New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-28
$4,000 IS PAID
FOR MANUSCRIPT
Thackeray's "The Rose and
the Ring" Brings a
Record Price.

The sensation OF the fifth session OF the
Lambert sale Of Thackerayana at the An
derson Galleries came yesterday after
noon. when the original manuscript and
drawings by Thackeray OF that most COW
was put UP and the bidding began, soon
running into the thousands.
One by one the competitors from DIFF
ferent cities dropped out until when $1,000
was passed. only Mr.. Brooks. Of Mime
apons and George d. Smith. Of this city.
were iu the running. The manuscript
which is bound i'm red levant morocco
was finally knocked down by Auctioneer
Daniel Rolfe Kennedy TO Mr.. Smith for
80 900. the top price of the sale so far.
Ii was learned last night that the price
given by Mr. Smith for The Rose and
the Ring was the highest ever paid for a
modern manuscript At the Hoe sale on
April a 1911. $3.50 was paid for Irving s
life 81 Goldsmith. and at the same sale
Iryings Life Of Washington brought
$3.50
In the front OF the book which IS writ
ten and illustrated by the author on
ninety pages Of paper OF an oblong shape,
IS an autograph letter from Anne Thack-
cray Richie, IN which she says: The
Rose and the Ring was begun in Rome
on January g. 1888 The figures We're
drawn for Twelfth Night characters 70
amuse some children. who were coming
10 spend an afternoon Then the story
was gradually written around the pict-
ures. improving as it grew The Jok was
finished and published in England the
following Christmas. The Ms did not 20
10 the printers but il was copied out at
my fathers wish.
The next two high prices were also
given by Mr.. Smith They were Sl7co for
A first edition Of VANITY Fair; Novel
Without a Hero" in two volumes, and
the same price for the original manuscript
OF DIR. Birch and His Young Friends.
He also gave Sl.15O for another copy OF
a first edition Of Vanity Fair For
The Ballad Of Bouillabaisse, eleven
sfanzas OF eight lines each, entirely in the
handwriting Of Thackeray. Z d. North
cave ss95 and Dodd & Livingston paid
the same price for an uncut copy OF the
first edition OF The Second Funeral OF
Nanoleon." in three letters 20 Miss Smith,
Of London.
George =. Smiths purchases also m
cluded The History OF Pendenrds,
nrst edition. in two volumes. for which
h. rave 500 The sale will be concluded
this Afternoon.
Al last nights session. the final one OF
tho Lambert sale, George p. Smith save
St21Oo for the original manuscript OF
.srhe Adventures Of Philip on His way
Through the World" IL IS written on
btq sheets OF paper OF various sizes, care
f,ilv inlaid TO large auarto size and
hound in three volumes in red levsnt mo
rocco This is said 70 be the most I'M
rortar, Thackeray manuscript in private
hands Many Of the pages have the
names % the compositors written IN pencil
ON the margins, showing where each be
gan and left of.
For "a privately printed copy OF Will
lam Makepeace ThackeTsy AT Cievedon
Court" sixteen pages. reproduced IN htho-
eraph from drawings by Thsckeray FOR
members Of the Elton family, George D.
smith paid Sl.O25 and +. b. stokes save
81 900 for the original manuscript OF
Thackeray's Lecture on George w. The
total Of the final session was S21,1ll'
making the grand total for the six SEES
sions $i42.635 So.