Anderson Galleries: FIRST EDITIONS AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT H. TANNAHILL DETROIT, MICH. SELECTIONS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CARROLL CARSTAIRS NEW YORK AND OTHER PROPERTIES. UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE DECEMBER 6. DECEMBER 7. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION ANDERS, 4069,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 06, 1933 - December 06, 1933

Page Size: 700 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	AINSWORTH (WILLIAM HARRISON)	A. L. s.	Kensal Lodge	1841	USD -	Unknown
2	ALCOTT (LOUISA M.)	Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy.	Boston	1868-9	USD -	Unknown
3	ALDINGTON (RICHARD)	Death of a Hero.	Paris	1930	USD -	Unknown
4	ALDRICH (THOMAS BAILEY)	Autograph Manuscript of the Sonnet Even This Will Pass Away.			USD -	Unknown
5	ALDRICH (THOMAS BAILEY)	3 A. L. s. (one signed Tom), each 2 pp., 8vo. Redman Farm, Ponkapog, Mass., December 20, 1878 ...			USD -	Unknown
6		AMERICAN AUTHORS. A. L. s. by Irving Bacheller, 1 p., 12mo. Riverside, Dec. 29, 1907; A. L. s. by ...			USD -	Unknown
7	ANDERSON (SHERWOOD)	Alice and the Lost Novel, London, 1929; Fame (Sinclair), London, 1929; The Shout (Graves), London ...			USD -	Unknown
8	ARNOLD (MATTHEW)	The Works of Matthew Arnold, with the Letters.	London	1910	USD -	Unknown
9		ARTISTS. A. L. s., etc., by Frederick Leighton, Randolph Caldecott, F. Barnard (2), with an original ...			USD -	Unknown
10		ASSOCIATION COPIES. Laocoon, translated from the German of G. E. Lessing by William Ross, London ...	London and Boston	1836-46	USD -	Unknown
11	AUSTEN (JANE)	The Works of Jane Austen, 6 vols., London, 1892; Short Studies on Great Subjects (Froude), 4 vols ...			USD -	Unknown
12		AUTHORS AND ARTISTS. A. L. s. by Thomas Moore, Samuel Rogers, B. R. Hayden, G. P. R. James, Walter ...			USD -	Unknown
13		AUTOGRAPH LETTERS. A. L. s., L. s., etc., by Augustin Daly, Clyde Fitch, Thomas Lipton, J. J. Astor ...			USD -	Unknown
14	BARING-GOULD(S.)	Autograph Manuscript of the Hymn On the Resurrection Morning.			USD -	Unknown
15	BARRIE (SIR JAMES M.)	Jane Annie: or, the Good Conduct Prize. A New and Original English Comic Opera.	London	[1893]	USD -	Unknown
16	BARRIE (SIR JAMES M.)	Margaret Ogilvy.	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
17	BARRIE (SIR JAMES M.)	Sentimental Tommy.	London	1900	USD -	Unknown
18	BARRIE (SIR JAMES M.)	Tommy and Grizel.	London	1900	USD -	Unknown
19	BARRIE (SIR JAMES M.)	The Little White Bird.	London	1902	USD -	Unknown
20	BARRIE (SIR JAMES M.)	A. L. s.			USD -	Unknown
21	BALZAC (HONORE DE)	Physiologie du Manage, ou Meditations de Philosophic Eclectique, sur le Bonheur et le Malheur ...	Paris	1830	USD -	Unknown
22	BARRIE (SIR JAMES M.)	Histoire de la Grandeur et de la Decadence de Cesar Birotteau, Parfumeur.	Paris	1838	USD -	Unknown
23	BARRIE (SIR JAMES M.)	Memoires de Deux Jeunes Mariees.	Paris	1843	USD -	Unknown
24		BEAUMONT PRESS. Loyalties: A Book of Poems by John Drinkwater, 1918; Bay: A Book of Poems by D. H ...	Westminster	v.d.	USD -	Unknown
25	BEARDSLEY (AUBREY)	20 proofs of specimen title-pages executed by Aubrey Beardsley for the Keynote Series.	Boston	1894-6	USD -	Unknown
26	BEARDSLEY (AUBREY)	Under the Hill, and Other Essays in Prose and Verse.	London	1904	USD -	Unknown
27	Pope (Alexander)	[BEARDSLEY (AUBREY).] The Rape of the Lock; an Heroi-Comical Poem in Five'Cantos.	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
28	[BEARDSLEY (AUBREY)]	The Savoy: An Illustrated Quarterly.	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
29	[BEARDSLEY (AUBREY)]	An Evil Motherhood (Ruding), 1896; Poor Folk (Dostoievsky--Introduction by George Moore), 1894, ...	London	v.d.	USD -	Unknown
30	[BEARDSLEY (AUBREY)]	Aubrey Beardsley (MacFall), N. Y., 1927. One of 300 signed copies; Aubrey Beardsley and other Men of ...	New York and London	v.d.	USD -	Unknown
31	BEERBOHM (MAX)	The Happy Hypocrite.	New York and London	1897	USD -	Unknown
32	BEERBOHM (MAX)	More.	London	1899	USD -	Unknown
33	BEERBOHM (MAX)	Yet Again.	London	1909	USD -	Unknown
34	BEERBOHM (MAX)	Zukeika Dobson; or, An Oxford Love Story.	London	1911	USD -	Unknown
35	BEERBOHM (MAX)	Things New and Old.	London	1923	USD -	Unknown
36	BEERBOHM (MAX)	Things New and Old, London, 1923; A Peep into the Past, Privately Printed, 1923, one of 300 copies ...			USD -	Unknown
37	BEERBOHM (MAX)	A Christmas Garland, 1912; Seven Men, 1919; Works, 1922, one of 780 signed copies.	London	1912-22	USD -	Unknown
38	BEERBOHM (MAX)	A Survey, 1921; Rossetti and his Circle, 1922; The Dreadful Dragon of Hay Hill, 1928.	London	1921-8	USD -	Unknown
39	BEERBOHM (MAX)	And Even Now, 1920; Herbert Beerbohm Tree, n.d.; A Variety of Things, 1928, one of 750 copies.	London	1920-8	USD -	Unknown
40	BEERBOHM (MAX)	Seven Men, 1919; My Name is Legion (Morgan) [1925]; Go She Must (Garnett), 1927, signed by the ...	London	1919-1930	USD -	Unknown
41	BENNETT (ARNOLD)	Things That Have Interested Me. [First Series.]	London	[1921]	USD -	Unknown
42	BENNETT (ARNOLD)	Things That Have Interested Me. [Second Series.]	New York	[1923]	USD -	Unknown
43	BENNETT (ARNOLD)	The Old Wives' Tale. Reproduced in facsimile from the author's manuscript.	London	1927	USD -	Unknown
44	BENNETT (ARNOLD)	A Collection of First Editions of the Writings of Arnold Bennett.	London and New York	1898 [-1924]	USD -	Unknown
45	BENNETT (ARNOLD)	A. L. s.	Hockliffe, Beds.	1901	USD -	Unknown
46	BIERCE (AMBROSE)	The Cynic's Word Book, N. Y., 1906; The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays, San Francisco, 1909 ...			USD -	Unknown
47	BIERCE (AMBROSE) AND DANZIGER (GUSTAVE A.)	The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter, 11 illustrations by Theodor Hampe. Square 12mo, original gray- ...	Chicago	1892	USD -	Unknown
48	William Herman	[BIERCE (AMBROSE) AND HARCOURT (THOMAS A.).] The Dance of Death.	[San Francisco]	[1877]	USD -	Unknown
49	BLUNDEN (EDMUND)	Undertones of War [1928]; English Poems [1925]; Love Among the Haystacks (D. H. Lawrence), 1930.	London	1925-30	USD -	Unknown
50		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Le Petit (Jules). Bibliographic des principales Editions Originates d'Ecrivains ...	Paris and London	1876 [-1931]	USD -	Unknown
52		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Collecting American First Editions (Curle), Indianapolis [1930], one of 1,250 ...	Indianapolis and New York	v.d.	USD -	Unknown
53		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. English Books, 1475-1900 (Sawyer and Darton), 2 vols., Westminster, 1927 ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	Unknown
54	BORROW (GEORGE)	Targum. Or Metrical Translations from Thirty Languages and Dialects.	St. Petersburg	1835	USD -	Unknown
55	BORROW (GEORGE)	The Zincali; or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain.	London	1841	USD -	Unknown
56	BORROW (GEORGE)	Lavengro, engraved portrait, 3 vols., 1851; Romano Lavo-Lil: Word Book of the Romany, 1874.	London	1851-74	USD -	Unknown
57	BORROW (GEORGE)	Autograph Manuscript of a Ballad entitled The Squint-Eyed Lady, comprising seven 4-line stanzas ...			USD -	Unknown
58	BORROW (GEORGE)	Autograph Draft of a portion of an Epic Poem, comprising about 140 words of prose outline and 30 ...			USD -	Unknown
59	BORROW (GEORGE)	Autograph Draft of a Poem beginning O Thou with the gold hair, my young Isabel, comprising eight ...			USD -	Unknown
60	BOSWELL (JAMES)	The Life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. A New Edition, with ...	London	1831	USD -	Unknown
61	BRACKENRIDGE (HUGH H.)	Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of a Captain, and Teague O'Regan, his Servant.	Carlisle	1807	USD -	Unknown
62	BROOKE (RUPERT)	Poems.	London	1911	USD -	Unknown
63	BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)	Poems.	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
64	BROWNING (ROBERT)	Paracelsus.	London	1835	USD -	Unknown
65	BROWNING (ROBERT)	Men and Women.	London	1855	USD -	Unknown
66	BROWNING (ROBERT)	The Ring and the Book.	London	1868	USD -	Unknown
67	BROWNING (ROBERT)	Fifine at the Fair, 1872; La Saisiaz: The Two Poets of Croisic, 1878; Asolando, 1890.	London	1872-90	USD -	Unknown
68	BROWNING (ROBERT)	Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper, 1876; Jocoseria, 1883; Parleyings with Certain People ...	London	1883-7	USD -	Unknown
69	BROWNING (ROBERT)	A. L. s.			USD -	Unknown
70	BROWNING (ROBERT)	A. L. s.		1866	USD -	Unknown
71	BROWNING (ROBERT)	A. L. s.		1878	USD -	Unknown
72	BROWNING (R. AND E. B.)	The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, 17 vols., 1888-94. [Also] Robert Browning's Prose Life of ...	London	1888-92	USD -	Unknown
73	BRYANT (WILLIAM C.)	A. L. s.	New York	1865	USD -	Unknown
74	BRYCE (VISCOUNT JAMES).	Original Autograph Manuscript Review of Theodore Roosevelt and his Time ...			USD -	Unknown
75	[BULWER (EDWARD, LORD LYTTON)]	Rienzi.	London	1835	USD -	Unknown
76	[BULWER (EDWARD, LORD LYTTON)]	8 A. L. s. (five signed with initials).			USD -	Unknown
77	BURKE (EDMUND)	Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London ...	London	1790	USD -	Unknown
78	BURNETT (FRANCES H.)	Little Lord Fauntleroy.	New York	1886	USD -	Unknown
79	BUTLER (SAMUEL)	The Way of All Flesh.	London	1903	USD -	Unknown
80	BYRON (GEORGE GORDON, LORD)	English Bards and Scotch Reviewers; A Satire.	Philadelphia and Charleston	1811	USD -	Unknown
81	CABELL (JAMES BRANCH)	The Eagle's Shadow.	New York	1904	USD -	Unknown
82	CABELL (JAMES BRANCH)	Gallantry. Illustrations in colors by Howard Pyle.	New York	1907	USD -	Unknown
83	CABELL (JAMES BRANCH)	Chivalry. Illustrations in color by Howard Pyle, William Hurd Lawrence, and Elisabeth Shippen Green.	New York	1909	USD -	Unknown
84	CABELL (JAMES BRANCH)	Jurgen.	New York	1919	USD -	Unknown
85	CABELL (JAMES BRANCH)	Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice.	London	1921	USD -	Unknown
86	CABELL (JAMES BRANCH)	The Line of Love. Illustrations in color by Howard Pyle, 1905; The High Place. Illustrated by Frank ...	New York	1905-24	USD -	Unknown
87	CABELL (JAMES BRANCH)	The Soul of Melicent, N. Y. [1913]; The Jewel Merchants, N. Y., 1921, one of 100 signed copies ...	New York and Chicago	19[13-]21	USD -	Unknown
88	CABELL (JAMES BRANCH)	From the Hidden Way, 1916; The Certain Hour, 1916; The Cream of the Jest, 1917.	New York	1916-7	USD -	Unknown
89	CABELL (JAMES BRANCH)	The Cords of Vanity, N. Y., 1909; Beyond Life, N. Y., 1919; Figures of Earth, N. Y., 1921; The Art ...	New York and Philadelphia	1909-24	USD -	Unknown
90	CABLE (GEORGE W.)	Old Creole Days.	New York	1879	USD -	Unknown
91	CANOVA (ANTONIO)	A. L. s. (in Italian), 1 p., 4to, July 11, 1819; A. N. s., 1 p., 4to, March 21, 1815.			USD -	Unknown
92	CARLYLE (THOMAS)	A. L. s.	Chelsea	1843	USD -	Unknown
93	CARLYLE (THOMAS)	A. L. s. (initials).		1850	USD -	Unknown
94	CARLYLE (THOMAS)	A. L. s.	Chelsea	1864	USD -	Unknown
95	CARMAN (BLISS)	Low Tide on Grand Pre: a Book of Lyrics.	New York	1893	USD -	Unknown
96	Ruzicka (Rudolph)	CARTERET BOOK CLUB. Newark: A Series of Engravings on Wood by Rudolph Ruzicka.	Newark	1917	USD -	Unknown
97	CARROLL (LEWIS)	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 42 illustrations by John Tenniel, 1866; Through the Looking-Glass ...	London	1866-72	USD -	Unknown
98	CARROLL (LEWIS)	Sylvie and Bruno; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded.	London	1889-93	USD -	Unknown
99	CATHER (WILLA)	Death Comes for the Archbishop.	New York	1927	USD -	Unknown
100	[CLEMENS (SAMUEL L.)]	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.	London	1884	USD -	Unknown
101	[CLEMENS (SAMUEL L.)]	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).	New York	1885	USD -	Unknown

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

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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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.

Sotheby’s
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.