Anderson Galleries: The Choice Private Library of Miss Eleanor Barry (of the Richard Mansfield Company) with some equally choice additions and a Collection of Autograph Letters. For Sale at Auction Wednesday Evening, May 9, Thursday Afternoon, May 10, Thursday Evening May 10, 458,

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Auction Date
May 10, 1906 - May 10, 1906
Page Size: 868 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
597 MABIE (HAMILTON WRIGHT) L.S. (type-written), 8vo, New York, 1892, in regard to copy of an address for the papers

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598 MACAULAY (LORD) The History of England from the Accession of James the Second London

1858

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599 MACAULAY (LORD) The Complete Works of Lord Macaulay New York

[recent]

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600 F. A. Cox, Editor MADRIGALS. English Madrigals in the Time of Shakespeare London

[recent]

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601 Williamson (WM. D.) MAINE. History of the State of Maine from its First Discovery, 1602, to the Separation, 1820, inclusive Hallowell

1832

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602 Mr. de * * * [L'Abbe Prevost] MANON LESCAUT. Aventures du Chevalier des Grieux et des Manon Lescaut Londres [Paris]

1734

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603 MANON LESCAUT. Aventures du Chevalier des Grieux et des Manon Lescaut Paris and Philadelphia

1888

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604 MARKHAM (COL. FRED.) Shooting in the Himalayas: A Journal of Sporting Adventures and Travel in Chinese Tartary, Ladac, Thibet, Cashmere, etc London

1854

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605 R. Brimley Johnson, Editor MARRYAT. The Novels of Captain Marryat London

1896

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606 MARTIAL. Epigrams of Martial, etc London

1773

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607 Young (Alex.) MASSACHUSETTS. Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth, 1602-1625 Boston

1844

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608 MASSACHUSETTS. History of Hadley, including Earty History of Hatfield, South Amherst and Granby, by S. Judd; also Family Genealogies, by L. M. Baltwood Springfield

1905

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609 MASSINGER (PHILIP) The Dramatic Works of Massinger, coinpleat (sic); with Critical Reflections of the Old English Dramatists London

1761

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610 MASSINGER (PHILIP) The Plays of Massinger, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by W. Gilford London

1813

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611 MATTHEWS (BRANDER) A.L.S., 2 pp. 8vo, New York, 1895, giving the history of the play Gendre de M. Poirier. New York

1895

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612 MEREDITH (GEORGE) The Nature Poems of Meredith London

1898

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613 Ripley (R. S.) MEXICAN WAR. The Mexican War New York

1849

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614 Carl Nebel MASSINGER (PHILIP). The War between the United States and Mexico Illustrated, embracing Pictorial Drawings of all the Principal Conflicts New York Paris

1851

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615 MEZZOTINTS BY LUCAS OF CONSTABLE'S FAMOUS PAINTINGS. English Landscape Scenery London

1855

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616 MIDDLETON (THOMAS) The Works of Thomas Middleton, edited by A. H. Bullen London

1885

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617 MILLER (JOAQUIN) Songs of the Sierras Boston

1871

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618 MILLS (JOHN, Author of Flyers of the Hunt, etc.) Stable Secrets; or, Puffy Doddles, his Sayings and Sympathies London

1863

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619 MITCHELL (D. G.) The Lorgnette; or, Studies of the Town New York

1850

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620 MITCHELL (D. G.) Reveries of a Bachelor; or, A Book of the Heart New York

1850

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621 MITCHELL (D. G.) Dream Life: A Fable of the Seasons New York

1851

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622 MITCHELL (D. G.) My Farm at Edgewood New York

1864

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623 Thomas B. Reed, Editor MODERN ELOQUENCE Philadelphia

1900

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624 MORRIS (WILLIAM) The Life and Death of Jason: A Poem London

1867

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625 Mme. Junot NAPOLEON I. The Home and Court Life of the Emperor Napoleon and his Family New York

1894

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626 NAPOLEON. The Life of Napoleon, by William Hazlitt, 6 vols.; Memoirs of Napoleon, by M. de Bourrienne, 4 vols.; Memoirs of Madame Junot, Duchess d'Abrantes, 6 vols., and the EXTRA VOLUME, Napoleon Intime,... Together 17 vols New York

[recent]

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627 NEAL (JOHN) A.L.S., 2 pp. 8vo, 1862, to Chas. G. Leland; mentions the war, some of his articles, etc

1862

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628 W. Hamilton Gibson NEW ENGLAND. Pastoral Days; or, Memories of a New England Year New York

1881

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629 Edw. L. Parker NEW HAMPSHIRE. History of Londonderry, comprising the Towns of Derry and Londonderry, N. H Boston

1851

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630 Chas. H. Winfield NEW JERSEY. History of the County of Hudson from its Earliest Settlement New York

1874

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631 David T. Valentine NEW YORK. History of the City of New York New York

1853

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632 Riker (Jas.) NEW YORK. Harlem: Its Origin and Early Annals New York

1881

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633 F. S. King, Engraver NEW YORK ICONOPHILE SOCIETY PORTRAITS. Gaine (Hugh, Early New York Printer and Bookseller) New York

1897

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634 NEW YORK ICONOPHILE SOCIETY PORTRAITS. Isaiah Thomas, Printer, Worcester, Massachusetts New York

1898

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635 NEW YORK ICONOPHILE SOCIETY PORTRAITS. Alexander Anderson, the first Engraver on Wood in America New York

1899

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636 NEW YORK ICONOPHILE SOCIETY PORTRAITS. Paul Revere New York

1899

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637 NEW YORK ICONOPHILE SOCIETY PORTRAITS. Amos Doolittle, Engraver of the Battles of Lexington and Concord New York

1901

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638 NEW YORK ICONOPHILE SOCIETY PORTRAITS. James Rivington, Printer, and Bookseller New York

1901

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639 OLD CHRONICLES. Peter Langtoft's Chronicle (as illustrated and improved by Robert of Brunne) from the Death of Cadwalder to the end of K. Edward's the First's Reign, transcribed by Thomas Hearne; with a Glossary,... 2 vols. in 1 Oxford

1725

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640 OLD ENGLISH SONGS AND DANCES London

1902

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641 J. C. Robinson OLD MASTERS. Descriptive Catalogue of Drawings by the Old Masters, forming the Collection of John Malcolm of Poltalloch, Esq London

1876

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642 George Cumberland OLD PRINTS. An Essay on the Utility of collecting the best works of the Ancient Engravers, with a Catalogue of the Engravers, etc., etc London

1827

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643 OMAR KHAYYâ?´M The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English verse, by Edward Fitzgerald Portland, Maine

1893

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644 OMAR KHAYYâ?´M. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald New York

1900

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645 OMAR KHAYYâ?´M The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam New York

1901

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646 C. H. A. Bjerregaard OMAR KHAYYâ?´M. Sufi Interpretations of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and Fitzgerald New York

1902

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647 C. H. A. Bjerregaard OMAR KHAYYâ?´M. Sufi Interpretations of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and Fitzgerald New York

1902

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648 Grenhow (Robt.) OREGON. History of Oregon and California Boston

1844

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649 Captain Thomas Williamson ORIENTAL FIELD SPORTS; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East, and exhibiting in a novel and interesting manner the Natural History of the Elephant, the Rhinoceros, the Tiger,... 2 vols London

1819

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650 ORIENTAL TALES. London

1901

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651 Beverley R. Morris, Editor ORNITHOLOGY. The Naturalist: A popular Monthly Magazine London

1851-54

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652 OWEN (JOHN) Certaine Treatises formerly published at severall times. London

1649

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653 PAGE (THOMAS NELSON, Novelist) A.L.S. Richmond, Virginia

1885

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654 PAGE In Ole Virginia, and other Stories New York

1887

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655 PALMER (J. W.) A.L.S., 3 pp., undated and written in heavy black pencil

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656 PARKER (GILBERT, Novelist) A.L., with initials G. P. 8vo. New York 1894 New York

1894

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657 [J. A. Bigelow] PARODIES ON AMERICAN POETS. Elopoesis. American Rejected Addresses New York

1855

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658 PAULDING (J. K.) The Atlantic Souvenir for 1829 Philadelphia

1829

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659 PENN (WILLIAM) The Answer to William Penn, Quaker, his book, intituled The New Witness proved old Hereticks, â?¦ [London]

[1668]

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660 PENN (WILLIAM) Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims New York, [London]

1903

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661 PHILLIPS (STEPHEN) Herod: A Tragedy London

1901

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661* PHILLIPS (STEPHEN) Ulysses: A Drama in a Prologue and Three Acts London

1902

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662 Earl Stanhope PITT (WM.) Life (with many letters from Mr. Pitt's Colleagues, Am. Rev., etc.), by Earl Stanhope London

1867

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663 Frank B. Jevons, Editor PLUTARCH'S Romane Questions London

1892

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664 POE (EDGAR A.) Tales New York

1845

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665 POE (EDGAR A.) Eureka: A Prose Poem New York

1848

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666 POE (EDGAR A.) Tales and Poems Philadelphia

[1895]

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667 POE (EDGAR ALLAN) The Murders in the Rue Morgue Philadelphia

[1895]

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668 POE (EDGAR ALLAN) The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe New York

1902

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669 R. T. Haines Halsey POTTERY. Pictures of Early New York on Dark Blue Staffordshire Pottery, together with some Pictures of Boston and New England, Philadelphia, the South and the West New York

1899

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670 Elizabeth H. Denis POUSSIN (NICOLAS). His Life and Work London

1899

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671 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. The White House Gallery of Official Portraits of the Presidents New York and Washington

1901

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672 PRICHARD (J. C.) Analysis of the Egyptian Mythology, to which is subjoined a Critical Examination of the Remains of Egyptian Chronology London

1819

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673 E. D. G. Prime PRIME FAMILY. Notes, Genealogical, Biographical, and Bibliographical, of the Prime Family New York

1888

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674 C. H. Timperley A Dictionary of Printers and Printing, with the Progress of Literature, Ancient and Modern; with Bibliographical Sketches, etc London

1839

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675 PRYOR (MRS. ROGER A.) The Mother of Washington, and her Times New York

1903

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676 Brody & Tate PSALMS. A New Version of the Psalms of David fitted to the Tunes in Churches Boston

1763

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677 Edward Tyson PYGMIES OF THE ANCIENTS. A Philological Essay on By Edward Tyson London

1894

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678 READ (THOS B., Author of Sheridan's Ride) Sylvia; or, The Last Shepherd, and other Poems Philadelphia

1857

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679 Emile Michel REMBRANDT: His Life, his Work, and his Time London

1903

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680 Thomas James Arnold REYNARD THE FOX, after the German Version of Goethe London, Boston

1887

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681 Sir Walter Armstrong REYNOLDS (SIR JOSHUA.) (Life, Catalogue of his Pictures, etc.) London

1900

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682 RICHARDSON (SAMUEL) The Novels of Samuel Richardson. Edited with Introductions, Life of the Author and Bibliography, by Prof. W. L. Phelps of Yale. New York

1901

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683 Finch Mason RIDING. Country Sketches (mainly humorous sketches of English sporting life) London

circa 1880

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684 RILEY (JAS. WHITCOMB) Armazindy Indianapolis

1894

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685 James Russell Lowell RIVERSIDE PRESS. Democracy: An Address Boston

1902

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686 Ralph Waldo Emerson RIVERSIDE PRESS. Compensation: An Essay Boston

1903

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687 [RIVERSIDE PRESS] RIVERSIDE PRESS. Songs and Sonnets of Pierre de Ronsard, Gentleman of Vendomois, selected and translated into English Verse by Curtis Hidden Page Boston

1903

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688 [RIVERSIDE PRESS] RIVERSIDE PRESS. Songs and Sonnets of Pierre de Ronsard, Gentleman of Vendomois, selected and translated into English Verse by Curtis Hidden Page Boston

1903

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689 Nathaniel Hawthorne RIVERSIDE PRESS. The Old Manse Boston

1904

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690 Giovanni Boccaccio RIVERSIDE PRESS. Life of Dante, written by Giovanni Boccaccio, and now translated from the Italian by Philip Henry Wicksteed. Boston

1904

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691 Samuel Rogers ROGERS' ITALY AND POEMS London

1830-34

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694 ROOSEVELT (THEODORE) Oliver Cromwell New York

1904

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695 ROSSETTI (DANTE GABRIEL) The Collected Works of D. G. Rossetti London

1887

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696 ROSSETTI (DANTE GABRIEL) His Family Letters, with a Memoir by Wm. M. Rossetti London

1895

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697 Chas. Henry Wilson ROWLANDSON (THOMAS). The Beauties of Tom Brown, consisting of Humorous Pieces in Prose and Verse, selected from the Works of that Satrieal and Lively Writer, with a Life of the Author London

1808

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