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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
27
London reports new and authoritative chapters on Charles Dickens by his daughter Mrs. Perugini in The Magazine of Art. Notes cover Dickens as lover of art, lesser known reminiscences, and illustrations.
Thomas Hardy writes to the Dorset County Chronicle recalling Lucy Barnes of Dorchester later Mrs S T Baxter of Florence known to readers as Leader Scott. He recounts her youth in Dorset and London, her move to Florence, and time with him and his wife in 1887. Hardy notes her grace gentleness and long residence in Italy. He shares an anecdote about a statue bust Browning joked about.
A catalog of Russell calendars showcases a football animal satire calendar by Mora and Bird, an Adams calendar with Miss Adams in costume, a Christy calendar by Howard Chandler Christy, Russell hunting calendars with Richard Newton designs, and Garden of Girls by Florence England Nosworthy.
John Anderson Jr sold a Dec 15 16 sale of rare books including William Lor ing Andrews works. Prices reached 72 to 386 for items such as Andrews Roger Payne and His Art 108 copies in Japan vellum and other Grolier Club publications setting high marks.
Sotheby Wilkinson Hodge in London sold the library of the late Henry W Cholmley of Howsham Hall York consisting of 1 063 lots for a total of £5271 17s. The sale ran November 26 to 29 and featured many early printed books and woodcut works. Notable lots included 115 Ars Moriendi printed at Lubeck around 1498 with fourteen woodcuts fetching £49 and 130 Bartolomeo de li Sonetti with Zam- ending details.
A catalog listing rare early printed books with incunabula lot numbers and prices. Items include Berto Venice 1477 geography in verse with diagrams, Brant Ship of Fools Basle 1497, St Augustine Confessions Mentz 1470, Bergomensis Sceletis 1497 Ferrara, and more. Notable works feature original oak boards, morocco bindings, worm holes, and high prices up to £270.
Harold Peirce’s collection offered original Burne-Jones drawings and etchings. Highlights include fifteen chalk drawings, with items such as Moses and Abraham selling for 170 and 160 dollars, and works by Haig, Morland, Ward, and Gravesande achieving prices from 40 to 230 dollars.
A Times reader is invited to browse a 219 Fifth Avenue book shop offering beautiful bindings and rare volumes. The ad highlights illustrated Christmas Annuals from Country Life in America, a Rudolph Kipling poem, Eleanor Hoyt stories, Winter Sports features, photo studies by Alfred Stieglitz, and other holiday themed works with decorative plates and large color spreads.
A 1902 list offers holiday gifts for businessmen including Germany a World’s Work subscription and Carnegie themed Empire of Business. Also featured are Shakespearean and classical works, furniture history, table pleasantries, and notable novels like Albert Parker Lane That Had No Turning and The Leopard’s Spots.
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