SALE NUMBER 1696 ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION FROM THURSDAY, DECEMBER FOURTEENTH BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARIES OF THE LATE DR. GEORGE T. STEVENS OF NEW YORK CITY MRS. B. K. SONDHEIM OF NEW YORK CITY AND OTHER PRIVATE OWNERS RARE FIRST EDITIONS OF KIPLING, STEVENSON WORDSWORTH AND OTHER ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS: PUBLICATIONS OF THE GROLIER CLUB KELMSCOTT PRESS, BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY, ETC. A FINE PRESENTATION COPY OF MEREDITH'S "RHODA FLEMING": STANDARD SETS, ETC. ETC. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AFTERNOONS THE ANDERSON GALLERIES PARK AVENUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK 1922 CONDITIONS OF SALE All bids to be PER LOT as numbered in the Catalogue. The highest bidder to be the buyer. In all cases of disputed bids the lot shall be resold, but the Auctioneer will use his judgment as to the good faith of all claims and his decision shall be final. 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SALE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER TWENTIETH, AT 2:30 FIRST SESSION NUMBERS 1-250 ¶ Unless otherwise described, all books are in original cloth binding and in good, second-hand condition. 1. ABBOT (GEORGE). Cases of Impotency and Divorce, as Debated in England, in that remarkable Tryal, 1613, between Robert Earl of Essex, and the Lady Frances Howard, who after Eight Years Marriage, commenc'd Suit against him for Impotency. 12mo, mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1737 Three volumes in one with separate pagination, the last volume misplaced. VERY RARE. 2. ADAMS (W. H. DAVENPORT). Works. 9 vols., 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1878-86 VERY SCARCE. Comprising: Women of Fashion. 2 vols. 1878; English Party Leaders. 2 vols. 1878; Good Samaritans. 1883; The Merry Monarch. 2 vols. 1885; Good Queen Anne. 2 vols. 1886. With the Bookplate of Ormond G. Smith, in each volume. 3. ADOLPHUS (JOHN). Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution, 2 vols., 1799; History of the Expedition to Russia (De Ségur), 2 vols., 1827; An Impartial History of the French Revolution, 2 vols., 1795; Secret History of the Cabinet of Bonaparte (Goldsmith), 1811. 7 vols., various sizes and bindings. 4. AINSWORTH (W. H.). Rookwood: A Romance. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. 8vo, full polished calf, gilt edges (hinges weak). London: John Macrone, 1836 5. ALDRICH (THOMAS BAILEY). Cloth of Gold and Other Poems. 12mo. Boston, 1874 FIRST EDITION. With a three line sentiment, signed by the author, inserted. 6. ALGER (R. A.). The Spanish American War, 1901; The Capitals of Spanish America (Curtis), 1888; The Story of the Civil War (Ropes), 1894; and another. 6 vols., 8vo. 7. AMERICAN LITERATURE. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Compiled and Edited by E. C. Stedman and E. M. Hutchinson. Illustrations. 10 vols., with Index 11 vols., royal 8vo, uncut. New York, 1889 8. ANDREWS (WILLIAM LORING). The Bradford Map. The City of New York at the time of the Granting of the Mont gomery Charter. Facsimile of an actual survey made by James 9. 10. 8vo. One of 142 copies. James Lyne's Survey. Folding maps. 12mo, uncut. Another copy. Folding maps. 8vo, uncut. One of 170 copies on Holland paper. 11. APOLLONIUS RHODIUS. The Argonautics. Translated by Francis Fawkes. With a Translation of Coluthus's Greek Poem on the Rape of Helen. Frontispiece. 8vo, calf (tear in one leaf). London: Dodsley, 1780 12. ARABIAN NIGHTS. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, now first completely done into English Prose and Verse from the Original Arabic. With 21 etchings by Lalauze (in separate envelope as issued). 9 vols.; Tales from the Arabic, 3 vols.; Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp. Together 13 vols., royal 8vo, vellum, gilt tops, uncut. Limited Edition. London: Printed for Subscribers only, 1884-9 13. ARCTIC. Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antaretic Seas. By R. M'Cormick, 2 vols., 1884; The German Arctic Expedition (Koldewey), 1874; Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of the North-West Passage, by William E. Parry, 1821. All illustrated. 4 vols., various sizes and bindings. London, v. d. 14. ARNOLD (EDWIN). The Light of the World, or the Great Consummation. 12mo, uncut. FIRST EDITION. London, 1891 15. ARNOLD (MATTHEW). Poetical Works. Portrait. 12mo, half red polished calf, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere. London, 1908 16. ART. Great Engravers-Rembrandt, Holbein, Hogarth, Van Dyke, 4 vols.; Art Teaching of the Primitive Church (Tyrwhitt); When Mona Lisa Came Home (Leech); Die Mode (Boehn), colored plates. 7 vols., various sizes and bindings. 17. ART JOURNAL (THE). Profusely illustrated with fine engraved plates. For the years 1849-59. 11 vols., 4to. London and New York, 1849-59 18. ASIATIC SOCIETY. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Numerous charts, facsimiles, colored plates, maps and other illustrations. First Series, Vols. 120 in 19 vols., 1834-63; New Series, 1865-1906 (lacking 1890). Together 56 vols., 8vo, half calf and cloth. Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society. Vols. 1-3, in 8 parts as issued (all published), 4to, original wrappers, uncut, 1824-35. General Index to all publications of the Society, from the beginning to 1903, Svo, 1904. Together 65 vols. London, 1824-1906 With the exception of the volume for 1890, a complete set of the publications of the greatest English authority on Asia. VERY RARE. Treats of the archæology, literature, art, geography, science, religion, manners and customs, etc. of Asia. Contains the original text and translations of ancient Asiatic works; vocabularies of the various languages and dialects; the best histories of the different countries; etc., etc. 19. ASSOCIATION COPIES. The Woman Errant (Wright), 1904; The Main Chance (Meredith Nicholson), 1903; Lentala of the South Seas (W. C. Morrow), 1908; Sir Christopher (Maud W. Goodwin), 1901; and others. 12 vols., various sizes and bindings. V. p., v. d. All association copies, with either inscriptions in the books or autographs laid in. The other authors are: Samuel E. Gross, Hannah Lynch, Louise Chandler Moulton, Harriet Monroe, George Parsons Lathrop, William Lightfoot Visscher, Munson Havens, Forbes. 20. AUSTEN (JANE). Novels. Illustrations. 10 vols., 16mo, uncut. London, 1892 First Issue of this edition, edited by Reginald Brimley Johnson. 21. BAIN (F. W.). A Collection of First Editions of his Writ ings. Frontispieces. 12 vols., 4to, original colored boards, uncut. London, v. d. Comprising: A Digit of the Moon 1899; The Descent of the Sun 1903; The Heifer of the Dawn 1904; In the Great God's Hair 1904; An Essence of the Dusk 1906; A Draught of the Blue 1905; An Incarnation of the Snow 1908; A Mine of Faults 1909; The Ashes of a God 1911; Bubbles of the Foam 1912; A Syrup of the Bees 1914; The Livery of Eve 1917. 22. BALZAC (HONORE DE). Novels. Translated by James Waring, with an Introduction by George Saintsbury. Illustrated. 36 vols., 8vo, half red morocco, gilt tops, uncut. London: Privately Printed for Members of the Society of EDITION DE LUXE, one of 250 copies. Includes the Droll Stories. 23. BANNATYNE CLUB. Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Kirk of Scotland, from the Year 1560. 3 vols., 4to, half calf. Edinburgh, 1839-45 PRIVATELY PRINTED for the members of the Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs. The original documents of these remains of the recorded proceedings of the Church of Scotland perished in the conflagration of the Houses of Parliament in 1834, and the Bannatyne Club has collected "whatever else could yet be recovered from authentic sources. 24. BARATARIANA. A Select Collection of Fugitive Political Pieces, Published during the Administration of Lord Townshend in Ireland. Portrait and folding caricature plate. 16mo, half mottled calf, gilt, sprinkled edges, by Riviere. Dublin, 1777 Edited by Mr. Simpson, and written by Henry Flood, Henry Grattan, and Sir Hercules Langrishe. |