The New York herald., 1922-01-28
$3.50 for Dickens
Set in Sale of
Literary Treasures
'Posthumous Papers of Pick
wick Club Brings Highest
Price at Dispersal.

Continued interest on the part Of deal
ers and private bidders and good prices
continued to mark the progress yester-
day of the important sale Of first edi-
tions. manuscripts and collected sets Of
nineteenth century novelists from the Ii
braries of Frederick Corder, David q.
Joyce, Capt. f. w. Martindell and eth
ers at the American Art Galleries.
The highest price of the afternoon was
paid for an unusually choice Dickens
item, complete set of '"rhe Posthu-
nous Papers of the Pickwick Club" in
the original nineteen parts. with the
original green pictorial wrappers, with
advertisements. entirely uncut, a first
edition, first issue throughout, with all
the plates in the first state. This item,
one of the finest copies of "Pickwick"
IN existence, complete with all the
points as set forth by Eckel. was
knocked down to L. A. James FOR s.. 45O
The bids of the afternoons sale totaled
s92,S75.
magnificent collected set OF the
writings and life Of Charles Dickens in
sevcnty-three volumes, practically all
first editions, brought second honors in
the afternoon sale with a bid OF $4,000
from r. b. Jones' beautifully exc
cuted modern illuminated manuscript in
leweled binding. unique edition Of
Milton's "L'Allegro' the work of the
srtist Sangorski, sold to Gabriel Wells
FOR $1,000
a Kipling item OF the utmost rarity,
The Letters of Marque," suppressed be-
for' the work was published. and one
OF Two copies in existence, was bought
b. s. NJ Richards for S1.525. Mr.. Will
connie paid $3.50 for fine collected set
OF the works and life of Charles Lever
IN ffty-fve volumes, first edition.
Jerome Kern paid $500 for Dickens's
Sketches by Boz" in the original parts
and Gabriel Wells paid $500 for the rare
first complete edition bound by the pub
fishers from the original parts Of Pierce
Egan's "Pierce Egan's Finish to the Ad-
ventures Of Tom. Jerry and Logic"
An Illuminated manuscript Of Thomas
Moore's "The Meeting of the Waters"
sold to W. M. Hill for s475 and rare
kiplng item, THE United Service
Chronicler," twenty-eight numbers, went
to T. j. Cannon for $3.50.
The same price was paid by S. M.
Richards for Kipliug's story with the
Night Mali in the original wrappers in
which 1t appeared. The Brick Row
Bcokshop bought collected set of the
works OF Thomas Hardy in first editions
for $685. and DR.. A. 8. w. Rosenbach
purchased set of the works Of Bret
Earte in first editions for $400.
At the evenings session the first issue
OF the first edition in the original parts
of Thackerays Vanity Fair" brought
the highest price, selling to Gabriel
Wells for S2,100. A collected set Of
the works of Anthony Trollope in 1876
volumes, first editions, went to Mrs.
George T. Slade for $1,700. and a series
Of four decorative panels in oils repre-
senting fox hunting in England, by D.
Wostenholme. sold to James Smith for
$1,000. A complete and interesting col
lection of United States Department
postage stamps, 730 in all, was bought
by the Economist Stamp Company for
s140o.
The evenings sale totaled $32.019, and
the grand total for the entire sale COM
prisng 795 items Is $95,774.
A collected set Of the writings, life
and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson in
first editions. seventy-three volumes in
all. sold to the Brick Row Bookshop for
$3.50. A fine set Of the Sporting
Novels" of Robert Smith Surtees went
to Scribners for $3.50, and collected set
OF the works of Thackeray in first edi-
ticns fifty-three volumes in all, sold to
the Brick Row Bookshop for the same
price. Swami, agent. paid $3.50 for an
extra illustrated edition of the works of
Poe on Japan vellum in ten volumes.
L. J. O'Reilly paid $3.50 for a collec-
tion of six original watercolor drawings
by Thomas Rowlandson. s575 for COL
lection of seven original watercolors by
the same artist and s625 for a collected
set of the works of Charles Reade in
first editions. forty-six volumes In all.
DR.. A. S. w. Rosenbach bought for
$500 collected set of first editions of
the works of George Meredith. so vol
umes in all, and Swami, agent. paid
$3.50 for series of plates in colors,
Paintings by Celebrated Masters"
James Smith bought collected set of
first editions of the works of Captain
Marryat for $475, rare colored plate
book. William Mudford's IAN Historical
Account of the Campaign in. the Neither
lands" for $3.50, and Surtees's Sport
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