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,

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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
323 GOD AND MAN (Shumaker), N. Y. 1909;--Heine's Religion and Philosophy (Snodgrass), London, 1891;--The ...

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324 GOLDSMITH (OLIVER) An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. London

1774-1790

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325 GOLDSMITH (OLIVER) Miscellaneous Works. To which is prefixed some account of his Life and Writings. London

1820

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326 GOLDSMITH (OLIVER) The Vicar of Wakefield. Being a Facsimile Reproduction of the First Edition published in 1766. London

1885

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327 GOLDSMITH (OLIVER) The Vicar of Wakefield. Including John Forster's Essay on the Story. London

1903

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328 GOLDSMITH (OLIVER) Poetical Works, 1806;--More's Sacred Dramas, 1827;--Virgil, 1798;--Heures Royales, n. d.;--The Chase ...

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329 GOSSE (EDMUND W.) On Viol and Flute. London

1873

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330 GOSSE (EDMUND W.) The Letters of Thomas Lovell Beddoes. London

1894

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331 Oscar Browning GOWER. The Despatches of Earl Gower, English Ambassador at Paris. To which are added The Despatches ... Cambridge

1885

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332 GRAMMONT (COUNT) Memoirs of Count Grammont. By Count Anthony Hamilton. Phila.

n. d.

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333 GRAMMONT (COUNT) Memoirs (Hamilton);--Crauford (Gaskell);--Life of Beau Nash Goldsmith;--Devil on Two Sticks (Le Sage ... San Francisco

n. d.

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334 GRAY (THOMAS) The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings, by W. Mason. London

1775

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335 William H. D. Rouse GREEK VOTIVE OFFERINGS. An Essay on the History of Greek Religion. Cambridge

1902

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336 EARTH'S ENIGMAS (Roberts);--An Affair of Dishonor (Morgan);--Tales of Three Centuries (Zagoskin ... v. s.

v. d.

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336 GREENAWAY (KATE) Almanack for 1884. London

[1884]

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337 GRIMM. Popular Stories Collected by the Brothers Grimm. Twenty-two illustrations by Cruikshank. London

1905

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338 GROLIER CLUB (THE). Officers, Committees, Constitution, By-Laws, etc. Also Books and Articles ... New York

1907 and 1909

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339 GROLIER CLUB (THE). Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early American Engraving upon Copper. New York

1908-9

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340 Chas. G. Leland GYPSIES (THE). Boston

1886

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341 HAILE (MARTIN) Queen Mary of Modena. Her Life 11 and Letters. London

1905

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342 HALLAM (HENRY) View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages. Boston

1861

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343 HAMERTON (P. G.) Chapters on Animals. Boston

1874

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344 HAMERTON (P. G.) The Life of J. M. W. Turner. Boston

1879

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345 John C. Hamilton HAMILTON (ALEXANDER). The Life of. New York

1834

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346 HAMILTON (COUNT ANTHONY) Fairy Tales and Romances, Portrait. London

1849

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347 Peter Cunningham HAMILTON (COUNT ANTHONY). Memoirs of Count Grammont. 2 vols.;--Story of Nell Gwyn. Edinburgh

1908

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348 HAMPSHIRE. Painted by Wilfrid Ball. London

1909

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349 HARE (A. J. C.) Biographical Sketches. London

1895

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350 HARRISON (WILMOT) Memorable Paris Houses. London

1893

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351 F. B. Sanborn HAWTHORNE (NATHANIEL). Hawthorne and his Friends. Reminiscence and Tribute. Cedar Rapids

1908

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352 Cyril Maude HAYMARKET THEATRE (THE). Some Records and Reminiscences. London

1903

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353 HAYWARD (THOMAS) The British Muse; or, A Collection of Thoughts, Moral, Natural, and Sublime, of our English Poets ... London

1738

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354 HAZLITT (WILLIAM) Table Talk. London

1871

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355 HAZLITT (WILLIAM) Cinq-Mars; By Alfred De Vigny. Translated by William Hazlitt. Boston

1889

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356 HAZLITT (WILLIAM) The Miscellaneous Works of William Hazlitt. New York

n. d.

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357 George M. Gould HEARN. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn. Phila.

(1908)

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358 Charles Taylor HEBREW. Sayings of the Jewish Fathers;--An Appendix to Sayings of the Jewish Fathers. Cambridge

1897-1900

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359 HEINE (HEINRICH) Poems (Kroeker);--Translations from the Poems of Victor Hugo;--Poems of Edmund Spencer;--Early ... London

1887

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360 W. E. Henley and C. Whibley HENLEY. A Book of English Prose, Character and Incident, 1387-1649. Philadelphia (Edinburgh)

1894

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361 HEPTAMERON (THE). Margaret, Queen of Navarre. Phila.

n. d.

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362 HERBERT The Works of George Herbert in Prose and Verse. London

1859

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363 Oliver Herford HERFORD. The Bashful Earthquake;--Overheard in a Garden;--The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten. New York

1898-1904

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364 Austin T. Byrne HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. A Treatise on. New York

1892

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365 HILL (CONSTANCE) Juniper Hall. A Rendezvous of certain illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, including ... London

1904

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366 HILL (NATHANIEL) The Ancient Poem of Guillaume De Guileville compared with the Pilgrim's Progress of John Bunyan.

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367 HILL (NATHANIEL) The Ancient Poem of Guileville, entitled Le Pelermage De L'Homme, compared with the Pilgrim's ... London

1858

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368 Frank French HOME FAIRIES AND HEART FLOWERS. By Frank French. Illustrations. New York, 1887;--Land of Sunset. A ...

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369 HOMER. The Odyssey, 2 vols.;--The Iliad, 2 vols.;--The Hymns, etc., 1 vol. Translated by George ... London

1857-1865

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370 Thos. C. Baring HORACE. The Lyrics of. Done into English Rhyme. London

1870

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371 HOUSE AND HOME (THE). A practical book by Dr. L. Abbott, T. W. Higginson, Kate D. Wiggins and others ... New York

(1894-6)

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372 HOUSMAN (LAURENCE) The House of Joy. Finely illustrated, decorated title. London

1895

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373 HOUSMAN (LAURENCE) Mendicant Rhymes. Special type, broad margins. Chipping-Campden

1906

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374 HUBBARD (ELBERT) White Hyacinths. Roycrofters

1907

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375 Henry Wellington Wack HUGO (VICTOR). The Romance of Victor Hugo and Juliette Drouet. New York

1905

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376 Leopold Lacour HUGO (VICTOR). Oeuvres choisies illustrees: Prose et Dramas en prose;--Poesies et Drames en vers. Paris

n. d.

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377 HUMORIST (THE). Edited by Theodore Hook. (Foxed.) 8vo, boards, Phila., 1837;--The Galaxy of Wit. ( ...

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378 HUNT (LEIGH) Men, Women and Books. New York

1873

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379 HUNT (LEIGH) Book of the Sonnet. 2 vols. in one, 1866;--The Seer. 2 vols., 1864;--Day by the Fire, 1870. Boston.

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380 HUNTING, SHOOTING AND FISHING. With Anecdotic Chapters about Horses and Dogs. London

1877

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381 HUTTON (JOSEPH) Cigarette Papers. London

1892

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382 HYPNOTISM by A. Moll;--Do The Dead Depart (Bates);--The Law of Evolution (Scouller), and others.

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383 A. S. Levetus IMPERIAL VIENNA. An account of Its History, Traditions and Arts. London

1905

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384 Malcolm (John) INDIA. Sketch of the Political History of India, from the introduction of Mr. Pitt's Bill, 1784 to ... London

1811

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385 Postans (Mrs.) INDIA. Western India in 1838. London

1839

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386 Jonathan Edwards INDIANS. Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd; Missionary to the Indians on the borders of New York ... New Haven

1822

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387 INDIANS. Francis Tarno; The Indian Girl; and other Poems. London

1846

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388 Catlin (Geo.) INDIANS. Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians. Phila.

1857

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389 Cornelius Mathews INDIAN FAIRY BOOK. By Cornelius Mathews;--The Chicken Market and other Fairy Tales (Morley);-- ...

v. d.

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390 Edward S. Ellis INDIAN WARS of the United States. New York

(1892)

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391 IN MEMORIAM. Calvin Day;--O. H. Greenleaf;--Stephen Greene;--Edward Hale Sears, and others. v. s.

v. d.

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392 F. Hamilton Jackson INTARSIA AND MARQUETRY. Handbook for the Designer and Craftsman. London

1903

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393 Alexander Walker INTERMARRIAGE; or, the Mode in which beauty, health and intellect results from certain Unions, etc. New York

1839

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394 Jeremiah Curtin IRELAND. Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland. Frontispiece;--Hero Tales of Ireland. Boston

1890-4

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395 Lady Gregory IRELAND. Poets and Dreamers: Studies and Translations from the Irish. Dublin

1903

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396 Lane (T. O'Neill) IRISH DICTIONARY. English-Irish Dictionary. Dublin

1904

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397 Jane Barlow IRISH IDYLLS. New York

1897

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398 Bram Stoker IRVING (HENRY). Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving. New York

1906

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399 IRVING (WASHINGTON) Rip Van Winkle. New York

1887

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400 IRVING (WASHINGTON) The Sketch Book. New York

1852

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401 IRVING (WASHINGTON) Salmagundi;--Spanish Papers;--Goldsmith;--Wolfert's Roost;--Knickerbocker;--Alhambra; also Life and ... New York

1869

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402 IRVING (WASHINGTON) Rip Van Winkle. London

1893

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403 IRVING (WASHINGTON) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. New York

1899

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404 IRVING (WASHINGTON) Rip Van Winkle, 1899;--Little Britain (Irving);--The Market for Souls (Goodnow);--Stolen White ... v. s.

v. d.

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405 IRVING (WASHINGTON) Conquest of Granada, 1866;--Moore's Lalla Rookh, 1849;--Voltaire (Gouriet), 1821;--Juvenilia (Hunt ...

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406 IRVINGIANA; A Memorial of Washington Irving. New York

1860

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407 James Glassford ITALIAN POETS. Lyrical Compositions from the Italian Poets. Edinburgh

1866

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408 ITALY. Histoire D'ltalie, Depuis les premiers temps jusqu'a nos jours, par Le Docteur Henri Leo Et ... Paris

1844

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409 J. J. Bell JACK OF ALL TRADES. London

1900

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410 JACKSON (GENERAL ANDREW) Monument to the Memory of. Containing 25 eulogies and sermons. Phila.

1846

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411 W. Petrie Watson JAPAN. Aspects and Destinies. London

1904

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412 Cram (Ralph A.) JAPAN. Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the allied Arts. London

1906

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413 Hildreth (R.) JAPAN. Japan as it Was and Is. A Handbook of Old Japan. Edited, with notes, by E. W. Clement. London

1907

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414 JEFFERSON (JOSEPH) Rip Van Winkle as played by Joseph Jefferson. New York

1895

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415 Francis Wilson JEFFERSON (JOSEPH). New York

1906

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416 JEFFERSON (THOMAS) The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. St. Louis

(1902)

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417 JERROLD (DOUGLAS) The Barber's Chair, and The Hedgehog Letters. London

1874

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418 JEWISH LIFE. Eleazar and Naphtaly (Young);--Simon Eighelkatz and The Patriarch (Frank);--The Jew (L ... v. s.

v. d.

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419 JOHNSON (HENRY) The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins, Modern Discoverer of the Kara Sea Route to Siberia. London

1907

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420 JONSON (BEN) The Works of. With a biographical memoir by William Gifford. London

1851

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421 JOSEPHUS (FLAVIUS) The Works of. Oxford

1839

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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.
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