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
797 William M. Gouge TEXAS. The Fiscal History of Texas, embracing an account of the Revenues, Debts and Currency from 1834 to 1851 Philadelphia

1852

 USD - 0.75
798 Brown (Wm. Horace) TEXAS. The Glory Seekers, the Romance of Would-Be Founders of Empire in the Early Days of the Great Southwest Chicago

1906

 USD - 0.55
799 TEXAS PAMPHLETS (8)

USD - 2.10
800 THACKERAY (W. M.) The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century, 1853 New York

USD - 0.10
801 G. K. Chesterton and Lewis Melville THACKERAY. W. M. Thackeray London

1903

 USD - 0.35
802 THEATRE AND THE DRAMA

USD - 0.55
803 Dyer (T. F.) THISTLETON. The Loves and Marriages of Some Eminent Persons London

1890

 USD - 0.15
804 THOMSON (HUGH) Days with Sir Roger de Coverley London

1886

 USD - 1.50
805 THOREAU (H. D.) Autumn: from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau Boston

1892

 USD - 2.00
806 TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS, of the nature of things London

1722

 USD - 0.50
807 TOLSTOI. A Man of Peace Chicago

1900

 USD - 0.45
808 TRAVEL. The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton London

1896

 USD - 0.40
809 William Forsyth TRIAL BY JURY. History of New York

1875

 USD - 0.70
810 UPSON (ARTHUR) The Collected Poems of Arthur Upson Minneapolis

1909

 USD - 2.30
811 Howard Stansbury UTAH. Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah Washington

1853

 USD - 0.80
812 UTAH AND MORMONISM

USD - 0.80
813 VERMONT IMPPRINTS Montpelier

1811

 USD - 0.45
814 VERMONT PAMPHLETS (20)

USD - 1.30
815 VIRGINIA. The Early History of the Southern State Boston

1847

 USD - 0.80
816 Bowyer (James T.) VIRGINIA. The Width of Jamestown, a Story of Colonial Virginia Richmond

1890

 USD - 0.15
817 VIRGINIA PAMPHLETS (14)

USD - 0.50
818 WAR AND PEACE

USD - 0.10
819 Mann (James, M.D., A.S.S.) Medical Sketches of the Campaigns of 1812, 1813, 1814, etc. Dedham

1816

 USD - 0.75
820 Mann (James, M.D., A.S.S.) Medical Sketches of the Campaigns of 1812, 1813, 1814, etc.

USD - 2.50
821 WASHINGTON (GEO.)

USD - 1.05
822 WATERTOWN, MASS. Town Reports for 1872, 1882, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1892, 1893

USD - 1.00
823 WEBSTER (DANIEL). Pamphlets relating to (19)

USD - 0.40
824 S. D. Woods WEST. Lights and Shadows of Life on Pacific Coast New York

1910

 USD - 0.30
825 Francis A. Stanislaus, Baron de Wimpffen WEST INDIES. San Domingo. A Voyage to Saint Domingo, 1788-1790 London

1797

 USD - 1.20
826 Jamaica. R. C. Dallas WEST INDIES. Geschichte der Maronen-Regern auf Jamaika Weimar

1805

 USD - 0.90
827 WEST INDIES. Emancipation; or, Practical Advice to British Slave-Holders London

1824

 USD - 0.20
828 Alexander M'Donnell WEST INDIES. Compulsory Manumission; or, an Examination of the Actual State of the West India Question London

1827

 USD - 0.20
829 Cynric R. Williams WEST INDIES. Jamaica. A Tour Through the Island of Jamaica, from the Western to the Eastern End in 1823 London

1827

 USD - 0.60
830 WEST NARHVILLE, the Manufacturing City of the South Nashville

1887

 USD - 0.10
831 Harris (George W.) WESTERN HUMOR. Sut Lovingood Yarns Spun by a "Nat'ral Born Durn'd Fool New York

1867

 USD - 0.75
832 WESTERN PAMPHLETS (33)

USD - 0.75
833 WEY (FRANCIS). Rome New York

1875

 USD - 1.25
834 Thomes (Wm. H.) WHALING. The Whaleman's Adventures in The Sandwich Islands and California Boston

1872

 USD - 2.00
835 Joseph P. Faulkner WHALING. Eighteen Months on a Greenland Whaler New York

1878

 USD - 1.10
836 WHITE (HARVEY) A Ship of Souls New York

1910

 USD - 0.25
837 WHITE MOUNTAINS. The White Mountain Guide Book Concord

1863

 USD - Not Sold
838 T. S. King WHITE MOUNTAINS. (N. H.) The White Hills; their Legends, Land scape and Poetry Boston

1866

 USD - 0.20
839 WHITMAN WHITMAN. Complete Prose Works Boston

1906

 USD - 1.35
840 WHITTIER (JOHN G.) Specimens of American Poetry Boston

1829

 USD - 0.60
841 WILDE (OSCAR) Lady Windermere's Fan Boston

1905

 USD - 1.00
842 WILDE (OSCAR) Impressions of America Sunderland

1906

 USD - 0.60
843 WILDE (OSCAR) Palms of Papyrus East Orange

1908

 USD - 0.35
844 WINTHROP (ROBERT C.--Statesman) A. L. S.

1851

 USD - 0.25
845 WISCONSIN PAMPHLETS (14)

USD - 1.00
846 WISDOM of Oscar Wilde (Scott)... New York

1904

 USD - 0.50
847 L. E. Whipple, Alex. Wilder, and Mrs. Eva Best, editors WISE MAN (THE) New York

1906

 USD - 0.10
848 L. E. Whipple, Alex. Wilder, and Mrs. Eva Best, editors WISE MAN (THE) New York

1906

 USD - 0.10
849 WISE MAN (THE)

USD - 0.15
850 WITHERSPOON (REV. JOHN) WITHERSPOON (REV. JOHN). The Works of. Late President of the College at Princeton, New Jersey Philadelphia

1802

 USD - 0.10
851 [WOLCOTT (JOHN)] Works of "Peter Pindar" London

1789

 USD - 1.20
852 [WOLCOTT (JOHN)] Works of "Peter Pindar" London

1795

 USD - 0.50
853 WOMAN

USD - 0.30
854 WORCESTER (JOSEPH E.) A Dictionary of the English Language Boston

1867

 USD - 0.30
855 WORDSWORTH Letters of the Wordsworth Family. From 1787 to 1855 Boston

1907

 USD - 1.50
856 WORLD LAW. The First Book of World Law Boston

1911

 USD - 0.25
857 WRENCH (G. T.) The Mastery of Life London

1911

 USD - 0.70
858 WRIGHT (FREDERICK) Man and the Glacial Period New York

USD - 0.60
859 WYCHERLY (WILLIAM) The Posthumous Works of William Wycherley London

1728

 USD - 2.50
860 YALE COLLEGE

USD - 1.10
861 YEATS (W. B.) Irish Fairy Tales New York

1892

 USD - 0.55
862 YELLOW FEVER Epidemic of 1878, in Memphis, Tenn. (Keating)...

USD - 0.15
863 ZOLA (EMILE) The Ladies' Paradise London

1886

 USD - 4.50
864 ZOLA (EMILE) A Love Episode London

1898

 USD - 1.40
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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.
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    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.
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    Rare Books Signature Auction
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    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.
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