Leavitt & Co.: CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE PRIVATE LIBRARY, COMPRISING AN EXTENSIVE AND SELECT COLLECTION OF CHOICE BOOKS, IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE, Embracing Fine London Editions of the Best Standard Works, and an immense number of Rare, Curious, and Recherche Boo, 18590516,

Auction Details

Auction Date
May 16, 1859 - May 16, 1859
Page Size: 5010 items in 51 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3594 Day's (S.) PENNSYLVANIA:--Historical collections of the State of Pennsylvania Phila.

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3595 PENNSYLVANIA:--Gazetteer of the State of Pennsylvania Phila.

1832

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3596 Franklin (B.) PENNSYLVANIA:--Historical review of the constitution and government of Pennsylvania from its origin, &c. Lond.

1759

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3598 Hazard (S. C.) PENNSYLVANIA:--Annals of Pennsylvania from the discovery of the Delaware Phila.

1850

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3599 Miner (J. A.) PENNSYLVANIA:--Aristocracy in Philadelphia

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3600 Miner (Charles) PENNSYLVANIA:--History of Wyoming. In a series of letters to his son, William Penn Miner, Esq. Phila.

1845

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3601 PENNSYLVANIA:--Minutes of the provincial council of Pennsylvania from the organization to the termination of the proprietary government Phila.

1852

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3602 PENNSYLVANIA:--Pennsylvania conventions of 1776 and 1790 Harrisburg

1825

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3603 PENNSYLVANIA:--Register of Pennsylvania, devoted to the preservation of facts and documents respecting the State of Pennsylvania Phila.

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3603 Sargents' (Winthrop) PENNSYLVANIA:--History of an expedition against Fort du Quesne, in 1755 Phila.

1855

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3604 PENNSYLVANIA:--Shaler's Report of the trial of the journeymen cord wainers at Pittsburgh

1816

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3605 Stone (L.) PENNSYLVANIA:--Poetry and history of Wyoming, and Campbell's Gertrude of Wyoming Lond.

1841

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3606 Thomas (G.) PENNSYLVANIA:--History of Pennsylvania and of West New Jersey N. Y.

1850

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3607 PENNSYLVANIA:--Watson's Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, from the earliest settlement down to the year 1857 Phila.

1858

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3608 PENNY MAGAZINE:--Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful knowledge

1837

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3609 PENNY MAGAZINE:--Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful knowledge Lond.

1832

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3610 PENNY MAGAZINE:--Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful knowledge For 1845 Lond.

1845

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3611 PERCEVAL (J. G.) PENNY MAGAZINE:--PERCEVAL (J. G.), Poems

1843

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3612 PENNY MAGAZINE:--PERCY ANECDOTES, to which are added a valuable collection of American anecdotes N. Y.

1832

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3613 PERCY'S (Thomas, Bp. of Dromore) PENNY MAGAZINE:--Reliques of ancient English poetry Lond.

1857

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3614 PERCY'S (Thomas, Bp. of Dromore) PENNY MAGAZINE:--Idem Philad.

1856

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3614a PERRY (Oliver Hazard) PENNY MAGAZINE:--Life of Commodore N. Y.

1841

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3615 Brand (Lieut. C.) PERU:--Journal of a voyage to Peru, a passage across the Corderilla of the Andes, in the winter of 1827 Lond.

1828

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3616 PERU:--Marmontel--The Incas, or the destruction of Peru Lond.

1806

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3617 Miller (J.) PERU:--Memoirs of General Miller, in the service of the Republic of Peru Lond.

1829

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3618 PERU:--Peruvian Tales Lond.

1749

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3619 Rico (Padre Don Juan) PERU:--Reales exequias, que por el fallecimiento del Senor Don Carlos III., Rey de Espanya y de las Indias, mando celebrar en la Ciudad de Lima, capital del Peru, &c. Lima

1789

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3620 PERU:--Savage, The Amazonian Republic recently discovered in Peru N. Y.

1842

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3621 Smith (A.) PERU:--Peru as it is, a residence in Lima, &c. Lond.

1839

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3622 Temple (Ed.) PERU:--Travels in various parts of Peru Lond.

1830

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3623 PERU:--Trueba y Cosio, History of the conquest of Peru by the Spaniards Edinb.

1830

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3624 Tschudi (J. J. Von) PERU:--Travels in Peru, 1838-42 N. Y.

1847

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3625 PERU:--Peruvian antiquities N. Y.

1848

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3626 Vega (Garcillasso de la) PERU:--Royal commentaries of Peru Lond.

1688

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3626a Vega (Garcillasso de la) PERU:--Idem

1688

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3627 Herbert (Sir Thomas) PERSIA:--Description of the Persian monarchy, now being the Orientale Indies, &c. Lond.

1834

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3628 Morier (James) PERSIA:--Journey into Persia, &c. Lond.

1812

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3629 Olearius (A.) PERSIA:--Voyages and travels of the ambassadors in Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, &c. Lond.

1669

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3630 PERSIA:--Persian language, vocabulary of the, in two parts Lond.

1805

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3631 PERSIA:--PETER Schlemil in America Phila.

1848

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3632 PERSIA:--PETER Pilgrim Phila.

1838

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3633 PETER Wilkins PERSIA:--PETER Wilkins, life and adventures of Lond.

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3634 PERSIA:--PETER'S Letters to his kinsfolk N. Y.

1820

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3636 PETRARCH (see Italian classics) PERSIA:--PETRARCH (see Italian classics), Dobson's Life of Lond.

1797

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3637 PERSIA:--PHILIP Quarl, the English hermit, or, unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of Lond.

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3638 PHILIPS (Sir R.) PERSIA:--Million of facts Lond.

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3639 PERSIA:--PHILOSOPHY in sport made science in earnest Lond.

1843

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3640 Fowler (O. S.) PHRENOLOGY:--Phrenology applied to matrimony N. Y.

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3641 PHRENOLOGY:--Phrenological journal N. Y.

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3642 Roget's (Dr.) PHRENOLOGY:--Outlines of physiology Phila.

1839

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3643 Slades (J.) PHRENOLOGY:--Conversations on phrenology with Dugald Stewart Lond.

1838

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3644 Spurzheim (J. G.) PHRENOLOGY:--Lectures on phrenology Lond.

1837

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3645 Spurzheim (J. G.) PHRENOLOGY:--Outlines of phrenology

1833

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3646 Spurzheim (J. G.) PHRENOLOGY:--Outlines of the physiognomical system Lond.

1815

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3647 Buff (H.) PHYSICS:--Physics of the earth, treating of the chief movements of the land, the water, and the air Lond.

1851

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3648 PHYSICS:--Hunt's Elementary physics Lond.

1855

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3649 Webster (Tho.) PHYSICS:--Elements of physics Lond.

1837

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3650 PHYSIOGNOMY:--Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, designed to promote the knowledge and love of mankind Lond.

1789

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3651 PHYSIOGNOMY:--Idem Lond.

1804

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3652 Dunglison (Robley) PHYSIOLOGY:--Human physiology Phila.

1850

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3652 PHYSIOLOGY:--PICKERING'S ALDINE EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS Lond.

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3653 PICKERING PHYSIOLOGY:--PICKERING'S Novels

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3654 PHYSIOLOGY:--PICKWICK Jest-book

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3655 PHYSIOLOGY:--PICTORIAL Cyclopaedia of biography N. Y.

1856

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3656 PHYSIOLOGY:--PICTORIAL history of the American Revolution N. Y.

1845

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3657 PILKINGTON (Mrs.) PHYSIOLOGY:--Celebrity, or the unfortunate choice Lond.

1815

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3658 PINDAR PHYSIOLOGY:--Literally translated into English prose Oxf.

1846

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3659 PINDAR PHYSIOLOGY:--Translated by Bannister

1791

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3660 PINDAR (Peter) PHYSIOLOGY:--PINDAR (Peter), The works of Lond.

1849

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3661 PHYSIOLOGY:--PINKERTON'S Travels Lond.

1819

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3662 PINKNEY (Wm.) PHYSIOLOGY:--Some account of the life N. Y.

1826

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3663 PHYSIOLOGY:--Pious Minstrel Bost.

1832

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3664 PHYSIOLOGY:--PITCAIRN'S Island described N. Y.

1832

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3665 PLATON PHYSIOLOGY:--OEuvres, traduites par Victor Cousin

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3666 PLINY PHYSIOLOGY:--PLINY, Letters of Lond.

1752

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3667 PLUMER (W. S.) PHYSIOLOGY:--Argument for the indiscriminate incorporation of churches Balt.

1847

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3668 PHYSIOLOGY:--PLUTARQUE, traduites du Grec et accompagnees de notes

1827

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3669 PHYSIOLOGY:--PLURALITY of worlds, Fontanelle on the

1767

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3670 PHYSIOLOGY:--PLOUGH, loom, and anvil N.Y.

1848

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3671 PHYSIOLOGY:--PNEUMATICS of Hero of Alexandria

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3672 POES (E. A.) PHYSIOLOGY:--POES (E. A.), Works

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3673 POE'S (E. A.) PHYSIOLOGY:--POE'S (E. A.) Works N. Y.

1858

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3674 POE'S (E. A.) PHYSIOLOGY:--Tales, &c. N. Y.

1851

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3675 PHYSIOLOGY:--POEMS on several occasions Lond.

1809

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3676 PHYSIOLOGY:--POEMS selected from the United States Literary Gazette Bost.

1826

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3677 PHYSIOLOGY:--POETS-LAUREATE, Lives of the English Lond.

1845

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3678 PHYSIOLOGY:--POETRY of the fields Phila.

1857

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3679 PHYSIOLOGY:--POETRY of the woods, elegantly illustrated with line engravings Phila.

1857

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3680 PHYSIOLOGY:--Book of English Lond.

1855

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3681 PHYSIOLOGY:--POETS (BRITISH); a complete edition from Chaucer to Blacklock Lond. and Edinb.

1794

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3682 Fletcher (Jas.) POLAND:--History of Poland Lond.

1831

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3683 Saxton (L. C.) POLAND:--Fall of Poland N. Y.

1852

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3684 Atkinson (W.) POLAND:--Political economy N. Y.

1843

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3685 POLAND:--American laborer (The), devoted to protection, &c. N. Y.

1843

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3686 Brougham's (Lord) POLAND:--Political philosophy Lond.

1844

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3687 Bielfield (Baron) POLAND:--Institutiones politiques A. La Haye

1740

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3688 Carey (H. C.) POLAND:--Principles of social science Phila.

1858

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3689 Carey (H. C.) POLAND:--Past, the present, and the future Phila.

1848

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3690 Chalmers (Dr.) POLAND:--On political economy, &c. Columbus

1842

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3691 POLAND:--Cobbett's Paper against gold N. Y.

1846

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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
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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.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.