Catalogue of the library of the late Thomas J. McKee.

New York: John Anderson, Jr., 1900-'06. 9 volumes, 8vo; vols. I-V with frontispieces and tissue guards; facsimiles of the title-pages of books offered for sale; original printed pictorial wrappers; wrappers fragile with some chips at spines and edges, else a very good set. McKee (1840-1899) began his collection by focusing on books, journals, photographs and playbills related to the British and American stage and eventually expanded his interests to include English and American literature and American history. The sale of McKee's library was a great success for the fledgling Anderson Auction Company with "books that might have sold for only ten cents [reaching] forty or fifty cents." Poe's Tamerlane commanded $2,050, the highest price of the sale and a record for the book. Dickinson, Dictionary of American Book Collectors, p. 227. Item #21912

Price: $450.00