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
501 ON INDIA'S FRONTIER [Ballantine], illust,, 1895; Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin â?¦

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502 H. G. Keene. ORIENTAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY (AN) London

1894

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503 John K. Mumford. ORIENTAL RUGS New York

1900

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504 ORIGIN OF SPECIES (THE),[Darwin], 1883; Hume, with Helps to the Study of Berkley,â?¦

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505 ORNAMENT. The Treasury of Ornamental Art. With Descriptive Notices by I. C. Robinson London

[ca. 1860]

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506 ORNAMENT AND DRESS (ART IN), from the French of Charles Blanc,â?¦

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507 Shakespeare (Wm.) OTHELLO ILLUSTRATED. Othello: The Moor of Venice London

[ca. 1885]

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508 OVERLAND THROUGH ASIA [Knox], illust., 1870; Prom India to the Planet Mars [Flournoy], â?¦

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509 Anthony A. Wood. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Athenae Oxonienses: an Exact History of the Writers who had their Education â?¦ London

1813-20

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510 PAINE (THOMAS). Life. With a History of his Literary, Political and Religious Career in America, France and England New York

1893

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511 PAINE (THOMAS). Writings of Thomas Paine, collected and edited by Moncure Daniel Conway New York

1894

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512 PAINTINGS OF FAMOUS RACEHORSES. Hanover. Sorrell Horse, unbridled, in stall

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513 PAINTINGS OF FAMOUS RACEHORSES. Rayon d'Or (Imp.), without saddle, led by stable boy

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514 Col. Wilson, Editor PALESTINE. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt New York

[1881]

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515 PAMPHLETS, ETC. A Collection of Pamphlets, etc.

Various dates.

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516 PANORAMA DES ALPES, 2 vols., large folding plates; Veyey et ses Environs, â?¦

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517 PAPER MONEY. Old Shin Plasters, 3c. (1), 5c. (4), all different styles; 15c. (2), similar (fine state)

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518 PAPER MONEY. Old Shin Plasters, 10c. (6), two similar, the rest different styles (two somewhat used, others fine); some differing in style of design from those in the preceding lot of the same denomination

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519 PAPER MONEY. Old Shin Plasters, 10c. (6), (two similar in style and somewhat used, others fine)

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520 PAPER MONEY. Old Shin Plasters, 25c. (4), of two different styles (fine and uncirculated)

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521 PAPER MONEY. Old Shin Plasters, 25c. (4), all different in style and at the same time differing from those in the preceding lot of the same denomination

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522 PAPER MONEY. Old Shin Plasters, 50c. (3), all same style (good state)

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523 PAPER MONEY. Old Shin Plasters, 50c. (2), same style (fine and uncirculated)

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524 PAPER MONEY. Old Shin Plasters, 50c. (2), same style (fine state)

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525 PAPER MONEY. Old Shin Plasters, 50c. (2), different styles, one containing PORTRAIT OP LINCOLN

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526 PAPER MONEY. Old Shin Plasters, 50c. (3), all different (two fine and uncirculated)

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527 Paris. Bohemian Paris of To-Day, by W. C. Morrow, â?¦

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528 PARKMAN (FRANCIS). Works. Old Regime, La Salle, Frontenac, and New France, and others Boston

1882-86

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529 PEMAQUID, a Story of Old New England [Eliz. Prentiss]; â?¦

[recent]

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530 PENN (WM.) AND GEO. FOX

1875

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531 R. L. Braybrooke, Editor PEPYS. Memoirs of Samuel Pepys: comprising his Diary [1659-1669], and Selections from his Correspondence London

[recent]

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532 PEPYS. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys Philadelphia

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533 PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT. Reflections and Tales Philadelphia

1830

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534 John Foreman. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (THE). Political, Geographical, Ethnographical History and its Political Dependencies, embracing the whole Period of the Spanish Rule New York

1899

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535 Anna D'A. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (THE). A Lady's Visit to Manilla and Japan London

1863

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536 PHILOLOGY. Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 5, Nos. 1-4, edited by A. S. Cook and G. E. Karsten, Bloomington, Ind. [1903-05]; ..

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537 PHYSIOLOGIE DU GOUT, par Brillat-Savarin, Bruxelles, 1839; â?¦

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538 PICKERING EDITION OF HERBERT. The Works of George Herbert, in Prose and Verse London

1853

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539 PLANTIN PRESS. Guilielmi Hesi Antverpiensis e Societate Jesu Emblemata Sacra de Fide, Spe, Charitate Antverpiae

1636

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540 PLAY BILLS. The Stage (a Dramatic Bulletin containing Bills of various New York Theatres), â?¦

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541 PLAY BILLS. Booth's Theatre (15); Modjeska as Camille, Fifth Avenue; â?¦

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542 Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer. PLAYING CARDS. Devils' (The) Picture Books: a History of Playing Cards New York

1893

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543 W. A. Chatto. PLAYING CARDS. Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards London

1848

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544 PLUTARCH'S LIVES New York

1854

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545 A. H. Clough, Editor PLUTARCH'S LIVES. Dryden's transl., revised and edited by A. H. Clough Philadelphia

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546 PLUTARCH'S LIVES, transl. by Langhorne, â?¦

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547 POE (EDGAR ALLAN). Tales of Mystery, Imagination, and Humour and Poems London

1852

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548 POETRY. The Great Remembrance and other Poems, by R. W. Gilder, â?¦

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549 POETRY. The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, portrait, London 1904; â?¦

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550 POETRY. Carpenter's English Lyric Poetry, 1500-1700, London, n. d.; â?¦

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551 POLITICAL ECONOMY [Walker], 1883; Principles of Political Economy [John S. Mill], â?¦

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552 POMPEII. Raccolta de piu belli ed interessanti Dipinti Musaici ed altri Monumenti rinvi nuti â?¦. Napoli

1854

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553 POMPEII. A volume containing about 50 fine plates (several specimens on each) of the frescoes, statues, etc. [Naples]

[ca. 1810]

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554 POMPEII. A Collection of 258 fine Plates (some large folding), being fine facsimiles of Paintings, etc., found in Pompeii and Herculaneum Napoli

1757-92

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555 POPE (ALEXANDER). Complete Works, with Notes by Joseph Warton London

1822

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556 Leopold Ranke. POPES. The History of the Popes: Their Church and State London

1853

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557 POPES. Le Vite de Ponteflce del Platina et Altri . . . da Onofrio Panunio, Giovanni Stringa, etc Venice

1674

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558 Binns (C. F.) POTTERY. The Story of the Potter London

1901

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559 Garnier (Edouard). POTTERY. The Soft Porcelain of Sevres; with an Historical Introduction by E. Garnier London

1893

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560 Hancock (E. C.) POTTERY. The Amateur Pottery and Glass Painter, with Directions for Gilding, Burnishing, Bronzing, etc London

[ca. 1880]

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561 Jervis (W. P.) POTTERY. Rough Notes on Pottery, and A Book of Pottery Marks Newark, New Jersey

1896-97

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562 Wm. Chaffers. POTTERY. Handbook Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain London

1898

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563 Harold Owen. POTTERY. The Staffordshire Potter London

1901

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564 Treadwell (John H.) POTTERY. A Manual of Pottery and Porcelain for American Collectors New York

1872

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565 Waring (J. B.) POTTERY. Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition of 1862, selected and described by J. B. Waring London

1863

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566 POTTERY. The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue; The Industry of all Nations, 1851 London

1851

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567 POTTERY. The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition, 1862 London

1862

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568 POTTERY. The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition (at Paris) London

[1868]

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569 L. M. Solon. POTTERY. The Art of the English Potter New York

1906

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570 W. B Tegetmeier. POULTRY BOOK (THE). Comprising the Breeding and Management of Profitable and Ornamental Poultry London

1867

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571 Geo. Henry Preble. PREBLES FAMILY. Genealogical Sketch of the First Three Generations of Prebles in America Boston

1868

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572 PRESCOTT (WILLIAM H.) History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain Boston

1855

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573 J. Maberly. PRINTS. The Print Collector. An Introduction to the Knowledge necessary for forming a Collection of Ancient Prints New York

1880

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574 PROHIBITED BOOKS. Iudex Librorum Prohibitorum, a Sixto V., Papa, Edente Josepho Mendham London

1835

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575 M. H. Spielmann. PUNCH. The History of Punch New York [London]

1895

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576 RATIONALISM IN EUROPE [Lecky], 2 vols., New York 1891; History of the Intellectual Develop ment of Europe [Draper], 2 vols., New York 1898

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577 REGNARD (JEAN F.) OEuvres Completes de Regnard Paris

1820

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578 RHETORIC. Baker's Forms of Public Address, New York 1904;â?¦

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579 A. A. Ross. RHODE-ISLAND. Discourse on the Civil and Religious History of Rhode-Island Providence

1838

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580 RICHARDSON (SAMUEL). Clarissa Harlowe, Sir Charles Grandison, Pamela Philadelphia (London-printed)

1902

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581 RIVES (AMELIE). The Quick or the Dead?

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582 ROBINSON (MRS. MARY---The Fair Perdita). Poetical Works, including Pieces never before printed London

1806

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583 Edw. Farr, Editor ROLLIN'S Ancient History New York

n. d.

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584 Shakespeare (Wm) ROMEO AND JULIET ILLUSTRATED. Romeo and Juliet London

[circa 1885]

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585 ROSCHER (WILLIAM). Principles of Political Economy New York

1878

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586 ROUSSEAU, The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau; with The Reveries of a Solitary Walker New York

1796

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587 Joseph Grego. ROWLANDSON. Rowlandson the Caricaturist. New York [London]

1880

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588 R. N. Bain. RUSSIA. The Daughter of Peter the Great. A History of the Court under the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, 1741-62 Westminster

1899

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589 RUSSIAN NOVELS. Dostoieffsky (Fedor): The Idiot; Uncle's Dream, and The Permanent Husband; â?¦

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590 SARTAIN'S ILLUSTRATIONS. Cabinet of Modern Art Philadelphia

1871

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591 Alexander Bain. SCIENCE OF THE MIND. The Senses and the Intellect New York

1885

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592 SCOTT (SIR WALTER). The Waverley Novels Philadelphia

[recent]

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593 SCOTT (SIR WALTER). The Waverley Novels New York

1904

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594 SCOTT (SIR WALTER). The Letters of, and of Chas. K. Sharpe to Robert Chambers, 1821-45 Edinburgh

1904

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595 SCOTT (SIR WALTER). The Vision of Don Roderick: A Poem (with copious Notes) Edinburgh

1811

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596 SCRAP BOOKS. 3 Small Folio Scrap Books containing Newspaper Clippings of an Interesting Nature --- the Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre, etc

[ca. 1880]

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597 Walter C. Perry. SCULPTURE, GREEK AND ROMAN. A Popular Introduction to the History of London

1882

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598 SECRET Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1787, Richmond, Va., 1839; The History of Bimetallism in the U. S. [Laughliu], 1886; and others

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599 SER GIOVANNI. The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni, and the Facetious Nights of Straparola, now first translated into English by W. G. Waters London

1898

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600 SETON-THOMPSON (ERNEST). The Wild Animal Play for Children Philadelphia

[1900]

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