CF Libbie: AUCTION SALE: Wednesday and Thursday, September 18th and 19th, 1918, Each day at 10 and 2 o'clock. CATALOGUE of AMERICANA, Genealogy, Indians, Lincolniana, Masonry, Bibliography, Almanacs, Broadsides, Trials, South Seas, Newspapers, Washingtoniana, Canadi, 1918Sep18,

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 18, 1918 - September 18, 1918

Page Size: 1603 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	L. S. Livingston, editor	AUCTION Prices of Books. A representative record from the commencement of the English Book Prices Current in 1886 and the American Book Prices Current in 1894--1904	New York	1905	USD -	Unknown
102		BOOK Auction Records. A Priced and Annotated Record of London Book Auctions	London	1909	USD -	Unknown
103	BOWKER, R. R.	State Publications; a provisional list of the official publications of the several States of the U. S. Part III	New York	1905	USD -	Unknown
104		BRITISH Catalogue of Books. Published from October, 1837 to Dec. 1852	London	1878	USD -	Unknown
105	BROWN	Catalogue of the Allen A. Brown Collection of Music in the Boston Public Library	Boston	1908	USD -	Unknown
106		CUMULATED Index to Books, 1898--1900	Minneapolis	1900	USD -	Unknown
107		ENGLISH Catalogue of Books published from 1835 to 1880 and 1895	London		USD -	Unknown
108		ENGLISH Catalogue of Books for 1909, 10, '14, '15 and 16	London		USD -	Unknown
109	JOLINE, Adrian H.	Catalogues of the Library of	New York	1914	USD -	Unknown
110	JONES, E. K.	A Thousand Books for the Hospital Library	Chicago	1913	USD -	Unknown
111	KELLY, James	American Catalogue of Books, 1866-71	New York	1871	USD -	Unknown
112	LEYPOLDT, F.	American Catalogue, 1876 to '95	New York	1880	USD -	Unknown
113		LONDON Catalogue of Books. Published in Great Britain, 1814-46, 1816-51 and 1831-55	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
114	Joseph Sabin	MENZIES. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts and Engravings belonging to William Menzies	New York	1875	USD -	Unknown
115	MOSS, Joseph W.	Manual of Classical Bibliography	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
116	MURPHY, Henry C.	Catalogue of the Magnificent Library of; consisting of Americana	New York	1884	USD -	Unknown
117		NEW YORK State Library	Albany	1855	USD -	Unknown
118	ORME, William	Bibliotheca Biblica; a select list of books on sacred literature, with notices	Edinburgh	1824	USD -	Unknown
119	RICH, O.	Bibliotheca Americana Nova; or, a catalogue of books in various languages relating to America printed since 1700	London	1835	USD -	Unknown
120	ROORBACK, O. A.	Bibliotheca Americana	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
121	SCOTT, Temple	Book Sales of 1897	London	1897	USD -	Unknown
122	SONNENSCHEIN, W. S.	The Best Books; a reader's guide	New York	1910	USD -	Unknown
123	SONNENSCHEIN	A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literature; being the first supplement to the best books	London	1895	USD -	Unknown
124	SONNENSCHEIN	A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literature; being the first supplement to the best books			USD -	Unknown
125	STEVENS, Henry	Historical Nuggets. Bibliotheca Americana; or, a descriptive account of my collection of rare books relating to America	London	1862	USD -	Unknown
126		UNITED STATES Catalogue	Minneapolis	1903	USD -	Unknown
127	BAKER, L. C.	History of the U. S. Secret Service	Philadelphia	1867	USD -	Unknown
128	BAKER, W. S.	American Engravers and their Works	Philadelphia	1875	USD -	Unknown
129	BALDWIN	Diary of Christopher C. Baldwin, Librarian of the American Antiquarian Society, 1829-35	Worcester	1901	USD -	Unknown
130	W. Darlington	BALDWIN. Reliquae Baldwinianae. Selections from the Correspondence of William Baldwin (Surgeon in the U. S. N.)	Philadelphia	1843	USD -	Unknown
131	BALL, Thomas	My Three Score Years and Ten; an autobiography	Boston	1891	USD -	Unknown
132	BALLOU, M. M.	The New Eldorado...	Boston	1887	USD -	Unknown
133	BANCROFT, George	History of the United States	Boston	1864	USD -	Unknown
134	BANGOR, Maine	Leaflets of Artists	Bangor	1893	USD -	Unknown
135	BANKS	Record of the Dedication of the Statue of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, Sept. 16, 1908	Boston	1909	USD -	Unknown
136	BARBER, J. W.	Connecticut Historical Collections	New Haven	1838	USD -	Unknown
137	BARBER	History and Antiquities of New England, New York and New Jersey	Worcester	1841	USD -	Unknown
138	BARCLAY, Robert	Apology for the True Christian Divinity; being an explanation and vindication of principles of the Quakers	New York	1827	USD -	Unknown
139	BARCLAY	Theologia Vere Christianae Apologia Carolo Secundi	Amsterdam	1676	USD -	Unknown
140		BARNES' Popular History of the United States of America	New York	1878	USD -	Unknown
141		BARRE, Mass. Memorial of the 100th Anniversary of Incorporation, June 17, 1874	Cambridge	1875	USD -	Unknown
142	BARTLETT, John	Dictionary of Americanisms	Boston	1860	USD -	Unknown
143	BATES, Mrs. D. B.	Incidents on Land and Water; or, four years on the Pacific coast	Boston	1861	USD -	Unknown
144	BAXTER, James Phinney	The Pioneers of New France in New England	Albany	1894	USD -	Unknown
145	BAYNE, S. G.	A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel	New York	1909	USD -	Unknown
146		BEACON HILL. Life of Asa G. Sheldon, Wilmington Farmer	Woburn	1862	USD -	Unknown
147	BEADLE, J. H.	The Undeveloped West; or, five years in the Territories. Life and Adventure on the Prairies, Mountains and the Pacific Coast	Philadelphia	1873	USD -	Unknown
148		BEADLE'S Dialogues			USD -	Unknown
149	E. S. Ellis	BEADLE'S Dime Biographical Library. Life of Pontiac the Conspirator, Chief of the Ottawas	New York	1861	USD -	Unknown
150		BEADLE'S Dime Novels. Wenona, the Giant Chief of St. Regis...	New York		USD -	Unknown
151		BEADLE'S Dime Series. Parson Brownlow and the Unionists of East Tennessee (2 copies)...			USD -	Unknown
152		BEADLE'S Dime Song Book; a collection of comic and sentimental songs	New York	1860	USD -	Unknown
153		BEADLE'S Dime Union Song Book	New York	1861	USD -	Unknown
154	BECHLER, G. R.	Atlas showing Battles, Engagements, etc.	Philadelphia		USD -	Unknown
155	BECKWITH, George	A Second Letter on the Subject of Lay Ordination	New London	1766	USD -	Unknown
156	BELKNAP, Jeremy	History of New Hampshire	Dover	1862	USD -	Unknown
157		BELLS. Meneely & Co., Bell Founders, West Troy, N. Y.	Troy	1874	USD -	Unknown
158	BENEDICT, David	History of the Donatists	Providence	1875	USD -	Unknown
159	BENEZET, Anthony	The Plainness and Innocent Simplicity of the Christian Religion, with its Salutary Effects Compared to the Corrupting Nature and Dreadful Effects of War	Philadelphia	1782	USD -	Unknown
160	BENTON, T. H.	Thirty Years' View; or, history of the working of the American Government, 1820-50	New York	1854	USD -	Unknown
161	M. L. Montgomery	BERKS County, Pa. School History of	Philadelphia	1889	USD -	Unknown
162	H. Child	BERKSHIRE County, Mass. Gazetteer of, 1725--1885	Syracuse	1885	USD -	Unknown
163	Edwin M. Stone	BEVERLY, Mass. History of, Civil and Ecclesiastical, from its Settlement in 1630 to 1842	Boston	1843	USD -	Unknown
164	BILLINGSLEY, A. S.	From the Flag to the Cross; or, scenes and incidents of Christianity in the war	Philadelphia	1872	USD -	Unknown
165		BILLS of Credit. Reflections on the Present State of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in General and the Town of Boston in Particular, relating to Bills of Credit and the Support of Trade by Them	Boston	1720	USD -	Unknown
166		BIOGRAPHY. Massachusetts of To-Day; a memorial, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian Exposition	Boston	1892	USD -	Unknown
167	Coues, Elliott	BIRDS. Birds of the Northwest	Washington	1874	USD -	Unknown
168	BISHOP, W. H.	Mexico, California and Arizona	New York	1888	USD -	Unknown
169	BLAINE, J. G.	Twenty Years of Congress, from Lincoln to Garfield	Norwich	1886	USD -	Unknown
170		BOATSWAIN'S Whistle. Published at the National Soldiers' Fair	Boston		USD -	Unknown
171	Eben S. Holden	BOND. Memorials of William C. Bond, director of Harvard College Observatory, 1840-59 and his son George P. Bond, director, 1859-65	San Francisco	1897	USD -	Unknown
172	Leonard Howard	BOOK of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments	London	1761	USD -	Unknown
173	Timothy Flint	BOONE. The First White Man of the West; or, the life and exploits of Col. Daniel Boone, the first Settler of Kentucky	Cincinnati	1850	USD -	Unknown
174		BOSTON Almanac and Business Directory, 1843-51 and '72	Boston		USD -	Unknown
175		BOSTON Athenaeum. The Athenaeum Centenary. The Influence and History of the Boston Athenaeum, from 1807 to 1907	Boston	1907	USD -	Unknown
176	Josiah Quincy	BOSTON Athenaeum. History of, with Biographical Notices of its Deceased Founders	Cambridge	1851	USD -	Unknown
177		BOSTON, Atlas of	Philadelphia	1884	USD -	Unknown
178		BOSTON Book; being specimens of Metropolitan literature	Boston	1841	USD -	Unknown
179	Bridgman, Thomas	BOSTON. Epitaphsfrom Copp's Hill Burial Ground	Boston	1851	USD -	Unknown
180		BOSTON. Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Evacuation by the British Army, March 17, 1776	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
181		BOSTON Churches. Historical and other pamphlets			USD -	Unknown
182	Nathan Matthews, Jr.	BOSTON. The City Government of	Boston	1895	USD -	Unknown
183	Clarke, E. C.	BOSTON. Main Drainage Works of the City of Boston	Boston	1888	USD -	Unknown
184	Cushing, Thomas	BOSTON. Historical Sketch of Chauncy Hall School	Boston	1895	USD -	Unknown
185	Damrell, Charles S.	BOSTON. A Half Century of Boston's Building; the construction of building, enactment of building laws and ordinances, sanitary laws, etc.	Boston	1895	USD -	Unknown
186	Dillaway, C. K.	BOSTON. History of the Grammar School; or, "The Free Schoole of 1645 in Roxburie"	Roxbury	1860	USD -	Unknown
187	A. E. Brown	BOSTON. Faneuil Hall and Faneuil Hall Market; or, Peter Faneuil and his gift	Boston	1900	USD -	Unknown
188		BOSTON Fire, 1872	Boston	1873	USD -	Unknown
189	S. E. Sawyer	BOSTON. Franklin Park. History of the West Roxbury Park, how obtained, disregard of private rights, etc.	Gloucester	1887	USD -	Unknown
190		BOSTON Herald and its History	Boston	1878	USD -	Unknown
191	Lewis G. Pray	BOSTON. Historical Sketch of the 12th Congregational Society	Boston	1863	USD -	Unknown
192	Chandler Robbins	BOSTON. History of the Second Church or Old North	Boston	1852	USD -	Unknown
193		BOSTON. History of the West End Street Railway	Boston	1892	USD -	Unknown
194	Lothrop, S. K.	BOSTON. History of the Church in Brattle Street	Boston	1851	USD -	Unknown
195	N. Spooner	BOSTON Marine Society. Gleanings from the Records of, through its First Century, 1742--1842	Boston	1879	USD -	Unknown
196	John G. Hales	BOSTON. Maps of the Street Lines of Boston Made for the Selectmen in 1819-20	Boston	1894	USD -	Unknown
197	Justin Winsor, editor	BOSTON. Memorial History of Boston; including Suffolk County, 1630-1880	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
198	S. A. Drake	BOSTON. Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs	Boston	1886	USD -	Unknown
199	G. A. Tappan	BOSTON. Our State House Illustrated; historical and biographical	Boston	1900	USD -	Unknown
200		BOSTON. Plan of Boston in New England, with environs	Boston	1876	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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