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SALE NUMBER 1390

ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION FROM JANUARY FOURTH

INSCRIBED BOOKS AND
ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS

FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF

THE LATE

JAMES CARLETON YOUNG

IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPTS BY

EUGENE FIELD, JOAQUIN
MILLER, PAUL VERLAINE, AND

OTHERS

ORDER OF SALE

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15, LOTS 1-248
THURSDAY

AFTERNOON, JANUARY 16, LOTS 249-488

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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.

Buyers to give their names and addresses and to make such cash payments on account as may be required, in default of which the lots purchased to be immediately resold.

Goods bought to be removed at the close of each sale. If not so removed they will be at the sole risk of the purchaser, and subject to storage charges, and The Anderson Galleries, Incorporated, will not be responsible if such goods are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.

TERMS CASH. If accounts are not paid at the conclusion of each sale, or, in the case of absent buyers, when bills are rendered, this Company reserves the right to recatalogue the goods for immediate sale without notice to the defaulting buyer, and all costs of such resale will be charged to the defaulter. This condition is without prejudice to the rights of the Company to enforce the sale contract and collect the amount due without such resale at its own option. Unsettled accounts are subject to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. All books are sold as catalogued, and are assumed to be in good SECOND-HAND condition. If material defects are found, not mentioned in the catalogue, the lot may be returned. Notice of such defects must be given promptly and the goods returned within ten days from the date of the sale. No exceptions will be made to this rule. Magazines and other periodicals, and all miscellaneous books arranged in parcels, are sold as they are, without recourse.

Autograph Letters, Documents, Manuscripts and Bindings are sold as they are, without recourse. The utmost care is taken to authenticate and correctly describe items of this character, but this Company will not be responsible for errors, omissions, or defects of any kind.

BIDS. We make no charge for executing orders for our customers and use all bids competitively, buying at the lowest price permitted by other bids.

Priced Copy of this Catalogue may be secured for fifty cents for each session of the sale.

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INSCRIBED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE

JAMES CARLETON YOUNG

FIRST SESSION

LOTS 1-248

1. ACADEMIE FRANCAISE. Discours de Reception de M. Houssaye, Paris, 1896; Discours de Reception de M. Mezieres. Paris, n. d. 2 vols. 8vo, wrappers, uncut and unopened. Paris, v. d.

With autograph inscriptions of Henry Houssaye and M. Mezieres.

2. ADAM (PAUL). Original Manuscript entitled "Le Legs du Coeur." 9 pages of quarto size, with many corrections, entirely in the handwriting of the author and signed on the last sheet. With typewritten translation.

An exceedingly interesting article on the Boer War and the love of liberty.

3. ADAM (PAUL). Les Tentatives Passionées. Frontispiece. 12mo, wrappers, uncut.

Paris, 1898

FIRST EDITION. With autograph presentation inscription by the author: "A notre oncle Martin en toute devotion. Paul Adam."

4. AFTER ALL Not to Create Only (Whitman), 1871; Little Willie (Field), 1895; Elaine (Tennyson), 1900; Gwen (Lewis Morris), 1879, and others, by William Watson, Blackmore, Kipling, etc. 20 vols., various sizes and bindings.

Some First Editions.

5. AICARD (JEAN). Poemes de Provence. 12mo, wrappers, uncut (shaken). Paris, 1874

Autograph presentation copy from the author to Amidée Achard, with inscription in French.

6. ALDRICH (THOMAS BAILEY). XXXVI Lyrics and XII Boston, 1894

Sonnets. 16mo, cloth, gilt top, uncut.

With autograph of the author.

7. ALDRICH (THOMAS BAILEY). From Ponkapog to Pesth. 12mo, cloth.

With autograph of the author.

Boston, 1895 8. ALLEN (JAMES LANE). Flute and Violin and other Kentucky Tales and Romances. Illustrations. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1900

With autograph inscription by the author.

9. AMERICAN AUTHORS. Whittier. By James T. Fields; Edwin Booth. By Laurence Hutton; The Works of Washington Irving. By C. D. Warner. Illustrated. 3 vols. 18mo, cloth.

New York, 1893

Harper's Black and White Series. Each volume contains an inscription by the author.

10. AMICIS (EDMONDO). Ai Ragazzi. 12mo, wrappers, uncut and unopened. Milano, 1896

With a fine autograph inscription by the author.

11. AMOUR OBLIGE (Barracand), n. d.; Contes Anciens (Callet), 1904; L'Amour Fessé, (Derennes), 1906; Les Epigrammes (Marieton), 1909, and others by Eekhoud, Estaunie, Fevre, Reibrach, etc. 19 vols. 12mo, wrappers, uncut. Paris, v. d.

Some First Editions. With autograph inscriptions by the author in each volume; presentation copies to Emile Zola, etc.

12. AN AMERICAN MOTHER (Underwood), 1898; The Boy Settlers (Brooks), 1896; The Destroyer (Swift), 1898; The Helmet of Navarre (Runkle), 1901, and others, by the Countess Puliga, Charles Major, etc. 8 vols. 12mo, cloth.

Some First Editions. With autograph inscription or signature by the author in each volume but one.

13. ARMY in the Civil War. The Shenandoah Valley in 1864. By George E. Pond; Army of the Cumberland. By Henry M. Cist; The March to the Sea. By Jacob D. Cox; The Blockade and the Cruisers. By James Soley; The Peninsula. By Alexander S. Webb. Portraits and maps. 5 vols. 12mo, half morocco, gilt tops. New York, n. d.

Each volume signed or inscribed by the author. 14. ARNOLD (SIR EDWIN). Pearls of the Faith; or, Islam's Rosary. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1883

FIRST EDITION. Inscribed with a quotation in verse by the author. 15. AUSTIN (ALFRED). Narrative Poems. 12mo, cloth, unLondon, 1891

cut.

FIRST EDITION. With signed quotation from the book in the autograph of the author.

16. AUSTIN (ALFRED). Madonna's Child. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, uncut.

With autograph inscription by the author.

London, 1895

17. AUSTIN (ALFRED). The Conversion of Winckelmann and other Poems. 12mo, cloth, uncut.

London, 1897 FIRST EDITION. With signed quotation from the book in the autograph of the author.

18. AYERBA (MARQUESS DE). El Castillo dei Marques de Mos en Sotomayor. Printed in red and black. 8vo, vellum, carmine edges.

Impreso en la Oficina Tipagrafico y Encuadernacion de Antonio del Rio y Mico, 1905

One of 200 copies. Autograph presentation copy from the author, with typewritten translation of the inscription.

19. BACHELLER (IRVING). Eben Holden. A Tale of the North Country. 12mo, cloth. Boston [1900]

FIRST EDITION. With a fine autograph inscription by the author. 20. BAILEY (PHILIP JAMES). The Age; a Colloquial Satire. 12mo, cloth.

With autograph inscription by the author.

Boston, 1848

21. BALKAN STATES. 21 volumes by Isabel Assadour, A. Harontirenian, Chedo Mijatovich, Z. Majoba, C. H. Rundgren, and others. 12mo and 8vo, wrappers and cloth. V. p., v. d.

The volumes are mainly inscribed, in many cases, a typewritten translation of the inscription accompanying the volume.

22. BALKAN STATES. 24 volumes, by Kaygorodove; Kalouseh; Pobedonosceff; Merijvowsky; Mijalovich; Keghetzig, and others. Royal 8vo and smaller, paper and cloth. V. p., v. d.

The volumes are in the main inscribed by the authors, either with a more or less long sentiment, or signature alone. A translation of many of the inscriptions accompanies the volumes.

23. BALLADES FRANCAISES (Fort), 1897; Une Femme m'apparut (Vivien), 1904; Amants en Revolte (Sautarel), 1897; La Voie sans retour (Bordeaux), n. d.; La Bague de Plomb (Maurevert), 1901, and others. 16 vols. 12mo, wrappers, uncut.

Paris, v. d.

Mainly First Editions. Autograph inscription by the author in each volume.

24. BANGS (JOHN KENDRICK). The Enchanted TypeWriter. Illustrated by Newell; The Idiot at Home. Illustrated by F. T. Richards; The Genial Idiot: His Views and Reviews. 3 vols. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1899-1908

FIRST EDITIONS. Each with an interesting inscription by the author.

25. BANVILLE (THEODORE DE). Esquisses Parisiennes. Scenes de la Vie. 12mo, wrappers, uncut (worn). Paris, 1859

FIRST EDITION. With autograph inscription by the author.

26. BANVILLE (THEODORE DE). Contes pour les Femmes. Frontispiece by Rochegrosse. 12mo, wrappers, uncut and unopened. Paris, 1881

FIRST EDITION. Autograph presentation copy to Emile Zola. 27. BANVILLE (THEODORE DE). Sonnailles et Clochettes. Frontispiece. 12mo, wrappers, uncut. Paris, 1890

FIRST EDITION. Autograph presentation copy from the author to Felicien Champsaur.

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