Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-09
1.-THE NORTH PART OF VIRGINIA."
Sale of a Small Ouarto Volume by Bre-
rcton for s1,125.

rctOn Tor SI,lZ0.
At the auction sale in New York of the
library of the late S. l.. Nj. Barlow the
briskest competition was excited over q
small quarto volume by John Brereton, en-
titled: A brefe and true relation of the
discoverie of the North part of Virginia;
being most pleasant, fruitful. and COM
1902, by the Captaine Bartholomew Cos
mold, Captaine Bartholomew Gilbert, and
divers other gentlemen. their associates.
by the permission of the honorable knight,
Sir Walter Raleigh. &c. Whereunto is an
nexed a treatise of Mr.. Edward Hayes.
&C." This was bound in vellum and had
gilt edges. and was described as a " fine
copy of an excessively rare book" 1t
started at $50 and went up to $500 at
Jump. From that it rose rapidly until
s. 900 was reached, when the bidding was
between George Moore and Brayton Ives.
Brereton's book relates voyage by Cap
tains Gosnold end Gilbert to New England
in 1902 said to have been made because of
information given by Sir Francis Drake,
who had visited the coast few years be-
fore, after touching at Roanoke Island,
where Raleigh's colony was planted. Cos
mold and Gilbert built a fort on Cuttyhunk,
an island at the entrance of BuzZard's bay,
and renamed some time with tho design
TO effect a settlement, which, however, was
abandoned. The statement on the title
page that the voyage was made by permits
sion of Sir Walter Raleigh IS now believed
to be untrue. and instead of coming with
the permission of the. patentee. of Queen
Elizabeth the enterprise was of q contra
band character. The original edition of
this book is very rare, only two or three
copies besides that of Mr.. Barlow's being
known to exist Some of these, in an i'm
perfect condition, are in the Harvard Col
lege library. None are in Virginia. The
book was used as authority by Strachey
and Parchas in their writings on America,
and was reprinted by the Massachusetts,
Society. (See Mass. His. Coll, volume viii
The great value of this copy sold in New
York comes from its being from the origi-
nal edition.
JOHN SMITHS HISTORY OF VIRGINIA SOLD FOR
$1,000.
The New York Sun of yesterday says
Yesterday was the fifth day in the auction
sale Of books belonging to the library of
the late Samuel l.. NJ. Barlow, which has
been in progress at the American Art Gal
leries, east Twenty-third street. The two
principal prizes of the day went respect
lively to James Osborn Wright for his
own personal collection, and to Su-
perintendent George II. Moore, of
the Lenox Library; Mr.. Wright's pur;;
Historic of Virginia, New England, and the
Summers Isles; with the names of the Ad-
venturers Planters, and Governors, from
their first beginning Ano. 1884 to this
present, 1924. With the proceedings of
those Several Colonies and the Accidents
that befell them in all their Journeys and
Discoveries, &c" 1t is a folio, bound in
calf, with gilt leaves and sides and a coat
of-arms. and was printed at London in
cfo rfa NJ w
finally knocked down to Mr.. Wright for
1900. Dodd, Mead Il Co. was his chief
competitor. The price paid was 800 more
than the Lenox Library paid for another
copy in the sale of the library of George p.
Brinley, of Hartford, eleven years ago.
DIR. Moore's prize was a small octave vol
ume bound in morocco and published by
Clark Il Belford at London in 1905. James
Roster was the author, and the title is "A
True Relation of the most prosperous voy-
age made this present yeere. 1905, by Cap
tame George Weymouth, in the Discovery
of the Land of Virginia: where he dis
covered, sixty. miles up, most excellent
River; together with a most fertile
land" DR.. Moore started the bid
ding at $3.50. 1t advanced rapidly
by hundreds, fifties, and twenty-fves
to S775. and then Brayton Ives made
if 81 900, The competition then lay be-
tween MT. ives, Juuge mtlltu OildiuDe
of the Boston Public Library, and DR..
Moore. Mr.. Ives's last bid was 81 $50, and
when that was raised he hurriedly left the
room. Judge Chamberlain and DIR. Moore
ran the price up between them to 1926.
when Boston succumbed and Auctioneer
Kirby knocked it down at that figure. to
DR.. Moore. This is the highest price that
the book has ever brought at auction.
Seven years ago il fetched 1901.
Other books sold a. follows:
j. G.. Simcoe, "A journal of the Opera
tons of the Queens Rangers" DC. Exeter.
1857, Dodd, Mead d Co.. 1855.
Captain John Smith, "A True Relation
of such occurrences and accidents of note
as hath hapned in Virginia since the first
planting of that Colony" &C., London,
1905, Boston Public Library. $50.
Captain John Smith, "A Map of Vir-
ginia, Oxford, 1912. Brayton Ives. S65.
Captain John Smith. Advertisements
for the inexperienced Planters of New
England or Anywhere" &C., London, 1851,
Dodd, Mead Il Co., 1910.
William Strachev, " For the Colony in
Virginea Britannia, Lawes Divine. Moral,
and Martiall." London, 1912, John Carter
Brown Library, $3.50.
The BOYS Society.
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