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, ad 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. Books on Public Exhibition from April 25th. Beef. 1-28-29, BF MUY 10 PREFACE. The late Colonel Charles L. F. Robinson, of Hartford, Conn., was well known as a liberal and discriminating collector of rare books. Many volumes from the Hoe and Huth collections were secured by him and his library became exceedingly interesting and important. In general literature it contains first editions, and inscribed and presentation copies of the works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich; Thackeray's Virginians, original parts; many fine editions of Walton's Angler, including the Second and Third; first editions of Oscar Wilde; a very fine Manuscript by Sir Walter Scott; a superb copy of the Fourth Folio Shakespeare; Dryden's Fables, excessively rare with the plates colored; Swift's Gulliver; La Fontaine's Fables; Baker's Portraits of Washington, with eighty additional portraits of great rarity; magnificent copies of the works of Dorat in bindings by Trautz-Bauzonnet and Chambolle-Duru; Psalters, Missals, and Books of Hours; early English literature, Angling literature, French Engravings, fine Bindings, and many other rarities of the highest interest. But it was as a collector of rare Americana that Colonel Robinson was best known, and with the sole exceptin of the duplicates recently sold for Mr. Henry E. Huntington, this is the finest collection of early books on America that has come on the market in many years. The following is a list of some of the more important items: H H Ash's Carolina, Bullock's Virginia, Hubbard's New England, London, 1677, the 1612 Edition of Henry Hudson's Voyages, Burk's Virginia, Byfield's Account of the Revolution in Virginia, rare books printed in Mexico, and the Original Drawings of Maps and 130 Charts forming the Buccaneer's Atlas of 1684, which are exceedingly important. H Champlain's Voyages of 1613 and the rare copy of the Edition of 1627, De Bry's Grand Voyages, Travels of Drake, editions of 1588 and others, Eden's History of Travel, 1577, various editions of Hennepin, the Historiæ Canadensis of Creuxius, and the only known copy of Drakes's Ten Counter Demaunds. The fine Huth copy of Lederer's Discoveries, the superb Hoe copy of Esquemeling's Bucaniers, London, 1684, Original Edition of the Trial of Captain Kidd, Peter Martyr's De Orbo Novo of 1587, Morton's New English Canaan, rare books by the Mathers, including the Brief History and the Brief Relation, and the Original Manuscript of the Earl of Chatham's Bill prepared after consultation with Franklin and introduced in the House of Lords "for settling the troubles in America." Rare editions of Ptolemy, Wood's New England, the finest known copy of the 1625 edition of Purchas, Savile's Libell of Spanish Lies, Smith's Virginia, first dated edition of Strabo's Geography, Thevet's Description of America, Waldsemüller's Cosmographiæ, 1507, Fulton's work on Submarines, Books from Washington's Library, with his autograph, Sabin's Dictionary, and the Original Log Book and Journal kept in American waters by Prince William Henry (afterwards William IV), 1781-1782, 3 vols., 474 pp., with original maps and drawings. LIBRARY OF THE LATE CHARLES L. F. ROBINSON 20.0 H FIRST SESSION Monday Afternoon, April 30, 1917, at 2:30 o'clock LOTS 1-217 1. ACOSTA (JOSEPH DE). The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies. Intreating of the remarkeable things of Heaven, of the Elements, Mettalls, Plants and Beasts which are proper to that Country: Together with the Manners, Ceremonies, Lawes, Governments, and Warres of the Indians. Written in Spanish by R. F. Joseph Acosta, and translated into English by E. G. (Edward Grimestone). Small 4to, green crushed levant morocco, gilt back, heavy leather bands, gilt outside and inside borders, gilt edges, by Pratt. : Lond. Printed by Val. Sims for Edward Blount and William Aspley, 1604. FINE COPY, HANDSOMELY BOUND, WITH THE RARE FRONT FLYLEAF CONTAINING THE LETTERA." In this issue also, the letters "R. F." precede the author's name on the title-page. A work justly esteemed for its intrinsic merit. The author, although one of the earliest, was also one of the most curious and accurate observers of the customs and peculiarities of the Aborigines before they became modified by contact with the whites. VERY RARE. 2. ACOSTA (GIOSEFFO DI). Historia Naturale, e Morale delle Indie; scritta Dal. R. P. Gioseffo di Acosta Della Compagnia del Giesu; Nellaquale si trattano le cose notabili 30° de Cielo, & gli Elementi, Metalli, Plante & Animali di quelle; i fuoriti & ceremonie: Leggi & Gouerni, & guerre degli Indiani, etc. 4to, old red morocco, gilt edges, by Hering. In Venetia, Presso Bernardo Basa; . . . 1596 The only Italian version [Sabin]. PRINTED WITH THE TYPES OF ALDUS. 1750 7 ༠༠ 750 1000 2750 3. ADDISON AND STEELE. The Spectator, The Tatler and The Guardian. Vignettes by Ravenet and Grignion after Hayman. 14 vols. imperial 8vo, old half red morocco, gilt, all edges uncut. Lond.: H. Baldwin, T. Bensley, etc., 1797 Large Paper copy. From the Hoe collection. 4. AITKEN (JAMES). A Short Account of the Motives which determined the man called John the Painter; and a Justification of his Conduct; written by himself. 4to, calf extra, by Stikeman. Lond. Williams, 1777 5. AITKEN (JAMES). A Genuine Account of the Life, Transactions, Confessions and Execution, of James Aitken, alias John Hill, commonly called John the Painter. Frontispiece. 12mo, full polished calf. Lond. 1777 6. ALDRICH (T. B.). The Bells: A Collection of Chimes. 12mo, crimson crushed levant morocco, gilt tooled inside borders, gilt top (library stamp on title and on two inside leaves). N. Y.: J. C. Derby, 1855 FIRST EDITION of Aldrich's First Book. Scarce. 7. ALDRICH (T. B.). Daisy's Necklace: And What Came of it. (A Literary Episode.) 12mo, half crimson levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, back and one side of original binding bound in, by Stikeman. N. Y. 1857 FIRST EDITION of Aldrich's second book. Fine copy with advertisements and erratum leaf. 8. ALDRICH (T. B.). The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth. 12mo, original cloth (library stamp on title). In cloth wrapper and case of black morocco, gilt lettered. N. Y.: Rudd & Carleton, 1858 FIRST EDITION. Inserted is an A. L. S. of the author to E. C. Stedman, signed "Tom." Stedman has written two lines on envelope and signed it. 9. ALDRICH (T. B.). The Ballad of Babie Bell, And Other Poems. 12mo, original brown cloth (slightly rubbed at corners). With cloth cover and case of black morocco. N. Y.: Rudd & Carleton, 1860 Presentation copy from the author, with signed inscription in pencil: "To Mrs. Laura Stedman, with a heart full of good wishes for her and hers, from T. B. Aldrich. May 25, 1860." Inserted is an interesting A. L. S. of 2 pp. 8vo, by Aldrich to a lady stopping with Mrs. Stedman, 1900. He tells of the first appearance of "Babie Bell," and says he is about to sail for Spain, where no one can ask him disagreeable questions. |