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
602 Mr. Yorick [STERNE (LAURENCE).] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. London

1768

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603 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. London

1879

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604 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. London

1881

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605 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) Familiar Studies of Men and Books. London

1882

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606 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) Treasure Island. London

1883

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607 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) Prince Otto. A Romance. London

1885

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608 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. London

1886

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609 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) Island Nights' Entertainments. London

1893

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610 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) A Child's Garden of Verses. London

1896

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611 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) The Master of Ballantrae, 1889; Catriona, 1893; inner hinges cracked; Vailima Letters, 1895. London

1883-95

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612 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) Memories & Portraits, 1887; name on end-paper; Ballads, 1890; stamp on title-page; St. Ives, 1898. London

1887-98

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613 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) The Wrong Box, by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, 1889; A Footnote to History, 1892; Weir ... London

1889-92

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614 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson. New York

1896-1901

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615 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) A. L. s. (initials). [Swanston]

[1875]

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616 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) A. L. s. (initials). [La Solitude, Hyeres]

1883

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617 STEVENSON (ROBERT L.) A. L. s.

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618 STOWE (HARRIET BEECHER) Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Boston

1852

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619 SWINBURNE (ALGERNON CHARLES) Poems and Ballads. London

1866

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620 SWINBURNE (ALGERNON CHARLES) The Heptalogia, London, 1880; Miscellanies, London, 1886; Rosamund, London, 1899; Le Tombeau de ... London and Paris

v.d.

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621 SWINBURNE (ALGERNON CHARLES) A Century of Roundels, 1883; In the Key of Blue (Symonds), 1918; A Brazilian Mystic (Graham), 1920 ... London

1883-1930

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622 SWINBURNE (ALGERNON CHARLES) Notes on Poems and Reviews, 1866; Songs of Two Nations, 1875; Note of an English Republican on the ... London

v.d.

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623 SWINBURNE (ALGERNON CHARLES) Autograph Manuscript of stanzas VI-XI inclusive of a poem beginning (stanza VI) They are worthy to ...

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624 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) [SWINBURNE (ALGERNON CHARLES).] The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. London

1902

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625 SYMONDS (JOHN A.) Essays, Speculative and Suggestive. London

1890

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626 SYMONDS (JOHN A.) Sketches and Studies in Italy, 1879; Italian Byways, 1883; Walt Whitman, 1893, one of 208 copies on ... London

1879-93

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627 SYMONDS (JOHN A.) A. L. s. Clifton, Bristol

1872

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628 Vernon Lee SYMONDS (JOHN A.). [Paget (Violet).] Euphorion: being the Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval ... London

1884

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629 SYMONS (ARTHUR) Poems. London

1906

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630 SYMONS (ARTHUR) The Symbolist Movement in Literature, 1899; Cities, 1903; The Romantic Movement in English Poetry ... London

1899-1909

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631 SYMONS (ARTHUR) An Introduction to the Study of Browning, 1886; Plays, Acting, and Music, 1903; Charles Baudelaire ... London

v.d.

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632 TARKINGTON (BOOTH) Monsieur Beaucaire. Illustrated by C. D. Williams. 2 copies. New York

1900

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633 TARKINGTON (BOOTH) The Two Vanrevels. New York

1902

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634 TABB (JOHN B.) 3 Autograph Manuscript Poems, one entitled Clover.

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635 TENNYSON (ALFRED, LORD) Poems. London

1851

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636 TENNYSON (ALFRED, LORD) Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, 1830; Poems, 1833; lacks half-title. London

1930-3

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637 TENNYSON (ALFRED, LORD) A. L. s.

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638 Curtius Rufus (Quintus) [TENNYSON (ALFRED, LORD).] Historia Alexandri Magni. Amstelodami

1664

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639 Mr. M. A. Titmarsh [THACKERAY (WILLIAM M.).] The Irish Sketch-Book. London

1843

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640 Mr. M. A. Titmarsh [THACKERAY (WILLIAM M.).] Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo. London

1846

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641 [THACKERAY (WILLIAM M.)] The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. London

1852

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642 [THACKERAY (WILLIAM M.)] The Adventures of Philip on his Way through the World. London

1862

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643 [THACKERAY (WILLIAM M.)] The Works of William M. Thackeray. London

1869-86

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644 [THACKERAY (WILLIAM M.)] A. L. s. London

[1858]

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645 THOREAU (HENRY D.) Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston

1854

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646 TOMLINSON (H. M.) All Our Yesterdays. London

1930

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647 TROLLOPE (ANTHONY) A. L. s. London

1882

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648 UPSON (ARTHUR) Poems by Arthur Upson & George Norton Northrop, Minneapolis, 1902, one of 350 copies; West-wind ... V.p.

v.d.

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649 WARNER (CHARLES DUDLEY) 2 A. L. s. Hartford

1887

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650 WATTS (ISAAC) A. L. s.

1728

USD - Unknown
651 WEYMAN (STANLEY) Under the Red Robe. London

1894

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652 WHARTON (EDITH) Ethan Frome. New York

1911

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653 WHISTLER (JAMES McNEILL) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. Chelsea

[1890]

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654 WHISTLER (JAMES McNEILL) Whistler v. Ruskin: Art & Art Critics, London [1878]; Nocturnes, Marines, & Chevalet Pieces, Chelsea ...

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655 WHISTLER (JAMES McNEILL) A. L. s. (butterfly signature).

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656 WHISTLER (JAMES McNEILL) A. L. s. (butterfly signature), 3 pp., 12mo, [Paris] n.d.; A. N., 1 p., oblong 12mo, [Paris] n.d ...

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657 WHITEFIELD (REV. GEORGE) A. L. s. Tabernacle-House

1754

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658 WHITMAN (WALT) Franklin Evans; or the Inebriate. A Tale of the Times. New York

November, 1842

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659 [WHITMAN (WALT)] Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn

1855

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660 [WHITMAN (WALT)] Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York

1856

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661 [WHITMAN (WALT)] Drum-Taps. New York

1865

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662 Burroughs (John) [WHITMAN (WALT).] Notes on Walt Whitman, as Poet and Person. New York

1867

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663 [WHITMAN (WALT)] Passage to India. Washington

1871

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664 [WHITMAN (WALT)] As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free, and other Poems. Washington

1872

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665 WHITMAN (WALT) Memoranda During the War. Camden

1875-6

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666 [WHITMAN (WALT)] Two Rivulets, including Democratic Vistas, Centennial Songs, and Passages to India. Camden

1876

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667 WHITMAN (WALT) Leaves of Grass. Camden

1882

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668 WHITMAN (WALT) November Boughs. Philadelphia

1888

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669 WHITMAN (WALT) November Boughs. Philadelphia

1888

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670 WHITMAN (WALT) Leaves of Grass; Complete Prose Works. Illustrations. Boston

1898

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671 WHITMAN (WALT) Salut au Monde! From Leaves of Grass. New York

1930

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672 WHITMAN (WALT) Specimen Days & Collect, Phila., 1882-'83; The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman ( ... V.p.

v.d.

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673 WHITMAN (WALT) Good-Bye My Fancy, Phila., 1891; Walt Whitman. A Study (Symonds), London, 1893, one of 208 copies on ... V.p.

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674 WHITMAN (WALT) A. N. s., written on the verso of a post-card. Camden, August 31, 1888. Camden

1888

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675 Symonds (John A.) [WHITMAN (WALT).] Walt Whitman: a Study, London, 1893; Lafayette in Brooklyn (Whitman), N. Y., 1905 ... V.p.

v.d.

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676 [WHITMAN (WALT)] Walt Whitman's Diary in Canada, Boston, 1904. One of 500 copies; Walt Whitman! A Study (Symonds ... V.p.

v.d.

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677 WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF) Snow-Bound. A Winter Idyl. Boston

1866

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678 WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF) 9 A. L. s.

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679 WILDE (OSCAR) Newdigate Prize Poem: Ravenna. Oxford

1878

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680 WILDE (OSCAR) The Happy Prince, and other Tales. London

1888

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681 WILDE (OSCAR) A House of Pomegranates. London

1891

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682 WILDE (OSCAR) Intentions. London

1891

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683 WILDE (OSCAR) Salome. Drame en un Acte. Paris

1893

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684 WILDE (OSCAR) Salome. A Tragedy in One Act. London

1894

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685 WILDE (OSCAR) An Ideal Husband. London

1899

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686 WILDE (OSCAR) An Ideal Husband. London

1899

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687 WILDE (OSCAR) The Importance of Being Earnest. London

1899

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688 WILDE (OSCAR) The Portrait of Mr. W. H. [London]

[1904]

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689 WILDE (OSCAR) De Profundis. London

[1908]

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690 WILDE (OSCAR) Lady Windermere's Fan. 1893; A Woman of No Importance. 1894. London

1893-4

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691 WILDE (OSCAR) Lady Windermere's Fan, 1893; covers slightly soiled; The Importance of Being Earnest, 1899. One of 1 ... London

1893-9

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692 WILDE (OSCAR) Salome. Pictured by Aubrey Beardsley, 1894; A Woman of No Importance, 1894, with cut signature and ... London

1894-9

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693 WILDE (OSCAR) Plays, 4 vols., Boston, 1905-8; Poems, 2 vols., New York, 1906; The Happy Prince and Other Tales ... V.p.

v.d.

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694 Mason (Stuart) [WILDE (OSCAR).] Bibliography of Oscar Wilde. London

1914

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695 [WILDE (OSCAR)] Oscar Wilde: Three Times Tried, London, n.d.; The Life of Oscar Wilde (Sherard), London, n.d., one ... V.p.

v.d.

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696 [WILDE (OSCAR)] Bibliography of Oscar Wilde (Mason), London, 1914, one of 100 copies, signed by the compiler; Oscar ... V.p.

v.d.

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697 WILDER (THORNTON) The Bridge of San Luis Rey, 1927; The Woman of Andros, 1930. New York

1927-30

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698 YEATS (W. B.) The Collected Works of William Butler Yeats. Stratford-on-Avon

1908

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699 YELLOW BOOK (THE). An Illustrated Quarterly. London

1894-7

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700 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. Of Human Bondage (Maugham), Second Edition, London [1915]; The Forsyte Saga ( ... V.p.

v.d.

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701 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. The Life and Times of Niccolo Machiavelli (Villari), N. Y., 1898; The Age of ... V.p.

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