Merwin Clayton Sales Company: CATALOGUE OF COLLECTION OF AMERICANA COMPRISING AMERICAN PERIODICALS; AMERICAN REVOLUTION (AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION); TOWN AND COUNTY HISTORIES; INDIAN NARRATIVES, HISTORY, ETC.; LINCOLN MEMOIRS, EULOGIES, ETC. (INCLUDING RARE TITLES); PAMPHLETS; FIRST EDI, 278,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 01, 1909 - November 01, 1909

Page Size: 621 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		AMERICAN HUMOR. American Joe Miller; Sam Slick's Letter-Bag of the Great Western; Artemus Ward, His ...			USD -	Unknown
2		AMERICAN POETRY. Poems by T. H. Stockton, illustrated by Frank R. Stockton, 1862; George Arnold's ...			USD -	Unknown
3		ADVOCATE OF MORAL REFORM (THE). A Semi-Monthly Periodical. Vol. 6, Nos. 17-24; Vol. 7, Nos. 1-24 ( ...	New York	1840-42	USD -	Unknown
4		AMERICAN BAPTIST MAGAZINE and Missionary Intelligencer.	Boston	1819 (-22)	USD -	Unknown
5		AMERICAN MECHANICS' MAGAZINE.	New York	1825-26	USD -	Unknown
6		AMERICAN REVIEW (THE) of History and Politics.	Phila.	1811-12	USD -	Unknown
7		ANALECTIC MAGAZINE (THE).	Phila.	1818	USD -	Unknown
8	Edited by T. P. Jones	FRANKLIN JOURNAL (THE) and American Mechanics' Magazine.	Phila.	1826	USD -	Unknown
9		GOTHAMITE (THE). Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31.	New York	1841-42	USD -	Unknown
10		HARVARDIANA. Vol. 1, complete in original parts and wrappers.	Cambridge	1834-35	USD -	Unknown
11		HARVARDIANA.	Cambridge	1835-36	USD -	Unknown
12		HARVARDIANA.	Cambridge	1836-37	USD -	Unknown
13		JOURNAL OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION. Vol. 1. Full-page views (Burlington, N. J., and Troy, N. Y.)	New York	1839	USD -	Unknown
14		LITERARY EMPORIUM. (Vols. 1 and 2, bound together.)	New York	1845	USD -	Unknown
15	Edited by Albert G. Greene	LITERARY JOURNAL (THE).	Providence	1833-34	USD -	Unknown
16		MUSEUM (LITTELL'S) of Literature, Science and Art. New Series.	Phila.	1836-38	USD -	Unknown
17		ORDEAL (THE). A Critical Journal of Politicks and Literature.	Boston	1809	USD -	Unknown
18		PHILADELPHIA MONTHLY MAGAZINE.	Phila.	1827-28	USD -	Unknown
19		PHILADELPHIA REPOSITORY (THE) and Weekly Register.	Phila.	1802	USD -	Unknown
20		PISCATUQUA EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE.	Portsmouth, N. H.	(1805)	USD -	Unknown
21		PRIMITIVE FRIEND (THE). A Monthly Journal.	Emporia Kansas	1883-84	USD -	Unknown
22		SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.	Richmond	1840	USD -	Unknown
23		UNIVERCCELUM (THE).	New York	1848	USD -	Unknown
24		VANITY FAIR. Vols. 1-6 (wanting Vol. 3).	New York	1860-62	USD -	Unknown
25		WESTERN MESSENGER (THE).	Cincinnati, O., and Louisville, Kentucky	1835-41	USD -	Unknown
26		AMERICAN MILITARY BIOGRAPHY. Containing the Lives, Characters and Anecdotes of the Officers of the ...		1825	USD -	Unknown
27	BLANCHARD	Journal of Claude Blanchard, Commissary of the French Auxiliary Army (in the American Revolution ...	Albany	1876	USD -	Unknown
28	[BLOODGOOD (S. DE WITT)]	The Sexagenary; or, Reminiscences of the American Revolution.	Albany	1866	USD -	Unknown
29	BATTA (CHARLES)	History of the War of the Independence of the United States.	New Haven	1840	USD -	Unknown
30		BRITISH INVASION (THE) from the North. The Campaigns of Gens. Carleton and Burgoyne, from Canada ...	Albany	1887	USD -	Unknown
31	CARROLL (CHARLES, of Carrollton)	Journal of. During His Visit to Canada in 1776.	Baltimore	1845	USD -	Unknown
32		CONQUERORS (THE). A Poem, displaying the Glorious Campaigns of 1775, 1776, 1777, etc.	London	(1778)	USD -	Unknown
33	DEUX-PONTS (COUNT WM. DE)	My Campaigns in America. A Journal, 1780-81.	Boston	1866	USD -	Unknown
34	DRAKE (S. A.)	Bunker Hill. The Story told in Letters from the Battlefield by British Officers engaged.	Boston	1875	USD -	Unknown
35	GOODRICH (C. A.)	Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence.	New York	1837	USD -	Unknown
36	GRAYDON (ALEXANDER)	Memoirs of His Own Time. With Reminiscences of the Men and Events of the Revolution.	Phila.	1846	USD -	Unknown
37	HENRY (JOHN J.)	Account of Arnold's Campaign against Quebec, and of the Hardships of that Band of Heroes who ...	Albany	1877	USD -	Unknown
38	J. Cloquet	LAFAYETTE. Recollections of the Private Life of.	New York	1835	USD -	Unknown
39	LEAKE (ISAAC Q.)	Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb, who commanded the Post at West Point at the time ...	Albany	1850	USD -	Unknown
40	LEE (HENRY)	Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States.	New York	1812	USD -	Unknown
41	LEE (H., of Virginia)	Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson, with particular reference to the Attack they ...	New York	1832	USD -	Unknown
42	MELVIN (JAMES)	Journal of the Expedition to Quebec, in the year 1775, under the Command of Col. Benedict Arnold.	Phila.	1864	USD -	Unknown
43		MILITARY JOURNALS of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775. With Numerous Illustrative Notes, to which is ...	Poughkeepsie	1855	USD -	Unknown
44	MOORE (GEORGE H.)	The Treason of Charles Lee, Second in Command in the American Army of the Revolution.	New York	1860	USD -	Unknown
45		ORDERLY BOOK of that Portion of the American Army Stationed at or near Williamsburg, Va., under ...	Richmond, Virginia	1860	USD -	Unknown
46	RAMSAY (DAVID)	History of the Revolution of South Carolina, from a British Province to an Independent State.	Trenton	1785	USD -	Unknown
47	SHERBURNE (J. H.)	Life and Character of John Paul Jones, a Captain in the Navy of the United States during their ...	Washington	1825	USD -	Unknown
48		SIMCOE'S MILITARY JOURNAL. History of the Operations of . . . the Queen's Rangers, commanded by ...	New York	1844	USD -	Unknown
49	SKINNER (ISRAEL)	A History of the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States. In Verse.	Binghamton, New York	1829	USD -	Unknown
50	STONE (EDWIN M.)	The Invasion of Canada in 1775, including the Journal of Capt. Simeon Thayer, describing the Perils ...	Providence	1867	USD -	Unknown
51		TILGHMAN. Memoir of Lieut.-Col. Tench Tilghman, Secretary and Aid to Washington.	Albany	1876	USD -	Unknown
52	J. T. Headley	WASHINGTON and His Generals.	New York	1847	USD -	Unknown
53	WATSON (H. C.)	The Yankee Tea Party; or, Boston in 1773.	Boston	1868	USD -	Unknown
54	WILLIAMS (MRS.)	Biography of Revolutionary Heroes. Containing the Life of Gen. Wm. Barton and of Capt. Stephen Olney ...	Providence	1839	USD -	Unknown
55	A. L. English	ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. History of.	Phila.	(1884)	USD -	Unknown
56	BARBER (JOHN W.)	Historical Collections: relating to the History and Antiquities of every town in Massachusetts.	Worcester	1840	USD -	Unknown
57	BARTLETT (JOHN)	Dictionary of Americanisms.	Boston	1859	USD -	Unknown
58	BELISLE (D. W.)	History of Independence Hall, etc.	Phila.	1859	USD -	Unknown
59	S. T. Livermore	BLOCK ISLAND. History of, 1514-1876.	Hartf.	1877	USD -	Unknown
60	J. G. Hales	BOSTON, MASS. Survey of; and its Vicinity.	Boston	1821	USD -	Unknown
61		BOSTON, MASS. Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, March 5, 1770, etc.	New York	1849	USD -	Unknown
62	BRADFORD (ALDEN)	Biographical Notices of Distinguished Men of New England.	Boston	1842	USD -	Unknown
63	Josephus, Jr	[BARRY (JOSEPH).] The Annals of Harper's Ferry; with Sketches of its Founders and many prominent ...	Martinsburg, W. Virginia	1872	USD -	Unknown
64	Channing (W. E.)	[BARRY (JOSEPH).] John Brown and the Heroes of Harper's Ferry.	Boston	1886	USD -	Unknown
65	Child (Lydia M.)	[BARRY (JOSEPH).] Letters of. With Biographical Introduction by J. G. Whittier, and Appendix by ...	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
66	[BARRY (JOSEPH)]	Correspondence between Lydia M. Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason of Virginia (concerning Brown's ...	Boston	1860	USD -	Unknown
67	Redpath (James)	[BARRY (JOSEPH).] The Public Life of Capt. John Brown, with Autobiography of his Childhood and Youth ...	Boston	1860	USD -	Unknown
68	[BARRY (JOSEPH)]	Echoes of Harper's Ferry.	Boston	1860	USD -	Unknown
69	Robinson (W. S.)	[BARRY (JOSEPH).] Warrington Pen Portraits: Personal and Political Reminiscences, 1848-76.	Boston	1877	USD -	Unknown
70	Wheelock (E. M.)	[BARRY (JOSEPH).] Harper's Ferry and its Lesson.	Boston	1859	USD -	Unknown
71		CALIFORNIA. Analysis of the Chinese Question. Consisting of a Special Message of the Governor, and ...	San Fran.	1852	USD -	Unknown
72	Agassiz (L.)	CALIFORNIA. On Extraordinary Fishes from California.	New Haven	1853	USD -	Unknown
73	Atherton (G.)	CALIFORNIA. The Californians.	New York	1908	USD -	Unknown
74	Ballou (John)	CALIFORNIA. The Lady of the West; or, The Gold Seekers.	Cincinnati	1855	USD -	Unknown
75	Bates (D. B.)	CALIFORNIA. Incidents on Land and Water; or, Four Years on the Pacific Coast.	Boston	1860	USD -	Unknown
76	Benton (J. A.)	CALIFORNIA. California as She Was: As She Is: As She Is To Be.	Sacramento	1850	USD -	Unknown
77	Browne (J. Ross)	CALIFORNIA. Crusoe's Island. With Sketches of Adventure in California and Washoe.	New York	1864	USD -	Unknown
78	Bryant (Edwin)	CALIFORNIA. What I Saw in California. Journal of a Tour Across the Continent, the Great Desert Basin ...	New York	1848	USD -	Unknown
79	Burton (Richard F.)	CALIFORNIA. The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California.	New York	1862	USD -	Unknown
80	Colton (W.)	CALIFORNIA. Three Years in California.	New York	1850	USD -	Unknown
81		CALIFORNIA. Description of the recently discovered Petroleum Region in California.	New York	1865	USD -	Unknown
82	Fremont (Col. J. C.)	CALIFORNIA. Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California; Physical Geography ...	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
83		CALIFORNIA. Gold from California: with Reminiscences of the Place, by T. C. Cary, N. Y. 1856; The ...			USD -	Unknown
84	Henry (Capt. W. S.)	CALIFORNIA. Campaign Sketches of the War with Mexico.	New York	1848	USD -	Unknown
85	Edited by M. Graham	CALIFORNIA. Historical Reminiscences of 100 Years Ago: the Mission San Francisco de Assis (Mission ...	San Fran.	1876	USD -	Unknown
86	Holder (C. F.)	CALIFORNIA. All about Pasadena and Vicinity: its Missions, Trails, Canons, etc.	Boston	1889	USD -	Unknown
87	Humason (W. L.)	CALIFORNIA. From the Atlantic Surf to the Golden Gate: First Trip on the Great Pacific Railroad; Two ...	Hartf.	1869	USD -	Unknown
88	Kalloch (Rev. I. S.)	CALIFORNIA. Only Full Report of Trial, on Charge of Adultery. Accurate portraits of Kalloch and the ...	Boston	1857	USD -	Unknown
89	King (Clarence)	CALIFORNIA. Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada.	Boston	1872	USD -	Unknown
90	Linen (James)	CALIFORNIA. The Golden Gate. Views of San Francisco Harbor, the Missions, etc.	San Fran.	1869	USD -	Unknown
91	C. D. Willard	CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles. History of the Chamber of Commerce, to 1900.	Los Angeles	[1899]	USD -	Unknown
92	Mackay (Alex.)	CALIFORNIA. The Western World; or, Travels in the United States, 1846-47, including a Chapter on ...	Phila.	1849	USD -	Unknown
93		CALIFORNIA. Mammoth Trees of California, by Williams, 1871; Address on T. S. King, 1864; Torrey's ...			USD -	Unknown
94	Marryatt (Capt.)	CALIFORNIA. Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet, in California, Sonora and ...	New York	1843	USD -	Unknown
95	North (Arthur W.)	CALIFORNIA. The Mother of California: an Historical Sketch of Baja California, from the Days of ...	San Fran.	[1908]	USD -	Unknown
96	Painter (C. C.)	CALIFORNIA. The Condition of Affairs in Indian Territory and California.	Phila.	1888	USD -	Unknown
97	Peabody (Alfred)	CALIFORNIA. The Early Days and Rapid Growth of California.	Salem	1874	USD -	Unknown
98	[J. M. Letts]	CALIFORNIA. Pictorial View (A) of California; including a Description of the Panama and Nicaragua ...	New York	1853	USD -	Unknown
99	Sanborn (Kate)	CALIFORNIA. A Truthful Woman in California.	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
100		CALIFORNIA. San Francisco Commercial Press (The) on a Steam Mail across the Pacific.	San Fran.	1861	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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