Leavitt & Co.: CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE JOSEPH J. COOKE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. PART II. THE WHOLE TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, AT THE CLINTON HALL SALE ROOMS, ON Monday, October 1, 1883, and the following days. TWO SESSIONS DAILY, AT 3 O'CLOCK AND 7.30 P. M, 18831001,

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 01, 1883 - October 01, 1883

Page Size: 3295 items in 33 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
97	BAILLIE, JOANNA	A Series of Plays: in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger Passions of the Mind, each passion being the subject of a Tragedy and a Comedy	London	1806	USD -	Unknown
98	BAILLIE, JOANNA	A Series of Plays: in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger Passions of the Mind, each passion being the subject of a Tragedy and a Comedy	London	1806	USD -	Unknown
99	T. B., Esq.	BAKER, SIR RICHARD. Animadversions upon his Chronicle	Oxon	1672	USD -	Unknown
100	BAKEWELL, R.	Travels, comprising observations made during a residence in the Tarantaise, and various parts of the Grecian and Pennine Alps, Switzerland, etc.	London	1823	USD -	Unknown
101		BALLADS. A Collection of seventy-nine Black-Letter Ballads and Broadsides	London	1870	USD -	Unknown
102	Francis James Child	BALLADS, English and Scottish	Boston	1864	USD -	Unknown
103		BALLADS. A Collection of Old Ballads	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
104		BALLADS. A Collection of Old Ballads	London	1723	USD -	Unknown
105	BALMANNO, MRS.	Pen and Pencil	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
106	BAN DENEL, JAMES	Some Account of the Trade in Slaves from Africa, as connected with Europe and America	London	1842	USD -	Unknown
108	BANNATYNE, RICHARD	Journal of Transactions in Scotland, during the contest between the adherents of Queen Mary and those of her Son, 1570-1573	Edinburgh	1806	USD -	Unknown
109	BARBER, MRS.	Poems on Several Occasions	London	1734	USD -	Unknown
110	BARBIER, A. A.	Nouvelle Bibliotheque d'un Homme de Gout, entierement repondue, corrigee et augmentee	Paris	1808	USD -	Unknown
111	BARCLAY, ROBERT	Apology for the True Christian Divinity	Birmingham	1765	USD -	Unknown
112	BARCLAY, ROBERT	Apology for the True Christian Divinity	Birmingham	1765	USD -	Unknown
113	BARCLAY, JAMES	The Universal English Dictionary; also a pronouncing Dictionary	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
114	BARNARD, JOHN	Janua Coelestis; or, The Mystery of the Gospel in the Salvation of a Sinner, opened and explained	Boston	1750	USD -	Unknown
115	BARRINGTON, DAINES	Miscellanies	London	1781	USD -	Unknown
116	BARROW, JOHN	Travels in China from Pekin to Canton	London	1801	USD -	Unknown
117	BARROW, JOHN	Voyage to Cochin China in the years 1792 and 1793	London	1806	USD -	Unknown
118	BARTOL, C. A.	Discourses on the Christian Spirit and Life	Boston	1850	USD -	Unknown
119	BARRY, EDWARD	Theological, Philosophical, and Moral Essays			USD -	Unknown
120	BARROW, ISAAC	Geometrical Lectures explaining the generation and properties of curved lines	London	1735	USD -	Unknown
121	BARTHELEMY, J. J.	Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece, vers le milieu du quatrieme siecle avant l'ere vulgaire	Paris	1799	USD -	Unknown
122		BATMAN uppon Bartholome, his Booke de Proprietalibus Rerum...		1582	USD -	Unknown
123		BARTHOLOMCEUS DE GLANVILLA Anglici de Proprietatibus Rerum		1481	USD -	Unknown
124	BASNAGE, M.	Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament	Amsterdam	1704	USD -	Unknown
125	BARTLETT, W. H.	Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, etc.	London		USD -	Unknown
126	BATEMAN, REV. JOSIAH	The Life of the Right Rev. Daniel Wilson, Lord Bishop of Calcutta	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
127	BAXTER, RICHARD	A Defence of the Principles of Love	London	1671	USD -	Unknown
128	BAYLE, PIERRE	Dictionaire Historique et Critique	Amsterdam	1734	USD -	Unknown
129	BAYLE, PETER	Dictionary Historical and Critical; to which is prefixed the Life of the Author	London	1734	USD -	Unknown
130	BAYLEY, JOHN	The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
131	BAYLE, PETER	Miscellaneous Reflections occasion'd by the Comet which appear'd in December, 1680	London	1708	USD -	Unknown
132	BAYLE, PETER	An Historical and Critical Dictionary, selected and abridged from his great work	London	1826	USD -	Unknown
133	BAYLY, THOMAS HAYNES	Weeds of Witchery	London	1837	USD -	Unknown
134	BEATTIE, JAMES	The Theory of Language	London	1788	USD -	Unknown
135	BEATTIE, WILLIAM	Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell	New York	1850	USD -	Unknown
136	BEATTIE, WILLIAM	Switzerland	London	1836	USD -	Unknown
137		BEAUTIES of Sacred Literature	New York	1864	USD -	Unknown
138	BECHSTEIN, J. M.	Cage and Chamber Birds, their natural history, habits, food, etc.	London	1864	USD -	Unknown
139	BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT	The Comic Blackstone	London	1872	USD -	Unknown
140		BECKFORD'S Vathek...			USD -	Unknown
141	BECKMANN	A Concise History of Ancient Institutions, Inventions and Discoveries in Science and Mechanic Arts	London	1823	USD -	Unknown
142	BECKMANN, JOHANN	Physikalischokonomische Bibliothek evorium von den neusten Buchern	Gottingen	1770	USD -	Unknown
143	RECOURT, R.	DE The Grave of Human Philosophers, ancient and modern....			USD -	Unknown
144		BEES. The Revolt of the Bees	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
145		BEE-KEEPING	London	1864	USD -	Unknown
146		BEETHOVEN'S Letters (1790-1826); also his Letters to the Archduke Rudolph and others	Boston		USD -	Unknown
147	BEHN APHRA	The Plays, Histories and Novels of the ingenious Mrs. Aphra Behn, with Life and Memoirs	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
148	BELIDOR M.	Nouveaux Cours de Mathematique a l'usage de l'Artillerie et du Genie	Paris	1725	USD -	Unknown
149		BELL'S British Theatre	London	1776	USD -	Unknown
150		BELLAFINUS. De Origine et Temporibus Vrbis Bergomi Francisci Bellafini Liber	Venice	1532	USD -	Unknown
151	BELLAMY MR.	Ethic Amusements	London	1768	USD -	Unknown
152	BELL JOHN	Travels from St. Petersburgh, in Russia, to various Parts of Asia	Edinburgh	1806	USD -	Unknown
153	BELLAMY GEORGE ANNE	An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, late of Covent Garden Theatre	Dublin	1785	USD -	Unknown
154		BELLENDENUS. A Free Translation of the Preface to Bellendenus	London	1788	USD -	Unknown
155	BELOE WILLIAM	The Sexagenarian, or the Recollections of a Literary Life	London	1817	USD -	Unknown
156	BELOE WILLIAM	The Sexagenarian, or the Recollections of a Literary Life	London	1818	USD -	Unknown
157	BELSHAM WILLIAM	Memoirs of the Reign of George III, from his Accession to the Peace of Amiens	London	1805	USD -	Unknown
158	BELTZ GEO. F.	Memorials of the most noble Order of the Garter from its foundation to the present time	London	1841	USD -	Unknown
159	BENJAMIN. Lord Bishop of Bangor	A Preservative against the principles and practices of the Non-Jurors, both in Church and State; or an Appeal to the Christian Laity	London	1716	USD -	Unknown
160		BENGAL ANNUAL. A Literary Keepsake for 1830	Calcutta	1830	USD -	Unknown
161	BENNETT BENJAMIN	A Memorial of the Reformation, chiefly in England, and of Britain's Deliverances from Popery and Arbitrary Power	London	1717	USD -	Unknown
162	BENNET BENJAMIN	Memorial of the Reformation, and of Britain's Deliverances from Popery and Arbitrary Power	London	1717	USD -	Unknown
163	BENTHAM JEREMY	Justice and Codification Petitions: being Forms proposed for Signature by all Persons whose desire it is to see Justice no longer sold, delayed, or denied	London	1829	USD -	Unknown
164	BENTHAM JEREMY	Chrestomathia: being a Collection of Papers	London	1816	USD -	Unknown
165	BENTHAM JEREMY	Letters to Count Toreno on the Proposed Penal Code, delivered in the Legislative Committee of the Spanish Cortes, April 25th, 1821	London	1822	USD -	Unknown
166	BENTHAM JEREMY	Situation and relief of the Poor, 1797		1797	USD -	Unknown
167	BENTLEY RICHARD	Patriotism, a Mock-Heroic. In six cantos	London	1765	USD -	Unknown
168	BENTLEY RICHARD	A Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris	London	1817	USD -	Unknown
169	BENTHAM JEREMY	The Elements of the Art of Packing as applied to Special Juries, particularly in cases of Libel Law	London	1821	USD -	Unknown
170	BERINGTON JOSEPH	The History of the Lives of Abeillard and Heloisa	Basil	1793	USD -	Unknown
171	BERKELEY	The Works of George Berkeley, D. D.	London	1820	USD -	Unknown
172	John Phillipart	BERNADOTTE. Memoirs and Campaigns of Charles John, Prince Royal of London	London	1814	USD -	Unknown
173	BERNAN WALTER	On the History and Art of Warming and Ventilating Rooms and Buildings by open fires	London	1845	USD -	Unknown
174	BERNIA F.	The History of the Late Revolution of the Empire of the Great Mogul	London	1671	USD -	Unknown
175	BESTE J. RICHARD DIGBY	Nowadays: Or, Courts, Courtiers, Churchmen, Garibaldians, Lawyers, and Brigands, at Home and Abroad	London	1870	USD -	Unknown
176	BETHAM WILLIAM	The Baronetage of England, or The History of the English Baronets, and such Baronets of Scotland as are of English Families	London	1801	USD -	Unknown
177	BETTERTON	The Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton	London	1710	USD -	Unknown
178		BETT'S Geological Map of England and Wales			USD -	Unknown
179	BEWICK I.	The Blossoms of Morality, intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Ladies and Gentlemen	London	1801	USD -	Unknown
180	BENLOWES E.	Theophila, or Love's Sacrifice	London	1652	USD -	Unknown
181	BEWICK	Album containing 136 fine specimens of Wood Engravings			USD -	Unknown
182	BIBLE LA	Qui est toute la Ste Ecriture du Vieil et du Nouveau Testament	Amsterdam	1678	USD -	Unknown
183		BIBLE. Brown's Self-Interpreting Bible	Edinburgh	1808	USD -	Unknown
184		BIBLE. The Holy Bible	New York	1814	USD -	Unknown
185		BIBLE. A Topical Index to the Rev. Thomas Scott's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures	London	1842	USD -	Unknown
186		BIBLE. La Sainte Bible, sur la version de Geneve	Amsterdam	1707	USD -	Unknown
187		BIBLE. The Holy Bible, etc.		1702	USD -	Unknown
188		BIBLE. Bijbel dat is de Gansche Heilige Schrift, etc.	London	1838	USD -	Unknown
189		BIBLIA Latina Antiqua			USD -	Unknown
190		BIBLE. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Covenant	Philadelphia	1808	USD -	Unknown
191		BIBLE. The Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible; or, how to comprehend Holy Writ from its own interpretation	New York	1868	USD -	Unknown
192		BIBLE. The Holy Bible according to the authorized version of 1611	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
192a		BIBLE. The Holy Bible	Oxford	1660	USD -	Unknown
192b		BIBLE. Self-Interpreting Bible	New York	1806	USD -	Unknown
193		BIBLE. Memorial for the Bible Societies in Scotland	Edinburgh	1824	USD -	Unknown
194		BIBLE. An Essay for a New Translation of the Bible	London	1727	USD -	Unknown
195		BIBLIOSOPHIA; or Book-Wisdom, containing some account of the pride, pleasure, and privileges of that glorious vocation, Book-collecting	London	1810	USD -	Unknown

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.
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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