Merwin Clayton Sales Company: CATALOGUE OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS ENGRAVINGS, ETC. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION MAY 29TH, 1914. BY MERWIN SALES COMPANY 16 EAST 40TH STREET NEW YORK., 571,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 29, 1914 - May 29, 1914

Page Size: 818 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
400	IRVING (WASHINGTON)	The Crayon Miscellany. No. 1.	Philadelphia	1835	USD -	Unknown
401	IRVING (WASHINGTON)	Wolfert's Roost and other Papers.	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
402	IRVING (WASHINGTON)	Washington Irving: Mr. Bryant's Address on his Life and Genius, Addresses by Everett, Bancroft ...	New York	1860	USD -	Unknown
403	P. M. Irving	IRVING (WASHINGTON). The Life and Letters of.	New York	1863	USD -	Unknown
404	IRVING (WASHINGTON)	Spanish Papers and other Miscellanies.	New York	1866	USD -	Unknown
405	T. O. Selfridge	ISTHMUS OF DARIEN. Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Practicability of a Ship- ...	Washington	1874	USD -	Unknown
406	JACKSON (ANDREW)	President Jackson's Proclamation against the Nullification Ordinance of South Carolina, Dec. lii ...	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
407	JACKSON (LADY)	The Old Regime. Courts, Salons, and Theatres.	New York	1882	USD -	Unknown
408	Richard Hildreth	JAPAN. Japan as it Was and Is.	Boston	1855	USD -	Unknown
409		JAPAN. The Real Japan. Studies of Contemporary Japanese Manners, Morals, Administration, and ...	New York	1893	USD -	Unknown
410	Sadakichi Hartmann	JAPAN. Japanese Art.	Boston	1904	USD -	Unknown
411	Percival Lowell	JAPAN. The Soul of the Far East.	New York	1911	USD -	Unknown
412	JEFFERSON (THOMAS)	Copper Medallion of the Thomas Jefferson Association of U. S. Profile portrait of Jefferson with ...			USD -	1.00
413	JOHNSON (ROSSITER)	Little Classics.	Boston	v. d.	USD -	2.25
414	James Boswell	JOHNSON (SAMUEL). The Life of.	Boston	1807	USD -	Unknown
415		JUNIUS. Letters of Junius.	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
416	Chadwick (Henry)	JUVENILES. The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys.	New York	(1884)	USD -	Unknown
417	KARR (ALPHONSE)	A Tour Round My Garden.	London	1865	USD -	Unknown
418	KAVANAGH (JULIA)	Woman in France during the Eighteenth Century.	New York	1893	USD -	Unknown
419	KEBLE (JOHN)	The Christian Year.	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
420	KEMBLE (E. W.)	The Blackberries and their Adventures.	New York	1897	USD -	Unknown
421	KEMPIS (THOMAS A.)	Of the Imitation of Christ.	Oxford	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
422	Vicomte Robert D'Humieres	KIPLING (RUDYARD). Through Isle and Empire.	New York (Printed in England)	1905	USD -	Unknown
423	KING (WILLIAM)	Political and Literary Anecdotes of his Own Times.	London	1819	USD -	Unknown
424	Edited by W. R. Houghton	KINGS OF FORTUNE; or, The Triumphs and Achievements of Noble, Self-Made Men.	New York	1885	USD -	Unknown
425	KITTO (JOHN)	A Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature.	Edinburgh	1870	USD -	Unknown
426		KLOPSTOCK. The Messiah. Attempted from the German of Mr. Klopstock by Joseph Collier.	New York	1795	USD -	Unknown
427		LA FONTAINE'S FABLES: Animal's Rights (Salt); Memoirs of Vidocq; Don Quixote (Cervantes), and others ...			USD -	Unknown
428	LAMARTINE (ALPHONSE DE)	History of the French Revolution of 1848.	London	1852	USD -	Unknown
429	LAMB (CHARLES)	The Poetical Works of.	Philadelphia	1865	USD -	Unknown
430	LANDON (LETITIA E.)	The Poetical Works of.	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
431	Metzger (Joh.)	LANDSCAPE GARDENING. Gartenbuch.	Frankfort	1844	USD -	Unknown
432	LANGSDORFF (G. H. VON)	Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt, 1803-1807. Text only.	Frankfurt	1812	USD -	Unknown
433	LATIMER (ELIZABETH WORMELEY)	Judea from Cyrus to Titus. 437 B. C.-70 A. D.	Chicago	1899	USD -	Unknown
434	LAYARD (AUSTIN HENRY)	Ninevah and Its Remains; Discoveries in the Ruins of Ninevah and Babylon.	New York	1853	USD -	Unknown
435	LEAPOR (MRS. MARY)	Poems upon Several Occasions.	London	1748-1751	USD -	Unknown
436	LEE (FREDERICK G.--Editor)	The Directorium Anglicanum.	London	1865	USD -	Unknown
437	LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD)	The Poems of Arthur H. Hallam.	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
438		LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION CO. Acts of the Legislature of Pa, 1837; Reports of the Board of Managers ...			USD -	Unknown
439		LE SAGE. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane.	London	1818	USD -	Unknown
440		LIBRARY OF CHOICE LITERATURE (Standard).	Philadelphia	n. d.	USD -	1.25
441		LIFE AND DEATH IN REBEL PRISONS (Kellogg); M'Culloch's Texas Rangers (imperfect copy), etc.			USD -	1.25
442		LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE (Gaskell); Rogers' Table-Talk; Sophia Lee's Canterbury Tales, and others.			USD -	Unknown
443	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	Newspapers containing notices and paragraphs on the assassination of Lincoln, the death of Booth ...	New York	1865	USD -	Unknown
444	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	Newspapers. The Union, Brooklyn, 28 numbers (some imperfect).	Brooklyn	April and May, 1865	USD -	Unknown
445	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	Newspapers. The New York Times.	New York	April to June, 1865	USD -	Unknown
446	H. J. Raymond	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). The Life and Public Services of.	New York	1865	USD -	Unknown
447	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward and ...	Washington	1867	USD -	Unknown
448	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	G. A. R. Centennial Bronze Medallion, with bust portrait of Lincoln.			USD -	5.00
449	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	Silhouette portraits of Abraham Lincoln, all different.			USD -	Unknown
450	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	Envelopes with portrait and verse (3); Lincoln picture post cards, all different (7).			USD -	Unknown
451	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	Silk Mourning Ribbon with portrait and 4 envelopes (dup.) with Lincoln vignette.			USD -	Unknown
452	LINCOLN (ABRAHAM)	Mourning Badge.			USD -	Unknown
453		LITERATURE OF PHILANTHROPHY: Studies for Stories (Millaos); Her Royal Highness Woman (O'Rell), and ...			USD -	Unknown
454		LITHOGRAPHS. Harbor Scenes, etc., some colored.			USD -	Unknown
455	William McGarvey	LITURGIAE AMERICANAE; or, Book of Common Prayer as used in the United States of America, compared ...	Philadelphia	1895	USD -	Unknown
456		LIVES AND EXPLOITS OF HIGHWAYMAN AND Robbers; The Kedge-Anchor (Brady); Picturesque Washington ( ...			USD -	Unknown
457	Edited by Daphne Dale	LIVING THOUGHTS IN WORDS THAT BURN, from Poet, Sage and Humorist.	Philadelphia	1892	USD -	Unknown
458		LIVING THOUGHTS OF LIVING THINKERS (Linn); The Ancient City (Coulanges); Hutchinson's Physiology ...			USD -	Unknown
459	[LOCKE (DAVID R.)]	Swingin Round the Cirkle.	Boston	1867	USD -	Unknown
460	LONDON (JACK)	South Sea Tales.	New York	1911	USD -	Unknown
461	LONGFELLOW (H. W.)	Kavanagh.	Boston	1849	USD -	Unknown
462	LONGFELLOW (H. W.)	Aftermath.	Boston	1873	USD -	Unknown
463	LONGFELLOW (H. W.)	Evangeline.	Boston	1893	USD -	Unknown
464	LORD (JOHN)	Lord's Lectures: Beacon Lights of History.	New York	1885	USD -	Unknown
465	LORD (JOHN)	Beacon Lights of History.	New York	n. d.	USD -	2.10
466	LOSSING (B. J.)	Seventeen Hundred and Seventy-Six; or, the War of Independence.	New York	1847	USD -	Unknown
467	LOSSING (B. J.)	Our Country: a Household History.	New York	1878	USD -	Unknown
468	LOSSING (B. J.)	Our Country: a Household History.	New York	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
469	[LOWELL (J.)]	The New England Patriot: a Candid Comparison of the Principles and Conduct of the Washington and ...	Boston	1810	USD -	Unknown
470	[LUCAS (SAMUEL)]	Mornings of the Recess, 1861-64.	London	1864	USD -	Unknown
471		LUCK OF ROARING CAMP (Harte); Snow-Bound at Eagle's (Harte); Among My Books (Lowell); Miss Cooper's ...	v. s.	v. b.	USD -	Unknown
472	LUNDY (JOHN P.)	Monumental Christianity; or, The Art and Symbolism of the Primitive Church.	New York	1876	USD -	1.20
473	MACAULAY (T. B.)	History of England.	New York	1849-61	USD -	Unknown
474		MAGIC. Secrets Merveilleux de la Magie Naturelle et Cabalistique du Petit Albert.	Lyon	1763	USD -	Unknown
475	MAHOMET (IRVING)	Memoirs of the Countess of Blessington (Madden); Frederick the Great, etc.			USD -	Unknown
476		MAILS OF THE UNITED STATES. Report of the Committee of the Senate of the United States, March 12 ...	n. p.	1802	USD -	1.30
477	Jos. A. Costello	MANUSCRIPT PLAY. The Fallen Saved; or, A Father's Love.			USD -	Unknown
478		MAPS. Township Map of New York, 1860; Geer's Map of Hartford, 1866; Topographical Map of New Jersey ...			USD -	Unknown
479		MARCY'S EXPLORATION OF THE RED RIVER (lacks atlas); Principles of Natural and Politic Law ( ...			USD -	Unknown
480		MARGARET OGILVIE (Barrie); The Humour of Francu (Lee); In the Shadow of the Pyrenees (Vincent); and ...			USD -	Unknown
481	MARSHALL (JOHN)	A History of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America.	Philadelphia	1824	USD -	Unknown
482	MARSTON (JOHN)	Miscellaneous Pieces of Ancient English Poesie.	London	1764	USD -	Unknown
483	J. A. Jeancon	MEDICAL. Pathological Anatomy.	Cincinnati	1885	USD -	1.15
484	Edited by Prince A. Morrow	MEDICAL. Atlas of Venereal and Skin Diseases.	New York	1888	USD -	1.10
485	MELVILLE (HERMAN)	Pierre; or, the Ambiguities.	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
486		MEMOIR OF JOHN AIKIN (Lucy Aikin); Captain Marryatt's Works; Oriental and Western Siberia (Atkinson ...			USD -	Unknown
487		MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT (Lockhart); Allison's History of Europe; Hallam's Literature ...			USD -	Unknown
488		MEMOIRS OF RICHARD B. SHERIDAN (Moore); Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber and Pollock; Private ...			USD -	Unknown
489		MEMOIRS OF VIDOCQ (written by himself); Memoirs of Marshall Ney; Montgomery's Works, etc.			USD -	Unknown
490	Joseph Wilson	MEMORABILIA CANTABRIGIAE; or, An Account of the different Colleges in Cambridge: Biographical ...	London	1803	USD -	Unknown
491	MENGS (ANT. RAPH.)	Oeuvres de M. Mengs, Premier Peintre du Roi d'Espange, etc.	Portrait.	1782	USD -	Unknown
492	Wood (Henry)	MENTAL HEALING. Ideal Suggestion through Mental Photography.	Boston	1893	USD -	Unknown
493	MEREDITH (OWEN)	Lucile.	Boston	1868	USD -	Unknown
494	William Crookes	METALLURGY. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy, adapted from the Last German Edition of Professor ...	London	1868	USD -	Unknown
495	Phillips (J. A.)	METALLURGY. Elements of Metallurgy. A Practical Treatise on the Art of Extracting Metals from their ...	London	1874	USD -	Unknown
496	Rose (T. Kirke)	METALLURGY. The Metallurgy of Gold.	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
497		MEXICO. A View of South America and Mexico.	New York	1826	USD -	Unknown
498		MEXICAN WAR. General Taylor and his Staff: Memoirs of Generals Taylor, Worth, Wool and Butler ...	Philadelphia	1848	USD -	Unknown
499	Jay (William)	MEXICAN WAR. A Review of the Causes and Consequencies of the Mexican War.	Boston	1849	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.
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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.