No. 1323 THE HISTORICAL LIBRARY · OF THE LATE WILLIAM H. SAMSON and a Private Collection of New England and TO BE SOLD THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT 2:30 AND 8:15 O'CLOCK On Public Exhibition from December 22nd THE ANDERSON GALLERIES PARK AVENUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET No. 1323 THE HISTORICAL LIBRARY OF THE LATE WILLIAM H. SAMSON and a Private Collection of New England and TO BE SOLD THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT 2:30 AND 8:15 O'CLOCK On Public Exhibition from December 22nd THE ANDERSON GALLERIES 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 subject to storage charges, and The Anderson Galleries, Incorporated, 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. Unsettled accounts are subject to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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 $1.00. THE ANDERSON GALLERIES INCORPORATED PARK AVENUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK Telephone, Plaza 9356 Catalogues on request Sales Conducted by Mr. Frederick A. Chapman MR. PREFACE R. WILLIAM HOLLAND SAMSON, whose books appear in this catalogue, was well known to booklovers and historical students throughout the country. born in LeRoy, New York, February 2nd, 1860. During the greater part of his life he was engaged in newspaper work, being for many years the editor of the Rochester Post-Express. In addition to his newspaper work he devoted much time to the study of local history, and he formed while in Rochester a collection of books, prints, maps and manuscripts relating to Western New York and the Seneca Indians. It was in recognition of his surpassing interest in local history that he was elected President of the Rochester Historical Society. Later becoming interested in Lake George and the French and Indian War period, he began collecting along that line and at the time of his death there were few better posted students than he on the events and literature of that period. Whatever he did was thoroughly done. No detail was too trifling for him to investigate and no labor was too great for him to undertake when he once started on historical research. Besides his many historical contributions to the local press he edited the Private Journals of Aaron Burr; the Letters of Washington to Tobias Lear; and the Letters of Zachary Taylor, all privately printed by Mr. W. K. Bixby. Of his unpublished studies it is likely that some will soon be printed. Even a casual reader of the catalogue must be struck with the large amount of historical research which is represented in the manuscripts, excerpts and the notebooks that are here offered. The value of such notes when made by so careful a student as Mr. Samson cannot be overestimated. Some of them were made with a view to future publication, all were made for ready reference. It was one of his maxims that a storehouse full of information was useless unless any single fact could be turned to instantly, and he made full indexes to all of his notes. Many of the books and maps are very rare and all are in fine condition. |