The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-28
$4,000 PAID FOR
A THACKERAY MS.
"Thc Rose and the Ring" Brings
Record Price at the Lam
bert Sale.
GEORGE d. SMITH BUYER
adventures Of Philip" Fetches
S12,OOO-TOtal Of Auc-
ton Is $142,635.
GEORGE d. SMITH BUYER

An original Thackeray manuscript
brought $4,000 at yesterday afternoons
session in the sale OF the Thackeray
library OF Major Lambert at the Ander-
son galleries. II was the manuscript OF
1.-THE Rose and the Ring" George D.
Smith. who has been the most prominent
bidder throughout the sale. bought II
Mr.. Smith also paid $l2.100 at the ses-
sion last night, which ended the sale Tor
the original manuscript Of The Advcn-
lures of Philip" The sale totalled slA2.635.
Tho $4,000 paid for the manuscript OF
THE Rose and the Ring" is the highest
price IA modern manuscript has brought.
The $l2,1O0 bid for "'Thc Adventures OF
Philip" had never been approached before
Yesterdays session. Records at the
Anderson galleries showed tho highest
price for a modern manuscript to have
been $3.50. which 1rvings Life OF Gold.
smith brought at the Hoe sale Oh April
-. 1911.
"rhc Rose and the Ring manuscript
was written and illustrated by Thackeray
on ninety pages OF paper OF ooions shape
II WAS mounted on heavy drawing paper
OF uolong uuarto size and bound In red
lcvan, morocco with gilt fooled back and
SIDES ana Hllt IL WAS tileiobcu ia a
red icvant morocco slipcase. which In turn
was enclosed In a leather case. with lock
and key. The manuscript was listed as
No. 1916.
rhe History OF Prince CYCLIC and
Prince Buibo.' as the story is called. Ii
Il fairy talo Thackeray conceived with
no thought OF publication and solely to
amusc little Pen Browning and the neigh
boring children while the author was In
Rome In the winter OF 1858. A number
OF the illustrations are in colors. The
manuscript has many differences from the
printed text.
In the front OF the book Is an auto
graph letter from Anne Thackcray Ritchie
telling OF the writing Of the book. Major
Lambert Is said to have paid &l2.oOO TOT
the manuscript In 1896
Charles sessler. Philadelphia dealer.
started the bidding for The Rose and the
Ring" at $4,000. W. ". Hill. Dodd 4
Livingston, l.. ID. North and George d.
smith sent the price up by thousand dollar
jumps until MIR. Smiths bid OF $2S.ooo
was made.
THE Adventures OF Philip" manuscr'pt
was written on $40 sheets or paper OF
various sizes. carefully inlaid to large
uIarto and bound IN three volumes Many
considered II the most important Thack-
cray manuscript In private hands.
Last night Mr. Smith also paid sl.o25
for sixteen pages OF drawings by ThacH-
cray reproduced In lthUgraph. Only a
dozen copies were struck on Tor members
OF the family. The Same buyer paid
81 900 last night for the original manu-
script Of TAackeray's lecture on George
".
Yesterday afternoon he raid $1,000 foi
a first edition of VANITY Fair" No Sss
In the catalogue. with illustrations or
steel ard wood by the author. inserted
were nine OF the original drawings py
Thackersy for the full page illustrations
Mr.. Smith bought another first edition OF
.Vani,y Fair" No. 90i In the catalogue
for si,15O, and the original manuscript
Of Doctor Birch with three chapters
missing. for Si.10o.