The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
He PAYS $4,000 FOR
ALLEGES ADVENTURES
Record Price for Wonderland
Book Given by George
ID. Smith.
Sl9.9jo FOR TWO VASES
Dric.a-brar and Furniture Sell
Well at Christie's
Rooms.
1880 FOR TWO VASES
sr,s.ri r0bi, p,spn,ch 10 Turs


toSruv. July t6.-Georgs u, Smith.
mo Sew York book dealer bought ninety
rira 'o,s ~ the second days sale OF the
library = the late r. q. Arthur at
eo'heh, to-day. lie paid fi.s4o sS,245)
ou, " tre total -of f2.755 G13.775) real
ySI today
Mr. smith paid f2oo $4,000 for n
e-s. edit OF "Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland. with two letters from G. l..
noIgson. the author and illustrations by
Sir John TcHNicl the cartoonist, who died
recently This is record price for
took ny \ modern author. Mr.. Smith
s'so bought the following at the prices
gwen.
A first edition Of oliver Goldsmith's
edition Of Koats's "Lamia," Isabella"
The FIVE 81 81 Agnes" and other poems,
re ,t11O n first edition OF Keatss
poems. finely fooled by Golden Sander
.or. 1915. fl2o H6Ool first edition
~ Charles Lambs Last Essays OF Ella"
Cs t2SD presentation copy with
autograph inscription OF Longfellows
poems. dated lsis, I'll l5s. t5s75)
Ten volumes Of the writings OF James
Russell Lowell: also his latest literary
essays and addresses. Sc Cs30) Grays
de perfnrmoi At Cambridge July I,
i-sa az the Installation of the Duke Of
Grafton rs chancellor of the University.
.e' % music by Or. Randall. dated 1862
gas ''l47j) John Milton's "Lycidas,"
IS first appearance in print. dated 1888.
40 tt70oD shah Nameh." Persian
Manuscript beautifully written on $50
caves. thirteenth century. fi7 t235) (:
mutations OF original drawings by Hol-
bsin. with biographical tracts by J. Cham
tsrlaiuc. dated 1892. go Cs395) first
complete edition OF the first English
,rans.ation ~ the works Of Homer, f33
tisll. first edition Of Ben Jonson's
work. dated 1870. f57 S2S5) first or
Shakespeare edition of the essays OF
Non;aenr translated into English by
Ohm Florio. dated 1903. f7s s390) (:
Eicir Allan Poes poems. los. E2.50) {;
r'eso0't'ior copy OF George Gordon
Kings The Library OF Books and
Prints printed at Newport, r. l.. in
y Mton's poems on large paper. IS
Iti-np
leighton. tho dealer. paid $50 $4,000
''a hrst edition copy Of Keatss En-
Htmou" and flsO ,SNoOD for Benjamin
DO l,pordc's "Cho'N dc Chansons misses en-
nus1uc." four volumes, dated Paris, 1873,
lie gave iloi .S520J FOR first edition
- Nltous PARADISE Lost"
EIVardos. the dealer. paid ti6o $500
or la Fontnine's "Contes ct Nouvellcs en-
,frs"
Quar'tch bought LA Fontane's Fables
chooses" for c39 Cs195).
At a sale at Christie's to-day a pair of
chinese Quarc vases and covers, the sides
Brilliantly cnamelled with flowers en-
Hlsmatc Of the four seasons. Is inches
sa, or the Kang-he period sold for
1890 DSl9950).
square Chinese vase. also of the
Kang-te period, brought $3.50 S315O).
An ooloug panel of Brussels tapestry.
-epresenting Dutch figures feasting and
dancing outside an inn, with a landscape
H the background. after d. Teniers OF the
.'' Se''nl''Hn century so'u TOT 1915
I09j).
seven Charles H. walnut armchairs.
Win scroll arms, open scroll supports.
KS and ,tretchers. the seats and backs
stlred and covered with crimson velvet,
brought fl.l23 ts5,6l5).
A pair Of Chlppendale mirrors in gilt
wood frames, with flowers. foliage and
scrolls sold for 1891 Hl,155).
A Sheraton satin wood cabinet. with
c.nlor centre enclosing writing slide
clrboards below and at the sides, brought
i-S2 Ni26Oj.