Anderson Galleries: First Editions and Private Press Books, The Library Formed by Abraham Goldsmith, sold by order of his daughter. Books, Autographs, and Mementos from the James Whitcomb Riley Homestead, selections from the collections of George B. Thummel and Jahu Dewitt M, 4150,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 07, 1935 - February 07, 1935
Page Size: 605 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
501 RILEY (JAMES WHITCOMB) The Guitar used by Riley in his medicine show days; slightly cracked and warped.

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502 RILEY (JAMES WHITCOMB) Three Blotograms by Will Vawter. Outlined in ink, and each signed.

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503 [RILEY (JAMES WHITCOMB)] Colored Lithograph entitled Happy Hours.

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504 Montaigne (Michel de) [ROGERS (BRUCE).] Essays. Boston

1902-4

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505 [ROGERS (BRUCE)] The Wedgwood Medallion of Samuel Johnson (Tinker), Cambridge, 1926; A Report of the truth concerning ...

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506 [ROGERS (BRUCE)] My Cookery Books (Pennell), illustrated, 1903; The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, illustrated ... Boston

1903-7

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507 [ROGERS (BRUCE)] Obermann: Selections from Letters to a Friend by Etienne Pivert de Senancour (Translated by ... Cambridge and Boston

1901-8

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508 [ROGERS (BRUCE)] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, [Cambridge] 1900; The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon (Fielding), portrait ... Cambridge and Boston

1900-7

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509 [ROGERS (BRUCE)] Of Friendship (Thoreau), [Cambridge] 1901; Mr. Brown's Letters to a young man about town (Thackeray ... Cambridge and Boston

1901-5

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510 [ROGERS (BRUCE)] A Bibliography of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Browne), portrait, 1905; A Bibliography of James Russell ... Boston

1902-8

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511 [ROGERS (BRUCE)] Instructions Concerning Erecting of a Library (Naudeus), Cambridge, 1903; Journal of a Tour in the ...

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512 [ROGERS (BRUCE)] The Anti-Slavery Papers of James Russell Lowell, 2 vols., Boston, 1902; The Poems of Edward Rowland ... Cambridge and Boston

1902-5

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513 ROGERS (SAMUEL) Recollections, 2 vols., 1859; Memoirs of the Life, Exile, and Conversations, of the Emperor Napoleon ... London

v. d.

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514 ROLLAND (ROMAIN) Vie de Beethoven, Paris, 1913; Nouvelles (Gautier), Paris, 1889; Pecheur d'Islande (Loti), Paris ... Paris and London

v. d.

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515 ROOSEVELT (THEODORE) Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter. New York

1905

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516 ROOT (GEORGE F.) Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! Troy

1890

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517 ROSENBACH (DR. A. S. W.) Books and Bidders, Boston, 1927, one of 785 copies on Large Paper, signed by the author; Old English ...

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518 ROUSSET (CAMILLE) Recollections of Marshal Macdonald, 2 vols., London, 1892; Memoirs (Thiebault), 2 vols., N. Y., 1896 ...

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519 Drake (Joseph R.) ROWFANT CLUB. The Culprit Fay and Other Poems. Cleveland

1893

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520 ROWFANT CLUB. The Dial: A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion. Nos. I-XVI, 16 parts, [ ...

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521 [ROWLANDSON (THOMAS)] Rowlandson's World in Miniature. [London]

[1816]

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522 [Combe (William)] ROWLANDSON COLORED PLATES. The First [Second, and Third] Tour[s] of Doctor Syntax. London

[1812] i820[-1]

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523 [Engelbach (Lewis)] ROWLANDSON COLORED PLATES. Naples and the Campagna Felice. In a Series of Letters, addressed to a ... London

1815

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524 [Roberts (David)] ROWLANDSON COLORED PLATES. The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an account of his ... London

1815

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525 [Combe (William)] ROWLANDSON COLORED PLATES. The English Dance of Death. London

1815-6

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526 [Combe (William)] ROWLANDSON COLORED PLATES. The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor ... London

1822

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527 [SAINT-LAMBERT (CHARLES FRANCOIS, MARQUIS DE)] Les Saisons, Poeme. Amsterdam

1775

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528 SAVARY (M.) Memoirs of the Duke of Rovigo (M. Savary), Vol. I-III; lacks Vol. IV, 3 vols., 1828; Memoirs of ... London

1828-1823

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529 SCARRON (PAUL) Comical Romance, and Other Tales, 2 vols., 1892, one of 150 copies on Japan vellum; Poems of Master ... London

1892

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530 SCHERER (GEORGE) Preces ac Meditationes Piae. Brussels

1612

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531 SCOTT (SIR WALTER) Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, addressed to J. G. Lockhart. London

1830

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532 SCOTT (SIR WALTER) Poetical Works, 4 vols., N. Y., n.d.; The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (Sidney), London, 1867 ... V. p.

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533 SECRET COURT MEMOIRS. Paris

n. d.

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534 SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Being a Reproduction in Facsimile of the First Folio Edition 1623. Oxford

1902

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535 SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London, [London]

1623, [1808]

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536 SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Edited by Carruthers and Chambers, illustrated, 10 vols ... London and Boston

1854-63

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537 SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Works, 39 vols., 1900, Eversley Edition; a number of pages slightly stained; Works (S. W. Mitchell ... London

1900-1901

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538 SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The Works of William Shakespeare, Edited by Knight, illustrated, 6 vols., London, n.d.; Writings by ... V. p.

v. d.

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539 SHELLEY (PERCY BYSSHE) The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose. London

1880

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540 SHELLEY (PERCY BYSSHE) Poetical Works, 5 vols.; Poetical Works (Wordsworth), 7 vols. London

1892

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541 [SHORTHOUSE (JOSEPH H.)] John Inglesant: A Romance. Birmingham

1880

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542 SMITH (HORACE AND JAMES) Rejected Addresses. London

1890

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543 SMOLLETT (TOBIAS) The Works of Tobias Smollett. Westminster

1899-1901

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544 SMOLLETT (TOBIAS) Works, 12 vols., London, 1900, Roscoe Edition, one of 250 sets; Naval History of the United States ( ...

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545 SOUTHEY (ROBERT) Poetical Works, 10 vols., 1837-8; slightly rubbed; The Iliads, Odysseys, and Batrachomyomachia of ... London

1837-65

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546 SPORTING. The Whitney Stud (Whitney), N. Y., 1902; The American Thoroughbred (Merry), Los Angeles ...

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547 STERNE (LAURENCE) The Works of Laurence Sterne. London

1885

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548 STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. New York

1921-3

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

1852

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550 STOWE (HARRIET BEECHER) Caban F'Ewyrth Twm. London

1853

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551 [SURTEES (ROBERT S.)] The Sporting Novels of Robert S. Surtees. London

n. d.

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552 [SURTEES (ROBERT S.)] Ask Mamma, colored and plain illustrations by John Leech, London, n.d.; The Complete Angler ( ...

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553 TAINE (H. A.) History of English Literature, 4 vols., N. Y., 1891; Books and Bidders (Rosenbach), Boston, 1927 ...

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554 TARKINGTON (BOOTH) The Works of Booth Tarkington. Garden City

1918-22

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555 TAYLOR (J. BAYARD) Views-A-Foot; or Europe Seen with Knapsack & Staff. New York

1846

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556 TAYLOR (JOHN) All The Workes of Iohn Taylor, the Water-Poet. London

1630

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557 [TENNYSON (ALFRED, LORD)] A Bibliography of the Writings of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Wise), 2 vols., London: Printed for Private ...

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558 TERENCE. The Comedies of Publius Terentius Afer, translated into English, 2 vols., [London] 1900 ... [London and] Athens

1897-1900

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559 THACKERAY (WILLIAM M.) The History of Pendennis, illustrated by the author, 2 vols., 1849-50; The Newcomes, illustrated by ... London

1849-59

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560 THACKERAY (WILLIAM M.) The History of Henry Esmond. London

1852

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561 THACKERAY (WILLIAM M.) A Collection of 18 First and Other American Editions of Works by William Makepeace Thackeray, as ... New York

1852-67

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562 THACKERAY (WILLIAM M.) Vanity Fair, 1848; lacks the list of plates; The Newcomes, 2 vols. in one, 1854-5; The Virginians, 2 ... London

1848-64

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563 THACKERAY (WILLIAM M.) The Works of William M. Thackeray. London

1869-84

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564 THOMS (WILLIAM J., Editor) Early English Prose Romances, 3 vols., London, 1858; The Pilgrim's Progress (Bunyan), type-facsimile ... V. p.

v. d.

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565 THOMSON (HUGH) and other illustrators. Cranford (Gaskell), London, 1891; Our Village (Mitford ... London and New York

v. d.

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

1854

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567 THOREAU (HENRY D.) Early Spring in Massachusetts, 1881; Winter, 1888; Autumn, 1892. Boston

1881-92

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568 THOREAU (HENRY D.) The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Boston

1906

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569 TRAVEL. A Collection of Books of Travel in various countries. V. p.

v. d.

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570 TROLLOPE (ANTHONY) Writings of Anthony Trollope, 23 vols., N. Y., 1901-8; The Dialogues of Plato (Trans. by Jowett), 4 ... New York and Philadelphia

v. d.

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571 TUDOR TRANSLATIONS. A Collection of the Tudor Translations. London

1892-1904

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572 TUFTS (HENRY) A Narrative of the Life, Adventures, Travels and Sufferings of Henry Tufts, Dover, N. H., 1807; a ... V. p.

v. d.

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573 Edited by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallee, and Alois Brandl UNIVERSAL ANTHOLOGY (THE). London

n. d.

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574 VALE PRESS. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini (Symonds), 2 vols. [1900]; De Cupidinis et Psyches ... [London]

v. d.

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575 VALE PRESS. Poems (Shelley), 3 vols. [1902]; Sonnets (Shakespeare) [1899]; Poems (Suckling) [1896 ... [London]

v. d.

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576 VALERIUS. C. Valerius Flacci Argonautica. Venice

1523

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577 VAUGHAN (HENRY) Olor Iscanus. A Collection of some select Poems, and Translations, Formerly written by Mr. Henry ... London

1651

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578 VIARDOT (LOUIS) The Masterpieces of French Art, fully illustrated, 2 vols., Phila., 1883; The New Gallery of British ... Philadelphia and New York

1883 & n.d.

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579 VOLTAIRE (J. M. AROUET DE) The Works of Voltaire. Paris

n. d.

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580 VON HOLST (DR. H.) The Constitutional and Political History of the United States. Chicago

1877-92

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581 VOSBURGH (W. S.) Racing in America, 1866-1921 [1922]; Thoroughbred Types, 1900-1925 (Vosburgh and Others), 1926, one ... New York

192[2-]6

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582 WALLACE (GEN. LEW.) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. New York

1880

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583 WALPOLE (HORACE) A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with numerous ... London and Edinburgh

1806-43

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584 WALPOLE (HORACE) Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, 4 vols., 1894; Diary illustrative of the Times of ... London

v. d.

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585 WALPOLE (HORACE) The Letters of Horace Walpole. Oxford

1903-5

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586 Wood (Arnold) [WALTON (IZAAK) AND COTTON (CHARLES).] A Bibliography of The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and ... New York

1900

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587 [WHISTLER (JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL)] The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. New York

1890

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588 [WHISTLER (JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL)] The Etched Work of Whistler. New York

1910

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589 WHISTLER (JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, N. Y., 1890; Recollections and Impressions of James A. McNeill ... V. p.

1890-1908

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590 WHITEFIELD CONTROVERSY. A Collection of Contemporary Pamphlets supporting or opposing the Doctrines ... Boston

1740-5

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591 WHITMAN (WALT) Leaves of Grass. Boston

1860-1

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592 WHITMAN (WALT) Leaves of Grass. Boston

1860-1

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

1872

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594 WHITMAN (WALT) After All, Not to Create Only, Boston, 1871; November Boughs, Phila., 1888; Leaves of Grass, Wash ...

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595 WHITMAN (WALT) Leaves of Grass, Washington, 1872, 2 copies, variant bindings; Specimen Days & collect, portrait ... V. p.

1872-93

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596 WHITMAN (WALT) Leaves of Grass . . . Preface to the Original Edition, 1855, London, 1881, 2 copies; Specimen Days ... London and Philadelphia

1881-9

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597 WHITMAN (WALT) Voices from the Press (Edited by Brenton), N. Y., 1850; Walt Whitman (Bucke), illustrated, Phila ... New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and Boston

1850-1904

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598 WHITMAN (WALT) Walt Whitman's Drum Taps, N. Y., 1865; After all, Not to Create Only, Boston, 1871, 2 copies ... V. p.

1865-82

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599 WHITMAN (WALT) The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman. New York

n. d.

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600 WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF) National Lyrics, 1865, in a calf-bordered slip case; Letters of Lydia Maria Child, with a ... Boston

1865-83

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