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
2088	MITCHELL (A. F.)	Catechisms of the Second Reformation	London	1886	USD -	Unknown
2089	MOLESWORTH (WILLIAM NASSAU)	The History of England from the year 1830	London	1871-73	USD -	Unknown
2090	MOON (WASHINGTON)	The Bad English of Lindley Murray and other writers on the English Language	London	1868	USD -	Unknown
2091	MOON (WASHINGTON)	Bad English Exposed. A Series of Criticisms on the Errors and Inconsistencies of Lindley Murray and other Grammarians	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
2092	MORGAN (JAMES F.)	England under the Norman Occupation	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
2093	MORGAN (THOMAS)	Romano-British Mosaic Pavements. A History of their Discovery, and a Record and Interpretation of their Designs.	London	1886	USD -	Unknown
2094	MORLEY (HENRY)	English Writers. (Vol. I., Celts and Anglo-Saxons, with an Introductory Sketch of the Four Periods of English Literature; Vols. II. and III., from the Conquest to Dunbar.)	London	1866-67	USD -	Unknown
2095	MORLEY (HENRY)	Tables of English Literature	London	1870	USD -	Unknown
2096	MORLEY (HENRY)	Of English Literature in the Reign of Queen Victoria, with a glance at the Past		1882	USD -	Unknown
2097	MORLEY (HENRY)	English Writers. An Attempt towards a History of English Literature	London	1887-95	USD -	Unknown
2098	MORLEY (HENRY)	Library of English Literature : Shorter English Poems; English Plays; Longer Works in English Verse and Prose; Illustrations of English Religion; Shorter Works in English Prose	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
2099	MORRIS (REV. R.)	Historical Outlines of English Accidence	London	1872	USD -	Unknown
2100	MORRIS AND SKEAT	Specimens of Early English from A.D. 1150. to 1393	Oxford	1867-72	USD -	Unknown
2101	MORRIS AND SKEAT	Specimens of Early English from A.D. 1150. to 1393			USD -	Unknown
2102	MORRIS AND SKEAT	Specimens of Early English from A.D. 1150. to 1393			USD -	Unknown
2103	MORTE D'ARTHUR	Le Morte Arthur. Edited from the Harleian MS. in the British Museum. Prefatory Essay by the late Herbert Coleridge	London and Cambridge	1864	USD -	Unknown
2104	ANDREWS (ALEXANDER)	The History of British Journalism from the Foundation of the Newspaper Press in England to the Repeal of the Stamp Act in 1855, with Sketches of Press Celebrities	London	1859	USD -	Unknown
2105		EARLY NEWSPAPERS. Ten Popular Reprints of the Times, and other early English Newspapers.	London	n. d. [1874?]	USD -	Unknown
2106	FOX-BOURNE (H. R.)	English Newspapers. Chapters in the History of Journalism	London	1887	USD -	Unknown
2107	GRANT (JAMES)	The Newspaper Press, its Origin, Progress, and Present Position, and The Metropolitan Weekly and Provincial Press	London	1871-72	USD -	Unknown
2108	HOPE (JOHN T.)	Catalogue of a Collection of Early Newspapers and Essayists formed by the late John T. Hope, and presented to the Bodleian Library by the late F. W. Hope	Oxford	1865	USD -	Unknown
2109	HUNT (F. K.)	The Fourth Estate: contributions towards a History of Newspapers and of the Liberty of the Press	London	1850	USD -	Unknown
2110	JACKSON (MASON)	The Pictorial Press, its Origin and Progress, 150 illustrations	London	1885	USD -	Unknown
2111	OLDCASTLE (JOHN)	Journals and Journalism, with a Guide for Literary Beginners	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
2112	WATTS (THOMAS)	A Letter to Antonio Panizzi ... on the reputed Earliest Printed Newspaper The English Mercurie, 1588.	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
2113	NICHOLAS (THOMAS)	The Pedigree of the English People.	London	1878	USD -	Unknown
2114	NICOLAS (SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS)	Notitia Historica: Containing Tables, Calendars, and Miscellaneous Information for the Use of Historians, Antiquarians, etc	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
2115	OLDFIELD (T. H. B.)	The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland, being a History of the House of Commons and of the Countiesâ?¦	London	1816	USD -	Unknown
2116	OLDYS (WILLIAM).	A Literary Antiquary. Memoir of William Oldys, together with his Diary, choice notes from his Adversaria, and an Account of the London Libraries	London	1862	USD -	Unknown
2117	OLIPHANT (T. L. KINGTON)	The Old and Middle English	London	1878	USD -	Unknown
2118	OLIVER (REV. GEORGE)	Collections illustrating the History of the Catholic Religion in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, â?¦	London	1857	USD -	Unknown
2119	OVERTON (J. H.)	Life in the English Church, 1660-1714	London	1885	USD -	Unknown
2120	BODLEIAN LIBRARY.	Catalogus Librorum Impressorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae in Academia Oxoniensi. Cura et Opera Thomae Hyde... . protobibliothecarii	Oxonii	1674	USD -	Unknown
2121	BODLEIAN LIBRARY.	Catalogus Librorum Impressorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae in Academia Oxoniensi	Oxford	1843-51	USD -	Unknown
2122	BODLEIAN LIBRARY.	BODLEIAN LIBRARY. Report from the Librarian, 1882-87	Oxford	1888	USD -	Unknown
2123	BRASSINGTON (W. SALT)	Historic Bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford	London	1891	USD -	Unknown
2124	COXE (H. O.)	Catalogus Codicum MSS. qui in Collegiis Aulisque Oxoniensibus hodie adservantur	Oxford	1852	USD -	Unknown
2125	DOUCE (FRANCIS)	Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts bequeathed by Francis Douce, Esq., to the Bodleian Library	Oxford	1840	USD -	Unknown
2126	FOSTER (JOSEPH)	Alumni Oxoniensis.	Oxford and London	1887-92	USD -	Unknown
2127	LYTE (H. C. MAXWELL)	A History of the University of Oxford, from the Earliest Times to the Year 1530	London	1886	USD -	Unknown
2128	MACRAY (W. D.)	Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A. D. 1598-A. D. 1867	London	1868	USD -	Unknown
2129	MALONE (EDMOND)	Catalogue of Early English Poetry, and other Miscellaneous Works Illustrating the British Drama collected by Edmond Malone and now preserved in the Bodleian Library	Oxford	1836	USD -	Unknown
2130		WOOD'S ATHENAE OXONIENSES. Athenae Oxonienses.	London	1813-20	USD -	Unknown
2131	PEARSON (C. H.)	The Early and Middle Ages of England	London	1861	USD -	Unknown
2132	SKEAT (W. W.)	PIERS PLOWMAN. Pierce the Ploughman's Crede (about 1394 A. D.)	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
2133	SKEAT (W. W.)	PIERS PLOWMAN. The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman in three parallel texts, together with Richard the Redeless, by William Langland (about 1362-1399 A. D.)	Oxford	1886	USD -	Unknown
2134		PIERS PLOWMAN. The Vision of Piers the Plowman	Oxford	1891	USD -	Unknown
2135		The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman	New Rochelle	1901	USD -	Unknown
2136	POSTE (BEALE)	Britannia Antiqua; or, Ancient Britain brought within the Limits of Authentic History	London	1857	USD -	Unknown
2137	POSTE (BEALE)	Celtic Inscriptions on Gaulish and British Coins. Intended to supply Materials for the Early History of Great Britain	London	1861	USD -	Unknown
2138		PRAYER BOOK. AN INTRODUCTION to the History of the Successive Revisions of the Book of Common Prayer	Oxford and London	1877	USD -	Unknown
2139	PRICHARD (J. C.)	The Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations proved by a Comparison of their Dialects with the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, etc., Languages	London	1857	USD -	Unknown
2140	PROCTER (F.)	A History of the Book of Common Prayer, with a Rationale of its Offices	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
2141	PROTHERO (G. W.)	Select Statutes and other Constitutional Documents illustrative of the reigns of Elizabeth and James I	Oxford	1894	USD -	Unknown
2142		PUBLIC RECORDS. Reports from the Commissioners appointed by his Majestyâ?¦	[London]	1819	USD -	Unknown
2143	COOPER (CHARLES PURTON)	PUBLIC RECORDS. Public Records. A Description of the Contents, Objects, and Uses of the Various Works printed by the Record Commission	London	1831	USD -	Unknown
2144	EWALD (ALEX. CHARLES)	PUBLIC RECORDS. Our Public Records. A Brief Handbook to the National Archives	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
2145	NICOLAS (SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS)	PUBLIC RECORDS. Refutation of Mr. Palgrave's Remarks in reply to Observations on the State of Historical Literature.	London	1831	USD -	Unknown
2146	BARTLETT (J.)	QUOTATIONS. Familiar Quotations, being an Attempt to trace to their sources Passages and Phrases in Common Use	Boston	1882	USD -	Unknown
2147	BARTLETT (J.)	QUOTATIONS. Familiar Quotations, being an Attempt to trace to their sources Passages and Phrases in Common Use	Boston	1892	USD -	Unknown
2148	BERTRAM (REV. R. A.)	QUOTATIONS. A Dictionary of Poetical Illustrations especially selected with a view to the needs of the Pulpit and the Platform	London	1885	USD -	Unknown
2149	DAY (EDWARD PARSONS)	QUOTATIONS. Day's Collacon : An Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations ... of the most eminent Writers from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, with Biographical Index of Authors	New York	1884	USD -	Unknown
2150	GILBERT (JOSIAH H.)	QUOTATIONS. Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers. A Cyclopedia of Quotations. Introduction by C. S. Robinson	New York	[1895]	USD -	Unknown
2151	KING (W. F. H.)	QUOTATIONS. Classical and Foreign Quotations. Law Terms and Maxims, Proverbs, Mottoes, â?¦	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
2152	BRUSHFIELD (T. N.)	RALEGH (SIR WALTER). The Bibliography of Sir Walter Ralegh, with Notes	Plymouth	1886	USD -	Unknown
2153	BRUSHFIELD (T. N.)	RALEGH (SIR WALTER). Sir W. Ralegh: A Plea for a Surname	[England]	[July, 1886]	USD -	Unknown
2154	BRUSHFIELD (T. N.)	RALEGH (SIR WALTER). Sir Walter Ralegh and his History of the World	[England]	[July, 1887]	USD -	Unknown
2155	BRUSHFIELD (T. N.)	RALEGH (SIR WALTER). The Birthplace of Sir Walter Ralegh	[England]	[July, 1889]	USD -	Unknown
2156	EDWARDS (EDWARD.)	RALEGH (SIR WALTER). The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh, based on Contemporary Documents, together with his Letters now First Collected, Portrait, facsimile, etc	[London]	1868	USD -	Unknown
2157	STEBBING (W.)	RALEGH (SIR WALTER). Sir Walter Ralegh. A Biography	Oxford	1891	USD -	Unknown
2158	RAY (JOHN)	A Collection of English Proverbs, digested into a convenient Method whereunto are added Local Proverbs Old Proverbial Rhymes,â?¦	Cambridge	1678	USD -	Unknown
2159	REED (TALBOT BAINES)	A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, with Notes, Historical and Biographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography. Facsimiles, etc	London	1887	USD -	Unknown
2160	REED (WILLIAM B.)	Memories of Familiar Books	New York	1876	USD -	Unknown
2161		RERUM ANGLICARUM SCRIPTORUM VETERUM	Oxonii	1684-87-91	USD -	Unknown
2162	RHYS (JOHN)	Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by Celtic Heathendom	London	1888	USD -	Unknown
2163	RIBTON-TURNER (C. J.)	A History of Vagrants and Vagrancy and Beggars and Begging	London	1887	USD -	Unknown
2164		ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER, ETC. Robert of Gloucester's Chronicles; The History of King Henry I.; â?¦	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
2165	ROBERTS (GEORGE)	The Social History of the Southern Counties of England in Past Centuries, illustrated in regard to their Habits, Municipal Bye-Laws, Civil Progress, etc	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
2166	ROBINSON (H. J.)	Colonial Chronology. A Chronology of the Principal Events connected with the English Colonies and India from the close of the 15th Century to the Present Time	London	1892	USD -	Unknown
2167	ROEMER (JEAN)	Origins of the English People and of the English Language	New York	1888	USD -	Unknown
2168	ROGERS (W. H. HAMILTON)	The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West	Exeter	1890	USD -	Unknown
2169	ROUND (J. H.)	Geoffrey De Mandeville. A Study of the Anarchy	London	1892	USD -	Unknown
2170	ROUTLEDGE (JAMES)	Chapters in the History of Popular Progress, chiefly in relation to the Freedom of the Press and Trial by Jury, 1660-1820	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
2171		ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Transactions, Vols. 1 to 10, and New Series, Vols. 1 and 2	London	1873-85	USD -	Unknown
2172	AXON (W. E. A.)	RUSKIN (JOHN). John Ruskin. A Bibliographical Biography	[Manchester]	1879	USD -	Unknown
2173	ST. JOHN (J. A.)	History of the Four Conquests of England	London	1862	USD -	Unknown
2174	SAINTSBURY (GEORGE)	A History of Elizabethan Literature	London	1887	USD -	Unknown
2175	SAINTSBURY (GEORGE)	A History of Nineteenth Century Literature [1780-1895]	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
2176	SANDER (NICOLAS)	Rise and Growth of the Anglican Schism	London	1877	USD -	Unknown
2177	SARUM BREVIARY	Breviarium ad usum Insignis Ecclesiae Sarum â?¦	Cambridge	1882-86	USD -	Unknown
2178	SAUNDERS (F.)	The Story of some Famous Books	London	1887	USD -	Unknown
2179	SEEBOHM (FREDERIC)	The Oxford Reformers--John Colet, Erasmus and Thomas More, being a History of their Fellow Work	London	1869	USD -	Unknown
2180	SEEBOHM (FREDERIC)	The English Village Community, examined in its relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems, etc	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
2181	SELDEN (JOHN)	Joannis Seiden Mare Clausum seu Dominio Maris	London	1635	USD -	Unknown
2182	ABBOTT (E. A.)	A Shakespearian Grammar. An Attempt to Illustrate the Differences between Elizabethan and Modern English	London	1870	USD -	Unknown
2183	BARTON LIBRARY.	Catalogue of the Works of William Shakespeare, original and translated, â?¦	[Boston]	1880-88	USD -	Unknown
2184	CAPELL (EDWARD)	Catalogue of Mr. Capell's Shakespeariana, presented by him to Trinity College, Cambridge, and printed from Mr. Hazlewood's copy, by Hartshorne, 1829		[1842]	USD -	Unknown
2185	COHN (ALBERT)	Shakespeare-Bibliographie, zusammenge-stellt von Albert Cohn, 187 to 1896; with duplicate Part for 1892-93	Kothen	[1872-1897?]	USD -	Unknown
2186	FLEAY (F. G.)	Shakespeare Manual	London	1878	USD -	Unknown
2187	FLEMING (W. H.)	The Issue of Shakespeariana for March, 1888., containing Bibliography of the First Folios in New York City, by W. H. Fleming, and other Shakespearian Articles	Phila.	1888	USD -	Unknown

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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