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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
4799		THE favorite	Lond.	1765	USD -	Unknown
4800	MACAULAY (Catherine)	Observations on a pamphlet entitled "Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents"	Lond.	1770	USD -	Unknown
4801		BRIEF state of the province of Pennsylvania, &c.	Lond.	1755	USD -	Unknown
4802		ANSWER to an invidious pamphlet entitled a "Brief state of the Province of Pennsylvania, &c.	Lond.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4803		AN inquiry into the nature and causes of the present disputes between the British colonies in America and their mother-country		1769	USD -	Unknown
4804		REPORT of the Lords, committees, &c.	Lond.	1774	USD -	Unknown
4805		JOURNALS of the proceedings of the Congress held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775	Lond.	1776	USD -	Unknown
4806		LETTERS to the high and mighty United States of America	Lond.	1770	USD -	Unknown
4807		OBSERVATIONS on the several Acts of Parliament passed 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th years of his present majesty's reign, &c.	Bost.	1769	USD -	Unknown
4808		CONSIDERATIONS on the nature and the extent of the legislative authority of the British Parliament (relative to the British colonies)	Philadelphia	1774	USD -	Unknown
4809		ESSAY on the constitutional power of Great Britain over the colonies in America, &c.	Philad.	1774	USD -	Unknown
4810		CONSIDERATIONS on the measures carrying on with respect to the British colonies in North America. Ascribed to Mr. Robinson	Bost.	1774	USD -	Unknown
4811	QUINCY (John)	Observation on the act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port bill	Bost.	1774	USD -	Unknown
4812		FAIR trial of the important question, or the rights of election asserted, &c.	Lond.	1769	USD -	Unknown
4813		OBSERVATIONS on the conduct of Great Britain with regard to the negotiations and transactions abroad (chiefly relating to the West Indies)	Lond.	1729	USD -	Unknown
4814		AUTHENTIC proceedings of the French king and his parliament against the Jesuits of France	Lond.	1761	USD -	Unknown
4815		THOUGHTS on trade in general, our West Indian in particular, our continental colonies, Canada, Guadalupe, &c.	Lond.	1763	USD -	Unknown
4816	Israel Mauduit	LETTER to the Rt. Hon. the Lord Bl(akene)y	Lond.	1757	USD -	Unknown
4817		JOURNAL of the proceedings of the Congress held at Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774	Philad.	1774	USD -	Unknown
4818		PETITION of the grand American Congress to the king	Bost.		USD -	Unknown
4819	BERNARD (Governor)	Select letters on the trade and government of America, and the principles of law and polity applied to the American colonies	Lond.	1774	USD -	Unknown
4820	BURKE (Edmund)	Reflections on the revolution of France	N. Y.	1791	USD -	Unknown
4821	PRIESTLEY (Joseph)	Letters to Edmund Burke, occasioned by his "Reflections," &c.	N. Y.	1791	USD -	Unknown
4822	PRICE (Richard, D. D.)	Discourse on the love of our country, Nov. 4, 1789	Bost.	1790	USD -	Unknown
4823	PAINE (Thomas)	Rights of man, being an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French revolution	Philad.	1791	USD -	Unknown
4824	Thomas Paine	COMMON SENSE, addressed to the inhabitants of America	Bost.	1776	USD -	Unknown
4825	CHAUNCY (Charles)	Sermon occasioned by the present rebellion in favor of the Pretender, preached at Boston, Feb. 6, 1745-6	Bost.	1746	USD -	Unknown
4826		EXTRACT of a sermon preached at South Church, Boston, Nov. 27,1746	Bost.	1774	USD -	Unknown
4827	PRINCE (Thomas)	Sermon occasioned by the death of Frederick, Prince of Wales	Bost.	1757	USD -	Unknown
4828	FINLEY (Samuel)	The madness of mankind, represented in a sermon preached in the New Church, Philadelphia, June 9, 1754	N. Y.	1758	USD -	Unknown
4829	FREE (John, D.D.)	Anniversary sermon on the murder of William Allen at Newington-Butts, 1768	Bost.	1773	USD -	Unknown
4830	FREE (John, D.D.)	England's warning-piece: a sermon on the untimely death of William Allen the younger	Bost.	1773	USD -	Unknown
4831	LATHROP (John)	Importance of early piety, in a discourse at Medford in New England	Bost.	1771	USD -	Unknown
4832	WELD (Ezra)	Sermon at the ordination of Rev. Jonathan French to the pastoral charge of the second church of Christ at Andover, Sept. 23,1772	Bost., N. E.	-1772	USD -	Unknown
4833	OCCOM (Samson)	Sermon at the execution of Moses Paul, an Indian	Bost.	1773	USD -	Unknown
4834	COTTON (John, A. M., of Plymouth)	The general practice of the churches of New England relating to baptism further vindicated, &c.	Bost.	1773	USD -	Unknown
4835	HILLIARD (Timothy)	Substance of two sermons delivered at Barnstaple, July 14, 1774	Bost.	1774	USD -	Unknown
4836		EAITHFUL History of the remarkable occurrences in the captivity and deliverance of Mr. John Williams	Bost.	1774	USD -	Unknown
4837	GORDON (William, pastor of the third church in Roxbury)	Discourse, Dec. 15, 1774	Bost.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4838		THE Second spira; or, blasphemers justly reproved, set forth in a sad and dreadful example of God's judgments shown upon six most profane young men living near Sandwich	Bost.		USD -	Unknown
4839	WELD (Ezra A. M., Pastor of Braintree)	Sermon at the ordination of the Rev. Samuel Niles to the pastoral care of the Church of Christ at Abington	Bost.	1772	USD -	Unknown
4840	HITCHCOCK (Gad)	Sermon before Thomas Gage, Esq.	Bost.	1774	USD -	Unknown
4841	MACCARTY (Thaddeus, A. M., Pastor of the Church in Worcester)	Two sermons on the fast, July 14, 1774	Bost.	1774	USD -	Unknown
4842	RICH (Elisha, Preacher of the Gospel and Pastor of the Baptist Church of Christ at Chelmsford)	Poetical Dialogues, calculated for the help of timorous and tempted Christians	Bost.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4843	COOMBE (Thomas M. A.)	Tract sermon preached at Christ Church and St. Peter's, Philadelphia, July 20, 1775	Phila.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4844	FISKE (Nathan, A. M., Pastor of the Third Church in Brookfield)	Sermon preached at Brookfield, March 1, 1778	Bost.	1778	USD -	Unknown
4845	EVANS (Rev. Isaac, A. M., Chaplain to Gen. Poor's Brigade)	Discourse at Easton, Oct. 17, 1779	Phila.	1779	USD -	Unknown
4846		REVIEW of a Christian church and church government, &c.	Chatham	1781	USD -	Unknown
4847		NARRATIVE of the life of William Beadle	Hartford	1783	USD -	Unknown
4848	RATHBURN (Valentine M. G.)	Some brief hints of a religious scheme	N. Y.	1783	USD -	Unknown
4849	EVANS (Israel, A. M., Chaplain in the American Army)	Discourse before a brigade of continental troops and a number of citizens assembled in St. George's Chapel	N. Y.	1783	USD -	Unknown
4850		JOURNAL of a convention of the Protestant Episcopal church in the States of New York	Phila.	1789	USD -	Unknown
4851		DECLARATION and testimony for the doctrine and order of the Church of Christ, and against the errors of the present times	Phila.	1784	USD -	Unknown
4852		CASE of our fellow creatures, the oppressed Africans, respectfully recommended to the legislature of Great Britain by the people called Quakers	Phila.	1784	USD -	Unknown
4853	RODGERS (John, D. D.)	Divine goodness displayed in the American revolution, a thanksgiving sermon, Dec. 11, 1783	N. Y.	1784	USD -	Unknown
4854	CHAUNCY (Charles, D. D.)	Sermons delivered at the First Church in Boston, Mar. 13, 1785	Bost.	1785	USD -	Unknown
4855	WALES (Samuel, D. D., Professor of Divinity at Yale College)	Sermon preached before the general assembly of the State of Connecticut, at Hartford	Hartford	1785	USD -	Unknown
4856	DANA (James, D. D., Senior Pastor of the First Church in Wallingford)	Funeral sermon of the Rev. Chauncey Whittlesey, who died July 24, 1787	New Haven	1787	USD -	Unknown
4857	CLARKE (John)	Discourse at the interment of the Rev. Charles Chauncy, D. D., A. A. S.	Bost.	1787	USD -	Unknown
4858	ANDREWS (Samuel, A. M., late Missionary at Wallingford)	Discourse on St. Mark, xvi	New Haven	1787	USD -	Unknown
4859	SMITH (Wm., D. D.)	Two sermons before the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the States of New York, New Jersey, &c.	Phila.	1789	USD -	Unknown
4860	SEIXAS (Rev. Mr. Gershom)	Religious discourse delivered in the Synagogue in this city, Nov. 26, 1789	N. Y.	1789	USD -	Unknown
4861	WELD (Ezra, V. D. M.)	Sermon preached at a singing lecture in Braintree, May 21, 1788	Springfield	1789	USD -	Unknown
4862	LINN (Wm., D. D.)	Blessings of America. A sermon preached in the Middle Dutch Church, July 4, 1791, anniversary of the independence	N. Y.	1791	USD -	Unknown
4863		EVIDENCE delivered on the petition presented by the West India planters, &c.		1775	USD -	Unknown
4864	BURKE (Edmund)	Speech on American taxation, April 9, 1774	N. Y.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4865		THE Twelve united colonies	Phila.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4866		ORIGIN of the American contest with Great Britain; or, the present political state of the Massachusetts Bay in general, and town of Boston in particular, &c.	N. Y.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4867		CANDID examination of the mutual claims of Great Britain and the colonies	N. Y.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4868		DECLARATION by the representatives of the united colonies of North America	Newport	1775	USD -	Unknown
4869		LETTERS of the two commanders in chief, Generals Gage and Washington, and Major-Generals Burgoyne and Lee	N. Y.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4870		ALARM to the legislature of the province of New York	N. Y.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4871		TRIUMPHS of the whigs on t'other congress convened	N. Y.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4872		ARTICLES of the Union Library Society of New York	N. Y.	1771	USD -	Unknown
4873		AN Englishman's answer to the address from the delegates to the people of Great Britain in a letter to several colonies, &c.	N. Y.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4874		EXTRACTS from the journals of congress relative to the capture and condemnation of prizes	Phila.	1776	USD -	Unknown
4875	LEE (Doctor, of Virginia)	Appeal to the justice and interests of the people of Great Britain in the present dispute with America	N. Y.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4876		THE patriots of North America	N. Y.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4877		ADDRESS and recommendations to the States by the United States in congress assembled	Phila.	1783	USD -	Unknown
4878		CASE and claim of the American loyalists impartially stated and considered		-1775	USD -	Unknown
4879		AN address of the Twelve United colonies of North America by congress to the people of Ireland	Phila.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4880		SPEECHES in the late session of parliament	N. Y.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4881	SWAN (James)	Dissuasion to Great Britain and the colonies from the slave trade to Africa	Bost.	1773	USD -	Unknown
4882		LETTERS which lately passed between Governor Tryon and Whitehead Hicks, Mayor of New York	N. Y.	1775	USD -	Unknown
4883		THE Associations, &c.	No place	1774	USD -	Unknown
4884		THE following publication	N. Y.	1783	USD -	Unknown
4885		RESOLUTIONS of Congress, April 18, 1783	N. Y.	1787	USD -	Unknown
4886		OBSERVATIONS on the commerce of the American States, with Europe and the West Indies, &c.	Phila.	1783	USD -	Unknown
4887		REPLY to General Joseph Reed's remarks on a late publicacation in the Independent Gazetteer	Phila.	1783	USD -	Unknown
4888		COLLECTION of papers relative to half-pay and commutation of half-pay, &c.	Fishkill	1783	USD -	Unknown
4889		REPLY to Sir Henry Clinton's narrative, wherein his numerous errors are pointed out, and the conduct of Lord Cornwallis fully vindicated, &c.	Lond.	1783	USD -	Unknown
4890		REMARKS on a late publication in the Independent Gazetteer	Phila.	1783	USD -	Unknown
4891		THE constitution of the State of New York	N. Y.	1783	USD -	Unknown
4892	VIATOR (John)	Answer to Dr. Inglis's defence of his character against certain false and malicious charges contained in a pamphlet entitled "A reply to remarks on a vindication of Governor Parr," &c.	Lond.	1785	USD -	Unknown
4893		STATUTES of Columbia College in New York	N. Y.	1785	USD -	Unknown
4893a		ACT for regulating the Fees of the officers and ministers of the courts of justice in this (New York) State	N. Y.	1785	USD -	Unknown
4894		PROPOSALS for the speedy settlement of the waste and unappropriated lands on the western frontiers of the State of New York, and for the improvement of the Inland Navigation between Albany and Oswego	N. Y.	1785	USD -	Unknown
4895		A PLAN for the payment of the National Debt by means of a national bank	N.Y.	1785	USD -	Unknown
4896		SEVENTH Essay on free trade and finance, &c.	Philad.	1785	USD -	Unknown
4897		CURSORY observations relative to the mounting of cannon in a new way, and to naval war	N. Y.	1785	USD -	Unknown

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.