SALE NUMBER 1438 ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION FROM OCTOBER FIRST THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE HENRY OTIS HARRIS OF DOYLESTOWN, PA. A FINE COLLECTION OF BOOKS WITH COLORED PLATES; WORKS ON ART, PRINTS, PORCELAINS, FURNITURE; SPECIMENS FROM THE KELMSCOTT VALE, ESSEX, AND OTHER PRESSES; COLLECTED SETS IN FINE BINDINGS FIRST EDITIONS; NAPOLEANA; EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS; HANDSOME SETS OF THE STANDARD AUTHORS; BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS TUESDAY ORDER OF SALE AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 14, LOTS 1-281 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 15, LOTS 282-562 THE ANDERSON GALLERIES PARK AVENUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK 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. THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE HENRY OTIS HARRIS FIRST SESSION LOTS 1-281 1. A'BECKETT (GILBERT). The Comic History of England. With ten coloured etchings, and one hundred and twenty woodcuts by John Leech. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt, gilt edges, by Wood. London, 1847-48 2. AINSWORTH (WILLIAM HARRISON). The Tower of London. A Historical Romance. Illustrated by George Cruik shank. 8vo, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, by Rivière. FIRST EDITION. Scarce. 3. AINSWORTH London, 1840 (WILLIAM HARRISON). Old Saint Paul's: a Tale of the Plague and the Fire. With illustrations by John Franklin and Phiz. 8vo, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Rivière. London, 1840 FIRST OCTAVO EDITION. 4. ALISON (ARCHIBALD). History of Europe from the Commencement of The French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV. Portraits and maps. With index and atlas. Together 24 vols. 8vo, and oblong 4to, half brown levant morocco, gilt tops, by Rivière. London, 1849-59 Fine Library Edition. 5. ANCIENT MARINER (Coleridge), 1899; Christmas Eve (Browning), 1899; Maud (Tennyson), 1900; The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1900; The Golden River (Ruskin), 1900; The House of Life (Rossetti), 1899. Illuminated borders and initials. Together 6 vols. 8vo, ooze calf, and boards, uncut. Limited Editions. East Aurora: Roycroft Press, v. d. 6. ANDREWS (WILLIAM LORING). Roger Payne and his Art: a short account of his life and work as a binder. and reproduction of bindings. 12mo, cloth, uneut. One of 120 copies printed on Holland paper. Portrait New York, 1892 |