New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
"HEALER" SUED BY W|FE'BG BOOK SALES COMING bill
AIIis Collection and Third Part of
Hoe Library To Be Dispersed.
A FINE CAXTOM THE PRIZE
Milwaukee Man Made Specially
of First Editions of English
Authors-Many Autographs.

of First Editions of English
Authors-Many Autographs.
| Two book sales OF unusual interest Will
be held at the Anderson Auction Galleries,
| Madison avenue and 10Th street within
| the next month. The first. scheduled for
| the afternoons and evenings OF March p
| and 26. will dispose of the library of Will
lam w. Allis of Milwaukee president oil
! the AIlis-Chalmers Company, manufactur-
ers of heavy machinery, which got into
| financial difficulties not long ago. The
| other is that of the third quarter OF the
! library of Robert Hoe. the New York print
| ing press manufacturer, who died several
years ago. which will take place between
| April ID and 26, Saturday and Sunday cX-
! cluded As usual, there will be two ses-
sions daily, beginning at 2:S0 and SID
! o'clock.
| Part | OF the Hoe sale held from April
d TO May of last year, realized S997, 1855,
| far exceeding the record established by the
| Ashburnham sale in London a number Of
years before. The second part OF the sale
early this winter was more normal, bring
ing I'm a total Of s471,6l9 %. While each part
! OF the Sdlt COIlldllS plhNilNdiiy 'iiN '"'''N
number of volumes, the most famous books
in the collection, such as the Gutenberg
Bible, on vellum, and CaXtons . edition OF
AIalory's "Morte d'Arthur.'. were natur-
ally put on the block with the first lot, be-
fore the interest began to stale. Hopes ran
high as the time for the second sale ap-
preached that II would approximate the
record OF the first part but when the hg-
ures were finally added up all concerned
in the sale pronounced themselves as well
satisfied with the results az they stood.
The third section contains fewer tones
Of world wide reputation than either ol
the other two. but Is nevertheless or SUI
fcient interest to warrant the close atten-
ton OF all book lovers, according to the
cataloguers. Indeed, the lots offered VIII be
more nearly within reach OF the public
purse than those of the first two parts, In
which most OF the sales were made to COL
lectors of great wealth or large dealers. on
the other hand. there are several hundred
books in the list which are expected. to
bring well up into the thousands when they
20 beneath the hammer.
Probably the choice Of this part is Johh
Covers "Confessio Amantis. enprynted at
N'ANNN''
fynyssed the Il day OF Septembrc the fyrst
we're OF the regne Of kyng Richard the
thyrd. the we're OF our lord a thousand.
I CCCC lxxxxllj." 1t IL said that only nine
teen copies OF this famous first edition are
stll in existence. all but seven OF them
being I'm imperfect condition. The Hoe copy
| from the library OF the Earl of Jersey at
Osterley Park, is considered the best of the
perfect copies Experts expect the bids for
this volume to run well above $1,000.
Another volume OF interest is one con-
tanning the first engraved view OF New
York. a sadly different spectacle from its
latest picture. In the foreground warllke
Indians paddle about in canoes, while in
the middle distance the Dutch fleet, an
chOred on Fort Nleuw Amsterdam, spreads
over more space than the entire city. The
book, description OF the early colonies,
contains five other cngravings and several
maps
Thirty-eight manuscripts are catalogued
dating from the fifteenth century to the six
teenth century. Nearly ali OF these are ex-
pected to bring prices high In the hundreds
Among the hundred-odd examples OF fine
bindings appear GrOlier's own copy of Cas-
binding: a first edition OF Starord's Mem
ories." 1851, in contemporary red morocco,
with the arms OF Charles III on both covers.
and binding by Derome, made for Marie
Antoinette
There are several examples Of Wynkyn
de Worde's work In the catalogue, among
them probably the only copy OF The
Chirche OF the Euyll Men and Women"
that will ever come on the market. Other
notable offerings are third folio OF Shake
speare, Bacon's ION Learning 1900. and
his "Essaies." 1912, and q number of rare
French and early American works.
The Allis collection, though II cannot he
compared I'm size with the Hoe library. Is
vet OF remarkably high quality. II is
prophesied by an authority that the aver
age for the sale should reach that OF the
first part OF the Hoe sale. II It does not
exceed It, The gems or the collection are
the first editions of English authors. which
appear in goodly number. Autograph pres
entation copies. especially OF Dickens. add
charm TO the list.
The rare Kimarnock edition Of Burnss
Poems" is represented by an excellent
COPY while an uncut copy OF the Edinburgh
edition bears with It an autograph letter
OF the author Presentation copies OF
Ella" and the Last Essays" are included
among the first editions OF Lamb. a first
edition Of Dlckens's American Notes"
was once the property OF Thomas Carlyle,
according to an inscription by Dickens on
the title page. and there appears first
edition OF THE Chimes which he gave TO
bis SON Charles Dickens jr
The catalogue also contains first editions
OF Shakespeare's Poems" WaltOn's Ar
gler," Miton's Poems" Mrs. Browning's
"Sonnets" and a complete set OF Dane Aus
tens works. Among the manuscripts Is
particularly fine one by Charlotte Bronte.
and the bindings contain specimens of the
work Of Roger Payne. Cobdeni sanderson
and Derome