Anderson Galleries: FIRST EDITIONS of American Authors farming the Library of Frank Maier of New York. PART I. Tuesday and Wednesday. November 16th and 17th, 1909. The Anderson Auction Company. 12 East 46th. Street, New York., 782,

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Auction Date: November 16, 1909 - November 16, 1909

Page Size: 2317 items in 24 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
501	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	May-Day and Other Pieces.	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
501	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	May-Day and Other Pieces.	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
502	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument in Concord, Mass.	Concord	1867	USD -	Unknown
502	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument in Concord, Mass.	Concord	1867	USD -	Unknown
503	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Free Religion. Reports of a Meeting held in Boston, May 30, 1867; and of Twelve Annual Meetings ...	Boston	1867-79	USD -	Unknown
503	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Free Religion. Reports of a Meeting held in Boston, May 30, 1867; and of Twelve Annual Meetings ...	Boston	1867-79	USD -	Unknown
504	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Address delivered on the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Alexander von Humboldt under the ...	Boston	1869	USD -	Unknown
504	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Address delivered on the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Alexander von Humboldt under the ...	Boston	1869	USD -	Unknown
505	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Society and Solitude. Twelve Chapters.	Boston	1870	USD -	Unknown
505	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Society and Solitude. Twelve Chapters.	Boston	1870	USD -	Unknown
506	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Sixty-Fifth Anniversary of the New England Society in the City of New York at Delmonico's, Dec. 22 ...	New York	1870	USD -	Unknown
506	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Sixty-Fifth Anniversary of the New England Society in the City of New York at Delmonico's, Dec. 22 ...	New York	1870	USD -	Unknown
507	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society for May to August, 1871.	Boston	1871	USD -	Unknown
507	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society for May to August, 1871.	Boston	1871	USD -	Unknown
508	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	The Unity of Italy. The American Celebration of the Unity of Italy at the Academy of Music, New York ...	New York	1871	USD -	Unknown
508	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	The Unity of Italy. The American Celebration of the Unity of Italy at the Academy of Music, New York ...	New York	1871	USD -	Unknown
509	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Dedication of the new building for the Free Publie Library of Concord, Mass., Wednesday, Oct. 1 ...	Boston	1873	USD -	Unknown
509	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Dedication of the new building for the Free Publie Library of Concord, Mass., Wednesday, Oct. 1 ...	Boston	1873	USD -	Unknown
510	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Old South Leaflets. Boston. Sicut patribus, sit Deus nobis. Read in Faneuil Hall on the Centennial ...	Boston.	[1874]	USD -	Unknown
510	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Old South Leaflets. Boston. Sicut patribus, sit Deus nobis. Read in Faneuil Hall on the Centennial ...	Boston.	[1874]	USD -	Unknown
511	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Parnassus.	Boston	1875	USD -	Unknown
511	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Parnassus.	Boston	1875	USD -	Unknown
512	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Letters and Social Aims.	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
512	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Letters and Social Aims.	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
513	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Selected Poems. New and Revised Edition.	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
513	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Selected Poems. New and Revised Edition.	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
514	Octavius Brooks Frothingham	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Transcendentalism in New England. A History.	New York	1876	USD -	Unknown
514	Octavius Brooks Frothingham	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Transcendentalism in New England. A History.	New York	1876	USD -	Unknown
515	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Nature. Vest-Pocket Series.	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
515	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Nature. Vest-Pocket Series.	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
516	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Fortune of the Republic. Lecture delivered at the Old South Church, March 30, 1878.	Boston	1878	USD -	Unknown
516	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Fortune of the Republic. Lecture delivered at the Old South Church, March 30, 1878.	Boston	1878	USD -	Unknown
517	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Fortune of the Republic. Lecture delivered at the Old South Church, March 30, 1878.			USD -	Unknown
517	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Fortune of the Republic. Lecture delivered at the Old South Church, March 30, 1878.			USD -	Unknown
518	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Bedford Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, August 27, 1879. Historical discourse by Jonathan F. Stearns ...	Boston	1879	USD -	Unknown
518	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Bedford Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, August 27, 1879. Historical discourse by Jonathan F. Stearns ...	Boston	1879	USD -	Unknown
519	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Sketches and Reminiscences of the Radical Club of Chestnut Street, Boston.	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
519	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Sketches and Reminiscences of the Radical Club of Chestnut Street, Boston.	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
520	G. W. Cooke	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Ralph Waldo Emerson: His Life, Writings and Philosophy.	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
520	G. W. Cooke	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Ralph Waldo Emerson: His Life, Writings and Philosophy.	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
521	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872.	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
521	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872.	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
522	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Lectures and Biographical Sketches.	Boston	1884	USD -	Unknown
522	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Lectures and Biographical Sketches.	Boston	1884	USD -	Unknown
523	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Man and Teacher. (The Round Table Series.)	Edin.	1884	USD -	Unknown
523	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Man and Teacher. (The Round Table Series.)	Edin.	1884	USD -	Unknown
524	William Hague, D.D.	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Ralph Waldo Emerson, a paper read before the N. Y. Genealogical and ...	New York	1884	USD -	Unknown
524	William Hague, D.D.	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Ralph Waldo Emerson, a paper read before the N. Y. Genealogical and ...	New York	1884	USD -	Unknown
525	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	The Journal of Speculative Philosophy.	New York	1885	USD -	Unknown
525	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	The Journal of Speculative Philosophy.	New York	1885	USD -	Unknown
526	D. G. Haskins	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Ralph Waldo Emerson, his Maternal Ancestors, with some Reminiscences of Him.	Boston	1887	USD -	Unknown
526	D. G. Haskins	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Ralph Waldo Emerson, his Maternal Ancestors, with some Reminiscences of Him.	Boston	1887	USD -	Unknown
527	Jas. Elliot Cabot	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). A Memoir of.	Cambridge	1887	USD -	Unknown
527	Jas. Elliot Cabot	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). A Memoir of.	Cambridge	1887	USD -	Unknown
528	C. J. Woodbury	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Talks with Ralph Waldo Emerson.	New York	[1890]	USD -	Unknown
528	C. J. Woodbury	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Talks with Ralph Waldo Emerson.	New York	[1890]	USD -	Unknown
529	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Natural History of Intellect and other Papers.	Cambridge	1893	USD -	Unknown
529	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Natural History of Intellect and other Papers.	Cambridge	1893	USD -	Unknown
530	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Two Unpublished Essays. The Character of Socrates. The Present State of Ethical Philosophy.	Boston	1896	USD -	Unknown
530	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Two Unpublished Essays. The Character of Socrates. The Present State of Ethical Philosophy.	Boston	1896	USD -	Unknown
531	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	A Correspondence between John Sterling and R. W. Emerson.	Boston	1897	USD -	Unknown
531	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	A Correspondence between John Sterling and R. W. Emerson.	Boston	1897	USD -	Unknown
532	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Compensation, an Essay.	Cambridge	1903	USD -	Unknown
532	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Compensation, an Essay.	Cambridge	1903	USD -	Unknown
533	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Printed Copy of a Sermon Preached on the Death of George Adams Sampson, 1834.	[Boston]	1903	USD -	Unknown
533	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Printed Copy of a Sermon Preached on the Death of George Adams Sampson, 1834.	[Boston]	1903	USD -	Unknown
534	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Correspondence between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Herman Grimm.	Boston	1903	USD -	Unknown
534	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Correspondence between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Herman Grimm.	Boston	1903	USD -	Unknown
535	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	The Personality of Emerson, by F. B. Sanborn.	Boston	1903	USD -	Unknown
535	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	The Personality of Emerson, by F. B. Sanborn.	Boston	1903	USD -	Unknown
536	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	A Bibliography of R. W. Emerson, compiled by G. W. Cooke.	Boston	1908	USD -	Unknown
536	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	A Bibliography of R. W. Emerson, compiled by G. W. Cooke.	Boston	1908	USD -	Unknown
537	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	A Historical Discourse, delivered before the Citizens of Concord, Sept. 12, 1835, on the Second ...	Boston	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
537	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	A Historical Discourse, delivered before the Citizens of Concord, Sept. 12, 1835, on the Second ...	Boston	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
538	EVANS (NATHANIEL)	Poems on Several Occasions, With Some other Compositions.	Philadelphia	1772	USD -	Unknown
538	EVANS (NATHANIEL)	Poems on Several Occasions, With Some other Compositions.	Philadelphia	1772	USD -	Unknown
539	EVERETT (EDWARD)	American Poets.	Cambridge	-1812	USD -	Unknown
539	EVERETT (EDWARD)	American Poets.	Cambridge	-1812	USD -	Unknown
540		Sketch of the Church Solemnities at the Stone Chapel and Festival at the Exchange, March 25, 1813 ...	Boston	1813	USD -	Unknown
540		Sketch of the Church Solemnities at the Stone Chapel and Festival at the Exchange, March 25, 1813 ...	Boston	1813	USD -	Unknown
541	EVERETT (EDWARD)	A Lecture on the Working Man's Party, Bost. 1830; An Address delivered at Lexington, April 20th ...	Boston	1830-63	USD -	Unknown
541	EVERETT (EDWARD)	A Lecture on the Working Man's Party, Bost. 1830; An Address delivered at Lexington, April 20th ...	Boston	1830-63	USD -	Unknown
542	EVEREST (C. W.)	Babylon, a Poem, Hartford 1838; The Poets of Connecticut, with Biographical Sketches, Hartford, 1843 ...	v. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
542	EVEREST (C. W.)	Babylon, a Poem, Hartford 1838; The Poets of Connecticut, with Biographical Sketches, Hartford, 1843 ...	v. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
543	FAIRFIELD (SUMNER LINCOLN)	Poems (the author's second book), 12mo. orig. boards, uncut, N. Y. 1823; Lays of Melpomene (the ...	v. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
543	FAIRFIELD (SUMNER LINCOLN)	Poems (the author's second book), 12mo. orig. boards, uncut, N. Y. 1823; Lays of Melpomene (the ...	v. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
544	FARMER (HENRY T.)	Imagination; The Maniac's Dream, and other Poems.	New York	1819	USD -	Unknown
544	FARMER (HENRY T.)	Imagination; The Maniac's Dream, and other Poems.	New York	1819	USD -	Unknown
545	FAWCETT (EDGAR)	Short Poems for Short People (the author's first volume), N. Y. 1872; Fantasy and Passion, Bost ...	Boston etc.	1872-1888	USD -	Unknown
545	FAWCETT (EDGAR)	Short Poems for Short People (the author's first volume), N. Y. 1872; Fantasy and Passion, Bost ...	Boston etc.	1872-1888	USD -	Unknown
546	FAY (THEODORE S.)	Norman Leslie. A Tale of the Present Times.	New York	1835	USD -	Unknown
546	FAY (THEODORE S.)	Norman Leslie. A Tale of the Present Times.	New York	1835	USD -	Unknown
547	FAY (THEODORE S.)	The Countess Ida. A Tale of Berlin.	New York	1840	USD -	Unknown
547	FAY (THEODORE S.)	The Countess Ida. A Tale of Berlin.	New York	1840	USD -	Unknown
548	FAY (THEODORE S.)	Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man (the author's first book), 2 vols., N. Y. 1832 (soiled copy ...	v. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
548	FAY (THEODORE S.)	Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man (the author's first book), 2 vols., N. Y. 1832 (soiled copy ...	v. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
549	FENNELL (JAMES) and Waterman (Thomas)	The Whim.	Philadelphia	1814	USD -	Unknown
549	FENNELL (JAMES) and Waterman (Thomas)	The Whim.	Philadelphia	1814	USD -	Unknown
550	FESSENDEN (THOMAS GREEN)	Terrible Tractoration. A Poetical Petition against Galvanising Trumpery, and the Perkinistic ...	New York	1804	USD -	Unknown
550	FESSENDEN (THOMAS GREEN)	Terrible Tractoration. A Poetical Petition against Galvanising Trumpery, and the Perkinistic ...	New York	1804	USD -	Unknown

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