Merwin Sales Company NY: BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. Americana--Sets of Standard Authors--Old Law Books--First Editions--Periodicals--Maps--Engravings Historical Pamphlets, etc., etc., TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, Wednesday Morning and Afternoon February 26th, 1913, COMMENCING AT 10:30 A. M. , 19130226,

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 01, 1913 - January 01, 1913

Page Size: 868 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
200		EARLY NOVEL, INDIANS. (Child, Lydia Maria.) Hobiomok, A Tale of Early Times	Boston	1824	USD -	1.10
201		EARLY WEST. Vincennes (Indiana). The Colonial History of Vincennes	Vincennes	1858	USD -	1.50
202	Goodlander (C. W.)	EARLY WEST. Memoirs and Recollections of the Early Days of Fort Scott from April 29, 1858, to Jan. 1, 1870, Covering the time prior to the advent of the railroad and during the days of the ox-team and stage transporation	Fort Scott, Kansas	1900	USD -	2.00
203		ECONOMICS			USD -	0.40
204	ELIOT (JOHN)	An Account of John Eliot, the Friend of the American Indians	Dublin	1826	USD -	0.15
205	ELIOT (SAMUEL)	History of Liberty...	Boston	1853	USD -	0.20
206	E. W. Emerson	EMERSON (R. W.). Emerson in Concord, a Memoir	Boston	1889	USD -	0.25
207		EMERSON (R. W.). English Traits, 1856...	Boston		USD -	2.00
208	EMORY (W. H.)	Notes on a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth in Missouri to San Diego, in California	Washington	1848	USD -	0.50
209		EMPORIUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (THE)	Philadelphia	1812	USD -	0.10
210		ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY (THE). A New and Original Work of Reference to all the Works in the English Language, with a full account of the origin, meaning and use	London	1888	USD -	2.25
211	John Selden	ENGLAND'S DOMINION OF THE SEAS. Of the Dominion; or, Ownership of the Sea	London	1652	USD -	0.25
212	James Anthony Fronde	ENGLAND. History of	New York	1868	USD -	2.10
213	Thomas Gaspey	ENGLAND. The History of, under the reign of George III, George IV, William IV, and Queen Victoria	London		USD -	1.00
214	E. F. Benson	ENGLISH FIGURE SKATING			USD -	0.15
215	John Morley, editor	ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS	London	1880	USD -	3.00
216		ENGLISH PAMPHLETS, 1689-1756			USD -	0.40
217		ENGLISH PARLIAMENT. Sermons in the House of Lords and the House of Commons...	London	1646	USD -	0.20
218		ENGRAVINGS. Abolition of the Slave Trade. Drawn by Henry Moses			USD -	0.20
219		ENGRAVINGS. America			USD -	0.60
220		ENGRAVINGS. American Explorers...			USD -	0.90
221		ENGRAVINGS. American Revolution. The Manner in which the American Colonies Declared themselves Independent of the King of England throughout the different Provinces on July 4, 1776			USD -	0.35
222		ENGRAVINGS. American Revolution. Engraved Views of Battle Scenes, etc.			USD -	1.15
223		ENGRAVINGS. American Statesmen, etc....			USD -	0.25
224	Carroll (Charles, of Carrollton)	ENGRAVINGS			USD -	0.55
225	Charles Magnus	ENGRAVINGS. Cicil War. Cliffburne Hospital, Washington, D. C. Pub.			USD -	0.50
226		ENGRAVINGS. Civil War. Soldiers' Rest, Washington, D. C. Lith. and printed by Charles Magnus, 1864			USD -	0.55
227		ENGRAVINGS. Civil War. Union Officers			USD -	0.50
228		ENGRAVINGS. Colonial Scenes, Indian Massacres, etc.			USD -	0.90
229		ENGRAVINGS. Colored plate. Vue de la Grande Place a Mexico	Paris, chez Basset		USD -	0.75
230	Cornwallis	ENGRAVINGS. The Surrender of Earl Cornwallis to General Washington and Count Rochambeau			USD -	0.35
231	Eggleston (George C.)	ENGRAVINGS. Our Twenty-One Presidents (Washington to Arthur)	New York	1844	USD -	0.10
232		ENGRAVINGS. George III			USD -	0.50
233		ENGRAVINGS. Lee (Robert E.)			USD -	0.55
234		ENGRAVINGS. Lincoln (Abraham)			USD -	0.50
235	Lincoln (Abraham)	ENGRAVINGS. President Lincoln and his Son "Tad"			USD -	0.20
236	Mather (Cotton)	ENGRAVINGS. Cottonus Matherus. P. Pelhamad vivum pinxit			USD -	0.15
237		ENGRAVINGS. Mort du General Warren, Mort du General Montgomery, Trumbull, inv., Zancon...			USD -	0.50
238		ENGRAVINGS. New York. Plates from Colden's Memoirs of the New York Canals			USD -	0.60
239		ENGRAVINGS. PENN (WILLIAM)			USD -	0.15
240		ENGRAVINGS. View of Port Royal and Kingston Harbour in the island of Jamaica. F. Cary	London	1782	USD -	0.25
241		ENGRAVINGS. Washington (George)			USD -	0.25
242		ENTOMOLOGY			USD -	2.10
243		ESSEX CO., MASS.			USD -	0.25
244		ETHNOLOGY. 27th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1905-6	Washington	1911	USD -	0.70
245	EVERETT (EDWARD)	Addresses, etc.			USD -	0.10
246	EVERETT (EDWARD) and others	Addresses			USD -	0.20
247	EVERETT (EDWARD)	TRACTS ABOUT THE FILIPINOS, and other pamphlets			USD -	0.10
248	W. M. Tod	FARMING	London	1903	USD -	0.30
249		FICTION. Recent. Eve Norris (Pratz)...			USD -	1.25
250		FICTION. The Tragic Muse (Henry James)...			USD -	1.25
251		FICTION. The Story of a Lie (Stevenson)...			USD -	1.25
252		FICTION. The Discovery of the Dead (Upward)...			USD -	1.30
253		FICTION. Patience Sparhawk (Atherton)...			USD -	1.25
254	FIELDING (HENRY)	FICTION. Amelia	London	1889	USD -	0.70
255		FINANCIAL PAMPHLETS			USD -	0.30
256		FIRST EDITIONS of Fields, Hillard, Leland, Holland, Whipple and others			USD -	0.50
257	W. M. Cooper	FLAGELLATION. A History of the Rod in All Countries	London		USD -	3.25
258	FLAGG (ELISHA)	Metaphysical Emblems	New York	1893	USD -	Not Sold
259	FLAVEL (JOHN)	The Balm of the Covenant, applied to the Bleeding wounds of Afflicted Saints	Richmond, Va.	1828	USD -	0.05
260	FLORIDA. St. Augustine	"Pagus Hispanorum in Florida"	London	1671	USD -	0.75
261	Irving (Theodore)	FLORIDA. The Conquest of Florida	Philadelphia	1835	USD -	0.50
262	Dewhurst (William W.)	FLORIDA. The History of Saint Augustine, Florida	New York	1886	USD -	0.55
263	FLYGARE-CARLEN (EMILIE)	Gammtliche Werke von. Aus dem Schwedischen	Stuggart		USD -	0.35
264		FORESTRY AND TREES			USD -	2.00
265	FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN)	FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Memoirs of	Philadelphia	1840	USD -	0.60
266		FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN)			USD -	1.10
267	FRANKLIN (FABIAN)	The Life of Daniel Coit Gilman	New York	1910	USD -	0.50
268		FREEMASONRY. Certificate of Membership to the Honorary Degree of Mark Master Mason of Herman Finney	Albany		USD -	1.20
269		FREEMASONRY. Condensed History of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, from its Introduction into the United States to 1887	New York	1887	USD -	0.10
270		FREE THOUGHT			USD -	6.80
271	The Rev. Joseph Wilson	FRENCH AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY (A)	London	1836	USD -	0.10
272	Cyrus Cort	FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Col. Henry Bouquet and His Campaigns, of 1763 and 1764	Landcaster	1883	USD -	1.00
273	M. A. Thiers	FRENCH REVOLUTION. The History of the	Philadelphia	1842	USD -	1.00
274	Pascal (Blaise)	FRENCH WRITERS. Provincial Letters, Thoughts, Letters, and Opuscules...	New York	1859	USD -	0.25
275		FRIENDS (SOCIETY OF)			USD -	0.10
276	GAFFNEY (CORNELIA TEN EYCK)	How to become a good Conversationalist	New York	1901	USD -	0.10
277	Ernest H. Baldwin	GALLOWAY (JOSEPH). The Loyalist Politician, a Biography	Philadelphia	1902	USD -	0.25
278		GENEALOGICAL PAMPHLETS. Memoir of Marshall P. Wilder...			USD -	0.55
279	D. B. Shuey	GENEALOGY. Shuey Family. History of the Shuey Family in America, from 1732 to 1876	Lancaster	1876	USD -	0.45
280	J. J. Post	GENEALOGY. Abstract of Kip's Bay Farm in New York; also the Early History of the Kip Family	New York	1894	USD -	0.20
280a	J. J. Post	GENEALOGY. Abstract of Kip's Bay Farm in New York; also the Early History of the Kip Family	New York	1894	USD -	0.25
281	C. W. Weygant	GENEALOGY. Family Record: consisting of Genealogical Table and Biographical Notes relating to Ancestors of Adam Tredwell Sackett	Newburgh	1899	USD -	0.20
282	Milo Custer	GENEALOGY. The Custer Families	Bloomington, Ill.	1912	USD -	0.70
283		GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ILLINOIS. A. H. Worthen, Director	Chicago	1866	USD -	2.50
284		GERMAN BOOKS. Civics, Text Books, etc.			USD -	0.25
285		GERMAN BOOKS. Civics, Text Books, etc.			USD -	0.80
286		GERMAN MANUSCRIPT BOOKS. Copies of Law Treatises. Text books, etc.			USD -	0.10
287		GERMAN POETRY, ETC.			USD -	0.30
288		GERMAN WORKS. Korner's Werke...	Berlin		USD -	0.20
289	GIBBON (EDWARD)	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire	Boston	1862	USD -	2.00
290		GLANVILLE (J.). An Essay concerning Preaching...	London	1678	USD -	0.10
291	GOETHE	Goethe's Werke	Stuttgart	1867	USD -	0.60
292	GOETHE	GOETHE'S WERKE...			USD -	0.30
293	GOLDSMITH (OLIVER)	GOLDSMITH (OLIVER). The Miscellaneous Works of	New York	1859	USD -	1.40
294	J. Milton	GONORRHOEA. On the Pathology and Treatment of	New York		USD -	0.25
295	Goold Brown	GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR (THE)	New York	1884	USD -	1.50
296	GRANT (JOHN C.)	New Verse in Old Vesture	London	1889	USD -	0.25
297	Hugo von Hagen	GRAPHOLOGY. Reading Character from Handwriting. A Handbook for Experts and Students	New York	1902	USD -	0.65
298	Alexander Contostavlos	GREEK FRIGATES. A Narrative of the Material Facts in Relation to the building of the Two Greek Frigates	New York	1826	USD -	0.10

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.