Anderson Galleries: THE VERY INTERESTING PRIVATE LIBRARY OF THE LATE WALTER ADAMS FRAMINGHAM, MASS. AMERICANA, BIOGRAPHY GREEK & LATIN CALSSICS HISTORICAL & LITERARY WORKS: FIRST EDITIONS. TO BE SOLD MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS MAY NINETEENTH, TWENTIETH, TWENTY-FIR, 1854,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 19, 1924 - May 19, 1924

Page Size: 1200 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ADAMS (CHARLES FOLLEN)	Yawcob Strauss and other Poems.	Boston	[1910]	USD -	Unknown
2	ADAMS (CHARLES FRANCIS)	Three Episodes of Massachusetts History. Map. 2 vols.; Massachusetts, its Historians and its History ...	Boston	1894	USD -	Unknown
3	ADAMS (HANNAH)	The Truth and Excellence of the Christian Religion Exhibited.	Boston	1804	USD -	Unknown
4	ADAMS (HENRY)	The Life of Albert Gallatin.	Philadelphia	1879	USD -	Unknown
5	Wm. V. Wells	ADAMS (SAMUEL). The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams.	Boston	1865	USD -	Unknown
6		ALASKA. Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits (De Windt), N. Y., 1898; Travels in ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
7	ALVENSLEBEN (MAX, BARON VON)	With Maximilian in Mexico.	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
8		AMERICAN AUTHORS. Astraea (Holmes), 1850; The Vision of Sir Launfal (Lowell), 1848; The English ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
9		AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. Reports from Vol. 14, 1891 to Vol. 47, 1922.	Philadelphia and Baltimore	1891-1922	USD -	Unknown
10	Jared Sparks	AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. The Library of American Biography.	Boston	1864	USD -	Unknown
11		AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. John Charles Fremont (Bigelow), 1856; John Quincy Adams (Seward), 1849; General ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
12		AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. John Lothrop Motley (Holmes), Boston, 1879; The Life of William Henry Harrison ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
13		AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. The Life and Epoch of Alexander Hamilton (Shea), 1879; The Life and Times of ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
14		AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. The Life and Times of Philip Schuyler (Lossing), 2 vols.; Life of George ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
15		AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. The Life of Benedict Arnold (Arnold), Chicago, 1880; The Life of Frederick ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
16		AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Life of James Sullivan (Amory), 2 vols., 1859; Life and Letters of Joseph Story ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
17		AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. The Life of John Paul Jones (Mackenzie), 2 vols., 1841; William Penn (Dixon ...	V. p.	1841-1902	USD -	Unknown
18		AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Memoirs of General Scott by Himself, 2 vols., 1864; Memoirs of the Life of ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
19		AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Sam Houston and the War of Independence in Texas (Williams), 1893; Life of ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
20		AMERICAN CHURCHES. The Genesis of the New England Churches (Bacon), 1874; The Church of England in ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
21	Edited by Horace E. Scudder	AMERICAN COMMONWEALTHS. Edited by Horace E. Scudder. Maps. 14 vols., 12mo, cloth. Boston, 1884-92 ...			USD -	Unknown
22		AMERICAN LITERARY BIOGRAPHY. Orations and Speeches (Everett), 3 vols., Boston, 1850; The ...			USD -	Unknown
23		AMERICAN REVIEW (THE). A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science.	New York	1845-6	USD -	Unknown
24		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Camp-Fires of the Revolution (Watson), 1859; Military Journal of the American ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
25	Leake (Isaac Q.)	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb, an Officer of the Revolution ...	Albany	1857	USD -	Unknown
26	AMES (FISHER)	Works, with Notices of his Life and Character.	Boston	1809	USD -	Unknown
27	Tyler (William S.)	AMHERST COLLEGE. A History of Amherst College 1821-91.	New York	1895	USD -	Unknown
28	Ridgely (David)	ANNAPOLIS, MD. Annals of Annapolis.	Baltimore	1841	USD -	Unknown
29		ANNUAL REGISTER, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for 1758 to 1830.	London	1758-1831	USD -	Unknown
30		ARCTIC. The Last of the Arctic Voyages; being a Narrative of the Expedition under the command of ...	London	1855	USD -	Unknown
31	ARMITAGE (JOHN)	The History of Brazil, from 1808 to 1831.	London	1836	USD -	Unknown
32	Francis H. Herrick	AUDUBON (JOHN J.). Audubon the Naturalist. A History of his Life and Time.	New York	1917	USD -	Unknown
33	BACK (CAPT. GEORGE)	Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores ...	London	1836	USD -	Unknown
34	BALCH (WILLIAM)	A Vindication of some Points of Doctrine, being an Answer to the Remarks of the Rev. Wigglesworth ...	Boston	1746	USD -	Unknown
35	Edited by Edward Spencer	BALTIMORE, MD. The City Hall, Baltimore: History of Construction and Dedication, 1877; An Account of ...	Baltimore	1877-81	USD -	Unknown
36	Purviance (Robert)	BALTIMORE, MD. A Narrative of Events which occurred in Baltimore Town during the Revolutionary War.	Baltimore	1849	USD -	Unknown
37	BANCROFT (GEORGE)	History of the United States. 10 vols., 1856-75; History of the Formation of the Constitution of the ...	Boston and New York	1856-83	USD -	Unknown
38	BARSTOW (GEORGE)	The History of New Hampshire, from its discovery to 1819.	Concord	1842	USD -	Unknown
39	BARTLET (WILLIAM S.)	The Frontier Missionary: a Memoir of the Life of Rev. Jacob Bailey, Missionary at Pownalborough ...	New York	1853	USD -	Unknown
40	BARTLETT (JOHN R.)	Dictionary of Americanisms.	Boston	1877	USD -	Unknown
41	BAY (W. V. N.)	Reminiscences of the Bench and Bar of Missouri.	St. Louis	1878	USD -	Unknown
42	BEAMISH (NORTH LUDLOW)	The Discovery of America by the Northmen in the Tenth Century, with Notices of the Early Settlements ...	London	1841	USD -	Unknown
43	[BELKNAP (JEREMY)]	The Foresters, an American Tale.	Exeter	1831	USD -	Unknown
44	[BELKNAP (JEREMY)]	The History of New Hampshire.	Dover	1831	USD -	Unknown
45	BELL (CHARLES H.)	The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire.	Boston and New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
46	BELTRAMI (J. C.)	A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, leading to the Discovery of the Sources of the Mississippi and ...	London	1828	USD -	Unknown
47	BENNEVILLE (DR. GEORGE DE)	Der Merkwurdige Lebens-Lauf, die Sonderbare Bekehrung und Entzuckungen des ohnlangst bey Germantown.	Baltimore	1798	USD -	Unknown
48	[BERQUIN-DUVALLON]	Vue de la Colonie Espagnole du Mississippi, ou des Provinces de Louisiane et Florida Occidentale en ...	Paris	1803	USD -	Unknown
49	BISHOP (WILLIAM HENRY)	Old Mexico and her Lost Provinces.	New York	1883	USD -	Unknown
50		BLACK HAWK. Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Hawk.	Boston	1834	USD -	Unknown
51	BLACKMAR (FRANK W.)	Spanish Institutions of the Southwest.	Baltimore	1891	USD -	Unknown
52		BOSTON. A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston (Shurtleff), 1872; Old Landmarks and ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
53		BOSTON. Antique Views of ye Towne of Boston.	Boston	[1882]	USD -	Unknown
54		BOSTON MASSACRE. The Trial of the British Soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot for the Murder of ...	Boston	1824	USD -	Unknown
55	BOZMAN (JOHN LEEDS)	The History of Maryland from its first Settlement in 1633 to the Restoration in 1660.	Baltimore	1837	USD -	Unknown
56	BRACKETT (JEFFREY R.)	The Negro in Maryland.	Baltimore	1889	USD -	Unknown
57	BRADFORD (ALDEN)	History of Massachusetts for Two Hundred Years.	Boston	1835	USD -	Unknown
58	BRIANT (LEMUEL)	The Absurdity and Blasphemy of depretiating Moral Virtue.	Boston	1749	USD -	Unknown
59	BRIDGMAN (THOMAS)	Memorials of the Dead in Boston.	Boston	1852	USD -	Unknown
60	BRINTON (DANIEL G.)	Nagualism. A Study in Native American Folk-Lore and History.	Philadelphia	1894	USD -	Unknown
61	BROWN (J.)	The History and Present Condition of St. Domingo.	Philadelphia	1837	USD -	Unknown
62	Reuben Aldridge Guild	BROWN UNIVERSITY. History of Brown University, with illustrative Documents.	Providence	1867	USD -	Unknown
63		BUNKER HILL. A Memorial of the American Patriots who Pell at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1889 ...	Boston	1848-89	USD -	Unknown
64	BURKE (EDMUND)	Works.	Boston	1865-7	USD -	Unknown
65	BURTON (H. W.)	The History of Norfolk, Virginia.	Norfolk	1877	USD -	Unknown
66	Ewell (John Louis)	BYFIELD, MASS. The Story of Byfield, a New England Parish.	Boston	1904	USD -	Unknown
67	CARSON (HAMPTON L.)	The Supreme Court of the United States: its History.	Philadelphia	1891	USD -	Unknown
68	De Witt C. Peters	CARSON (KIT). The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts ...	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
69		CATHOLIC QUESTION IN AMERICA. Whether a Roman Catholic Clergyman be in any case compellable to ...	New York	1813	USD -	Unknown
70	CATLIN (GEORGE)	Illustrations of the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians.	London	1866	USD -	Unknown
71	CHARLEVOIX (P. F. XAVIER DE)	Histoire de l'Isle Espagnole ou de S. Domingue. Ecrite particulierement sur des Memoires Manuscrits ...	Amsterdam	1733	USD -	Unknown
72	CHURCH (BENJAMIN)	The History of King Philip's War.	Boston	1865	USD -	Unknown
73	CHURCH (THOMAS)	The History of Philip's War, the Great Indian War of 1675-6.	Exeter, N. H.	1829	USD -	Unknown
74		CIVIL WAR. A Constitutional View of the late War between the States (Stephens), 2 vols., [1868 ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
75	CLAVIGERO (FRANCESCO SAVERIO)	The History of Mexico. Collected from the Spanish and Mexican Historians, from Manuscripts and ...	London	1787	USD -	Unknown
76		COLUMBUS. Select Letters of Christopher Columbus, with other original Documents, relating to his ...	London	1870	USD -	Unknown
77		CONNECTICUT. Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut in America.	Hartford	1796	USD -	Unknown
78	COOLIDGE (A. J.) AND MANSFIELD (J. B.)	A History and Description of New England.	Boston	1860	USD -	Unknown
79	COOPER (J. FENIMORE)	The History of the Navy of the United States of America.	Philadelphia	1839	USD -	Unknown
80	COOPER (J. FENIMORE)	Novels.	New York	1872-3	USD -	Unknown
81	CRANTZ (DAVID)	The History of Greenland, including an Account of the Mission carried on by the United Brethren in ...	London	1820	USD -	Unknown
82	CUSTER (ELIZABETH B.)	Boots and Saddles, or Life in Dakota with General Custer, 1885; Tenting on the Plains, or General ...	New York	1885-7	USD -	Unknown
83	DALL (WILLIAM H.)	Alaska and its Besources.	Boston	1870	USD -	Unknown
84		DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College against William H ...	Portsmouth	[1819]	USD -	Unknown
85	Smith (Baxter P.)	DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. The History of Dartmouth College.	Boston	1878	USD -	Unknown
86	DAVIS (MATTHEW L.)	Memoirs of Aaron Burr.	New York	1836	USD -	Unknown
87	DAVIS (REUBEN)	Recollections of Mississippi and Mississippians.	Boston	1889	USD -	Unknown
88	DELAFIELD (JOHN)	An Inquiry into the Origin of the Antiquities of America.	New York	1839	USD -	Unknown
89	DIAZ DEL CASTILLO (BERNAL)	The True History of the Conquest of Mexico.	London	1800	USD -	Unknown
90	DRAKE (JOSEPH RODMAN)	The Culprit Fay and Other Poems.	New York	1835	USD -	Unknown
91	DRAKE (SAMUEL ADAMS)	History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts.	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
92	DRAKE (SAMUEL ADAMS)	Historic Fields and Mansions of Middlesex, 1874; Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast, 1875 ...	V. p.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
93	DRING (CAPT. THOMAS)	Recollections of the Jersey Prison-Ship: prepared from the Original Manuscript of Captain Dring, one ...	Providence	1829	USD -	Unknown
94	DUNTON (JOHN)	The Life and Errors of John Dunton, Citizen of London.	Westminster	1818	USD -	Unknown
95		EARLY BOSTON IMPRINT. A Confession of Faith owned and consented unto by the Elders and Messengers of ...	Boston	1680	USD -	Unknown
96	Hooker (Thomas)	EARLY BOSTON IMPRINT. The Poor Doubting Christian Drawn to Christ.	Boston	1743	USD -	Unknown
97	Pigot (George)	EARLY BOSTON IMPRINT. A Vindication of the Practice of the Antient Christian, as well as the Church ...	Boston	1731	USD -	Unknown
98	EATON (JOHN HENRY)	The Life of Andrew Jackson, comprising a History of the War in the South to the termination of ...	Philadelphia	1824	USD -	Unknown
99	ELLIOTT (HENRY W.)	Report on the Prybilov Group, or Seal Islands, of Alaska.	Washington	1875	USD -	Unknown
100	EMERSON (RALPH WALDO)	Essays.	Boston	1845-7	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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