THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, LOTS 1-172
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, LOTS 173-344

THE ANDERSON GALLERIES [MITCHELL KENNERLEY, PRESIDENT) 489 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK

CONDITIONS OF SALE

All bids to be PER LOT as numbered in the Catalogue.

The highest bidder to be the buyer. In all cases of disputed bids the lot shall be resold, but the Auctioneer will use his judgment as to the good faith of all claims and his decision shall be final.

Buyers to give their names and addresses and to make such cash payments on account as may be required, in default of which the lots purchased to be immediately resold.

Goods bought to be removed at the close of each sale. If not so removed they will be at the sole risk of the purchaser, and subject to storage charges, and The Anderson Galleries, Incorporated, will not be responsible if such goods are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. TERMS CASH. If accounts are not paid at the conclusion of each sale, or, in the case of absent buyers, when bills are rendered, this Company reserves the right to recatalogue the goods for immediate sale without notice to the defaulting buyer, and all costs of such resale will be charged to the defaulter. This condition is without prejudice to the rights of the Company to enforce the sale contract and collect the amount due without such resale at its own option. Unsettled accounts are subject to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. All books are sold as catalogued, and are assumed to be in good SECOND-HAND condition. If material defects are found, not mentioned in the catalogue, the lot may be returned. Notice of such defects must be given promptly and the goods returned within ten days from the date of the sale. No exceptions will be made to this rule. Magazines and other periodicals, and all miscellaneous books arranged in parcels, are sold as they are, without recourse.

Autograph Letters, Documents, Manuscripts and Bindings are sold as they are, without recourse. The utmost care is taken to authenticate and correctly describe items of this character, but this Company will not be responsible for errors, omissions, or defects of any kind. BIDS. We make no charge for executing orders for our customers and use all bids competitively, buying at the lowest price permitted by other bids.

Priced Copy of this Catalogue may be secured for fifty cents for each session of the sale.

SALE THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY TWENTIETH

AT EIGHT-FIFTEEN O'CLOCK

FIRST SESSION

LOTS 1-172

1. ADY (THOMAS). A Candle in the Dark; or, A Treatise Concerning the Nature of Witches & Witchcraft. Woodcut on title. Small 4to, crushed red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière.

London: Printed for R. I., 1656

FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, WITH THE LEAF OF ERRATA. RARE. The author gives amusing details of the various tricks of the conjurors of the day, with and without confederates.

2. ALEXANDER (WILLIAM, EARL OF STIRLING). The Monarchicke Tragedies; Croesus, Darius, The Alexandræan Julius Cæsar. Newly enlarged. Small 4to, full blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt fillet border on sides, with corner ornaments, gilt edges, by Pratt.

London: Printed by Valentine Simmes for Ed. Blount. 1607 FINE COPY OF THE FIRST COMPLETE EDITION. The previous edition of 1604 contained only "Croesus" and "Darius." The Tragedie of Darius included in the present volume bears the date of 1604. VERY RARE. The John G. Bourinot copy, with his bookplate, and autograph in two places; also the H. V. Jones bookplate.

3. AMERICAN BINDING. Flowers from Cathay: A Series of eight exquisite Water-Color Paintings on Rice Paper of Flowers in Baskets and Vases, and a Painting of Birds on a Skeletonized leaf; all executed by Chinese Artists, and neatly inlaid on heavy cardboard on linen guards. Royal 4to, full white calf, elaborately ornamented in gold with broad inlaid border in purple leather, the title in colored flowers, gilt edges, by Pawson & Nicholson. Philadelphia, 1863

This unique and beautiful volume was presented by Mr. Wister to the Sanitary Fair, held in Philadelphia in 1864, in aid of the sick and wounded soldiers.

The designing and tooling were the personal work of Jas. B. Nicholson, and it is no doubt the handsomest piece of work ever executed by Pawson and Nicholson. Laid in is James Nicholson's MS. description of the binding.