New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
BOOKS AT AUCTION
Rare Editions - Old Books
Fine NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Dcgun ut the Anderson Galleries, Madi
son Avenue and Forticth Street, on
Monday next, May 90. It will be CON
tinued through TO Saturday. On Mon
day and Tuesday afternoons will be
sold the library OF the late John T.
Gavey, OF Utica, n. Y, which is par
ticularly rich in books on music and
composers autographs. Collectors Of
carly editions will be interested in two
items in this library, the first folio edi-
ton OF Paradise Lost" which is also
the first illustrated one (London, 1889
and Fourth Folio of Shakespeare, a
very good copy in large and sound
state" according to the catalogue.
On the afternoons OF Wednesday
Thursday and Friday will be sold the
library of the late Samuel b. Shook, Of
Upper Montclsir. n. j., together with
other important consignments from
London. Philadelphia and other sources.
Fine bindings will be special feature
Of these sessions.
The prize of the collection is First
Folio OF "The Workes of BENJAMIN Jon
SON. in two volumes London. 16i0).
This work is so rarely found in its COM
doubted the existence of the entire sec
ond volume, which generally ends with
the three plays dated 1881 and which
form only about one-third Of the vol
ume now offered for sale. The Hoe
copy, on large paper, sold for S3.I5O.
At the end of each play is given the list
of "the Principal Tragedians." Among
the names occurs that of Will Shake
speare, who played in "Sejanus."
Every Man in His Own Humour," etc.
This edition of Jonson ranks in i'm
portance with the First Folio of Shake
speare.
Among the fine bindings first place
belongs to superb illuminated manu-
script Of Verlsine's "Fetes Galantes,
in magnifcently inlaid and jewelled
binding by Sangorsh & Sutclife. The
Ms. is executed on vellum in brilliant
gold and colors. with nine miniatures
and many illuminated initials and
decorations in color and raised gold.
IL is bound in pink leyant morocco,
with leather joints. white levant mo-
rocco doublures and gray silk fly
leaves, the whole deliberately gold
fooled. The color scheme of the de-
signs required the use Of 1,124 sepa-
rate pieces of colored inlays. Over a
hundred jewels adorn this binding,
among them eighty topazes. twelve
garnets and fourteen chalcedonies.
There are other fine bindings by
Derome. Roger Payne. Root. Riviere
and Zaehnsdorf. Cornwall's Memoir
e Lamb" splendidly eXtra-illustrated
and with hand-painted miniature por-
traits OF Charles and Mary Lamb, each
in gilt frame enriched with six anne
thysts, is bound in full crushed levant
morocco. The forty volumes OF LA
Coincide Humane" with an original
signed Gquarelle in each volume one
Of ten signed and registered copies
is also magnfcently bound: and so
also are the seventy-six Volumes OF the
Works of the Britich Poets" and the
twenty-six volumes of the works OF
Mark Twain which. with original
drawings. water color paintings and
extracts from the original manuscripts
constitute the finest set ever offered
The thirty-four volumes Of the Edin-
burgh edition Of the works Of Steven
son are magnifcently bound in full
crushed lovant morocco. The sale in
cludes complete sets of the first edi-
tions OF Collins. George Eliot, Lever
Meredith, Ranke and Symonds.
A superbly eXtra-illustrated set OF
Boswells Life of Johnson" extended
10 fifteen volumes. contains, among
other autographic material. one of the
most interesting letters by Boswell
that has ever come on the market. The
first Edinburgh edition of Burns g
Poems is a fine tall copy. Many books
in the sale contain colored plates.
There are scarce books illustrated by
Cruikshank. including presentation
copy from him, and some Interesting
original drawings by Rowlandson. But
ler's "Hudibras." in two volumes, is
rendered particularly attractive by the
splendid fore-cdge paintings. Among
the first editions of Goldsmith IS the
first issue Of the "Nicar" in full leyant
morocco.
4 large number Of first editions OF
Dickens are in the sale. together with
a set Of his works, eXtra-lllustrated
and extended TO sixty volumes, richly
bound in full crimson levant morocco.
There are autograph letters and first
editions by Thackeray. and the hrst
issue Of the first edition Of VANITY
Fair" with a miniature portrait OF the
author on ivory. The first edition Of
Rossetti's Germ" the four parts com
plete; remarkable editions OF Scott,
the most Oeautlful culllOn OF lhc ~
cameron" ever issued, Markham's Life
Of Lord Halifax," extra-illustrated
with portraits. broadsides and other
rare material. including the only
known COPY OF the "Oxford Oath;
several rare works on Napoleon. IN
GLIDING Ireland's Life" extra-illus-
trated with 40 portraits and views
and a letter signed by Napoleon. and
enc of the most elaborate productions
in the history Of color printing. an
exact facsimile in gold and colors OF
the famous Book Of Hours Of Queen
Anne OF Britanny, are other impor-
tant items in this sale.
Some Of the older books are exces-
sivelv rare. Morland's Piedmont
Massacres' London: 1859. contains
oil the plates Southey. who destroyed
the plates in his own copy and de-
nounced them as monstrous, was not
the only one who assisted 70 make
them scarce. A copy OF Esop's "a
bles was printed in London in 1866;
the second collected edition OF Chaucer
is dated London. 1888. Dryden's Al
exandcr's Feast" 1897. is fine copy
with the half-title.