Auction prices and literary curiosities from early American and British works
A study of book sales records notes varied values for 18th and 19th century volumes. Highlights include Dr John McKinly tied editions from Delaware’s first governor, Parkes Horace with autographs, and Drinkwater Bethune’s Gibraltar siege history. Mentions efforts to price rebinds and notable collectors in 1900s auctions.
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America
Dashee Pastors
John Wilcocks
A 'Sodes
Ovid
David
Mikeman
McKee
John McKinly
Ireland
Delaware
Brandywine
McKinly
Wil m
Pete Hs
Ry Sotheran
Macaber
Mans Hoi
Francie Luvea
William Pickering
London
Napoleon Bonaparte
Lal
Blackie & Son
Glasgow
Gibraltar
John Drinkwater
New Forest
John R Wise
Imperial Svo
Hosfa
Douce
Pickering
le Worth
Bourrienne
Napoleon
Meege
Drinkwater
Balfour Castle
Fifeshire
Bethune
John Burgeoyne
Saratoga
England
Lord Heathfield
Lord Nelson
Battle of
St. Vincent
Ife
John Eliot Drinkwater Bethune
The Vampire in Kipling’s Poems and related inquiries
Reader asks in which Kipling volume The Vampire appears and cites a 19th century edition from Hurst & Co New York. The letter column also discusses Royal claims to France, author queries on Carolina and Pair of Blue, and notes on Gray’s Elegy and Clough title changes.
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RMC
Kipling
Hurst & Co
New York
M. J
Acros
James J. Allen
R. F. Fenno & Co
East Seventeenth Street
Sir William Fraser
Francie Harvey
Lonton
Arthur Hugh Clough
Kia
Bothie
Tower-na- Fuosich
Tower-ma
Tober-na
Request for Edited Copy of Josephes
A reader asks for a copy of Josephes edited edition. The inquiry seeks accessibility and details on availability, edition scope, and where to obtain this edited text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephes
Antiquarian book values and quotations from 18th century editions
A reader asks for values on rare volumes including a 1783 edition of The Ape War and a Trenton Isaac Collins Bible. The note cites auctions and prices from the Appleton sale of 1903 and prices ranging from 7.50 to 45 dollars, with assessments of Locke’s Boston 1808 edition and Pope translations. It mentions John Hudke stone Wynne Choice Emblems and Moliere works.
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Isaac Col
Lewis
Phillipe
Edinburgh
John Weave
Trenton
Isaac Collins
Auc
Ohio
Appleton
Boston
John Locke
William Feun
Elizabeth Haywood
J. Chapman
F. Newberry
John Milian
Autter
Philadelphia
John Stevenson
John Hudkiestone Wynne
London
Brooke Shoppr Directory Ad Returns to The City
Classified ad notes YE OLDE BROOKE SHOPPR at 62 Cortlandt offering large city directory sets for Mets 1 to 1 and libraries, with 8 cents price and $1 to $1.
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Fanarica
Drinkwateh
Ghraher
E. Scott O'Connor
John
Fon
Harriet Dickenson
K. Bool Oconan
Bers
Effie Scott C Connor
Century Company
West Fifty-eighth Street
Joba Fox, Jr
Rittenden
Cumberland
Sartain
Dodd, Mead & Co
Paris
Beveridge
Jone Ste
Gante Claus
Ralph Hoyt
Harper’s Magasine
A.D
George Vanderpool
Prince
James
Great Tala
France
Mary
Henry VIII
Calais
Great Britain
George III
Firth
United Kingdom
Great Britain and
Eleanor D. Brannan
Anger
Carolina Las
Carolina Ire
A. Weasele
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
F.C. A
Mardy
Thomas Hardy
Hamlet
Horatio
Isaak Alton
C. Cotton
C A. White
James Maxwell
Dr. Johnson
Pope
Auoin
R. H
Wheeler Wilcox
Times
J M. H
Jeremy Taster
Itte
Jeremy Taylor
Leo Nalokoff
J. B. Poguelin de Moliere
D'Aris
Moliére
TRE Anderson Auction Company
East 46Th St
Aftornees
Evesing
William Cullen Bryant
Post
Brrente Orm
Longfellow
Dubon
Dana
Rogers
Pa Oer Thompson
T. B. Aldrich
Bryant
Hallam
Hamer- Mra
Stowe
de Luze
Dickens
Jesse
Tudor
Browning
Leigh Hu
38Th Street
Aha
THE
NEW York Timer
Pennsylvania Magazine of
Golden
Robert Multon
N. Bus
Gleason
Y Geedshall
Lamb
History
Jpacia of Law
le Quney
Mytihach
Ipple
Sue
Scott
Davis
Isi
Tns
Ticker Ub. Co
Bayprees de
Faye
Cyronicles
Liberty St
N.Y
John Hesse
Bane Des Byracuse
N. Y
Femous Wiors
Calas Eee
Dom Heise
Syracuse
Ets
Newhall
Nassau
New
Teierhey Shop
Woon
Snow
Meriden
Conn
Forts Amrising
W. Son St
Marhutwt
Eines
Kugson
Hast
Cod St
Gramercy
Auilus Sherman
West That
Tojal Siinstrous
Way- Ville
Saraty. County
Furmap Company
Wy Gist
Ciil
Brttn
Jarty Stars
Box H
James Square
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