Anderson Galleries: The Libraries of Elmer H. Close of Toledo, Ohio and the late Andrew L. Gardiner of New York City. Afternoons and Evenings of Thursday and Friday, April 4 and 5 1912. The Anderson Auction Company, New York. U.S.A., 952,

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 04, 1912 - April 04, 1912
Page Size: 1296 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 CLEMENS (S. L.) Is Shakespeare Dead? Illustrated. Editorial Wild Oats. New York

1905-09

USD - Unknown
102 CLEMENS (S. L.) The Writings of Mark Twain. Hartford

1907

USD - Unknown
103 COMPTON (HERBERT) The Twentieth Century Dog. Sporting and Non-Sporting. London

1904

USD - Unknown
104 COLMAN'S POETICAL WORKS; Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin's Posthumous Works, 2 vols.; Spiritual Quixote ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
105 Corner (James M.) and Soderholtz (E. E.) COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE. Examples of Domestic Colonial Architecture in New England. Boston

1901

USD - Unknown
106 COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE, by Chandler; Statistical Atlas of U. S.; Footprints of Four Centuries ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
107 COLONIAL DAYS AND WAYS, by Helen E. Smith, 1901; Diary of Anna Green Winslow, 1900; Heirlooms in ...

USD - Unknown
108 Young (Filson) COLUMBUS (CHRISTOPHER). Columbus, and the New World of his Discovery. London

1906

USD - Unknown
109 Richardson (James D.) CONFEDERACY. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy, including the Diplomatic ... Nashville

1905

USD - Unknown
110 CORDUROY ROAD, by Dunham (1909); The Old Pike, by Searight, 1894; Nooks and Corners of the New ...

USD - Unknown
111 COREA, by A. H. Savage-Landor, illustrated; Korea: Fact and Fiction, by Allen; Things Korean, by H ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
112 COOPER (JAMES FENIMORE) The Complete Works of James Fenimore Cooper. New York

n. d.

USD - Unknown
113 Oberholtzer (E. P.) COOKE (JAY). Jay Cooke; Financier of the Civil War. Phila.

[1907]

USD - Unknown
114 COOPER (WILLIAM W.) A History of the Rod in all Countries. London

n. d.

USD - Unknown
115 COUES (ELLIOTT--Editor) The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry and David Thompson, 1799-1814. New York

1897

USD - Unknown
116 COX (SANFORD C.) Recollections of the Early Settlement of the Wabash Valley. Lafayette

1860

USD - Unknown
117 Edited by Edmund Gosse CROWN GEMS of France. New York

[1902]

USD - Unknown
118 CUBA in War Time, by R. H. Davis, 1898; Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns, by the same, 1898; To- ...

USD - Unknown
119 CUSTER (ELIZABETH B.) Tenting on the Plains, 1895; Boots and Saddles [1885]; Following the Guidon, 1890.

USD - Unknown
120 CUTLER (EPHRAIM) Life and Times of Ephraim Cutler, prepared from his Journals and Correspondence, by his daughter ... Cincinnati

1890

USD - Unknown
121 Edited by Louis Den CYCLOPEDIA of Engineering: a General Reference Work. Chicago

1908

USD - Unknown
122 CYCLOPEDIA of Political Science, Political Economy, and United States History, 3 vols.; Benton's ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
123 DARNELL (ELIAS) A Journal containing an accurate and interesting account of the hardships, sufferings, battles ... Phila.

1854

USD - Unknown
124 DAUDET (ALPHONSE) The Works of Alphonse Daudet. Boston

1898

USD - Unknown
125 DAVIS (JEFFERSON) The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. New York

1881

USD - Unknown
126 DAVIS (JEFFERSON) Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America. A Memoir by his Wife. New York

n. d.

USD - Unknown
127 DE AMICIS (EDMONDO) Holland, 2 vols.; Spain and the Spaniards, 2 vols.; Constantinople, 2 vols.; Morocco, its People and ... Phila.

1895-97

USD - Unknown
128 DEFOE (DANIEL) The Romances and Narratives of Daniel Defoe. New York

1898

USD - Unknown
129 DE KOCK (CHARLES PAUL) The Works of De Kock. Boston

[1904]

USD - Unknown
130 DE MUSSET (ALFRED) The Complete Writings of Alfred de Musset. New York

1905

USD - Unknown
131 DETROIT, Mich. Early Days of Detroit. Detroit

[1906]

USD - Unknown
132 DICKENS (CHARLES) The Complete Works of Charles Dickens. Phila.

n. d.

USD - Unknown
133 DIXIE AFTER THE WAR (Avary); Reminiscences of a Mosby Guerrilla (Munson); Forty Six Years in the ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
134 DIXIE, or Southern Scenes and Sketches, by Ralph, 1896; Land of Little Rain, by Austin, 1903; In the ...

USD - Unknown
135 DIXON (MRS. ARCHIBALD) True History of the Missouri Compromise and its Repeal. Cincinnati

1899

USD - Unknown
136 DIVERSIONS of a Diplomat in Turkey, by S. S. Cox, 1887; Reminiscences of the King of Roumania, by S ...

USD - Unknown
137 Edited by John R. Commons, Ulrich B. Phillips, Albert Shaw, and others DOCUMENTARY HISTORY of American Industrial Society. Cleveland

1910-11

USD - Unknown
138 DODDRIDGE (JOSEPH) Logan, the last of the Race of Shikellemus, Chief of the Cayuga Nation: A Dramatic Piece. Cincinnati

1868

USD - Unknown
139 DONNELLY (IGNATIUS) The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in the So-called Shakespeare Plays. Chicago

1888

USD - Unknown
140 DOUGLAS (ROBERT B.) Sophie Arnould, Actress and Wit. Paris

1898

USD - Unknown
141 DOWN HISTORIC WATERWAYS, by Thwaites, 1902; Story of John Adams, a New England Schoolmaster, 1900 ...

USD - Unknown
142 DOYLE (ARTHUR CONAN) The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle. New York

[1902]

USD - Unknown
143 DUMAS (ALEXANDRE) The Romances of Alexandre Dumas. Bost

1893

USD - Unknown
144 DUMAS (ALEXANDRE) Celebrated Crimes. Phila.

n. d.

USD - Unknown
145 DURUY (VICTOR) History of Rome and of the Roman People. Bost

1894

USD - Unknown
146 DURUY (VICTOR) History of Greece and of the Greek People. Boston

1895

USD - Unknown
146a DRAMA. Plays of Our Forefathers (Gayley); The Theatre (Hastings); Recollections of a Player ( ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
147 DRAMA. Ellen Terry, by Charles Hiatt; Sawdust and Spangles, by W. C. Coup; Driftwood of the Stage ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
148 DRAMA, MUSIC, &c. Famous Actors and Actresses of the Day (Strang); Famous Stars of Light Opera, and ... Boston

1899-1901

USD - Unknown
149 DRYDEN (JOHN) The Works of John Dryden. With a Life by Sir Walter Scott. New York

n. d.

USD - Unknown
150 EARLE (ALICE M.) Carious Punishments of Bygone Days, 1896; Stage Coach and Tavern Days, 1901; Child Life in Colonial ...

USD - Unknown
151 EARLY VOYAGES. An Account of Discoveries in the West until 1519, and Voyages to and along the ... Richmond, Virginia

1848

USD - Unknown
152 Edited by Rev. R. H. Leonard EARLY WESTERN MAGAZINE. Spirit of the Lakes, and Boatmen's Magazine. Sandusky City

1849

USD - Unknown
153 M'Clung (John A.) EARLY WEST. Sketches of Western Adventure, containing an Account of the most interesting incidents ... Dayton, O.

1847

USD - Unknown
154 J. I. Kirkpatrick EARLY WEST. Timothy Flint, Pioneer, Missionary, Author, Editor, 1780-1840. The Story of his Life ... Cleveland

1911

USD - Unknown
155 EARTH (The) and Its Inhabitants. By various authors. New York

1892, etc.

USD - Unknown
156 EBERS (GEORG) The Historical Romances of Georg Ebers. New York

n. d.

USD - Unknown
157 EGAN (PIERCE) Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend ... London

1821

USD - Unknown
158 EGAN (PIERCE) The Life of an Actor. London

1892

USD - Unknown
159 ELIOT (GEORGE) The Works of George Eliot, with a Life of J. W. Cross. Boston

1895

USD - Unknown
160 ELLIS (EDWARD S.) The People's Standard History of the United States. New York

n. d.

USD - Unknown
161 ELLIOT (FRANCES) Diary of an Idle Woman in Spain, 2 vol.; Roman Gossip; Old Court Life in France; and other works. New York

1897

USD - Unknown
162 ELIZABETHAN SONGS in Honour of Love and Beautie. Boston

1895

USD - Unknown
163 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with a Memoir by James Elliot Cabot. Boston

ca. 1890

USD - Unknown
164 ENGLISH (WILLIAM HAYDEN) Conquest of the Country Northwest of the Ohio River, 1778-1783. And Life of Gen. George Rogers Clark ... Indianapolis

1896

USD - Unknown
165 Edited by F. O. Morris ENGLISH COUNTY SEATS. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and ... London

[1880]

USD - Unknown
166 Edited by John Morley ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS. New York

1894

USD - Unknown
167 FAIRCHILD (LEE) The Tippler's Vow. New York

[1901]

USD - Unknown
168 FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS (Bartlett); Brewer's Reader's Handbook; Webster's International Dictionary; Age ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
169 FAMOUS NATIONS. The Stories of Peoples which have obtained Prominence in History. New York

1890-95

USD - Unknown
170 FENNELL (JAMES) An Apology for the Life of James Fennell. Phila.

1814

USD - Unknown
171 FERNOW (BERTHOLD) The Ohio Valley in Colonial Days. Albany

1890

USD - Unknown
172 FICTION. Poems by Austin Dobson, 2 vols.; Wanderers, by William Winter; Wessex Poems, by Thomas ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
173 FICTION. Van Bibber and others, by Richard Harding Davis; Struggles of Petroleum V. Nasby; Black ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
174 FICTION. House Boat on the Styx; Ghosts I have Met; The Dreamers, and others, by J. K. Bangs; Mr ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
175 FICTION. Vignettes of Manhattan, by Brander Matthews; Gulliver's Travels; The Lady with the ... v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
176 FICTION. Stories by English Authors, 10 vols; Stories by Foreign Authors, 10 vols.; Stories by ... New York

1897-98

USD - Unknown
177 FIELD (EUGENE) A Little Book of Profitable Tales, 1891; The Eugene Field I Knew, portrait (Wilson), 1898. New York

1891-98

USD - Unknown
178 FIELD (EUGENE) The Writings in Prose and Verse. New York

1896-1907

USD - Unknown
179 [FIELDING (HENRY)] The History of Tom Jones the Foundling in his Marriage State. Lond

1750

USD - Unknown
180 [FIELDING (HENRY)] The Works of Henry Fielding, with an Essay on his Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy. London

1821

USD - Unknown
181 FINCHAM (HENRY W.) Artists and Engravers of British and American Bookplates. London

1897

USD - Unknown
182 FIRE LANDS PIONEER, Vols. 1-13; New Series, Vols. 1-14, and 17, portraits, bound in 4 vols. 8vo ... Cleveland

1862-1909

USD - Unknown
183 FIRE AND SWORD in the Sudan, by R. C. Slatin Pasha, illustrated, Lond. 1896; A Prisoner of the ...

USD - Unknown
184 FISKE (JOHN) The Writings of John Fiske.

1902

USD - Unknown
185 FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE) The Works of Flaubert. New York

n. d.

USD - Unknown
186 FLEMING (WALTER L.) Documentary History of Reconstruction. Cleveland

1806

USD - Unknown
187 FLINT (TIMOTHY) The First White Man of the West, or the Life and Exploits of Col. Daniel Boone. Cincinnati

1854

USD - Unknown
188 FORD (JOHN L.) Dolly Dillenbeck. New York

1895

USD - Unknown
189 FOULKE (WILLIAM D.) Life of Oliver P. Morton. Indianapolis

1899

USD - Unknown
190 FOWLER (W. W.) Woman on the American Frontier. A valuable and authentic history of the heroism, adventures ... Hartford

1878

USD - Unknown
191 FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN) The Works of Benjamin Franklin. New York

1904

USD - Unknown
192 Bernard (Elder David) FREE MASONRY. Light on Masonry. Utiea, New York

1829

USD - Unknown
193 FRENCH MAXIMS (DuBois); Toasts; Love in Epigram; Quotations for Occasions; and others similar. v. p.

v. d.

USD - Unknown
194 FRENCH MEMOIRS. Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon, 4 vols.; Memoirs of Madame de Motteville, 3 vols ... Boston

1899-1902

USD - Unknown
195 GABORIAU (EMILE) and CAINE (HALL) The Mystery of Orcival; Monsieur Locoq; The Manxman; The Eternal City; and others. New York

v. d.

USD - Unknown
196 GALE (NORMAN) A Country Muse. Westminster

1894

USD - Unknown
197 GARFIELD (J. A.) Works edited by B. A. Hinsdale. Boston

1882

USD - Unknown
198 GARNER (J. W.) and LODGE (HENRY C.) The History of the United States. Phila.

1906

USD - Unknown
199 GAUTIER (THEOPHILE) The Works of Theophile Gautier. New York

1900-03

USD - Unknown
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