Anderson Galleries: CHOICE BOOKS from the Libraries of GEN. FRANCIS FESSENDEN WILLIAM PITT FESSENDEN and other sources consisting of Fine Library Sets, Rare Americana, Illustrated Books on the Fine Arts, Modern Literature, etc., etc. with a collection of BOOKPLATES. For Sal, 508,

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 21, 1907 - January 21, 1907

Page Size: 681 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Thomas Burnet.	DE STATU MORTUORUM ET RESURGENTIUM	London	1733	USD -	Unknown
2		RURAL IMPROVEMENTS	London	1775	USD -	Unknown
3		HISTORY OF ENGLAND	Paris	1788	USD -	Unknown
4		BOOKPLATE (THE). Annual and Armorial Year Book	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
5		M. LE MARQUIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. A small and fine Plate of the celebrated author of the Maxims.			USD -	Unknown
6		HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE; Julius Charles Hare; Arthur Young (correspondent of George Washington); â?¦			USD -	Unknown
7	EDWARD HAILSTONE.	A beautiful circular plate in gilt on different colors of morocco			USD -	Unknown
8		THORPE, painted in water colors; John Reed Appleton (2); Thompson; Tanner; Joseph Swan; John Morris; Henry Cutter; etc			USD -	Unknown
9	SHELBURNE (EARL OF).	Two fine Armorials of this eminent statesman so prominent in American affairs under George the Third			USD -	Unknown
10		R. FISHER'S CIRCULATING LIBRARY; Major R. S. Seton; John Guille, St. George; etc			USD -	Unknown
11		J. LAMB---Writer. The bookplate of John Lamb, father of Charles Lamb, who was a scrivener (or writer)			USD -	Unknown
12		MR. DAN. TULLEKEN, Toparcha Meliskerk & Marickerkae civitatis Medioburgens Consul. A. Schouman, del.; P. W. Van Megen, sculp			USD -	Unknown
13		LADIES' PLATES. Elizabeth Cornwallis; R. Caldwell; Frances Mary Richardson Currer ...			USD -	Unknown
14		REVD. SYDNEY SMITH. Armorial plate of the witty clergyman			USD -	Unknown
15		JOHN MURRAY, Newstead, Wimbledon Park (Byron's publisher)			USD -	Unknown
16		[AUSTIN DOBSON.] Anonymous pictorial, with initials, signed A. P			USD -	Unknown
17		ENGLISH ANTIQUARIES and Book Collectors. William Bolland (the Hortensius of Dibdin); Joseph Haslewood; Edward Vernon Utterson; Honble. Thomas Grenville; [Earl Spencer]; James Bindley, etc., of the Dibdin period			USD -	Unknown
18		Three rare plates. CARRINGTON GARRICK (nephew and legatee of David Garrick), signed by Pemberton; John Palmer (the actor), signed Pemberton; and John Pritt Harley, February 5, 1832 (actor)			USD -	Unknown
19		ATKINSON (BUDDLE), [by Bewick]; Robert Watson Wade; Anthy. Jenkins; Benjamin Lyon (probably a New England plate)			USD -	Unknown
20		[PHILIP G. HAMERTON], the artist and critic; and Edmund Yates, the novelist			USD -	Unknown
21		PRINCE ALBERT			USD -	Unknown
22		FRENCH LITERARY. Ph. Burty; C. Asselineau (2 sizes)			USD -	Unknown
23		FRENCH LITERARY. [Emile] Compte de Girardin; C. W. de Pixerecourt; [Paul Lacroix] Bibliophile Jacob; Viollet Leduc			USD -	Unknown
24		FRENCH LITERARY. Monseigneur l'Evesque de Meaux, Premier Aumonier de Madame.			USD -	Unknown
25		BARON FIELD, and his brother, Francis John Field, who introduced B. F. to Charles Lamb			USD -	Unknown
26		SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH; William Earl of Harcourt: George Cockburn (burned Washington City); Win. Cowper; John A. Carlyle (the same design that his brother Thomas used); Charles Bradlaugh; Holland House; etc			USD -	Unknown
27		HORACE WALPOLE'S rare Strawberry Hill plate, with view of his home and his arms, suspended in foliage			USD -	Unknown
28		DAVID GARRICK. The original pictorial plate, with head of Shakespeare and motto from the Menagiana			USD -	Unknown
29		[ROBERT SOUTHEY.] The scarce anonymous plate of the Poet, a woodcut by Thomas Bewick			USD -	Unknown
30		SHAKSPEARE LIBRARY, Stratford-upon-Avon. A woodcut, with the full-length statue of Shakspeare			USD -	Unknown
31		FRANCIS OTWAY (brother-in-law of Wm. Byrd of Virginia); William Beaumaurice Rush (arms of Benjamin Rush, the Signer); Henry Caswall; [Evans]; Samuel P. Gardner (of Boston); Alfred W. Rogers (Philadelphia)			USD -	Unknown
32		WILLIAM WILBERFORCE; Caroli Keene, Punch artist (2); George Lecker; Walter Wilson (friend of Charles Lamb); John Stackhouse			USD -	Unknown
33		GENERAL VISCOUNT WOLSELEY and John Alexander Marquess of Bath, 1886			USD -	Unknown
34		JAMES ABERCROMBIE. Festoon armorial plate, very large, but needs cleaning			USD -	Unknown
35		TH. PL. AUGIN, BARON DE CAMBEFORT, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Militaire de St. Louis, Colonel du Regiment du Cap			USD -	Unknown
36		HUMPHRY PRIMATT		[1730]	USD -	Unknown
37		CHAS. BRANDLING		[1775]	USD -	Unknown
38		CHAS. REILLY; Benj. Barker			USD -	Unknown
39	Hughes, Engraver	T. GASCOIGNE, Parlington		[1780]	USD -	Unknown
40		BOOKPLATES designed and cut on wood by Gordon Craig			USD -	Unknown
41		BOOK-LOVER'S MAGAZINE (containing illustrated Article on Bookplates)		1906	USD -	Unknown
42	Otho Cushing, Engraver	GALLATIN (A. E.) Engraved by Otho Cushing, 1903			USD -	Unknown
43	HAMILTON (WALTER).	Dated Book-Plates. Part III. (2 copies)	London	1895	USD -	Unknown
44		ACCOUNT of the Private Life and Public Services of Salmon P. Chase, by R. B. Warden, portrait, Cinn. 1874; Biography of Jas. G. Blaine, by Gail Hamilton, portraits and illusts., Norwich (Conn.), 1895			USD -	Unknown
45	ADDISON (JOSEPH).	ADDISON (JOSEPH). The Works of Addison, with Life by Mr. Tickell	London	1766-67	USD -	Unknown
46	ADDISON (JOSEPH).	ADDISON (JOSEPH). Essays Selected from the Spectator	Philadelphia		USD -	Unknown
47	H. M. Stanley	AFRICA. In Darkest Africa	New York	1891	USD -	Unknown
48	Wm. H. Brown.	AFRICA. In the South African Frontier	New York	1899	USD -	Unknown
49	E. Foa.	AFRICA. After Big Game in Central Africa. Records of a Sportsman in, from 1894-97, through the Dark Continent	London	1899	USD -	Unknown
50	Rev. D. Kemp.	AFRICA. Nine Years at the Gold Coast	London	1898	USD -	Unknown
51	D. C. Boulger.	AFRICA. The Congo State; or, The Growth of Civilization in Central Africa	London	1898	USD -	Unknown
52	Captain Guy Burrows.	AFRICA. The Land of the Pigmies	New York	[circa 1898]	USD -	Unknown
53		AFRICA. French Enterprise in Africa: The Exploration of the Niger. Personal Narrative of Lieut. Hourst	New York and London [London-printed]	1899	USD -	Unknown
54	Dr. Giles, Editor	ALFRED THE GREAT. Memorials of King Alfred. Essays on the History and Antiquities of England during the 9th Century	London	1863	USD -	Unknown
55	Rev. J. A. Giles.	ALFRED THE GREAT. The Life and Times of Alfred the Great	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
56	ALKEN (HENRY).	A Series of six humorous equestrian plates, COLORED, entitled: Fancy, Delighted, A Thing of the Least Consequence, etc	London	1821	USD -	Unknown
57	ALKEN (HENRY).	Aiken's Tutor's Assistant, Involuntary Thoughts and New Symptoms	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
58	Matthias Zurbuggen.	ALPINE TRAVEL, ETC. From the Alps to the Andes, etc	London	1899	USD -	Unknown
59		ALTARPIECES, ETC. Designs for Gold and Silversmiths.	London	1836	USD -	Unknown
60	Geo. H. Preble.	AMERICAN FLAG. Our Flag. Origin and Progress of the Flag of the United States; with an account of Symbols, Standards, Banners, and Flags of Ancient and Modern Times	Albany	1872	USD -	Unknown
61	Ellis (Edward S.)	AMERICAN HISTORY. The History of Our Country, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time	Cincinnati, Ohio	[1900]	USD -	Unknown
62	Robertson (Wm., D.D.)	AMERICAN HISTORY. Works. With an Account of his Life and Writings, by Dugald Stewart, F.R.S	London	1831	USD -	Unknown
63		AMERICAN HISTORY. Garner and Lodge's History of the United States	Philadelphia		USD -	Unknown
64	Gordon (William).	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. History of the Rise, Progress and Establishment of the Independence of the U. S., including an Account of the late War	London	1788	USD -	Unknown
65	Niles (H.)	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America; or, An Attempt to Collect â?¦	Baltimore	1822	USD -	Unknown
66	Lorenzo Sabine.	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, with an Historical Essay	Boston	1864	USD -	Unknown
67	Dr. Franz von Reber.	ANCIENT ART (History of)	New York	1882	USD -	Unknown
68		ANCIENT DANISH BALLADS	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
69		ANCIENT VASES. Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases, mostly of pure Greek Workmanship, â?¦	Naples	1766-1791	USD -	Unknown
70	ANDREW (JOHN A., Gov. of Mass., 1861-1865).	ANDREW (JOHN A., Gov. of Mass., 1861-1865). Life, by Henry Greenleaf Pearson	Boston	1904	USD -	Unknown
71	Herbert (H. W.)	ANGLING. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the U. S., etc	New York	1851	USD -	Unknown
72	[ANGLO-JAPANESE GAZETTE.]	A monthly, devoted to the Commercial and Social Interests of British Empire and Japan			USD -	Unknown
73		ANGLO-SAXON. Two Saxon Chronicles, Parallel.	Oxford	1865	USD -	Unknown
74	Henry Soames.	ANGLO-SAXON. The Anglo-Saxon Church: its History, Revenues and General Character	London	1835	USD -	Unknown
75	Benj. Thorpe.	ANGLO-SAXON. Analecta Anglo-Saxonica.	London	1834	USD -	Unknown
76	Rev. J. Bosworth.	ANGLO-SAXON. King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of the Compendious History of the World by Orosius	London	1859	USD -	Unknown
77		ARCHITECTURE. A Treatise of the Five Orders of Columns---Toscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite	London	1708	USD -	Unknown
78	F. A. Paley.	ARCHITECTURE. Manual of Gothic Architecture	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
79		ARCHITECTURE. A Dictionary of the Leading Technical and Trade Terms of Architectural Design and Building Construction	London	[recent]	USD -	Unknown
80		ARCHITECTURE. A Handbook of Architectural Styles	London	1878	USD -	Unknown
81	ARNOLD'S (EDWIN)	Pearls of the Faith, With Sa'di in the Garden, and Lotus and Jewel; W. W. Finck's Echoes from Erin	Boston and New York	1883-1903	USD -	Unknown
82	ARNOLD (MATTHEW).	Essays in Criticism; God and the Bible; Culture and Anarchy; Celtic Literature; Mixed Essays; Literature and Dogma; etc	New York	1883	USD -	Unknown
83	ARNOLD (THOMAS).	History of Rome	London	1857	USD -	Unknown
84	John Pinkerton.	ATLAS. A Modern Atlas, from the Latest and Best Authorities	London	1815	USD -	Unknown
85		ART. Hegel's Philosophy of Art, transl. by W. M. Bryant, New York 1879; â?¦			USD -	Unknown
86		ART ALBUM (THE) of The International Studio.	New York	[recent]	USD -	Unknown
87		ARTISTS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, by Clara Erskine Clement and Laurence Hutton, â?¦			USD -	Unknown
88	Edward Strahan, Editor	ART TREASURES OF AMERICA (THE): being the Choicest Works of Art in the Public and Private Collections of North America	Philadelphia	1897	USD -	Unknown
89	F. Vincent.	ASIA. The Land of the White Elephant: Sights and Scenes of S. E. Asia	New York	1874	USD -	Unknown
90	Louis Becke and W. Jeffery.	AUSTRALIA, The Naval Pioneers of	London	1899	USD -	Unknown
91		AUSTRALASIA, OLD AND NEW, by J. Grattan Grey, New York (London-printed) [1901]; European Settlements in the Ear East, New York 1900			USD -	Unknown
92	Louis XIV.	AUTOGRAPH. Document on vellum, signed, depriving the Marquis de Pommery of all the honors of his position for six months			USD -	Unknown
93	Louis XIV.	AUTOGRAPH. A similar document to the preceding lot, signed. Dated 1711			USD -	Unknown
94	BACON (FRANCIS).	The Essays or Counsels, Civill and Morall, of Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Alban.	New York and London (London-printed)	1900	USD -	Unknown
95		BADMINTON LIBRARY (THE). History of Football. History [Shearman]; The Association Game [Oakley and Smith]; The Rugby Game [Mitchell]; and others	London	1899	USD -	Unknown
96	BAKER (SIR RICHARD).	A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the Time of the Romans to Charles II	London	1696	USD -	Unknown
97	William Ed. Aytoun, Editor	BALLADS. The Ballads of Scotland	Edinburgh	1858	USD -	Unknown
98	BALZAC (HONORE DE).	The Comedie Humaine	Philadelphia	[1901]	USD -	Unknown
99	BALZAC (HONORE DE).	Petites Miseres de la Vie Conjugale	Paris	[ca. 1845]	USD -	Unknown
100	BALZAC (HONORE DE).	La Fille aux yeux d'Or. (The Girl with the Golden Eyes.)	London	1896	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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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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Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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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