The Hurst Sale A Letter of Appreciation The American Security and Trust Co. of Washington, D. C., being named as the sole executor of the estate of the late Bishop John Fletcher Hurst, chose The Anderson Auction Company as the medium for the public sale of his choice collection of Books, Autographs, and Manuscripts. In due time the sales were effected, the aggregate proceeds amounting to $56,500. In connection therewith, the following extract from an unsolicited letter received from the Executor may prove of interest: "It seems proper that I should express to you our entire satisfaction with your management and conduct of the sale. The cataloguing, on which so much depended, was admirably done, and the amount realized was fully up to the highest estimate of the value of the collec tion. I have heretofore congratulated you personally on the success of the sale, and now beg you to accept this expression of our appreciation of the excellent service rendered in this connection by your Company to ours. Yours very truly, JAMES F. HOOD, Secretary." THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE SIR JOHN BOURINOT (CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA) CONTAINING RARE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND MAPS RELATING TO THE PROGRESS OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY AND THE HISTORY OF CANADA, INCLUDING MANY RELATING TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE HISTORY OF AMERICA IN COLONIAL TIMES. FOR SALE AT AUCTION MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 20 AND 21, 1906 BY The Anderson Auction Company 5 WEST 29TH STREET, NEW YORK SALES BEGIN IN THE AFTERNOON AT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING AT 7.30 O'CLOCK TELEPHONE, 3150 MADISON N. B.-BIDS ARE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD TO BE AT SO MUCH PER VOLUME OR PIECE THE LATE SIR JOHN BOURINOT added to his political duties the earnest study of the history of his native land. To this end he commenced gathering the material at an early age, and continued consistently through life, collecting early and rare books and pamphlets, contemporary accounts, where possible, and transcribing from the Archives of Canada and Paris those documents required that he was unable to obtain by any other means. More especially was his interest centred in the Wars with the French which resulted in the English conquest of Canada, and in the War of the American Revolution, and its sequence, the War of 1812, the second great crisis in Canadian history. Other subjects were not, however, neglected, books relating to the progress of Geographical Discovery, the voyages of the Cabots, of Cartier, Columbus, the earlier history of the Hudson's Bay Company, the early history of the Selkirk settlement on the Red River and its conflicts with the North-West Company, the manners and customs of the Indians, the works of Hennepin, Charlevoix, Denys, LeClercq, Creuxius, Sir William Vaughan's Golden Fleece, Whitbourne's Discovery of Newfoundland, Thevet's Franco Antarctique, and others equally noteworthy dealing with special periods will be found in their various divisions in the catalogue. Under the heading of maps and atlases will be found what is believed to be the finest copy known of the Atlantic Neptune-a book rarely met with in any other state than badly imperfect-together with some particularly choice selections of maps, and facsimiles of the earliest-known charts both in manuscript and print. With but few exceptions the library will be found in exceptionally good condition, many bearing the autograph of its late owner. |