Anderson Galleries: Rare and Fine Books including A Portion of the Library of CHAS. BELDEN VAN NOSTRAND New York City, To be Sold Thursday and Friday Evenings February 13 and 14, 1908, The Anderson Auction Company, 5 West 29th Street, New York., 632,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 13, 1908 - February 13, 1908

Page Size: 602 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		A'BECKETT. The Comic History of England, illust. with 20 etchings colored by hand, and 120 woodcuts of important historic events by John Leech, 2 vols; The Comic History of Rome ...	London	1847-53	USD -	Unknown
2		A'BECKETT. Comic History of England, 2 vols.; Comic History of Rome.	London	[1886]	USD -	Unknown
3	AINSWORTH (WILLIAM HARRISON)	The Tower of London: a Historical Romance.	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
4	AINSWORTH (WILLIAM HARRISON)	Windsor Castle: an Historical Romance.	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
5	AINSWORTH (WILLIAM HARRISON)	Old Saint Paul's: a Tale of the Plague and the Fire.	London	1847	USD -	Unknown
6	AINSWORTH (WILLIAM HARRISON)	The Miser's Daughter: a Tale.	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
7		ALDUS CLASSICS (The): comprising The Decameron of Boccaccio, 2 vols.; Works of Rabelais, 2 vols.; The Heptameron of Queen Margaret of Navarre, 2 vols.; The Confessions of Rousseau ...	London	1903	USD -	Unknown
8	ALKEN (HENRY)	[Apperley (C. J.)] Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.; with Notices of his Hunting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits, etc.	London	1899	USD -	Unknown
9	David Paul Brown	AMERICAN BINDING. Sertorius; or, The Roman Patriot. A Tragedy.	Philadelphia	1830	USD -	Unknown
10		AMERICAN BINDING. The Gift, for 1843.	Philadelphia	[1842]	USD -	Unknown
11	Coues (Elliott)	AMERICAN BIRDS. Key to North American Birds: containing a Concise Account of Every Species of Living and Fossil Bird at Present Known from the Continent North of the Mexican and ...	Salem	1872	USD -	Unknown
12		AMERICAN BIRDS. Ornithology; or, the Science of Birds.	Columbus	1874	USD -	Unknown
13		AMERICAN BOOKBINDINGS in the Library of H. W. Poor.	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
14		AMERICAN ETCHINGS. Representative Etchings by Artists of to-day in America.	New York	1887	USD -	Unknown
15	J. C. Ridpath, J. W. Buel, J. F. Jameson and M. J. Wright	AMERICAN REFERENCE LIBRARY.	Washington	[1900]	USD -	Unknown
16	C. Stedman, who served under Sir W. Howe, Clinton and Cornwallis	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. History of the Origin, Progress and Termination of the American War.	Dublin	1794	USD -	Unknown
17		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Memoirs of Col. Benjamin Tallmadge (including a description of Major AndrÃ©, his execution, Battles of the Am. Rev., etc.).	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
18		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. The Battle of Long Island, with connected preceding events, and the subsequent American retreat.	Brooklyn	1869	USD -	Unknown
19	H. B. Wheatley	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Wraxall Memoirs: The Historical and Posthumous Memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, 1772-1784.	London	1884	USD -	Unknown
20		AMERICANA. Constitutions of the several Independent States of America; the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation . . .; the Treaties between His most Christian ...	Philadelphia	1782	USD -	Unknown
21	ANDREWS (W. L.)	James Lyne's Survey, commonly known as The Bradford Map.	New York	1900	USD -	Unknown
22	P. Fisher	ANGLING. The Angler's Souvenir.	London	1835	USD -	Unknown
23		ANTIQUE GEMS from the Greek and Latin: Theocritus, Apuleius, Horace, Longus, Lucius Apuleius, Ovid, Tatius, Anacreon, Apollonius, Propertius, Lucian, Virgil, with English ...	Philadelphia	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
24	APULEIUS.	The Metamorphosis; or, Golden Ass of Apuleius.	London	1822 [1893]	USD -	Unknown
25		ARABIAN NIGHTS. The Villon Society's Unabridged Translation, comprising: The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, now first completely done into English from the original Arabic by John Payne.	London	1882	USD -	Unknown
26	ARCHER (THOMAS)	The Highway of Letters and its Echoes of Famous Footsteps.	New York	[1893]	USD -	Unknown
27	Henri Havard	ART OBJECTS, TAPESTRIES, DECORATIONS, Etc. L'Art Ã Travers Les MÅ?urs.	Paris	1882	USD -	Unknown
28		ART TRIUMPHS IN WATER-COLOR.	Boston	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
29	AUSTEN (JANE)	The Novels of, complete.		1898	USD -	Unknown
30	BACON (SIR FRANCIS)	Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seuenth.	London	1622	USD -	Unknown
31	BACON (SIR FRANCIS).	Works of Bacon, complete, both English and Latin, with Life.	London	1808	USD -	Unknown
32	BACON (SIR FRANCIS)	Works of Bacon.	London	1825-34	USD -	Unknown
33	BALZAC (H. De)	BALZAC (H. De) Works.	Philadelphia	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
34	BALZAC (H. De)	La Comedie Humaine of HonorÃ© de Balzac.	Boston	1899	USD -	Unknown
35	BANCROFT (GEORGE)	History of the United.	Boston	1867	USD -	Unknown
36	BANCROFT (GEORGE)	History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America.	New York	1889	USD -	Unknown
37		BANKING. History of Banking in all the Leading Nations.	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
38	Edited by George Duruy	BARRAS. Memoirs of Barras, Member of the Directorate.	New York	1895	USD -	Unknown
39	BARTLETT (JOHN)	Familiar Quotations: Passages and Phrases in Common Use.	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
40		BEARDSLEY ILLUSTRATIONS. Lucian's True History.	London	1902	USD -	Unknown
41	BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.	The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher.	London	1812	USD -	Unknown
42		BEAUX AND BELLES OF ENGLAND: Mrs. Sarah Siddons, by James Boaden, 2 vols.; The Sheridans, by Percy Fitzgerald, 2 vols.; Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson, by J. C. Jeaffreson, 2 vols ...	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
43		BELL'S British Theatre. Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays.	London	1797	USD -	Unknown
44		BEWICK ILLUSTRATIONS. The History of All Nations, giving a Brief Account of Manners, Arts and Sciences, Laws, etc.	London	1800	USD -	Unknown
45		BIBLE. The Illuminated Bible.	New York	1846	USD -	Unknown
46	Emile Paul	BIBLIOGRAPHY. Catalogue de la BibliothÃ¨que Romantique de M. J. Noilly.	Paris	1886	USD -	Unknown
47		BIBLIOGRAPHY. Catalogue of Books by English Authors, who lived before the year 1700, forming a part of the Library of Robert Hoe.	New York	1903-5	USD -	Unknown
48		BIBLIOPHILE LIBRARY of Literature, Art and Rare Manuscripts, History, Biography, Science, Poetry, Drama, Travel, Adventure, Fiction, and rare and little-known Literature from the ...	New York and London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
49		BINDING. Shakespeare, Dramatic Works.	London	1826	USD -	Unknown
50	Whittier (John G.)	BINDING. At Sundown.	Boston	1892	USD -	Unknown
51	Robinson (A. Mary F.)	BINDING. An Italian Garden. A Book of Songs.	Portland, Me.	1897	USD -	Unknown
52	Knight (William Allen)	BINDING. The Songs of Our Syrian Guest.	Boston	[1904]	USD -	Unknown
53	BLOOMFIELD (ROBERT)	Poems by Robert Bloomfield. The Farmer's Boy.	London	1845	USD -	Unknown
54		BOCCACCIO.	Londra [Paris]	1757	USD -	Unknown
55	BOCCACCIO.	The Decameron; or, Ten Day's Entertainment of Boccaccio.	London	1820	USD -	Unknown
56	BOCCACCIO.	The Decameron.	London		USD -	Unknown
57	BOLLES (EDWIN C.)	Collecting and Collectors. An Essay. To which are added, that the Antidote may Accompany the Bane, a few Remarks by the Collector's Wife.	Privately printed	1898	USD -	Unknown
58	Warren (J. L.)	BOOKPLATES. A Guide to the Study of Book-Plates (ex-libris).	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
59	[William Coombe]	BOYDELL'S HISTORY OF THE RIVER THAMES.	London	1794	USD -	Unknown
60	BRIDGES (MATTHEW)	The Roman Empire under Constantine the Great.	London	1828	USD -	Unknown
61		BROADSIDE. Wood's Comic Almanack for 1839.	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
62		BROME (HENRY). Rump; or, An Exact Collection of the Choycest Poems and Songs relating to the Late Times by the most eminent Wits, from 1639 to 1661.	London	1662	USD -	Unknown
63	BRONTÃ? (CHARLOTTE, EMILY AND ANNE)	Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
64	BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)	The Seraphim and other Poems.	London	1838	USD -	Unknown
65	BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)	Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, afterwards Mrs. Browning.	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
66	John H. Ingram	BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT). (Sketch of the Life of E. B. Browning, etc.)	London	[1886]	USD -	Unknown
67	BROWNING (ROBERT)	Paracelsus.	London	1835	USD -	Unknown
68	BROWNING (ROBERT)	Sordello.	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
69	BROWNING (ROBERT)	The Ring and the Book.	London	1868-69	USD -	Unknown
70	BROWNING (ROBERT)	Complete Works.	New York	1899	USD -	Unknown
71	BUCKLE (H. T.)	History of Civilization in England.	New York	1901	USD -	Unknown
72	Edited by Edward Upham	BUDDHISM. The Mahavansi, The Raja-Ratuacari and the Raja-Vali, forming the Sacred and Historical Books of Ceylon.	London	1833	USD -	Unknown
73	BULLFINCH (THOMAS)	The Age of Fable; or, Beauties of Mythology.	Boston	[1881]	USD -	Unknown
74		BULKELEY AND CUMMINS. A Voyage to the South Seas, 1740-1741. A faithful narrative of the loss of the Ship Wager, with hardships, in Patagonia, Straights of Magellan, arrival in Brazil, etc.	Philadelphia	1757	USD -	Unknown
75	Edited by Wm. Scott Douglas	BURNS (ROBERT) Poetical Works.	Edinburgh	1886	USD -	Unknown
76	BURNS (ROBERT)	Tam O'Shanter.	London	1902	USD -	Unknown
77	BURNS (ROBERT), Edited by S. Eaton	Rare Print Collection.	Philadelphia	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
78	BURR (AARON)	Trial of Col. Aaron Burr, on an indictment for Treason before the Circuit Court of U. S., held in Richmond (Va.), May Term, 1807, including the Arguments and Decisions, made during ...	Washington City	1807-08	USD -	Unknown
79	BURROUGHS (JOHN)	The Writings of.	Boston	1904	USD -	Unknown
80	BURTON (J. H.)	The Book-Hunter, etc.	New York	1863	USD -	Unknown
81	BURTON (R. F.--Translator)	The Book of a Thousand Nights and A Night.	[Denver]	[1900-01]	USD -	Unknown
82	George Gordon, Lord Byron	BYRON (LORD). Hours of Idleness, a series of Poems, original and translated.	Newark	1807	USD -	Unknown
83	BYRON (LORD)	Hebrew Melodies.	London	1815	USD -	Unknown
84	BYRON (LORD)	Waltz.	London	1821	USD -	Unknown
85	BYRON (LORD)	The Life, Writings, Opinions and Times of Lord Byron.	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
86	BYRON (LORD)	The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, 8 vols., Lond., John Murray, 1839; Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, with Notices of his Life, by Thomas Moore, illust. by Finden after Turner ...	London	1833-39	USD -	Unknown
87	BYRON (LORD)	Works of Lord Byron, with his Letters and Journals, and his Life by Thomas Moore.	Boston	1900	USD -	Unknown
88	BYRON (LORD)	Eight Original Water-color Drawings by Paul Braddon of Places famous for their connection with the Poet, and including Byron's Residence at Diodati; Ridge's Shop in the Market ...			USD -	Unknown
89		CALEDONIA described by Scott, Burns and Ramsay.	New York	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
90	CAMPBELL (THOMAS)	The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell.	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
91		CARICATURES by Gilray, Rowlandson, H. B., and Cruikshank: a choice Collection of 75 amusing Caricatures, most of them brilliantly colored, including 2 original drawings (colored ...			USD -	Unknown
92	CARLYLE (THOMAS)	CARLYLE (THOMAS) Works.	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
93	CARROLL (LEWIS)	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.	New York	1866	USD -	Unknown
94	CARROLL (LEWIS)	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass.	New York	1901-2	USD -	Unknown
95	CARROLL (LEWIS)	Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice found there.	London	1872	USD -	Unknown
96		CATALOGUE of the Dr. Charles E. Clark Collection of Americana, Portraiture, rare Autograph Letters and Documents, sold at C. F. Libbie & Co., Boston, 1901.	Boston	1901	USD -	Unknown
97		CATALOGUE of the Private Library of Fred. W. French of Boston, sold at C. F. Libbie & Co., Boston, 1901.	Boston	1901	USD -	Unknown
98		CENTURY DICTIONARY AND CYCLOPÃ?DIA: a Work of Universal Reference in all departments of knowledge, with a New Atlas of the World.	New York	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
99	CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL De)	The Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha, portrait and illusts, 4 vols.; The Exemplary Novels, illust., 2 vols.	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
100	CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL De)	The Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha, done into English by H. E. Watts, with notes original and selected, also an Introduction and Life of the Author.	Philadelphia	n. d.	USD -	Unknown

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