CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF Mrs. Constance E. Poor COMPRISING MANY RARE AND INTERESTING BOOKS ON GARDENING, INCLUDING SOWERBY'S OLD PLAYS BY VANBRUGH, CLEVELAND, BEN DUKE OF NEWCASTLE AND OTHERS; BOOKS ON SPANISH AMERICA, AMERICANA, THE INDIANS; A SCARCE COLLECTION Conditions of Sale 1. All bids to be per Lot as numbered in the Catalogue. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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 this Company will not be responsible if such goods are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. 5. 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. 6. All goods 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. 7. Bids. We make no charge for executing orders for our customers. We use all bids competitively and buy at the lowest price permitted by other bids. 1. ABU ZACARIA IAHIA. Libro de Agricoltura traducido al Castellano y anotado por Don Josef Antonio Banqueri. (Text in Arabic and Spanish.) 2 vols. folio, contemporary Spanish calf. Madrid, 1802 2. ADAMS (HENRY). John Randolph. 12mo, new three-quarter light green levant gold tooled back, gilt top, Bost. 1883 uncut. CHOICE COPY, finely extra-illustrated by the insertion of 25 scarce portraits of Randolph, his friends and contemporaries. 3. AITKEN (GEORGE A.). The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot. Front. portrait. 8vo, cloth. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892 4. ALDINE PRESS. Manutius (Paulus). Antiquitatum Romanarum Pauli Manutii Liber de Legibus. 8vo, full maroon levant morocco, extra gilt, Aldine anchor stamped in gold on the centre of the front cover, gilt edges, by STIKEVenetiis, Aldus, 1559 MAN. Choice copy, with numerous scholarly notes on the margins in a late 16th century hand. 5. ALPHABETS. A Handbook of Lettering, with historical, critical and practical descriptions, by E. F. Strange. With numerous alphabets in various styles of writing and facsimiles from ancient manuscripts and early printed books. 12mo, cloth. 6. AMERICAN CYCLOPÆDIA: a Popular General Knowledge. 16 vols. imp. 8vo, cloth. 7. AMERICAN GARDENING. Vols. 2 vols. 4to, full morocco. Lond. 1895 Dictionary of N. Y. 1873-76. 19-20. Illust. N. Y. 1893 8. AMERICAN PORTRAITS. William Bradford (proof on India paper), by F. S. King, signed by the engraver; William Dunlap, engraved by Max Rosenthal, signed by the engraver (proof on India paper); Daniel Webster (proof on India paper before letters), engraved by F. S. King and signed by him. 8vo and folio. (3 pieces.) |