secret Intrigues of the Wives ... London

1899

USD - 11.50
409 SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The New Century Shakespeare. Boston

1900-1901

USD - 201.00
410 SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The Works of Shakespeare. London

n. d.

USD - 6.00
411 SHALER (NATHANIEL S.) The United States of America; a Study of the American Commonwealth. New York

1898

USD - 3.00
412 SHELLEY (P. B.) The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Nathan H. Dole. 8 vols.;--The Complete Works ... London and Boston

(1904-06)

USD - 46.00
413 SHERMAN. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet. An ... Chicago

1895

USD - 3.00
414 SHUFELDT (R. W.) Studies of the Human Form, for Artists, Sculptors and Scientists. Phila.

1908

USD - 10.00
415 SMEDLEY (FRANK E.) First Editions, as follows: Frank Fairleigh, or Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil. 30 etchings ... London

v. d.

USD - 20.00
416 SPENCER (HERBERT) Synthetic Philosophy of Herbert Spencer. New York and London

n. d.

USD - 12.00
417 Blaine (D. P.) SPORTING. The Encyclopedia of Sports; or A Complete Account (Historical, Practical and Descriptive ... London

1870

USD - 2.00
418 STEDMAN (EDMUND CLARENCE), and Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, A Library of American Literature. From the ... New York

1888-90

USD - 6.50
419 STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) The Black Arrow. A Tale of the Two Roses. New York

1888

USD - 1.60
420 STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson. New York

1895-98

USD - 20.00
421 STODDARD (J. L.) John L. Stoddard's Lectures. Boston

1898-1904

USD - 22.00
422 STORY OF THE GREATEST NATIONS (The). New York

n. d.

USD - 3.75
423 SWIFT (JONATHAN) The Writtings of Jonathan Swift, containing Letters, Tracts and Poems, not hitherto published. Edinburgh

n. d.

USD - 45.00
424 TENNYSON (ALFRED) Alfred, Lord Tennyson, a Memoir by his Son. Boston

(1897)

USD - 4.50
425 THACKERAY (W. M.) The Complete Works of. London

1867-86

USD - 32.00
426 THACKERAY (W. M.) The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. London

1904

USD - 50.00
427 THIEBAULT (BARON) Memoirs of Baron Thiebault (late Lieutenant-General in the French Army). New York

1896

USD - 1.10
428 THOMSON ILLUSTRATIONS. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. New York and London

1894

USD - 1.50
429 THOREAU (H. D.) The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. Boston and New York

1906

USD - 155.00
430 Pauli (Simon) TOBACCO. A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee and Chocolate, with the Advantages and Disadvantages ... London

1746

USD - 1.25
431 TOLSTOY (COUNT LEV N.) The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy. Boston

(1904-05)

USD - 66.00
432 TURGENIEFF (IVAN) The Novels and Stories of Ivan Turgenieff. New York

1903-04

USD - 70.00
433 TURNER GALLERY (The). A Series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from the Works of J. M. W ... New York

n. d.

USD - 5.00
435 TYNDALL (JOHN) Selected Works of John Tyndall. New York and London

n. d.

USD - 4.00
436 VERNON (JAMES) Letters Illustrative of the Reign of William III., from 1696 to 1708. London

1841

USD - Unknown
437 Ed. Heron-Allen VIOLINS. Violin-Making, As It Was and Is; being a Historical Theoretical and Practical Treatise on ... London

(1885)

USD - 2.60
438 VIRGIL Publius Virgilius Maroos Herders-kouten en Land-gediehten: Midsgaders De XII. Boecken van Aeneas. Gravenhage

1703

USD - 1.75
439 VOLTAIRE The Works of Voltaire. A Contemporary Version. Paris, London, New York, Chicago

(1901)

USD - 43.00
440 WALSH (THOMAS) Journal of the Late Campaign in Egypt; including a Description of that Country and of Gibraltar ... London

1803

USD - 2.75
441 WANDERING JEW. Parodie du Juif Errant Par Charles Philipson et Louis Huart. Paris

(ca. 1840)

USD - 2.00
442 WARNER (CHARLES DUDLEY--Editor) Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern. New York

n. d.

USD - 16.50
443 WASHINGTON (GEORGE) The Writings of George Washington. Boston

1834-37

USD - 20.00
444 WEBSTER (DANIEL) The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster (including Addresses, Congressional Speeches ... Boston

1903

USD - 45.00
445 WHISTLER (JAMES McNEILL) The Works of. New York

1907

USD - 1.75
446 (S. T. Pickard) WHITTIER (J. G.). The Works of John Green-leaf Whittier (including Life and Letters of Whittier, by ... Boston

(1894)

USD - 5.50
447 Martineau (Harriet) WHITTIER'S COPY. Retrospect of Western Travel. London and New York

1838

USD - 6.00
448 WHYTE-MELVILLE (G. J.) The Works of Whyte-Melville. London

1898-1902

USD - 70.00
449 WILDE (OSCAR) The Ballad of Reading Gaol. East Aurora

(1905)

USD - 1.50
450 WILDE (OSCAR) The Writings of Oscar Wilde. London and New York

1907

USD - 25.00
451 WILSON (WOODROW) A History of the American People. New York and London

1903

USD - 12.00
452 WINTER (WILLIAM) George William Curtis. A Eulogy. New York

1893

USD - Unknown
453 WORLD'S GREATEST CLASSICS (The). New York

1899

USD - 18.00
454 Edgar Sanderson, J. P. Lamberton, John McGovern, J. M. Rogers, and others WORLD'S HISTORY AND ITS MAKERS (The). Chicago

1900

USD - 5.00
455 ZIMMERN (HELEN) Shah Nameh. Stories Retold from Firdusi. New York

1906

USD - 2.75
456 ADAMS (JOHN COLEMAN) Native Studies in Berkshire. New York

1899

USD - Unknown
457 AFRICA. Five Years with the Congo Cannibals (Ward), 1890;--Fighting in Africa (J. W. Buel), 1887;-- ...

USD - 1.00
458 R. M. Devens AMERICA. Our First Century. Springfield

1876

USD - Unknown
459 AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA. The American Annual Cyclopaedia, from 1861 to 1902. With General Index, 1861 ... New York

1872-1903

USD - 5.00
460 Prof. J. E. Nourse, U. S. N. AMERICAN EXPLORATION in the Ice Zones. Boston

(1884)

USD - 1.00
461 AMERICAN HISTORY. Our New Possessions (White), 1898;--Picturesque Washington (Moore), 1887;--Story ...

USD - 1.00
462 AMUNDSEN (ROALD) The Northwest Passage. Being a Record of a Voyage of Exploration 1903-1907. New York

1908

USD - 1.75
463 Henry Greenleaf Pearson ANDREW (JOHN A.). The Life of John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts, 1861-65. Boston

1904

USD - 1.10
464 APPLETON'S LIBRARY of Brief Biographies. Lord Beaconsfield (Towle);--French Men of Letters (Mauris ... New York

1896

USD - 1.25
465 APPLETON'S Town and Country Library. Flower of the Flock (Norris);--By Berwin Banks (Raine);--The ... New York

1899-1900

USD - 1.00
466 ARCTIC. ARCTIC (THE). A History of its Discovery, Its Plants, Animals, and Natural Phenomena. Edinburgh

1876

USD - 2.00
467 Adolphus W. Greely ARCTIC. Three Years of Artie Service. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84. And ... New York

1886

USD - 2.25
468 ARCTIC. Our Lost Explorers. The Narrative of the Jeanette Arctic Expedition. Hartford

1888

USD - Unknown
469 ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS (Kane);--A Run Through Russia (Newton);--Shakespeare's England and two others.

USD - 1.00
470 ART of Writing and Speaking the English Language;--Century of Charades (Bellamy), with Open Sesame ...

USD - 1.75
471 ASCENT of Man (Drummond);--The Law of Psychic Phenomena (Hudson);--Natural Law in the Spiritual ...

USD - 1.75
472 AUBREY (W. H. S.) The Rise and Growth of the English Nation. With Special Reference to Epochs and Crises. New York

1899

USD - 1.00
473 BACON'S ESSAYS. Boston

1868

USD - Unknown
474 BIBLES, Etc.

v. b.

USD - 1.00
475 BIOGRAPHIES. Authentic Life of McKinley;--Life of D. Hayes Agnew (Adams);--Frances E. Willard ( ...

USD - 1.00
476 BIOGRAPHIES. Story of My Life (J. M. Sims);--James G. Blaine (Boyd);--W. H. Prescott (Ticknor);--W ...

USD - 1.50
477 Wilson Flagg BIRDS AND SEASONS OF NEW ENGLAND. Boston

1875

USD - 1.75
478 Edward H. Forbush BIRDS. Useful Birds and Their Protection; containing brief descriptions of the more common and ... (Boston)

(1905)

USD - 1.75
479 BLAINE (JAMES G.) Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield. With a Review of the Events which led to the ... Norwich

1884-86

USD - 1.50
480 Carroll D. Wright. Editor-in-Chief BOOK OF FACTS. The New Century Book of Facts. A Handbook of Ready Reference, embracing language ... Springfield

(1909)

USD - 2.00
481 BRITISH AUTHORS. Swift, Defoe, Hemans, Moore, Goldsmith, Sterne, Byron, Burns. (Printed in Edinburgh)

1871-73

USD - 2.50
482 A. V. G. Allen BROOKS (PHILLIPS). Life and Letters of Phillips Brooks. New York

1901

USD - 3.25
483 BROUN (GEORGE ROTHWELL--Editor) Reminiscences of Senator William M. Stewart of Nevada. New York

1908

USD - Unknown
484 BRYAN (WILLIAM J.) The First Battle. Illus. 8vo, cloth. Chicago, n. d.; American Politics (Cooper and Fenton). 8vo ...

USD - 1.00
485 BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN--Editor) A New Library of Poetry and Song. New York

n. d.

USD - 2.50
486 BUEL (J. W. and others) Heroes of the Dark Continent;--The Story of Man;--Footprints of the World's History;--The Living ... Phila.

1882, etc.

USD - 1.00
487 BULWER (EDWARD--Lord Lytton) Works (not complete). London

n. d.

USD - 2.50
488 BUTLER (GEORGE F.) The Isle of Content and Other Waifs of Thought. Concord, Massachusetts

1902

USD - Unknown
489 BRYCE (JAMES) The American Commonwealth. London

1889

USD - 5.00
490 BYRON (LORD) The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. New York

n. d.

USD - Unknown
491 CARDS. Modern Scientific Whist (Hamilton);--The American Hoyle;--Cavendish on Whist and five others.

USD - Unknown
492 CAVALRY. The Light Horse Drill: Describing the Several Evolutions, in a Progressive Series, from the ... London

(1803)

USD - 2.00
493 Richard Sanders CHIROMANCY. Physiognomie and Chiromancie, Metoposcopie, The Symmetrical Proportions and Signal Moles ... London

1653

USD - 3.75
494 CIVIL WAR. Campaigns of the Civil War. New York

1881-83

USD - 3.25
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