Conditions of Sale. I-The highest bidder to be the Buyer; in all cases of disputed bids, the lot shall be immediately re-sold. 2-Books are sold per volume, other articles per piece, unless otherwise stated in Catalogue, and bids must be made accordingly. To pur 3-Books are presumed to be perfect, unless otherwise stated. chasers who have had opportunity for examination, they are sold as they are. On mail orders, an intelligent discretion will be used as to purchase. Imperfect books (not so described) may be returned. within three days. 4-To prevent confusion and inaccuracy, goods will not be delivered during the sale. 5-Terms Cash. Bills to be paid before delivery of goods. Bids will be faithfully executed by the Auctioneer, without charge. Order of Sale. Monday Afternoon, May 12th, beginning at 3 o'clock, Monday Evening, May 12th, beginning at 7.30 o'clock, Tuesday Afternoon, May 13th, beginning at 3 o'clock, Tuesday Evening, May 13th, beginning at 7.30 o'clock, THE Books described in this Catalogue comprise the remaining portion of Mr. McKee's Library. A small number were overlooked during the progress of the cataloguing, and may be offered later in conjunction with one of the print sales. The assertion may be safely ventured that no more desirable and interesting gathering of books has appeared within the covers of a catalogue for many years than those now offered for sale. Of "Association Books" alone, there will be found here, precious volumes that were either presentation copies from, or the personal possessions of, Jean Grolier, Victor Hugo, Shelley, Keats, Lamb, Dickens, Thackeray, Arthur Hallam, Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray, Peg Woffington, Mrs. Siddons, Swinburne, Leigh Hunt, Southey, Thomas Moore, Barry Cornwall, Thomas Jefferson, Benedict Arnold, and many others. The collection of Americana, while not extensive, contains many items of excessive rarity. Among the Bibles will be found the only known copy of the 1752 Edition of the Mark Baskett Bible the first Bible printed in the English Language in America. A magnificent copy of the "Editio Princeps" of Thomas á Kempis' Imitation of Christ, 1471, is only one of a number of rarities among the Early Printed Books. The collection of Burns is most exceptional, including the first three editions printed for the Author, and the three earliest American editions, besides a number of great rarities of Burnsiana, and including original manuscripts by the poet and his "Clarinda." Gray's Elegy" appears in its first five editions, all with variations. The collection of works by Percy B. Shelley and Charles Lamb will be found worthy of special attention, as will those of John Keats, Alfred Tennyson, and William Wordsworth. * Part VII of the collection will consist of a second portion of Mr. McKee's remarkable gathering of Manuscripts, Drawings, Engraved Portraits and Views, Autograph Letters, Playbills, This sale will take place in the Fall, and others, comprised of the same species of material, will follow later in the season. These will conclude the dispersion of the entire collection. Realizing the fact that a long series of catalogues like those of the McKee collection should be made available for use as a reference work, particularly when so remarkable a variety of material has been presented and described, Mr. Anderson begs to announce his intention of issuing, after the conclusion of the sales, an exhaustive analytical index to the entire collection. 4440 Americana, including Early Bibles and Works relating to the Mormons, Shakers, etc. ADA DAMS (ABIGAIL). LETTERS OF MRS. ADAMS, the Wife of JOHN ADAMS, with Memoir by her Grandson, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, 2 vols., 12mo, cloth, PORTRAIT, BOSTON: 1840; WAKELEY (REV. J. B.), Lost Chapters recovered from the EARLY HISTORY of AMERICAN METHODISM, 8vo, cloth, ILLUSTRATED, NEW YORK: 1858. 3 vols. 4441 ALLEN (ETHAN). REASON THE ONLY ORACLE OF MAN, or a Compenduous System of Natural Religion, etc. BENNINGTON, VT.; printed by HASWELL & RUSSELL, 1784. Svo, original sheep. FINE COPY. "Nearly all the copies, it is said, were burned (as they richly deserved to be), by the conscience-stricken publisher.”—J. Hammond Trumbull. 4442 AMERICANISMS, OLD AND NEW. A DICTIONARY of WORDS, PHRASES and COLLOQUIALISMS peculiar to the UNITED STATES, BRITISH AMERICA, the WEST INDIES, etc., their DERIVATION, MEANING, and APPLICATION, etc. LONDON; PRIVATELY PRINTED, 1889. 4to, vellum boards. uncut. SCARCE. 4443 ANDRÉ (JOHN). AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of the causes which led to the death of MAJOR ANDRÉ. By JOSHUA HETT SMITH. TO To which is added, A MONODY on the death of MAJOR ANDRÉ, by MISS SEWARD. LONDON: 1808. 8vo, boards, uncut, rebacked, PORTRAIT, and VIEW of ANDRÉ'S MONUMENT in WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Name on title. 4444 ANDRÉ (JOHN). AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of the causes which led to the death of MAJOR ANDRÉ. By JOSHUA HETT SMITH, etc. NEW YORK: 1809. 4445 16m0, sheep, edges slightly cracked, PORTRAIT, ENGRAVED BY SCOLES. SCARCE. ANDRÉ (JOHN). REVOLUTIONARY RELICS, or CLINTON CORRESPONDENCE; Comprising the CELEBRATED PAPERS FOUND IN ANDRÉ's BOOTS, private and confidential letters from WASHINGTON, HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, and others, etc. NEW YORK: 1842. Royal 8vo, paper, pp. 16. 843 |