SALE NUMBER 1630 ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION FROM MONDAY, FEBRUARY SIXTH THE DICKENS COLLECTION OF THE LATE WILLIAM GLYDE WILKINS OF PITTSBURGH, PA. FIRST EDITIONS ENGLISH, AMERICAN, FRENCH, GERMAN, DUTCH EXCEPTIONAL EXTRA ILLUSTRATIONS TO BE SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS OF HIS ESTATE ORDER OF SALE MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 13, 1922, LOTS 1-288 THE ANDERSON GALLERIES N PARK AVENUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK 1922 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 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 Com esataa the right to recatalogue the goods for immediate sale ticate 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 ANDERSON GALLERIES PARK AVENUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET NEW YORK TELEPHONE PLAZA 9356 CATALOGUES ON REQUEST SALES CONDUCTED BY MR. FREDERICK A. CHAPMAN M R. WILKINS was probably the most ardent collector of the Writings of Charles Dickens in this country. Not only did he gather the First Editions as published in the original parts and in book form in England, but he endeavored to secure the First Editions published in America, and how well he succeeded, a perusal of the following pages will show. Here will also be found the First Editions published in Germany, Holland, and France, India, and Van Diemen's Land, many of which are now very rare. The collection is enhanced by the numerous extra illustrations amassed by Mr. Wilkins, germane practically to every one of Dickens' important works; and in this branch of his collecting he did not confine himself to the conceptions of the various artists who have contributed to the pictorial pleasure of Dickens, but the topographical side of the novels attracted him, and his gathered illustrations of the scenes and places mentioned by Dickens form no small portion of this delightful feature of the collection. The dramatic side of Dickens is represented by the Play Bills of the various performances in which he acted, notably at Devonshire House in Bulwer's "Not so Bad as We Seem," and in Wilkie Collins' "The Frozen Deep," both of which were specially written for these presentations; the latter Play Bills, embracing two separate performances, are made more interesting and valuable by the addition of autograph letters, portraits, and other pertinent material. Not the least important book in this library is "English Notes, intended for Very Extensive Circulation," printed in Boston in 1842, a satire on Dickens' "American Notes," which is now generally recognized and accepted as from the pen of Edgar Allan Poe, and of which only about a half dozen copies are known. Mr. Wilkins himself was responsible for several interesting volumes on the subject of his favorite author. There are few places associated with Dickens or his works that he did not visit, and he had an intimate acquaintance with the members of the great novelist's family. W. H. S., JR. |