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
798 THOREAU (H. D.) Walden; or, Life in the Woods Boston

1854

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799 THOREAU (H. D.) Excursions Boston

1863

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800 THOREAU (H. D.) The Maine Woods Boston

1864

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801 THOREAU (H. D.) A Yankee in Canada Boston

1866

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802 TISSOT'S LIFE OF CHRIST. The Life of Our Saviour, Jesus Christ New York

1899

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803 TOLSTOI The Novels and other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi New York

1902

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804 TROLLOPE (ANTHONY) He Knew He Was Right London

1869

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805 TRUMBULL (JOHN) Poetical Works Hartford

1820

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806 Sir Walter Armstrong TURNER (J. M. W.) (Biography, Education, Early Works, Tours in Italy, France, Selection of his Letters, etc.) London

1902

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807 TURNER (J. M. W.) Liber Studiorum. (Landscape Compositions-Historical, Mountainous, Pastoral, Marine and Architectural.) London

[recent]

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808 UNIVERSAL CLASSICS LIBRARY. A Library of Famous Classics. Edited by Appleton P. C. Griffin, niust. with photogravures on Japan vellum, etchings, etc., some colored Washington, D. C.

1901

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809 George P. Warner UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MANUSCRIPTS. Facsimiles (about 150) from Originals in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum, of Royal, Historic, and Diplomatic Documents, Letters, and Autographs of Kings, Queens, Princes,... 2 vols Washington, and London

1901

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810 UNIVERSAL CYCLOPâ??DIA (THE). A New Edition prepared by a large Corps of Editors, assisted by eminent European and American Specialists, under the direction of Charles Kendall Adams New York

1900

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811 Michael Drayton VALE PRESS. Nymphidia and the Muses Elizium London

1896

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812 VANBRUGH (SIR JOHN) Dramatic Works, edited by W. C. Ward London

1893

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813 VOLTAIRE La Henriade, Poδme, avec les Notes et Variantes, suivi de l'essai sur la poesie epique Paris

1808

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814 WALLACK (LESTER) Memories of Fifty Years, with an Introduction by Laurence Hutton New York

1889

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815 WALPOLE (HORACE) Anecdotes of Painting in England, with some account of the Principal Artists and Catalogue of Engravers in England, etc London

1786

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816 WALTON (IZAAK) The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert and Dr. Robert Sanderson, to which are added the Autographs of those eminent men, now first collected; an index and illustrative notes London

1823

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817 WANLEY (NATH.) The Wonders of the Little World; or, A General History of Man London

1806

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818 William Leigh Pierce WAR OF 1812. The Year: A Poem in Three Cantos New York

1813

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819 Nath. H. Claiborne WAR OF 1812. Notes on the War in the South, with Biographies of Montgomery, Jackson, Sevier and Gov. Claiborne Richmond (Virginia)

1819

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820 Paris M. Davis WAR OF 1812. An Authentick History of the Late War, with a full account of Every Battle by Sea and Land, the Red River Massacre, U. S. Army Register, etc Ithaca

1829

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821 Solomon Van Rensselaer WAR OF 1812. A Narrative of the Affair of Queenstown in the War of 1812 New York

1836

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822 WASHINGTON (GEO.) Journal of the U. S. Congress, 1782-83 Philadelphia

1783

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823 WESTCOTT (EDWARD NO YES). WESTCOTT (EDWARD NO YES). David Harum: A Story of American Life New York

1900

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824 WHITMAN (WALT) The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman New York

1902

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825 WHITTIER (JOHN G.) Miriam, and other Poems Boston

1871

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826 WHITTIER (JOHN G.) The Works of Whittier (both in Poetry and Prose) Cambridge

1888

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827 WHITTIER (JOHN G.) The Captain's Well: A Poem New York

1890

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828 WHITTIER (JOHN G.) The Indicator: A Hesperian Leaflet, containing an original Poem To a Young Girl in Ohio, by Whittier

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829 WHITTIER (JOHN G.) Whittier-Land: A Handbook of North-Essex, containing Anecdotes, etc., never before published, by S. T. Pickard Boston

1904

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830 WILDE (OSCAR) The Picture of Dorian Gray New York

June 22d 1890

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831 WILDE (OSCAR) The Picture of Dorian Gray New York

1904

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832 WILDE (OSCAR) Dorian Gray Leipzig

n. d.

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833 WILDE (OSCAR) Apologia pro Oscar Wilde London

1895

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834 WILDE (OSCAR) An Ideal Husband London

1899

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835 WILDE (OSCAR) Ravenna. Prize Poem Oxford

1878 [Reprint 1900]

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836 WILDE (OSCAR) The Goose Quill, No. 1, N. S., containing The Ballad of Reading Goal. Chicago

1901

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837 WILDE (OSCAR) Essays, Criticisms and Reviews, now first collected London

1901

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838 WILDE (OSCAR) The Sphinx London

1901

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839 WILDE (OSCAR) The Happy Prince, and other Tales London

1902

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840 WILDE (OSCAR) Ave Imperatrix: A Dirge of Empire Snohomish, Washington

1902

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841 WILDE (OSCAR) Phrases and Philosophies for the use of the Young London

1903

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842 WILDE (OSCAR) Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play about a Good Woman Paris

1903

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843 WILDE (OSCAR) A Woman of No Importance Paris

1902

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844 WILDE (OSCAR) Rose-Leaf and Apple-Leaf: L'Envoi London

1904

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845 WILDE (OSCAR) Die Herzogin von Padua; eine Trag÷die aus dem 16 Berlin

1904

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846 WILDE (OSCAR) De Profundis London

1905

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847 WILDE (OSCAR) De Profundis Berlin

1905

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848 WILDE (OSCAR) Intentions; the Decay of Lying, Pen, Pencil and Poison, the Critic as Artist, the Truth of Masks New York

1905

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849 WILDE (OSCAR) The Best of Oscar Wilde; a Collection of the Best Poems and Prose Extracts of the Writer New York

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850 WILDE (OSCAR) Epigrams and Aphorisms Boston

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851 WILDE (OSCAR) Lord Arthur Saville's Crime n. p.

n. d.

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852 WILDE (OSCAR) The Portrait of Mr. W. H London

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853 WILDE (OSCAR) Poems. Vignette on title Boston

1881

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854 WILDE (OSCAR) Poems New York

1895

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855 WILDE (OSCAR) Poems, together with his Lecture on the English Renaissance (now first published) Paris

1903

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856 WILDE (OSCAR) WILDE (OSCAR). Oscar Wilde: The Story of an Unhappy Friendship London

1902

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857 WILDE (OSCAR) The Book-Lover's Magazine Edinburgh

1900

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858 WILLARD (FRANCES E.) A.L.S. 8vo. Evanston, Ill., Oct 31, 1890 Evanston, Illinois

Oct 31, 1890

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859 WILSON (WOODROW) A History of the American People New York

1902

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860 WINSOR (JUSTIN) Narrative and Critical History of America Boston

n. d.

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861 Julian Hawthorne, Timothy Dwight and others, Editors WORLD'S GREAT CLASSICS. Famous Classics of all Nations New York

1899

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862 WORLD'S ORATORS (THE), comprising the Great Orations of the World's History, with Introductory Essays, Biographical Sketches and Critical Notes New York

1903

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863 ZANGWILL (I., Novelist) A.L.S., 1 p. 8vo, London 1892, with reference to his story, The Ghost. London

1892

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864 ZANGER (JOHN PETER, Second New York Printer), ZANGER (JOHN PETER, Second New York Printer), His Press, His Trial and a Bibliography of Zenger Imprints, by Livingstone Rutherford; also a reprint of the FIRST EDN. of his Trial New York

1904

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865 ZOLA The Masterpieces of Emile Zola London

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