Merwin Clayton Sales Company: CATALOGUE OF A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE ROBERT BROWN SECRETARY OF YALE OBSERVATORY NEW HAVEN, CONN. (WITH ADDITIONS) NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE, AMERICANA, CONFEDERATE BOOKS, FIRST EDITIONS, BIOGRAPHY, OLD LAWS, ETC., ETC. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, 440,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 14, 1912 - February 14, 1912

Page Size: 728 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201	Robert Stiles	CONFEDERATE. Four Years Under Marse Robert (Lee).	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
202	William Porter	CONNECTICUT. Historical Notices of Connecticut, No. 1. Hartford in 1640.	Hartford	1842	USD -	Unknown
203		CONNECTICUT. The Records of the General Association of Ye Colony of Connecticut, 1738 to 1799.	Hartford	1888	USD -	Unknown
204	Timothy Dwight	CONNECTICUT. Memories of Yale Life and Men, 1845-99.	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
205		CONNECTICUT. Historical Pamphlets. The Building of Norwalk (Beard);--Historical Sketch of the ...			USD -	1.00
206		CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. Proceedings.	New Haven	1884-1911	USD -	2.50
207	A. Kippis	COOK (CAPTAIN JAMES). A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World.	Cooperstown	1845	USD -	Unknown
208	COOKE (JOHN ESTEN)	Surry of Eagle's Nest; or, The Memoirs of a Staff-Officer serving in Virginia.	New York	1866	USD -	2.00
209	COOKE (P. ST. G.)	Scenes and Adventures in the Army; or, Romance of Military Life.	Phila.	1859	USD -	1.85
210	COOPER (JAMES FENIMORE)	Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers.	Phila.	1846	USD -	Unknown
211	COOPER (JAMES FENIMORE)	The Sea-Lions.	New York	1860	USD -	Unknown
212	COOPER (JAMES FENIMORE)	The Water-Witch.	New York	1860	USD -	Unknown
213	COOPER (JAMES FENIMORE)	The Last of the Mohicans.	New York	1859	USD -	Unknown
214	COOPER (JAMES FENIMORE)	The Redskins.	New York	1863	USD -	Unknown
215		CORNHILL BOOKLETS.	Boston	1900-1901	USD -	Unknown
216	J. H. Anderson	CRAWFORD (COL. W.--Noted Indian Fighter). Biographical Sketch.			USD -	Unknown
217		CRIMINOLOGY. Rights of the Jurors in Criminal Cases (Thomas);--American Prisons (Wines);--Famous ...			USD -	Unknown
218	CROSLAND (MRS. NEWTON)	Landmarks of a Literary Life, 1820-92.	New York	1893	USD -	Unknown
219	CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE)	Set of his etchings illustrating the Signs of the Zodiac.			USD -	2.30
220	CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE)	Set of his etchings illustrating the Signs of the Zodiac.			USD -	1.75
221		CURIOUS. The Kisses of Secundus.	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
222		CURIOUS. L'Art de procreer les Sexes a Volonte. With curious plates of malformations, twins, etc.			USD -	1.00
223	CURTIS (CHANDLER)	The Mystery of Iniquity Unveiled; or, Popery unfolded and refuted.	Boston	1866	USD -	Unknown
224	DANA (JAMES D.)	Manual of Geology.	Philadelphia	1863	USD -	Unknown
225	[DARE (CLEMENT)]	Report of the City Civil Engineer upon the Improvement of Millcreek Valley, by means of Harbor and ...	Cincinnati	1865	USD -	Unknown
226	DAVENPORT (ESTHER C.)	Going On Me Own. Portrait, illuminated initials, and water colors in margins.	Buffalo	1900	USD -	Unknown
227	DAVIS (GEORGE E.)	Practical Microscopy.	London	1882	USD -	Unknown
228	DAVIS (RICHARD HARDING)	Novels: Gallegher;-- Capt. Macklin;--Real Soldiers of Fortune;--The White Mice;-- Once Upon a Time ...	New York	v. d.	USD -	1.60
229	C. J. Essig	DENTAL METALLURGY.	Philadelphia	1882	USD -	Unknown
230	DE QUINCEY (THOMAS)	The Uncollected Writings of. With Preface and Annotations by James Hogg.	London	1892	USD -	Unknown
231	Billy Bachelor	DIARY OF A BACHELOR (THE).	New York	1910	USD -	Unknown
232		DIARY OF A BACHELOR (THE).			USD -	Unknown
233	DICKENS (CHARLES)	Novels: Great Expectations, 2 vols.;--Martin Chuzzlewit, 4 vols.;--Old Curiosity Shop, 3 vols ...	New York	1861-64	USD -	2.75
234	Thomas Frost	DICKENS (CHARLES). In Kent with Charles Dickens.	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
235	DICKENS (CHARLES)	Novels: Pickwick Papers;--David Copperfield;-- Christmas Stories;--Uncommercial Traveller;--Oliver ...	New York	v. d.	USD -	2.10
236	DICKINSON (EMILY M.)	A Patriot's Mistake, being Personal Recollections! of the Parnell Family.	London	1905	USD -	Unknown
237	DOBSON (AUSTIN, ET ALS.)	Poems by Dobson, Locker and Praed. Illustrated with facsimiles of water color paintings by Maud ...	New York	1892	USD -	Unknown
238	DRAKE (SAMUEL A.)	Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast.	New York	1876	USD -	2.20
239		DRAMATIC. Italian Play. Il Fanatico Burlato.	Barcellona	1789	USD -	Unknown
240	DRAPER (LYMAN C.)	King's Mountain and its Heroes. History of the Battle of King's Mountain, Oct. 7, 1780, and the ...	Cincinnati	1881	USD -	9.50
241	DUFFIELD (GEORGE, JR.)	Samson Shorn and his Locks Renewed.	Philadelphia	1855	USD -	1.00
242	DUNCAN (P. M.)	The Transformation of Insects.	London	n. d.	USD -	1.10
243	Joseph Priestley	EARLY AMERICAN LAW BOOK. Remarks on Some Paragraphs in the Fourth Volume of Dr. Blackstone's ...	Phila.	1773	USD -	Unknown
244		EARLY HARTFORD IMPRINT. The Moral Story Teller.	Hartford	1797	USD -	Unknown
245		EARLY LATIN LAW THESES, 1725, etc.			USD -	Unknown
246	J. M. Pendleton	EARLY TENNESSEE IMPRINT. An. Old Landmark Reset.	Nashville	1855	USD -	1.00
247		EARLY WESTERN EXPLORERS AND SETTLERS. Historical and Biographical Excerpts. Daniel Boon (Galloway ...			USD -	2.00
248		EARLY WESTERN FORTS. Historical Excerpts. Fort Winchester (Slocum);--Siege of Fort Meigs (Chapton ...			USD -	1.00
249		EARLY WESTERN MEDICAL BOOK. Narrative of the Life and Medical Discoveries of Samuel Thomson.	Columbus	(1835)	USD -	2.20
250		EARLY WESTERN MEDICAL BOOK. The Family Herbal and Recipes.	Hudson, Ohio	1837	USD -	1.00
251	EDERSHEIM (ALFRED)	The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah.	New York and London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
252	EDGEWORTH (MARIA)	Tales and Novels.	London	1870	USD -	2.10
253	ELLET (MRS.)	The Queens of American Society.	Philadelphia	1873	USD -	Unknown
254	Francis Quarles	EMBLEMS, Divine and Moral.	London	1859	USD -	1.00
255	EMERSON (R. W.)	Letters and Social Aims.	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
256	EMERSON (R. W.)	Birthday Book.	Boston	1882	USD -	Unknown
257	E. W. Emerson	EMERSON (R. W.). A Correspondence Between John Sterling and Ralph Waldo Emerson.	Boston	1897	USD -	Unknown
258	EMERSON (R. W.)	Letters from Ralph Waldo Emerson to a Friend, 1838-53.	Boston	1899	USD -	Unknown
259	W. S. Baker	ENGRAVING. The Origin and Antiquity of Engraving.	Philadelphia	1872	USD -	Unknown
260		ENGRAVINGS BY E. FINDEN, after Sketches by Major Denham. Illustrating life in Bornou, Africa.			USD -	Unknown
261		ENGRAVINGS BY E. SCRVEN after paintings by R. Smirke.			USD -	Unknown
262		ENGRAVED PORTRAITS. Mitchell's Collection of Engraved Portraits. Parts 1, 3, 4 and 5. Plates.	Philadelphia	1906.	USD -	2.25
263		ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA. Proceedings of. Vols. 1 to 4.	Philadelphia	1863-65	USD -	11.75
264		ENTOMOLOGY. First Annual Report of the United States Entomological Commission for the year 1877 ...	Washington	1878	USD -	Unknown
265		EPIGRAMS. The British Martial; or, An Anthology of English Epigrams: being the largest collection ...	London	1806	USD -	1.50
266		ESSEX INSTITUTE. Historical Notice, Proceedings, etc.			USD -	1.00
267	Child (Frank S.)	FAIRFIELD, CONN. An Old New England Town. Sketches of Life, Scenery, Character.	New York	1895	USD -	Unknown
268		FARRAR'S ECCLESIASTICAL DICTIONARY;--Selections from Bishop Thorold;--My Religion (Tolstoi); etc.			USD -	Unknown
269		FISH AND MEN IN THE MAIN WOODS (Bishop); and 3 other pamphlets.			USD -	Unknown
270	FISKE (JOHN)	Through Nature to God.	Boston	1900	USD -	Unknown
271	FITCH (ASA)	First and Second Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and other Insects of the State of New York.	Albany	1856	USD -	Unknown
272	FOX (WILLIAM F.)	Tree Planting on Streets and Highways.	Albany	1903	USD -	Unknown
273		FRANCE. History of France (Duruy);--The Revolution of 1848 (Saint-Amand);--Napoleon III and Lady ...			USD -	1.00
274	C. W. Upham	FREMONT. Life, Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Fremont.	Boston	1856	USD -	Unknown
275		FREMONT. Life, Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Fremont.			USD -	Unknown
276	FROTHINGHAM (O. B.)	A Child's Book of Religion.	Boston	1866	USD -	Unknown
277		FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES OF AMERICA (Downing); --Gray's Manual of Botany;--Hedges and Evergreens ( ...			USD -	2.00
278		FUNGI (Cooke);--Fertilised Orchids by Insects (Darwin); Utilization of Minute Life (Phipson); etc.			USD -	1.05
279	N. Hudson Moore	FURNITURE. The Old Furniture Book, with a Sketch of the Past Days and Ways.	New York	(1903)	USD -	1.40
280	GALLIPOLIS (OHIO)	Historical Excerpts. Major John Burnham and His Company (Dawes);--French Settlement and Settlers ( ...			USD -	1.55
281	GAY (JOHN)	Fables.	London	1869	USD -	Unknown
282	Burke (John and J. B.)	GENEALOGY. Encyclopaedia of Heraldry, or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland.	London	1851	USD -	1.60
283		GENEALOGY. The Memorial Volume of the Edwards Family Meeting at Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. 6-7, 1870.	Boston	1871	USD -	Unknown
284	Burke (Sir Bernard)	GENEALOGY. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire.	London	n. d.	USD -	1.60
285	A. Stapleton	GENEALOGY OF WILLIAM McKINLEY.			USD -	Unknown
286	Edmund Kirke	GILMORE (J. R.). Among the Pines; or, South in Secession Time.	New York	1864	USD -	Unknown
287	GIRARD (CHARLES)	Contributions to the Natural History of the Fresh Water Fishes of North America.	Washington	1851	USD -	Unknown
288	GOODRICH (S. G.)	Recollections of a Lifetime; or, Men and Things I have Seen.	New York	1857	USD -	1.40
289	GOULD (ROLAND F.)	The Life of Gould, an ex-Man-of-War's-Man, with incidents on Sea and Shore.	Claremont, N. H.	1867	USD -	Unknown
290	GRANT (U. S.)	The Life of.	New Haven	1885	USD -	Unknown
291	GRANT (U. S.)	The Great American Empire; or, Gen. U. S. Grant (an Attack on his Character), 1879;--Anecdotes of ...			USD -	Unknown
292	GRAY (THOMAS)	The Works of, in Prose and Verse.	New York	1890	USD -	3.00
293	GREEN (JOHN R.)	History of the English People.	Chicago	1889	USD -	1.00
294	GRUNDY (FELIX--of Tennessee)	Speech on the Tariff, Feb. 15, 1832.	Washington	1832	USD -	Unknown
295	GUBERNATIS (ANGELO DE)	Zoological Mythology, or the Legends of Animals.	New York	1872	USD -	1.75
296		GUIDE BOOKS. Harper's N. Y. and Erie R. R. Guide, 1856;--Appleton's Railway and Steam Navigation ...			USD -	Unknown
297	HAGEN (HERMANN)	Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America.	Washington	1861	USD -	Unknown
298	HAKE (A. EGMONT)	The Story of Chinese Gordon.	New York	1884	USD -	Unknown
299	HALL (JOHN R. C.)	A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the use of Students.	London	1894	USD -	1.00
300		HAMILTON. The Relations between Hamilton and Washington.	Worcester	1884	USD -	1.00

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.
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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.

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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.