Merwin Clayton Sales Company: CATALOGUE OF A CHOICE COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS TOGETHER WITH AN INTERESTING LOT OF CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ORIGINAL NEGATIVES MADE DURING THE WAR. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS FEBRUARY 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH, 1913. B, 494,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 05, 1913 - February 05, 1913
Page Size: 1078 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
122 D. S. Margoliouth CAIRO, JERUSALEM, AND DAMASCUS. Three Chief Cities of the Egyptian Sultans. London

1907

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123 CALDECOTT (R) Lob Lie-By-The-Fire (Ewing);--Daddy Darwin's Dovecot (Ewing);--Jack and The Bean Stalk (H. Tennyson ... London

n. d.

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124 Dyer (G.) CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge, including notices ... London

1814

USD - Unknown
125 Edited by J. O. Halliwell CAMDEN SOCIETY. The Thornton Romances. London

1844

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126 CAMELOT SERIES (THE). Early Reviews of Great Writers (Stevenson);--Poetry of the Celtic Races (Renan ... London

v. d.

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127 CAMPBELL (THOS.) Cyclopedia of English Poetry. Specimens of the British Poets: Biographical and Critical notices, and ... Phila.

1875

USD - Unknown
128 William Weir CANADA. Sixty Years in. Montreal

1903

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129 CANOVA (ANTONIO) Works of. In Sculpture and Modelling and a biographical Memoir by Count Cicognara. Boston

1876

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130 CARLETON (WILL) Farm Ballads. New York

1873

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131 CARLI (C. COMTE J. R.) Lettres Americaines, dans lesquelles on examine l'Origine, l'Etat Civil, Politique, Militaire and ... Boston [Paris]

1788

USD - Unknown
132 CARLYLE (THOMAS) Shooting Niagara: And After? Reprinted from MacMillan's Magazine for August, 1867, with some ... London

1867

USD - Unknown
133 CARLYLE (THOMAS) The Last Words of Thomas Carlyle. New York

1892

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134 CARLYLE (THOMAS) The French Revolution. A History. London

1894

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135 CARLYLE (THOMAS) The Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell. With notes and supplement by S. C. Lomas. And an ... London

1904

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136 CARLYLE (THOMAS) New Letters of Thomas Carlyle. London

1904

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137 CARLYLE (THOMAS) John Sterling. Life of Schiller;--Tales by Musaeus, Tuch, Richter. London

n. d.

USD - Unknown
138 [Dodgson (C. L.)] CARROLL (LEWIS). Through the Looking Glass;--Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London

1877-98

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139 CATALOGUE of the Library of Robert Hoe of New York; illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, historical ... New York

1911-12

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140 CATS. Our Cats and all about them (Weir), illustrations;--My Literary Zoo (Sanborn). Boston, and New York

1889-1896

USD - Unknown
141 Simpson (F.) CATS. The Book of the Cat. London

1903

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142 CATTLE, by W. Youatt;--Diseases of Live Stock (Tellor). New York

1851 and 1880

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143 Albert G. Brackett CAVALRY. History of the United States Cavalry from the formation of the Federal Government to the ... New York

1865

USD - Unknown
144 CELLINI. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini. London

1903

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145 Campbell (J. F.) CELTIC FOLK LORE. The Celtic Dragon Myth. With the Geste of Fraoch and the Dragon. Edinburgh

1911

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146 CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE) Trente-Sept Eaux-Fortes pour Illustrer Don Quichote. Desinees et gravees par Adolphe Lalauze. Edinburgh

1885

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147 CHAPBOOKS. Nos. 1 to 12. Portland

(n. d.)

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148 CHARLES XII OF SWEDEN (Voltaire);--Herod the Great (Willett);--Emerson as a Poet (Benton);-- ... v. s.

v. d.

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149 CHINA. The China Martyrs of 1900. A complete roll of the Christian Heroes martyred in China in 1900 ... London

1904

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150 T. Hodgson Liddell CHINA. China, Its Marvel and Mystery. London

1909

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151 T. Hodgson Liddell CHINA. Its Marvel and Mystery. London

1909

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152 William Duff Telfer CIVIL WAR. New York. A Reminiscence of the First Battle of Manassas: A Campfire story of the 71st ... Brooklyn

(1864)

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153 CIVIL WAR. New York. The Annals of the War. Phila.

1879

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154 Franklin McGrath CIVIL WAR. New York. The History of the 127th New York Volunteers Monitors. N. p.

n. d.

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155 Mark Twain CLEMENS (SAMUEL L.). Roughing It. Hartford

1899

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156 Frederick H. Chapin CLIFF-DWELLERS. The Land of the Cliff-Dwellers. Boston

1892

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157 John Timbs CLUBS AND CLUB LIFE IN LONDON. With anecdotes from the 17th Century to the present time. London

(1872)

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158 CLUVERI (PHILIPPI) Introductions In Universum Geographiam, Tamveterem Quam Novam. Libri VI Tabulis aeneis illustrati ... Amsterdam

1661

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159 COLERIDGE (SAMUEL T.) The Poems of. Edited by D. and S. Coleridge. London

1852

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160 COLERIDGE (SAMUEL T.) Osorio. As originally written in 1797. London

1873

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161 [COMBE (WILLIAM)] The Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque;--In Search of Consolation;--In Search of a ... New York (London)

1903

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162 [COMBE (WILLIAM)] Dr. Syntax's Three Tours in Search of the Picturesque, Consolation and a Wife. Eighty full-page ... London

n. d.

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163 Edited by Lousa H. Sheridan COMIC OFFERING (THE); or Ladies' Melange of Literary Mirth for 1832. London

1832

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164 CONFUCIUS AND THE CHINESE CLASSICS (Loomis); British Novelists and their Styles (Masson);-- ... v. s.

v. d.

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165 A. R. Conkling CONKLING (ROSCOE). The Life and Letters of. New York

1889

USD - Unknown
166 CONNECTICUT. The Town of Ridgefield. Ridgefield

n. d.

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167 CONNECTICUT BLUE LAWS. The Code of 1650, being a compilation of the earliest Laws and orders of the ... Hartford

1822

USD - Unknown
168 Edmondo De Amicis CONSTANTINOPLE. Phila.

n. d.

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169 [COOPER (JAMES F.)] The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna; A descriptive tale. New York

1823

USD - Unknown
170 [COOPER (JAMES F.)] The Headsman; or, the Abbaye des Viguerons. A tale. London

1833

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171 COOPER (J. FENIMORE) The Deer Slayer;--Last of the Mohicans;--The Pathfinder;--The Pioneers;--The Prairie. New York

n. d.

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172 COOPER (J. FENIMORE) The Prairie. Darley illustrations, 1867;--Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Hardy). Illustrations. 1893;-- ... New York.

USD - Unknown
173 CORELLI (MARIE) Thelma, 2 vols.;--Ibsen's Prose Dramas, vol. 2;--Nana (Zola); and others.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
174 CORNEILLE (P.) Chefs-D'Oeuvres. Paris

1810

USD - Unknown
175 COSTELLO (LOUISA STUART) The Rose Garden of Persia. London

1899

USD - Unknown
176 William Hall COX (DAVID--Artist). A Biography of David Cox. New York

(1881)

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177 COX (S. S.) Why we Laugh. New York

1876

USD - Unknown
178 CRAWFORD (FRANCIS MARION) Southern Italy and Sicily and the Rulers of the South. New York

1905

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179 Edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell CREEVY PAPERS (THE). A Selection from the Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Thomas Creevy. New York

1904

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180 CRICHTON-BROWNE (SIR JAMES) The Nemesis of Froude. A Rejoinder to J. A. Froude's My Relations with Carlyle. London

1903

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181 J. Lee CRITICAL. The Ibsen Secret. v. s.

v. d.

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182 CROSSLAND (T. W. H.) The Lord of Creation. London

1904

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183 CRUIKSHANK (GEO.) Martin's Vagaries; being a Sequel to A Tale of a Tub. London

1843

USD - Unknown
184 Henry Mayhew and George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK (GEO.). 1851: or, the Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, who came up to ... London

1851

USD - Unknown
185 CRUIKSHANK (GEO.) Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance. By W. Harrison Ainsworth. New edition. Illustrated by George ... London

1859

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186 CRUIKSHANK (ROBERT) and SEYMOUR (ROBERT) The Odd Volume; or, Book of Variety. Illustrated by Two Odd Fellows, R. Seymour and R. Cruikshank. London

n. d.

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187 CUNNINGHAM (ALLAN);--Traditional Tales. The Barons' Wars (Drayton);--Essays (Praed); and others. v. s.

v. d.

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188 CUPID'S FAIR WEATHER BOOKE (Clay and Herford);--Grimms' Popular Stories;--The New Philosophy (Crane ...

USD - Unknown
189 CURIOUS. An Essay in Praise of Women; or, a Looking-glass for Ladies to see Their Perfections ... London

1735

USD - Unknown
190 M. Le Marquis D'Argens CURIOUS. Les Caprices de l'amour et de la Fortune, ou les Avantures de la Signora Rosalina. A la Haye

1737

USD - Unknown
191 CURIOUS. The Strange and Unaccountable Life of Daniel Dancer, who died in a Sack, though worth £3, ... London

1824

USD - Unknown
192 John Kelman DAMASCUS TO PALMYRA (FROM). London

1908

USD - Unknown
193 I. C. Wright DANTE. The Inferno;--The Purgatorio;--and the Para-diso. London

1833-40

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194 DANTE. The Poems of the Vita Nuova and Convito of Dante Alighieri. London

1842

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195 Count C. Balbo DANTE. Life and Times of Dante. London

1852-85

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196 DANTE The Banquet. London

1889

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197 DARLEY (F. O. C.) Illustrations of Rip Van Winkle;--Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Designed and etched by F. O. C. Darley ... New York

1848-49

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198 DARWIN (CHARLES) The Descent of Man, 2 vols.;--The Origin of Species. New York

1871

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199 DAUDET (ALPHONSE) Jack (2 copies);--Tartarin of Tarascon;--Tartarin on the Alps;--Sappho. Illustrations by Montegut ... London

1887-90

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200 DAUDET (ALPHONSE) Robert Helmont;--Artists' Wives;--Jack, 2 vols. Translated by Laura Ensor. Illustrations by Myrback ... London

1896

USD - Unknown
201 DAVIDSON (JOHN) Testament of a Vivisector;--Testament of a Man Forbid;--Testament of an Empire-Builder. London

1901-2

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202 DAVIDSON (JOHN) Self's the Man. First Edition;--A Queen's Romance First Edition;--The Testament of a Prime Minister ... v. s.

v. d

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203 Alex. B. Grosart DAVIES (SIR JOHN). Complete Poems. Edited, with Memorial Introduction and notes. London

1876

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204 DEATH'S DOINGS. Original Compositions principally intended as illustrations of 24 plates, designed ... London

1826

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205 DE BROSSES. Selections from the Letters of De Brosses Translated by Lord R. S. Gower. London

1891

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206 DE CLIFFORD, a Romance of the Red Rose, a Poem, in twelve books. London

1826

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207 Max Nordau DEGENERATION. New York

1900

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208 David Masson DE QUINCEY. The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey. Edinburgh

1890

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209 DE QUINCEY. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater;--Victoria Colonna (Trollope);--Hunts' Italian ... v. s.

v. d.

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210 Holmes W. Merton DESCRIPTIVE MENTALITY. From the Head, Face, and Hand. Philadelphia

1899

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211 DICKENS (CHARLES) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. New York

1840

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212 DICKENS (CHARLES) Master Humphrey's Clock. London

1840-41

USD - Unknown
213 DICKENS (CHARLES) A Tale of Two Cities. New York

1894

USD - Unknown
214 DICKENS (CHARLES) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With introduction and notes by Andrew Lang. London

1897

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215 DICKENS (CHARLES) Character Portraits from Dickens. London

1908

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216 DICKENS (CHARLES) Old Curiosity Shop, 1890;--Pickwick Papers, 2 vols.;--Cricket on the Hearth; and others. v. s.

v. d.

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217 F. C. Kilton DICKENS (CHARLES). His Life, writings and personality. By F. C. Kilton. Numerous illustrations;-- ... v. s.

v. d.

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218 DICKENS (CHARLES) The Works of. Household Edition. London

n. d.

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219 Edited by H. P. Jones DICTIONARY OF FOREIGN PHRASES and Classical Quotations, comprising 14,000 Idioms, Proverbs, Maxims ... Edinburgh

1910

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220 DILKE (LADY) The Shrine of Death;--The Shrine of Love. London

1886-91

USD - Unknown
221 DILLON (ARTHUR) Gods and Men. London

1887

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  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.