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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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BOOKS

FROM THE LIBRARY OF

JAMES K. PAULDING

FIRST SESSION

LOTS 1-263

1. ADAMS (HANNAH). A Memoir of Miss Hannah Adams, written by herself. With Additional Notices. By a Friend. Portrait. 12mo, cloth.

Boston, 1832 2. AGATHYNIAN CLUB. Advice to the Officers of the British Army. A facsimile Reprint of the Sixth London Edition. Svo, wrappers, uncut (loose).

One of 120 copies printed.

With Introduction and Notes. N. Y.: Agathynian Club, 1867

3. ALLEN (IRA). The Natural and Political History of the State of Vermont, one of the United States of America. To which is added an Appendix containing answers to sundry queries addressed to the Author. Large folding map. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, original calf (date erased). London [1798]

Very scarce. nature on title.

Contains bookplate of J. K. Paulding and with his sig

4. AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. The Library of American Biography. Conducted by Jared Sparks. Portraits, views and many facsimiles. First series, 10 vols.; second series, 15 vols. Together 25 vols. 12mo, cloth.

A complete set in fine condition. but three volumes.

Boston, 1839-48 Signature of W. I. Paulding in all

5. AMERICAN MUSEUM, or, Universal Magazine. 13 vols. 8vo, calf. With the J. K. Paulding bookplate in each volume.

Phila. 1798-99

6. AMERICAN NAVY, ETC. Report of the Secretary of the Navy . . . of the Survey of the Harbors of Charleston and Beaufort, South Carolina, and of Savannah and St. Mary's, Georgia. Wash. 1827; Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with Statements showing the appropriations for the Service for 1827. Wash. 1828; Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with a Plan for a Naval Peace Establishment of the United States. Wash. 1828; and many others. Together 51 pieces, bound in 2 vols. half calf.

A valuable and very interesting collection of pamphlets relating to the American Navy of the period.

7. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Novanglus and Massachuttensis; or, Political Essays, published in the years 1774 and 1775, on the Principal Points of Controversy between Great Britain and her Colonies. The former by John Adams, the latter by Jonathan Sewall. 8vo, calf. Boston, 1819

Scarce. According to Sabin, Daniel Leonard is the author of these letters. Contains bookplate of J. K. Paulding, and his signature on title.

8. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Magoon (E. L.). Orators of the American Revolution. Portraits. 12mo, cloth. N. Y. 1848 9. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Barclay (Stanley, Editor). Personal Recollections of the American Revolution. A Private Journal. Prepared from Authentic Domestic Records. Together with Reminiscences of Washington & Lafayette. Frontispiece. 12mo, cloth. N. Y. 1859

10. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Dawson (Henry C.). Camp-Fires of The Revolution: or, the War of Independence, illustrated by Thrilling Events and Stories by the Old Continental Soldiers. Illustrations by Croome. Large 8vo, cloth, gilt edges. Phila. 1860

11. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Bushell (Charles I.). A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Levi Hanford, a Soldier of the Revolution. 8vo, sheets, uncut. N. Y.: Privately Printed, 1863 No. 5 of Bushell's Crumbs for Antiquarians. 66

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12. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. The Narrative of Colonel David Fanning (A Tory in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain): giving an account of his Adventures in North Carolina from 1775 to 1783, as written by Himself. With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes. 8vo, sheets, uncut. N. Y.: Reprinted for Joseph Sabin, 1865

One of only 50 copies printed. No. 1 of Sabin's Reprints, Second Series. Signature of W. I. Paulding on title.

13. AMORY (THOMAS C.). The Military Services and Public Life of Major-General John Sullivan, of the American Revolutionary Army. Portrait. 8vo, cloth.

Signature of W. I. Paulding on fly-leaf.

Boston, 1868

14. BALCH (THOMAS, Editor). Papers relating chiefly to the Maryland Line during the Revolution. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Phila. 1857

Only 150 copies printed.

15. BARBER (JOHN W.) AND HOWE (HENRY). Historical Collections of the State of New York. Illustrated by 230 engravings. 8vo, old sheep (worn). N. Y. 1844 J. K. Paulding's copy, with his autograph on the title and several marginal notes in ink and pencil.

16. BARBER (JOHN W.) AND HOWE (HENRY). Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey. Colored frontispiece and numerous woodcuts. 8vo, cloth. Newark, n. d.

17. BELKNAP (JEREMY). American Biography: or, An Historical Account of those Persons who have been distinguished in America, as Adventurers, Statesmen, Philosophers, etc. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. calf. Boston, 1794 Contains bookplate of J. K. Paulding in each volume, and signature on

titles.

18. BENTON (NATHANIEL). A History of Herkimer County, including the Upper Mohawk Valley, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Illustrations. 8vo, cloth (binding and a few pages water-stained).

Signature of W. I. Paulding on fly-leaf.

Albany, 1856

19. BEYARD (N.) AND LODOWICK (C.). Journal of the Late Actions of the French at Canada, by Col. Nicholas Beyard, and Lieut. Col. Charles Lodowick. 4to, boards, uncut. N. Y. 1868

One of 150 copies printed. Signature of W. I. Paulding on inside cover. 20. BIOGRAPHY. Famous Americans of Recent Times (Parton), Bost. 1867; Life and Letters of James Gates Percival (Ward), 1866; Memoir of General Graham (Graham), Edin. 1862; and others. Together 5 vols. 12mo, cloth.

Signature of W. I. Paulding in three of the volumes.

21. BORDER Reminiscences (Marcy), N. Y. 1872; In the Brush; or, OldTime Social, Political, and Religious Life in the Southwest (Pierson), N. Y. 1881; The Mexican War: A History of its Origin (Mansfield), N. Y. 1852 Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Part of Virginia and Pennsylvania (Doddridge), Albany, 1876. Together 4 vols. 12mo, cloth. Signature of W. I. Paulding in two volumes.

22. BOSTON MASSACRE. A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the Evening of the Fifth Day of March, 1770, etc. Frontispiece and map. 8vo, cloth.

N. Y. 1849 23. BOZMAN (JOHN LEEDS). A Sketch of the History of Maryland, during the Three First Years after its Settlement: to which is prefixed a Copious Introduction. Portrait. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, tree calf.

With the J. K. Paulding bookplate.

Baltimore, 1811

24. BRACKENRIDGE (H. M.). Voyage to South America, performed by Order of the American Government, in the Years 1817 and 1818, in the Frigate Congress. Map. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 8vo, old calf (joint cracked). Bookplate of J. K. Paulding in each volume.

Baltimore, 1819

25. BURR (AARON). Memoirs of Aaron Burr. With Miscellaneous selections from His Correspondence. By Matthew L. Davis. Portraits. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth (binding and a few pages water-stained). N. Y. 1836

26. BYFIELD (NATHANIEL). An Account of The Late Revolution in New-England. 4to, wrappers, uncut (lacks back cover). N. Y. Reprinted for Joseph Sabin, 1865 One of 250 copies printed. Forms No. 1 of Sabin's Reprints, quarto series.

27. CALIFORNIA. Venegas (Miguél). A Natural and Civil History of California: containing an accurate Description of that Country, its Soil, Mountains, Harbours, Lakes. Fishery for Pearls. The Customs of the Inhabitants together with Accounts of the several Voyages and Attempts made for settling California, etc. Folding map and 3 plates. 2 vols. 8vo, old calf (covers loose).

London, 1759

First English Translation. Marginal notes throughout both volumes by J. K. Paulding, with his bookplate in each volume and signature on titles. 28. CAMPBELL (J. W.). A History of Virginia, from its Discovery till the Year 1781. With Biographical Sketches. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, sheep (rubbed). Petersburg (Va.), 1813

29. CARPENTER (S. C.). Select American Speeches, Forensic and Parliamentary, with Prefatory Remarks. 2 vols. 8vo, sheep (rubbed). Phila. 1815 With the J. K. Paulding bookplate, and his autograph on title. 30. CAYLEY (ARTHUR). The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf. London, 1806

Contains a few marginal notes in the autograph of J. K. Paulding, his bookplate in each volume, and signature on titles.

31. CHASTELLUX (F. J. MARQUIS DE). Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. Translated by an English Gentleman who resided in America at that period. With Notes by the Translator. 2 maps and 3 engraved plates. 2 vols. 8vo, old calf. London, 1787

Contains bookplate of J. K. Paulding in each volume, and his signature on titles.

32. CIVIL WAR. Richmond During the War. N. Y. 1867; Woman's Work in the Civil War (Brockett), St. Louis, 1867; The Story of the Great March (Nichols), N. Y. 1865; and others. Together 5 vols. 8vo and 12mo, eloth.

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