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
601		SHAKERS. Historical Excerpts by J. P. MacLean. Origin and Rise of the Whitewater Community;--The ...			USD -	1.00
602	E. M. O'Connor	SHAKESPEARE. An Index to the Works of Shakespeare, giving references by topics to Notable Passages ...	New York	1887	USD -	1.90
603	SHAKESPEARE	The Home of Shakespeare (Fairholt);--Shakespeare (Goadby); and other pamphlets.			USD -	Unknown
604	Clare Langton	SHAKESPEARE QUOTATIONS. The Light of Shakespeare.	London	1897	USD -	Unknown
605	Charles F. Sedgwick	SHARON, CONN. General History of the Town of Sharon.	Amenia	1898	USD -	1.20
606	SHARSWOOD (GEORGE)	The Origin, History and Objects of the Law Academy of Philadelphia (with list of officers, 1821-83).	Philadelphia	1883	USD -	Unknown
607	SHAW (G. B.)	Cashel Byron's Profession.	New York	1886	USD -	Unknown
608	SHAW (G. B.)	Dramatic Opinions and Essays.	New York	1906	USD -	Unknown
609	SHAW (G. B.)	Cashel Byron's Profession, 1886;--Preachment on Going to Church, 1896;--The Author's Apology, 1905 ...	New York.		USD -	1.20
610	John C. Jeaffreson	SHELLEY (PERCY B.). The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life.	London	1885	USD -	1.35
611		SHELLS. A Manual of the Mollusca.	London	1851-56	USD -	Unknown
612		SILHOUETTES. Illustrations to Goethe's Faust. Designed (in silhouette) by Paul Konewka.	Boston	1871	USD -	Unknown
613	SIMMS (W. GILMORE)	The Ghost of My Husband.	New York	(1866)	USD -	1.10
614		SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO;--Fish and Men in the Maine Islands (Bishop);--Uncle Sam's Cabin (Davenport ...			USD -	Unknown
615		SKETCHES on Rotation of Crops and other Rural Matters.	Philadelphia	1797	USD -	Unknown
616	SKINNER (HENRY)	A Synonymic Catalogue of the North American Rhopalocera.	Phila.	1898	USD -	Unknown
617		SLAVERY. An Inquiry into the Causes of the Insurrection of the Negroes in the Island of St. Domingo.	Philadelphia	Reprinted 1792	USD -	Unknown
618	Elliott (E. N.)	SLAVERY. Cotton is King and Pro-Slavery Arguments, comprising the writings of Hammond, Harper ...	Augusta	1860	USD -	Unknown
619		SLAVERY. Liberian Colonization. Pamphlets relating to.			USD -	Unknown
620		SLAVERY. The Uprising of a Great People (Gasparin);--English Serfdom and American Slavery (Chase);-- ...			USD -	Unknown
621		SLAVERY. Pictures of Slavery in the United States, woodcuts, Glasgow, 1835;--Report of the Boston ...			USD -	Unknown
622	SMEDLEY (FRANK E.)	Harry Coverdale's Courtship and all that came of it. Illustrated with 30 etchings by Phiz.	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
623	SMITH (F. HOPKINSON)	Colonel Carter's Christmas.	New York	1903	USD -	1.00
624	SMITH (JOHN B.)	List of Lepidoptera of Boreal America.	Philadelphia	1891	USD -	Unknown
625	SMITH (REV. S. F.)	America, our National Hymn. Beautifully illustrated, with a facsimile of the original MS. of the ...	Boston	(1879)	USD -	Unknown
626	SMITH (WILLIAM)	A Synopsis of the British Diatomaceae, with remarks on their Structure, Functions and Distribution.	London	1853	USD -	7.75
627		SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. Astronomical Observation in the Arctic Seas (Kane);-- The ...	Washington	1852-60	USD -	Unknown
628		SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America (Le Conte ...	Washington	v. d.	USD -	1.20
629		SMITHSONIAN REPORTS. 1861 to '81.	Washington.		USD -	1.05
630		SOLAR HEAT AND SUN SPOTS (Kedzie);--Olmsted's Letters on Astronomy;--Other Worlds Than Ours (Proctor ...			USD -	Unknown
631		SOCIAL REFORM. Pamphlets relating to.			USD -	Unknown
632		SOCIAL REFORM AND LABOR. Pamphlets relating to.			USD -	Unknown
633		SOCIALISM. The Right to be Lazy (Lafargue);--Socialism Made Easy (Connolly);--A B C of Socialism ( ...			USD -	Unknown
634	Edited by Charles Southwell	SOCIOLOGY. The Oracle of Reason. Nos. 1-18, with supplement.	Bristol	1841-42	USD -	Unknown
635		SONGS. Whig Songs for 1844.	New York	(1844)	USD -	Unknown
636		SONGS OF THE WAR.	Albany	1863	USD -	Unknown
637	C. B. Galbreath	SONG WRITERS OF OHIO. By C. B. Galbreath. Facsimiles. Historical excerpt.			USD -	Unknown
638	SPENCER (HERBERT)	Scientific Pamphlets.			USD -	Unknown
639	Thomas Raffles	SPENCER (THOMAS). Memoirs of the Life and Ministry of the late Rev. Thomas Spencer of Liverpool ...	Boston	1814	USD -	Unknown
640	SQUIER (E. G.)	Nicaragua; its People. Scenery, Monuments and the Proposed Interoceanic Canal.	New York	1852	USD -	1.60
641	STEAD (WILLIAM T.)	If Christ Came to Chicago;--If Christ Came to Congress, by M. W. Howard.	Chicago and Washington.		USD -	Unknown
642	STERNE (LAWRENCE)	A Sentimental Journey. Inserted, 4 sprightly copper-plates.	London	1792	USD -	Unknown
643	STOCKTON (F. R.)	The Late Mrs. Null.	New York	1886	USD -	Unknown
644	STOCKTON (F. R.)	The Casting Away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine;--The Dusantes: a Sequel (to the above).	London	1886-88	USD -	Unknown
645	STOCKTON (F. R.)	Rudder Grange;--Amos Kilbright;--What Might Have Been Expected; and 3 others.	London	1886-89	USD -	1.00
646	STOCKTON (F. R.)	A Borrowed Month, and other Poems.	Edinburgh	1888	USD -	1.00
647	STOCKTON (F. R.)	Mrs. Cliff's Yacht.	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
648	STOKES (ALFRED C.)	Analytical Keys to the Genera and Species of the Fresh Water Algae and the Desmidieae of the United ...	Portland	1893	USD -	2.60
649	STONE (W. L.)	Saratoga Springs.	New York	1866	USD -	1.00
650	Dabney (R. L.)	STONEWALL JACKSON. Life and Campaigns of Lieut-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson.	New York	1866	USD -	Unknown
651		STORY OF A COUNTRY TOWN, by E. W. Howe (of the Atchison Globe);--The World on Wheels (Taylor);--What ...			USD -	Unknown
652		STORY OF THE NATIONS (THE). Modern Spain (Hume);--Germany (Baring-Gould);--The Jews (Hosmer).	New York	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
653		STORY OF THE NATIONS (THE). Modern Spain (Hume);--Germany (Baring-Gould);--The Jews (Hosmer).	New York	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
654	STRICKLAND (AGNES)	The Queens of England. A series of engraved portraits.	New York	1851	USD -	Unknown
655		SUMNER, WEBSTER, CURTIS and others. Pamphlets relating to.			USD -	Unknown
656	SWEDENBORG (E.)	The Apocalypse Revealed.	Philadelphia	1876	USD -	Unknown
657	TAPPAN (HENRY P.)	Illustrious Personages of the Nineteenth Century.	New York	1853	USD -	Unknown
658	Thomas Brown	TAXIDERMIST'S MANUAL.	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
659	TENNYSON (ALFRED)	Poetical Works of.	Boston	1865	USD -	Unknown
660	TENNYSON (ALFRED)	Queen Mary.	London	1875	USD -	Unknown
661		TEXAS. Piney Woods Tavern; or, Sam Slick in Texas.	Philadelphia	(1858)	USD -	Unknown
662	[THACKERAY (W. M.)]	The Second Funeral of Napoleon; and the Chronicle of the Drum.	London	1841	USD -	Unknown
663	THOMPSON (DANIEL P.)	The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter. A Tale illustrative of the Revolutionary History of Vermont.	Boston	1855	USD -	Unknown
664	THOMSON (JAMES)	The Seasons. With his Life, an Index, and Glossary.	London	1793	USD -	Unknown
665	THOMSON (W. M.)	The Land and the Book.	New York	1859	USD -	Unknown
666		TO CUBA AND BACK (Dana);--Hampton and its Students-- Slave Songs;--Modern Battles of Trenton; and ...			USD -	Unknown
667	G. B. Wright	TODD (DAVID -- One of Pres. Lincoln's Advisers). Personal Recollections of.			USD -	Unknown
668		TOM THUMB. Sketch of the Life, Personal Appearance, Character and Manners of Charles S. Stratton and ...	New York	1868	USD -	Unknown
669		TRIAL. The Genuine Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Dinely Goodere, who was Murder'd by the ...	London	1741	USD -	Unknown
670		TRIAL. An Account of the Trial of Thomas Muir for Sedition, August, 1793.	New York	1794	USD -	Unknown
671		TRIAL. Life, Trial and Execution of David Greenfield, a Socialist Missionary, who Suffered at ...	Glasgow	1843	USD -	Unknown
672	TROLLOPE (ANTHONY)	North America.	Philadelphia	1862	USD -	Unknown
673	Samuel S. Cox	TURKEY. Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey.	New York	1887	USD -	Unknown
674		UNITED STATES DIGEST. Vols 1-12, 15-22.	Boston	1848-1871	USD -	Unknown
675	VALLIERE (GEORGE DE)	Opals from a Mexican Mine.	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
676	VAN DYKE (HENRY)	The First Christmas Tree.	New York	1897	USD -	Unknown
677	T. M. Cooley	VERMONT. Sketches of the Life and Character of Rev. Lemuel Haynes, of Rutland, Vt.	New York	1837	USD -	Unknown
678	VERRILL (A. E.) and SMITH (S. I.)	Report on the Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound and Adjacent Waters.	Washington	1874	USD -	2.75
679	VERY (JONES)	Poems (including many not previously published).	Boston	1883	USD -	1.50
680		VIDOCQ. (Principal Agent of the French Police.) Memoirs.-of.	Philadelphia	1834	USD -	Unknown
681		VIAUD. The True and Surprising Adventures, Voyages, Shipwreck and Distresses of Pierre Viaud.	London	1798	USD -	Unknown
682	Tucker (Henry St. George)	VIRGINIA. Commentaries on the Laws of Virginia.	Winchester	1821	USD -	Unknown
683	Tate (Joseph)	VIRGINIA. A Digest of the Laws of Virginia, which are of a permanent character, etc.	Richmond	1823	USD -	1.00
684		VIRGINIA. Supplement to the Revised Code of the Laws of Virginia, being a Collection of all the Acts ...	Richmond	1833	USD -	Unknown
685		VOLTAIRE. Candide; or, All for the Best. Vignettes by Adrien Moreau.	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
686	WALCOTT (CHARLES D.)	21st Annual Report of the U. S. Geological Survey. Part IV, Hydrography.	Washington	1901	USD -	Unknown
687	WANLEY (NATHANIEL)	The Wonders of the Little World; or, A General History of Man.	London	1806	USD -	1.75
688	WARNER (CHARLES DUDLEY)	My Summer in a Garden.	Boston	1871	USD -	Unknown
689		WAR OF 1812. Message from the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress at the ...	Washington	1812	USD -	Unknown
690	Jared Sparks	WASHINGTON (GEORGE). The Writings of. With Notes and Illustrations.	Boston	1837	USD -	2.50
691	WASHINGTON (GEORGE)	Facsimiles of the Memorial Stones of the Last English Ancestors of.	Boston	1862	USD -	Unknown
692	WASHINGTON (GEORGE)	The Duche Letter to Gen. Washington, Phila., Oct. 8, 1777.	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
693	WASHINGTON (GEORGE)	Accounts, G. Washington with the United States, 1775-1783. Facsimile reprint of 1833.	Washington		USD -	Unknown
694	WASHINGTON (GEORGE)	Accounts, G. Washington with the United States, 1775-1783. Facsimile reprint of 1833.			USD -	Unknown
695		WASHINGTON, D. C. Philip's Washington Described. A Complete View of the American Capital and the ...	New York	1861	USD -	Unknown
696	G. A. Townsend	WASHINGTON, D. C. Outside and Inside.	Hartford	1874	USD -	Unknown
697	Samuel Redgrave	WATER COLOURS. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Historical Collection of Water-Color Paintings in the ...	London.	1877	USD -	2.10
698	WEEDEN (HOWARD)	Songs of the Old South.	New York	1900	USD -	Unknown
699		WEST. Journal and Letters of Col. John May, of Boston, relative to Two Journeys to the Ohio Country ...	Cincinnati	1873	USD -	1.50
700	Goodwin (C. C.)	WEST. The Comstock Club.	Salt Lake City	1891	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.