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
399	John Austin	LAW. Lectures on Jurisprudence; or, the Philosophy of Positive Law	New York	1875	USD -	0.75
400	W. M. Best	LAW. The Principles of the Law of Evidence. With Rules for Conducting the Examination and Cross-Examination of Witnesses	New York	1875	USD -	0.50
401	W. F. Finlason	LAW. Reeve's History of the English Law, from the Time of the Romans to the End of the Reign of Elizabeth	Philadelphia	1880	USD -	2.65
402		LAW. Brightly's Digest of the Decisions of the Courts of the State of New York, 1880...			USD -	0.30
403		LAW. Deane's Principles of Conveyancing, Boston, 1875...			USD -	1.25
404		LAWSON (JAMES). Tales and Sketches	New York	1830	USD -	0.10
405		LAWYERS. A Book about. (Jeaffreson)...			USD -	0.10
406	LEECH (JOHN)	Etchings by John Leech	London		USD -	0.50
407	Sir John Fortesque	LEGAL. De Landibus Legum Anyliae. A Treatise in Commendation of the Laws of England	Cincinnati	1874	USD -	0.30
408	Richard Harris and James M. Kerr	LEGAL. Before and at Trial. What should be done by Counsel, Solicitor and Client	Northport	1890	USD -	0.60
409	William Muchall	LEGAL. The Doctor and Student; or, Dialogues between a D. D. and a Student in the Laws of England. Containing the grounds of those laws, etc.	Cincinnati	1874	USD -	0.50
410	LEGONIS (EMILE)	Defense de la Poesie Francais a l'urage des Lecteurs Anglais	London	1912	USD -	0.15
411	LENOX (JAMES)	LENOX (JAMES). Recollections of	London	1886	USD -	1.00
412	LEVER (CHARLES)	LEVER (CHARLES). Novels	London	1872	USD -	0.60
413		LIBERTY AND SLAVERY (Bledsoe), 1856...			USD -	0.50
414		LIBRARY of Useful Knowledge	London	1829	USD -	0.10
415		LIBRETTOS AND PLAYS			USD -	0.50
416		LIFE INSURANCE CASES	Baltimore	1896	USD -	0.10
417	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	War Letters of a Disbanded Volunteer	New York	1864	USD -	0.20
418	LINCOLN MEMORIAL	The Journeys of Abraham Lincoln	Columbus	1865	USD -	0.25
419	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	The President's Words	Boston	1865	USD -	0.10
420	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	Chips from the White House; or, Selections from the Speeches, Conversations, Diaries, Letters and other Writings of all the Presidents of the United States	Boston	1881	USD -	1.00
421	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	Lincoln's Grave	Cambridge and Chicago	1894	USD -	1.70
422	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	Abraham Lincoln	Boston	1909	USD -	0.25
423	Mackaye (Percy)	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Ode on the Centenary of Abraham Lincoln	New York	1909	USD -	0.10
424	Newton (Joseph Fort)	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Abraham Lincoln. An Essay	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	1910	USD -	0.50
425	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	Civil War, etc.			USD -	2.00
426	Carpenter (F. B.)	LINCOLNIANA. Six Months in the White House with Abraham Lincoln	New York	1867	USD -	0.10
427		LINCOLNIANA. The Lincoln Year Book	Chicago	1908	USD -	0.15
428		LITERARY DIGEST (THE). 1892-6			USD -	0.15
429		LIVES AND PORTRAITS of the Presidents of the United States, from Washington to Johnson	New York		USD -	0.50
430	LIVIUS (TITUS)	The History of Rome	London	1850	USD -	2.25
431	LOCKE (JOHN)	LOCKE (JOHN). Philosophic Works of	New York and London	1854	USD -	0.60
432		LOUIS FOURTEENTH and the Writers of his Age (Astie)...			USD -	0.25
433	Charles Gayarre	LOUISIANA: Its History as a French Colony	New York	1852	USD -	0.55
434	LOWE (W. H.)	The Mishnah on which The Palestinian Talmud Rests	Cambridge	1883	USD -	0.30
435	LOWELL (J. R.)	Conversations on Some of the Old Poets	London	1845	USD -	0.60
436		LYCOMING VALLEY IRON CO., PA. Certificate of Shares, for 100 Shares			USD -	0.45
437	LYON (G. F.)	A Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay * * * in 1824	London	1825	USD -	0.35
438		LYRICS FOR A LUTE (Sherman)			USD -	0.50
439	MCLELLAND (GEORGE B.)	Report of the Organization and Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac	New York	1864	USD -	0.10
440	MAETERLINCK (MAURICE)	The Treasure of the Humble; Wisdom and Destiny	New York	1898	USD -	1.00
441		MAGIC. Fifty Years in the Magic Circle	Hartford	1871	USD -	0.30
442		MAINE. A Statistical View of the District of Maine	Boston	1816	USD -	1.25
443	J. W. Hanson	MAINE. History of the Old Towns Norridgewock and Canaan	Boston	1849	USD -	0.50
444		MAINE. Addressees, Reports, etc.			USD -	0.30
445		MAINE PAMPHLETS (40)			USD -	1.50
446		MAPS. Carte Geographique de la Nouvelle Franse Faictte par le Sieur de Champlain Saint Tongois Cappitaine Ordinaire pour le Roy en la Marine, faict len 1612			USD -	1.05
447		MAPS. Facsimiles of Early American Maps...			USD -	1.15
448		MAPS. A Plan of the City and Harbour of Louisburg...			USD -	1.10
449		MAPS. Plan of Porto Bello, woodcut from "The Monthly Chronologer," 1740...			USD -	1.00
450		MAPS. Facsimiles. Jeffery's Map			USD -	2.10
451	Bunker Hill	MAPS. Sketch of the Action on the Heights of Charlestown, June 17, 1775			USD -	Not Sold
452		MAPS. Sketch of the Action on the Heights of Charlestown, June 17, 1775			USD -	1.00
453	Thos. Kitchen	MAPS. Seat of War in the Environs of Philadelphia	London	1777	USD -	0.50
454		MAPS. Nova Scotia. A New and Accurate Map of the Province of Nova Scotia in North America	London	1781	USD -	0.75
455		MAPS. of Philadelphia and Part Adjacent			USD -	0.10
456		MAPS. Hinton's Maps of the States, 1832	London	1832	USD -	0.25
457		MAPS. A Series of Maps to an abridgment of the History of the United States	New York	1833	USD -	Not Sold
458		MAPS. New York Campaign			USD -	0.25
459		MAPS. Wyld's Military Map of the United States	London	1861	USD -	Not Sold
460		MAPS. Gen. Sherman's Campaign War Map	Boston	1862	USD -	0.10
461		MAPS. Campaign Maps, from Shaffner's History of the United States	London		USD -	Not Sold
462	Paul Barron Watson	MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONIUS	New York	1884	USD -	0.30
463		MARYLAND. Genealogy and Biography of leading families of the City of Baltimore and Baltimore County	New York and Chicago	1897	USD -	1.25
464		MARYLAND PAMPHLETS (18)			USD -	1.00
465	MARRYATT (CAPPTAIN)	MARRYATT (CAPPTAIN). Works	New York	1857	USD -	3.10
466		MASONIC PAMPHLETS (23)			USD -	0.40
467		MASONIC NEWSPAPERS and Periodicals			USD -	0.60
468	Zabdiel Adams	MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION SERMON. A Sermon Preached before his Excellency John Hancock, Esq., Governour * * * May 29, 1782, being the Day of General Election			USD -	0.75
469	Alonzo Lewis	MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION SERMON. The History of Lynn	Boston	1844	USD -	0.10
470	S. A. Green	MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION SERMON. History of Medicine in Massachusetts	Boston	1881	USD -	0.50
471		MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION SERMON. Addresses, History, etc.			USD -	1.10
472		MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION SERMON. Province Laws, Constitution, etc.			USD -	1.00
473		MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION SERMON. History, Addresses, etc.			USD -	1.10
474		MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION SERMON. Imprints, etc., 1761-1850			USD -	1.00
475		MATHEMATICS			USD -	1.50
476	S. W. Butler and D. G. Brinton, editor	MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REPORTER	Lancaster, Pa.	1869	USD -	Not Sold
477	George F. Shrady, editor	MEDICAL RECORD (THE)	New York	1872	USD -	0.25
478		MEDICINE AND SURGERY. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery	New York	1873	USD -	0.10
479	L. E. Whipple	MENTAL HEALING	New York	1907	USD -	0.35
480	L. E. Whipple	MENTAL HEALING	New York	1907	USD -	0.60
480a	L. E. Whipple	MENTAL HEALING			USD -	0.25
481	L. E. Whipple	MENTAL HEALING MENTAL SCIENCE	New York	1910	USD -	0.25
482		MENTAL HEALING MENTAL SCIENCE			USD -	0.25
483	Ezra Norris	MENTAL VALUES; or, Thought Fragments	New York	1911	USD -	0.25
484	Mary Hanford Ford	MESSAGES OF THE MYSTICS	Chicago	1897	USD -	0.60
485	John Hazelrigg	METAPHYSICAL ASTROLOGY	New York	1900	USD -	0.90
486		METAPHYSICAL ASTROLOGY			USD -	1.00
487	John Hazetrigg	METAPHYSICAL ASTROLOGY	New York	1900	USD -	1.00
488	John Hazetrigg	METAPHYSICAL ASTROLOGY			USD -	0.90
489		METAPHYSICAL MAGAZINE (THE). Vols. 1 to 22. 22 vols. in 20 vols.	New York	1895	USD -	10.50
490		METAPHYSICAL MAGAZINE (THE). Vols. 1 to 22. 22 vols. in 20 vols.	New York	1895	USD -	5.00
491		METAPHYSICAL MAGAZINE (THE). Vols. 1 to 22. 22 vols. in 20 vols.	New York	1895	USD -	2.50
492		METAPHYSICAL MAGAZINE (THE). Vols. 1 to 22. 22 vols. in 20 vols.	New York	1895	USD -	2.00
493		METAPHYSICAL MAGAZINE (THE). Vols. 17 and 18 (4 copies). Vol. 20 (10 copies). Vol. 21 (6 copies)		1902	USD -	0.60
494		METAPHYSICAL MAGAZINE (THE). Vols. 1 to 22 (lacking Vol. 13). 21 vols. in 19 vols.	New York	1895	USD -	1.00
495		METAPHYSICAL MAGAZINE (THE). Vols. 1 to 22 (lacks Vol. 13). 21 vols. in 19 vols.	New York	1895	USD -	1.00
496		METAPHYSICAL MAGAZINE (THE). Vols. 1 to 22 (lacking Vol. 13). 21 vols. in 19 vols.	New York	1895	USD -	1.00
497		METAPHYSICAL MAGAZINE (THE). Vols. 1 to 22 (lacking Vol. 13). 21 vols. in 19 vols.	New York	1895	USD -	1.00

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.