The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
COLLECTING X-SCENCE BOOKS.
MRS. EDDY NOW ~ THE CLASS
or "GREAT AUTHORS"

High Prices Paid for First and Early Edi
items Of "Selenee and Health" and
other Works by H~er-RaTitieS BOughl
by Sol ~LlohtenSteiD, the BOOkmaker
Science and Health by Mary Bakel
Glover, Boston, 1875, has become one o'
the soaroest and most valuable Of American
nineteenth century irst editions, Indeed
all the early editions Of Mrs.. Eddy's best
known book, and ell interesting items
relating TO Christian Science, have q dis
tinot and increasing value, The book
collectors who confined their attention q
few years ago TO rare editions Of the works
Of the eleven great American authors
Aldrich, Bryant, Emerson, Yield, Haw-
thorne, Longfellow, Lowell, Poe, Thoreau,
Whitman and Whittier. have since added
Mrs Eddy's name TO the list.
The first appearance Of the 'solence and
Health Of 1876 In the rare book market
was in 1909, when a Boston dealer priced q
copy at il7S. A little later ~(January, 1909
a copy OF the first edition brought to7 at q
Boston book sale.
In December. 1905. . poor copy brought
SIS at a New York sale. In April. 1905
an immaculate example Of the book realized
$50 in this city, and In June OF the same
year another copy, with the leaf OF errata
containing siItysix corrections, fetched
I sol at a New York auction.
The last price, the highest yet paid pub
holy, was given by sol Lichtenstein, the
bookmaker- bibhophile, who own a number
| Of Christian Scienceraritles. Thelatest sale
Of the book was in this city on February
10 last, when a copy with binding slightly
worn brought tss.
The first edition Of Science and Health
contains eight chapters and lSo pages. A
scarcer book is Science and Health, Vol.
H.. by, Mary Baker Glover EDDY which
was published in Lynn. Mas, in 1878, by
DR.. Asa @. Eddy. Il Is In octave siSe. but
with a i~rontspioOe and only 1--we chapters
pages 1877.
Although styled Volume H. on title
page and back, II really forms a continual
ton or supplemental volume 10 the 1875
work. II contains an introduction and three
new chapters. with two chapters practically
rewritten) from the first edition.
The first copy known 10 have been offered
at auction brought go in this city in De-
cember, 1905. A presentation copy from
Mrs. Eddy sold for go In April, 1908, and
in December Of the same yea another
example, with the errata leaf, fetched
1liO. the record price.
In 1881 DR.. Eddy published in Lynn in
two volumes the so-oalled third edition
revised Of Science and Health: II
should have been called the second edition,
tha foJa iaatta ho yin0 baan q continue finn NJ
the text Of 1873. This edition has advanced
in value from SLIPS, paid in 1908, to $50.
given In April, 1907. and on February 10
last 1t jumped 10 80.
Several Of the later editions Of Science
and Health are valuable. The ninth
edition Boston, 1884, subtitled with q
Key 10 the Scriptures sold for t2l on
February II, 1908, The key is ar added
chapter Of twenty-four pages. The
twelfth edition. 1885. brought 30 at the
same sale.
Even such editions as the 1884 issue lin
one volume. with a portrait, sixteen chap
ters and 500 pages) and that Of 1889, the
"thirty-third edition. bring from IS TO
$3.50. copy Of the 1891 edition has fetched
81, but II was a presentation example
given by the author 10 one Of her students.
A copy OF one Of the late editions Of the
book, with an inscription in Mrs. Eddy's
autograph presenting the volume 10 Mrs,
Stetson, the leader OF the Christian Science
forces In this city, realized $500 last May
at the Actors Fair. This Is the second
largest price ever paid for q book written
by a living author. the highest quotation
being EiSS, given in 1899 for Kpling's
~"schoolboy Lyrios,' 1881.
Mrs. Eddy's second publica.tion seems to
have been a pamphlet entitled The Science
Of Man. by which the Sick Arc Healed,
Embracing Questions and Answers In Mora
Science. Arranged for the Learner by
Mrs. Mary Baker Clover Lynn. 1870.
The only copy ever offered for sale brought
so in this city last year,
Another edition, Lynn. 1879, with text
rewritten, realized t2I at the same sale,
4 later issue, Boston, 1888. recently sold
for $50.
Her other publications include a broad
side poem OF eight stanzas called Rock
Of Ages. by Mary Baker Glover. and dated
Lynn, May Is, 1879; Historical Sketch Of
the Church Of Christ two leaves, without
place or date Ia brief account OF the struR.
giles OF Mrs. Eddy and her followersO;
sChristian Healing; q Lecture Delivered
at Boston April IS. 1880 Cambridge, 1880;
prospectus OF the Massachusetts, Meta
physical College Boston, 1872; Private
Directions for Metaphysical Healing two
leaves, no plhCo OF uhto' anu u numDtT OF
later lectures, message &c. The leahet
called Private Directions has sold as high
as S2?, the latest valuation being $3.50.
Some Of the other items fetch from S 10 81,
A sentiment In Mrs. Eddy's autograph
sold for $500 at the Actors Fair last year.
Three Of her letters were sold In this city
February IS last, the highest priced
item, three pages, octave, dated Lynn,
March 70. 1880, ceiling. for. SIS, the other
letters, both written in the same year,
bringing 81 and $40 respectively. They
were all secured by Sol Lichtenstein,
The three letters recently sold are the
only specimens which have come upon
the market. They are all written 10 stu
dents.
The scarcest Of the books written by
Mrs. Eddy's early enemies brought S.?
al last February's sale. This lie &. ]. Atens's
Christianity; or. The Understanding Of God
and the Distinction Between Spirit and
Matter as Applied to the Healing Of the
Sick y a small octave volume, published in
Boston in 1883.
While II was being printed Mrs. Eddy
brought suit against It's author Originally
one OF her favorite 'students') 10 restrain
him from publishing II. and the book was
suppressed by the court. The following
year Arens published in Boston a somewhat
similar work entitled. '0ld Theology and
Its Application 10 the Healing OF the Sick"
A copy OF the first volume. the only one
said to have been issued, sold for SIS.
ASKED TO Re BCRIED ALIVE.