PROPERTY fROM THE LIBRARY Of ASHER B. HOBSON

The following works are from the library of one of the nation’s leading agricultural economists, Asher Hobson (1889-1992). Throughout his career in academia and diplomacy in the U.S. and abroad, Hobson haunted book dealers in London, Geneva and Rome, forming an extensive collection of rare and reference books, mostly purchased in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Professor Hobson donated an important collection of rare books to the National Agricultural Hall of Fame, Bonner Springs, Kansas; his papers are housed in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.

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298 (CHICAGO NORSKE CLUB) BIORN, EMIL Two watercolors, comprising an interior scene of the Chicago Norske Club and a detail of the tapestry. Both signed, lower right. Framed and matted. Size of largest 14 1/4 x 25 1/2 inches. $200-400

299 (EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY) A group of 19 works from the Original Narratives of Early American History series. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906-1916.

19 vols. 8vo, publisher’s green cloth, gilt-lettered spines. Fold-out maps throughout. Light wear and moderate soiling to boards; ends bumped. $200-400

300 DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1928-1936.

20 vols. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped cloth. Endpapers foxed; spine evenly foxed; otherwise a very good set, without the supplement volume. $80-120

301 (AMERICANA, BIOGRAPHY) A group of 37 books. $200-400 302 JEFFERSON, THOMAS Document signed (“Th. Jefferson”), as President, one page, June 11, 1805. Countersigned by James Madison (“James Madison”), as Secretary of State. Four-language ship’s passport for the schooner The Venus, owned by Charles Befsell (illeg). Signed five times by Samuel Tredwell (“Saml. Tredwell”), as Collector. Two seals present. Creased from the folds, with minor loss at center; seals faded. Size of frame 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches. $3,000-5,000

303 (SOUTH CAROLINA) Autographed document signed (“Michael Darby”) and (“Abr. Warnock”), and (“John Smith”) and “(Th. Goereing”) to the verso, one sheet double-sided, Berkeley County, South Carolina, May 1, 1717, concerning payments due. Soiling and dampstaining; tearing to margins with 2-inches of loss to upper right corner and to left margin; chipping at creases with loss affecting text. Framed. Size of frame 18 x 20 inches. $100-200

304 STRAHAN, EDWARD, ed. The Art Treasures of America. Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1879).

3 vols. Folio, gilt- and blind-stamped brown morocco, a.e.g. Limited, India Proofs edition, no. 443 of an unstated number. Illustrated with numerous engravings printed on India paper, with original tissue guards. Rubbing to boards; ends chipped; light offsetting from some plates. $200-400

305 305 (AMERICANA) GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS A group of 15 vols. of government geological and historical surveys published for use by the Senate and House of Representatives.

Documentary History of the Constitution. Washington, 1894-1900. 3 vols. The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to its Origin and History, 1835-1899. Washington, 1901. 2 vols. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Washington, 1900. Vols. 1 and 3 only (of 3). Notes on the Spanish-American War. By the Office of Naval Intelligence. Washington, 1900. Nos. 1-8 bound in one volume. All 4to and 8vo, 3/4 morocco over marbled and brown cloth boards, owner’s name and title in gilt to spines. [Together with:] The Louisiana Purchase and our Title West of the Rocky Mountains. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. 8vo, black giltlettered cloth. 2 vols. Purchase of the Territory of Louisiana. 8vo, black gilt-lettered cloth. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. 2 vols. Tsimshian Texts. By Franz Boas. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902. 2 vols. 4to, 3/4 brown morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spines. $300-500

306 (ALASKA) Compilation of Narratives of Explorations in Alaska. [Together with:] Alaska. 1899. Copper River Exploring Expedition. By Captain W. R. Abercrombie. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900.

2 vols. 4to and 8vo, both 3/4 morocco over brown cloth, marbled edges and endpapers, owner’s name and title in gilt to spine. $100-200

307 (BOTANY) NEWBERRY, JOHN STRONG The Later Extinct Floras of North America. Edited by Arthur Hollick. [Together with:] Fossil Flora of the Lower Coal Measures of Missouri. By David White. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898, 1899.

2 vols. 4to, both 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers, owner’s name and title in gilt to spine. Comprising vols. 35 and 37 of the Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, published by the Department of the Interior for the House of Representatives. $100-200

308 (CIVIL WAR) WAR OF THE REBELLION The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Prepared under the Direction of the Secretary of War, by Bvt. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott, Third U. S. Artillery, and Published pursuant to Act of Congress Approved June 16, 1880. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886-1896.

23 vols., broken run, Series I: 16-49 [see note regarding parts below] Thick 8vo, quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, marbled edges and endpapers. A broken run of this important compilation containing records, correspondence, reports, etc. [the complete collection consisting of 128 parts in four series, along with atlas and envelope of corrections]; vols. 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 26, 29 and 29 have two parts; vol. 24 has three parts; vols. 25, 27, 45 and 49 have part 2 only.

309 (CIVIL WAR) A group of 19 books pertaining to the Civil War. $100-200

310 (CIVIL WAR, LINCOLN) A group of 29 books pertaining to Lincoln and the Civil War. $600-800

311 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD The Disappearing City. New York: William Farquhar Payson, (1932).

8vo, publisher’s cloth-backed pictorial boards. Inscribed by Wright to Asher Hobson on the f.f.e.p., from Taliesen [West], September 30, 1937. Lightly soiled; some loss to back board. $1,500-2,500

312 (AMERICANA) A group of 21 books. $100-200

313 (AMERICANA, MIDWEST) A group of 20 books pertaining to the American Midwest. $100-200

314 (AMERICANA, WESTERN) A group of 15 books pertaining to western Americana. $100-200 315 (TRAVEL) BAEDECKER, KARL A group of nine Baedecker travel guides for Italy (2), Southern France, Northern France, Paris, London, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden, and Norway, Sweden and Denmark. $100-200

316 (TRAVEL, AFRICA/ARABIA) A group of 24 books pertaining to travel and exploration in Africa and the Middle East, including Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator, by A.J. Mounteney-Jephson. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1891). $200-400

317 (TRAVEL, ARCTIC) A group of nine books pertaining to Arctic travel and exploration. $50-100

318 (TRAVEL, PACIFIC) A group of 22 books pertaining to Pacific travel and exploration. $100-200

319 (TRAVEL, SOUTH AMERICA) A group of eight books pertaining to travel in South America. $100-200 320 (TRAVEL, U.S.) A group of 26 books pertaining to travel in the United States. $200-400

321 BURTON, RICHARD The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. S.l.: Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, [c. 1915]

17 vols. 8vo, 3/4 navy morocco over cloth, giltdecorated spines. Luristan edition, number 404 of 1,000 copies. Light wear and soiling to boards; ends chipped on some vols.; otherwise good. $200-400

322 CORNEILLE, P. Oeuvres. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1859.

12 vols. 8vo, quarter calf, spines gilt over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers, frontispiece engraving. $100-200

323 DE MUSSET, ALFRED The Complete Writings. S.l.: Printed for Subscribers Only by Edwin C. Hill, 1905.

10 vols. 8vo, publisher’s varying shades of morocco with gilt-stamped onlay armorial designs to upper covers, silk endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut. Levant edition, limited to 1,000 sets, of which this is 939, with numerous plates throughout. Light fading to spines; a few heads chipped. $200-400

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324 (BINDINGS) A group of leather bound works in 14 volumes, comprising Plutarch, Les vies des hommes illustres, Paris, n.d., 4 vols.; George Eliot, Old Court Life in France, Leipzig, 1873, 2 vols.; Anatole France, Works, Paris, n.d., 2 vols.; Abbe Prevost, Manon Lescaut, Paris, n.d.; and Lord Byron, Works, Leipzig, 1842, 5 vols. $100-200

325 (BINDINGS) Two sets of leather bound books in 18 volumes, comprising The Works of Chateaubriand, Paris, n.d., 12 vols., and Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Paris, 1889, 6 vols. $100-200

326 (BINDINGS) Two sets of leather bound works in 27 volumes, comprising Oeuvres completes de J.J. Rousseau, Paris, 1826, 25 vols., and Fables choisies, mises en vers, by La Fontaine, Lausanne, 1792. $100-200 326A (BINDINGS) A group of 27 leather bound books in six sets.

Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. By John, Earl of Chatham. London, 1837. 4 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf, gilt-tooled spines. The History of England. By Thomas Babington Macaulay. London, 1854. 7 vols. 8vo, full calf, gilt-tooled spines. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians... London, 1826. 6 vols. 8vo, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott. By J.G. Lockhart. Paris, 1838. 4 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines. The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott. With corrections by John Foster Kirk. 6 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red calf over marbled boards, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines. $300-500

327 DEFOE, DANIEL A Tour through the Isle of Great Britain. London: Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington, et al., 1778.

4 vols. 12mo, quarter goat skin over marbled boards, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. Eighth edition, with two engraved folding maps. Light edgewear; a few small tears at folds of maps. $200-400 328 DESSEINE, FRANCOIS JACQUES Description de la ville de Rome en faveur des etrangers. Lyon: Jean Thioly, 1690.

3 vols. 16mo, contemporary mottled calf, gilt-tooling to spines, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. First edition. Spines ends chipped; hinges tender. $200-400

329 DORE, GUSTAV Vivien and Enid. By Alfred Tennyson. New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1867 and 1869.

2 vols. Folios, blue and green gilt-stamped cloth, a.e.g. Illustrated with engravings by Dore throughout. [Together with:] Landschaftsbilder aus Italien. By Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Berlin: Amsler & Ruthardt, n.d. With numerous tipped-in reproduction engravings. $100-200

330 LA FONTAINE, JEAN Fables choisies, mises en vers. Lausanne: Francois Lacombe and Henri Vincent, 1792.

4 vols. in two. 12mo, quarter vellum over marbled boards, manuscript title to spine. Nouvelle edition of Fontaine’s collected fables, profusely illustrated with 247 full-page engravings and numerous head- and tail-pieces. $100-200

331 SMITH, ADAM An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1791.

3 vols. 8vo, period quarter goatskin over cloth, giltlettered spines, marbled edges and endpapers. Sixth edition. Printing and the Mind of Man describes this works as “the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought.” PMM 221 (1776 edition)

Provenance: Richard Driver, bookplate

Literature: Goldsmiths 14612. Kress B2209 $600-800

332 SMITH, ADAM An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1805.

8vo, quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Eleventh edition.

Provenance: Edwin Ransom, bookplate. $100-200

333 THAER, ALBRECHT Grundsatze der rationellen Landwirthschaft. Berlin: Realschulbuchhandlung, 1809-1812.

4 vols. 4to, quarter calf over marbled boards. With 26 fold-out tables. First edition of Thaer’s work on the principles of rational agriculture and plant nutrition. $100-200 334 THIERS, ADOLPHE Histoire de la revolution Francaise. Paris: Lecointe, 1734.

10 vols. 8vo, quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Fourth edition. [Together with:] Grandeur et Decadence de Rome. By G. Ferrero. Paris: Librairie Plon, n.d. 6 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines. (16 total)

Provenance: Asher Hobson, manuscript ex-libris. $100-200

335 VOLTAIRE Oeuvres. Dresden: G.C. Walther, 1752.

7 vols. 12mo, contemporary full calf, gilt-lettered spines, decorative endpapers, frontispiece portrait to vol. 1, title pages in red and black with engraved vignette centerpiece. Nouvelle edition. Rare, with no records at auction according to American Book Prices Current. $100-200 336 WILKIE, DAVID The Wilkie Gallery. A Selection of the Best Pictures of The Late Sir David Wilkie. London and New York: George Virtue, n.d. [c. 1848]

4to, gilt-decorated green morocco, a.e.g. Illustrated with numerous engravings with tissue guards. Light rubbing to boards; ends bumped. [Together with:] The Complete Works of William Hogarth; in a Series of One Hundred and Fifty Superb Engravings on Steel, from the Original Pictures. London and New York: London Printing and Publishing, n.d. 4to, gilt- and blind-stamped brown morocco, a.e.g. With numerous engravings with tissue guards. Rubbing to boards; offsetting from plates; light foxing. $200-400

337 (BIOGRAPHY, NAPOLEON) A group of 18 books pertaining to Napoleon. $100-200

338 (RUSSIA, WWII) A group of 26 books pertaining to Russia and World War II. $200-400

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