Anderson Galleries: The Private Library of Wilberforce Eames Part II The History Literature etc. of Great Britain and Ireland. For Sale at Auction Thurseday and Friday, March 8th and 9th 1906. The Anderson Auction Company. 5 West 29th Street, New York., 441,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 08, 1906 - March 08, 1906

Page Size: 1320 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2589	SCHULZ (ALBERT)	An Essay on the Influence of Welsh Tradition upon the Literature of Germany, France, and Scandinavia	Llandovery	1841	USD -	Unknown
2590	SIKES (WIRT)	British Goblins, Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends, and Traditions	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
2591	SKENE (W. F.)	The Four Ancient Books of Wales, containing the Cymric Poems attributed to the Bards of the Sixth Century	Edinburgh	1868	USD -	Unknown
2592	SPURRELL (WILLIAM)	A Grammar of the Welsh Language	Caermarthen	1853	USD -	Unknown
2593	SPURRELL (WILLIAM)	A Welsh-English and English-Welsh Dictionary. The two parts in one volume	Caermarthen	1872-89	USD -	Unknown
2594	STEPHENS (THOMAS)	The Literature of the Kymry, being a Critical Essay on the History and Literature of Wales during the 12th, and two succeeding Centuries	Llandovery	1849	USD -	Unknown
2595	STEPHENS (THOMAS)	Madoc, An Essay on the Discovery of America by Madoc Ap Owen Gwynedd in the 12th Century	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
2596	TOLAND (JOHN)	A Critical History of the Celtic Religion and Learning, containing an Account of the Druids, or the Priests and Judges; â?¦	London	n. d. [circa 1812]	USD -	Unknown
2597	TOLAND (JOHN).	A New Edition of Toland's History of the Druids, with an abstract of his Life and Writings; and a copious Appendix, containing Notes, Critical, Philological, and Explanatory	Montrose	1814	USD -	Unknown
2598	VAUGHAN (H. H.)	Welsh Proverbs with English Translations	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
2599	WARRINGTON (REV. W.)	The History of Wales. 2 folding maps, and folding table of the descents of the Princes of Wales	London	1791	USD -	Unknown
2600	WILKINS (C.)	The History of the Literature of Wales, from the year 1300 to 1650	Cardiff	1884	USD -	Unknown
2601	WILLIAMS (EDWARD)	Iolo Manuscripts.	Llandovery	1848	USD -	Unknown
2602	WILLIAMS (REV. JOHN)	Gomer; or, A Brief Analysis of the Language and Knowledge of the Ancient Cymry	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
2603	WILLIAMS AB ITHEL (REV. JOHN)	Dosparth Edeyrn Davod Aur; or, The Ancient Welsh Grammar, which was compiled by Royal command in the 13th Century â?¦	Llandovery	1856	USD -	Unknown
2604	WILLIAMS AB ITHEL (REV. JOHN)	Annales Cambriae. Facsimile	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
2605	WILLIAMS AB ITHEL (REV. JOHN)	Brut y Tywysogion; or, the Chronicle of the Princes. Edited by the Rev. John Williams Ab Ithel	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
2606	WILLIAMS AB ITHEL (REV. JOHN)	Traditionary Annals of the Cymry	Tenby	1867	USD -	Unknown
2607	WILLIAMS (REV. ROBERT)	A Biographical Sketch of some of the most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation	London	1836	USD -	Unknown
8502	MACFARLANE (P.)	A New and Copious Vocabulary ... English and Gaelic, and Gaelic and English, with a few Directions for reading the Gaelic	Edinburgh	1815	USD -	Unknown

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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