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
301	HARDY (THOMAS)	The Woodlanders;--The Trumpet-Major;--The Hand of Ethelberta;--A Pair of Blue Eyes;--A Laodicean.	New York	1881-87	USD -	Unknown
302		HARPER'S BAZAR.			USD -	Unknown
303	HARRIS (T. M.)	A Treatise on Some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation.	Boston	1862	USD -	2.50
304		HARTFORD SELECTION OF HYMNS (THE). Compiled by Nathan, Strong, Abel Flint and Joseph Steward.	Hartford	1799	USD -	Unknown
305	HARVEY (WILLIAM H.)	Nereis Boreali-Americana, or Contributions to a History of the Marine Algae of North America.	Washington	1858	USD -	5.50
306	HARVEY (WILLIAM H.)	Memoir of, with selections from his Journal and Correspondence.	London	1869	USD -	Unknown
307	HAVEN (SAMUEL F.)	Archaeology of the United States; or. Sketches, historical and bibliographical, of the Progress of ...	Washington	1856.	USD -	1.00
308	HAWTHORNE (NATHANIEL)	Septimius Felton; or, The Elixir of Life.	Boston	1872	USD -	Unknown
309	HAWTHORNE (NATHANIEL)	Personal Recollections of (Horatio Bridge), 1893;-- A Study of Hawthorne (Lathrop), 1876.			USD -	Unknown
310	HEARN (LAFCADIO)	Gombo Zhebes. Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs.	New York	1885	USD -	1.40
311	HENNEQUIN (M.)	Biographie Maritime ou Notices His-toriques sur la vie et les campagnes des Marins Celebres ...	Paris	1835	USD -	Unknown
312	HENTZ (NICHOLAS M.)	The Spiders of the United States.	Boston	1875	USD -	2.50
313	HERBERT (GEORGE)	The English Works of, newly arranged and annotated and considered in relation to his Life, by George ...	Boston	1905	USD -	2.30
314	HERBERT (HENRY W.)	Cromwell. An Historical Novel. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, uncut (stamped), N. Y., 1838;--Hints to Horse ...	New York	1863.	USD -	1.00
315	HILDRETH (RICHARD)	The History of the United States of America.	New York	1854-55	USD -	Unknown
316		HISTORICAL EXCERPTS RELATING TO OHIO. Influence of Pennsylvania on Ohio (Hunter);--Beginning of the ...			USD -	1.00
317	A. B. Hulbert	HISTORICAL HIGHWAY OF AMERICA. The Old National Road from the Potomac to the Mississippi.			USD -	1.00
318		HISTORICAL PAMPHLETS. The Second Battle of Bull Run (Cox);--Strong's Hist. Discourse, Rochester ...			USD -	1.00
319	HOLDEN (CHARLES F.)	Book on Birds.	New York	1874	USD -	Unknown
320	[HOLMES (O. W.)]	The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.	Boston	1858	USD -	Unknown
321	[HOLMES (O. W.)]	Currents and Counter-Currents in Medical Science.	Boston	1860	USD -	Unknown
322	[HOLMES (O. W.)]	Address Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Boston Microscopical Society.	Cambridge	1877	USD -	Unknown
323	Walter Jerrold	[HOLMES (O. W.).] Oliver Wendell Holmes.	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
324	HOMANS (JAMES E.)	Self-Propelled Vehicles.	New York	1907	USD -	Unknown
325	HORNUNG (E. W.)	Novels: Raffles;--The Amateur Cracksman;-- The Shadow of the Rope;--Dead Men tell no Tales; -- ...	New York	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
326	HORNUNG (E. W.)	The Shadow of the Rope.	New York	1907	USD -	Unknown
327	HOWE (HENRY)	Historical Collections of Ohio.	Cincinnati	1869	USD -	Unknown
328	HOWE (HENRY)	Historical Collections of Ohio.	Cincinnati	1907	USD -	1.05
329	U. R. Crocker	HOWELLS (W. D.). Excessive Saving a Cause of Commercial Distress.	Boston	1884	USD -	Unknown
330	HOWELLS (W. D.)	A Parting and a Meeting.	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
331	HULBERT (A. B.)	The Indian Thoroughfares of Ohio.			USD -	Unknown
332	HUNT (LEIGH)	The Indicator and the Companion.	London	1834	USD -	3.75
333	Joshua	HUTCHINSON FAMILY. A Brief Narrative of. Sixteen sons and daughters of the Tribe of Jesse.	Boston	1874	USD -	Unknown
334		IMPOSTORS AND ADVENTURERS (Fuller);--Lives and Exploits of the Banditti and Robbers of all Nations ...			USD -	1.25
335	Hollister (G. H.)	INDIANS. Mount Hope, or Philip, King of the Wampanoags.	New York	1851	USD -	Unknown
336		INDIANS. Taope and his Friends, or the Indians' Wrongs and Rights.	Philadelphia	1869	USD -	Unknown
337		INDIANS. Sullivan's Expedition against the Indians of New York, 1779. A Letter from A. McF. Davis to ...	Cambridge	1886	USD -	Unknown
338	James O. Dorsey	INDIANS. The Ceghiha Language.	Washington	1800	USD -	Unknown
339		INDIANS. Among the Pimas, or the Mission to the Pima and Maricopa Indians.	Albany	1893	USD -	Unknown
340	Mabel Osgood Wright	INDIANS. Wabeno the Magician.	New York	1899	USD -	Unknown
341	Williams (Emery L.)	INDIANS. An Alphabet of Indians.	New York	1900	USD -	Unknown
342	Bertie Harcourt	INDIANS. Jack Saunders Out West.	New York	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
343		INDIANS. The Life of David Brainerd;--The Life of John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians.	New York	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
344		INDIANS. Historical Excerpts. Monuments to Historical Indians (Livingston);--Indian Land Cessions in ...			USD -	1.00
345		INDIAN AND NAVAL STORIES. Rob Roy of the Rocky-Mountains (Averill);--The Hunters of the West;--The ...			USD -	1.00
346		INDIAN LANGUAGES. Bibliography of the Siouan Languages (Pilling);--Iroquoian Languages (Pilling);-- ...	Washington	1887-1894	USD -	Unknown
347	W. K. Moorehead	INDIAN TRIBES OF OHIO. Historically Considered.			USD -	Unknown
348		INDIAN WARS. Historical Excerpts. St. Clair's Defeat (Hunt);--Narrative of the Capture of Abel ...			USD -	1.00
349		INSECTS. Natural History of Insects.	New York	1855	USD -	1.60
350		INSECT LIFE. Devoted to the Economy and Life-Habits of Insects. From vol. 1, No. 3, to vol. 7, No. 5 ...	Washington	1888-1895	USD -	10.25
351		INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER (THE). Review of Natural History, Microscopical Research and Recreative ...	London	1862-68	USD -	3.25
352	James Hall and J. D. Whitney	IOWA. Report on the Geological Survey of the State of Iowa.	n. p.	1858	USD -	1.00
353	Edward Wakefield	IRELAND. An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political.	London	1812	USD -	Unknown
354		IRISH EMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES. The Tyrant Caught in his On Toils; or, A View of the ...	Phila.	1809	USD -	1.85
355	Charles D. Warner	IRVING (WASHINGTON). (Life of.)	Boston	1881	USD -	Unknown
356	JAMES (HENRY)	In the Cage.	Chicago	1898	USD -	1.00
357	JAMES (HENRY)	The Awkward Age.	New York	1890	USD -	Unknown
358	JAMES (HENRY)	The Golden Bowl.	New York	1904	USD -	1.00
359	JAMESON (MRS.)	The Heroines of Shakespeare.	New York	1846	USD -	1.55
360		JAPAN. Hokusai. A Talk about Hokusai, the Japanese Painter, at the Century Club, March 28, 1896.	New York	1897	USD -	Unknown
361		JAPANESE FAIRY TALES. Battle of the Monkey and the Cat;--Hanasaki Jiji;--Yamata No Orochi;--The Old ...	Tokyo.		USD -	10.50
362	Charles Lanman	JAPANESE IN AMERICA (THE).	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
363		JAPANESE IN AMERICA (THE).			USD -	Unknown
364		JOHNSTON (ALBERT S.-- Confederate General). The Life of, by W. P. Johnston.	New York	1879	USD -	1.50
365	KENT (W. SAVILLE)	A Manual of the Infusoria; including a Description of all known Flagellate, Ciliate and ...	London	1880-82	USD -	17.25
366	Thomas B. Monroe	KENTUCKY. Reports of Cases at Common Law and in Equity, argued and decided in the Court of Appeals ...	Frankfort	1829	USD -	Unknown
367	David Dale Owen	KENTUCKY. Second, Third and Fourth Reports of the Geological Survey of Kentucky.	Frankfort	1857-61	USD -	5.00
368		KENTUCKY. A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary, from its ...	Frankfort	1860	USD -	Unknown
369		KENTUCKY. Report of the Kentucky Commissioners to the late Peace Conference held at Washington City ...	Frankfort	1861	USD -	1.20
370	KINGSLEY (W. L.)	The Historic Forces which Gave Rise to Puritanism, 1638-1888.	New Haven	1888	USD -	1.00
371	KIPLING (RUDYARD)	The Courting of Dianah Shadd and other Stories. With a Biographical and Critical Sketch, by Andrew ...	New York	1890	USD -	Unknown
372	KIPLING (RUDYARD)	Indian Tales.	New York	(1890)	USD -	Unknown
373	KNIGHT (CHARLES -- Editor)	London. Profusely illustrated.	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
374		KNIGHT'S ENGLISH CYCLOPEDIA. Natural History, 4 vols.;--Biography, 6 vols.;--Arts and Sciences, 8 ...	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
375		KNOW NOTHINGS. Speeches delivered ... in exposition of the Oaths, Obligations, and Rituals of the ...	Albany	1855	USD -	Unknown
376	KNOX (CAPT.)	Harry Mowbray.	London	1843	USD -	2.50
377	KOLLAR (VINCENT)	A Treatise on Insects.	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
378	LAFAYETTE (GEN.)	Life of, from the North American Review, 1825;--Oration by J. Q. Adams, 1835.			USD -	Unknown
379		LAKE SUPERIOR GUIDE. Folding map (portion missing), illustrations.	Philadelphia	1874	USD -	Unknown
380	Andrews (Israel D.)	LAKE TRADE. Report on the Trade and Commerce of the British N. A. Colonies and upon the Trade of the ...	Washington	1854	USD -	1.20
381		LALAUZE. Japan Proof Etchings Illustrating Arabian Tales, Persian Tales, etc.			USD -	1.00
382		LANGUAGE AND THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE, Oriental and Linguistic Studies (Whitney);--Introduction to ...			USD -	Unknown
383	LAWRENCE (EDWARD A.)	The Life of Rev. Joel Hawes.	Hartford	1871	USD -	Unknown
384		LAWS OF OHIO, relating to the Construction of the Ohio Canal System, 1888-1900.	Columbus	1900	USD -	Unknown
385	LEE (G. S.)	The Child and the Book.	New York	1907	USD -	Unknown
386	LEE (HARRIET)	Canterbury Tales.	New York	1857	USD -	Unknown
387	LEIDY (JOSEPH)	Fresh-Water Rhizopods of North America.	Washington	1879	USD -	1.70
388	LEIGH (EDWARD)	Select and Choyoe Observations, Containing the Romane Emperours.	London	1657	USD -	Unknown
389	LEMPRIERE (J.)	Classical Dictionary.	New York	1816	USD -	Unknown
390	LESQUEREUX (LEO) and JAMES (THOMAS P.)	Manual of the Mosses of North America.	Boston	1884	USD -	4.50
391		LETTERS ON THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC (Balme); History of Battle-Flag Day;--Columbus, O.: its History ...			USD -	Unknown
392		LIFE, 1890-1909.			USD -	Unknown
393		LIFE OF LOUIS KOSSUTH;--Knights and their Days (Doran);--American Agitators and Reformers (Bartlett ...			USD -	Unknown
394	LINCOLN	Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of ...	Washington	1862	USD -	Unknown
395	Joseph H. Barrett	LINCOLN. Life of Abraham Lincoln.	Cincinnati	1864	USD -	Unknown
396	R. H. Stoddard	LINCOLN. Abraham Lincoln, an Horatian Ode.	New York	(1865)	USD -	Unknown
397	LINCOLN	Dwight's Journal of Music, April 29, 1865.	Boston	1865	USD -	1.05
398	George A. Townsend	LINCOLN. The Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth, with a Full Sketch of the Conspiracy of ...	New York	(1865)	USD -	Unknown
399	LINCOLN	Oration by Richard S. Storrs, Brooklyn, June 1, 1865.	Brooklyn	1865	USD -	1.10
400	LINCOLN	Sermons Preached in Boston on the Death of Abraham Lincoln.	Boston	1865	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.