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Merwin Clayton Sales Company

Auction Info

Sale Name: CATALOGUE OF THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF JOHN L. CLAWSON, ESQ. OF BUFFALO, N.Y. (WITH ADDITIONS). TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING JANUARY 28TH AND 29TH, 1915. BY MERWIN SALES COMPANY 16 EAST 40TH STREET NEW YORK.
Auction Date: 01/28/1915 - 01/28/1915
Year of Sale: 1915
Sale Number: #595
Total Lots: 700
Sold Lots: 0
Lots Sold: 0.0%
Unsold Lots: 0
Price Unknown: 700

Total Sales (USD): 0.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 0.00
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Total Sales as a % of High Est.: NaN%
Currency: USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars: 0.00

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
255	J. Munro Bell	FURNITURE. Designs of George Hepplewhite.	1910	USD -	Unknown
243	FRANCIS (SIR PHILIP)	Memoirs of. With Correspondence and Journals.	1867	USD -	Unknown
244	[FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN)]	An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania, from its Origin ...	1759	USD -	Unknown
245	[FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN)]	A Narrative of the Late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of this ...	in the Year MDCCLXIV [1764].	USD -	Unknown
246	[FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN)]	Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces.	1779	USD -	Unknown
247	R. F. Gould	FREEMASONRY. The History of Freemasonry: Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, etc ...	1884-87	USD -	Unknown
248		FREEMASONRY. The History of Freemasonry. By A. G. Mackey . . . The History of the Symbols of ...	(1898)	USD -	Unknown
249	FREMONT (J. C.)	Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1842, and to Oregon and North Carolina ...	1845	USD -	Unknown
250	Bloomfield (Reginald)	FRENCH ARCHITECTURE. A History of French Architecture from the Reign of Charles VIII till the Death ...	1911	USD -	Unknown
251	E. S. Auscher	FRENCH PORCELAIN. A History and Description of French Porcelain.	1905	USD -	Unknown
252		FRENCH PORTRAITS. 330 lithographic portraits by Delpech, of men and women of the French Court ...		USD -	Unknown
253	FROISSART (SIR JOHN)	Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries.	1839	USD -	Unknown
254	J. Munro Bell	FURNITURE. The Designs of Thomas Chippendale.	1910	USD -	Unknown
688	ZIMMERN (HELEN)	The Epic of Kings. Stories retold from Firdusi.	1882	USD -	Unknown
502	G. B. Anderson	NEW YORK. Landmarks of Rensselaer County.	1897	USD -	Unknown
500	Hough (F.B.)	NEW YORK. Lewis County. History of Lewis County, N. Y. With illustrations and biographical sketches ...	1883	USD -	Unknown
498		NEW YORK. Jefferson County. History of Jefferson County from 1797 to 1878.	1878	USD -	Unknown
496		NEW YORK. Columbia College. College Speeches (The Death of Pausanias; Salome and Constantius; The ...	1866	USD -	Unknown
494	Pomroy Jones	NEW YORK. Annals and Recollections of Oneida County.	1851	USD -	Unknown
492		NEW YORK. Description of a View of the City of New York, now Exhibiting at The Panorama, Leicester ...	1834	USD -	Unknown
491	John F. Watson	NEW YORK. Historic Tales of Olden Time: Concerning the Early Settlement and Advancement of New York ...	1832	USD -	Unknown
493	Denton (Daniel)	NEW YORK. A Brief Description of New York, formerly called New Netherlands with the places thereto ...	1845	USD -	Unknown
495	Guy H. McMaster	NEW YORK. History of the Settlement of Steuben County, N. Y., including Notices of the Old Pioneer ...	1853	USD -	Unknown
497		NEW YORK. History of Seneca Co. With Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, etc.	1876	USD -	Unknown
499	Riker (James)	NEW YORK. Harlem; Its Origin and Early Annals . . . also sketches of numerous families.	1881	USD -	Unknown

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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.