Merwin Clayton Sales Company: 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., 595,

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Auction Date: January 28, 1915 - January 28, 1915

Page Size: 700 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
200	DISRAELI (BENJAMIN--Earl of Beacons-field)	(Complete) Works of: Embracing Novels, Romances, Plays, Poems, Biography, Short Stories and Great ...	London and New York	(1904)	USD -	Unknown
201	DOBSON (AUSTIN)	To Q. H. F. (Poem). Suggested by a Chapter in Theodore Martin's Horace, (Ancient Classics for ...			USD -	Unknown
202	DOYLE (SIR FRANCIS H.)	Senilia.	London	1888	USD -	Unknown
203	DRAKE (S. A.)	Historic Fields and Mansions of Middlesex.	Boston	1874	USD -	Unknown
204	DUMAS (ALEXANDRE)	Complete Romances of. Portraits and illustrations on Japan Paper.	Boston	1895-96	USD -	Unknown
205	EARLE (ALICE MORSE)	Home Life in Colonial Days.	New York	1899	USD -	Unknown
206	Abraham Swan	EARLY AMERICAN COPPER-PLATE ENGRAVINGS BY JOHN NORMAN. The British Architect; or, The Builder's ...	Boston	1794	USD -	Unknown
207	Wood (Mary A. E.)	EARLY ENGLISH PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain, from ...	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
208	Flint (Timothy)	EARLY WEST. History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley, etc.	Cincinnati and Boston	1833	USD -	Unknown
209	Perkins (James H.)	EARLY WEST. Annals of the West.	Cincinnati	1847	USD -	Unknown
210	EDMONDS (CHARLES)	Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin.	London	1890	USD -	Unknown
211		EDWARD VII PRAYER-BOOK. Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites ...		1904	USD -	Unknown
212	EGAN (PIERCE)	The Pilgrims of the Thames, in Search of the National! First Edition.	London	1838	USD -	Unknown
213	Dapper (O.)	EGYPT. Umbstandliche und Eigentliche Beschreibung von Africa.	Amsterdam	1670	USD -	Unknown
214	Charles H. S. Davis	EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE (DEAD (THE): The most Ancient and the most Important of the Extant Religious ...	New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
215	G. Maspero	EGYPTIAN HISTORY. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria.	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
216	ELLIS (EDWARD S.)	History of Our Country, from the Landing of Columbus to the Present Time.	New York	(1899)	USD -	Unknown
217	John Milton	ELSTON PRESS. L'Allegro and Il Penseroso.	New Rochelle, New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
218	John Milton	ELSTON PRESS. L'Allegro and Il Penseroso.	New Rochelle, New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
219	John Milton	ELSTON PRESS. Samson Agonistes: A Dramatic Poem.	New Rochelle	1904	USD -	Unknown
220	EMERSON (R. W.)	Essays.	Boston	1841	USD -	Unknown
221	EMERSON (R. W.)	The Works of. Portrait on Japan Paper and illustrations.	Philadelphia	(1906)	USD -	Unknown
222	J. de Wolf Addison	ENGLAND. The Spell of England.	Boston	1912	USD -	Unknown
223	R. R. M.	ENGLISH PASTELS, 1750-1830.	London	1911	USD -	Unknown
224	Frederick Wedmore	ENGRAVINGS. Fine Prints.	Edinburgh	1910	USD -	Unknown
225	S. A. Green	EPITAPHS. Groton (Mass.). Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton. With Notes and an Appendix ...	Boston	1878	USD -	Unknown
226	[Ashbee (C. R.)]	ESSEX HOUSE PRESS. American Sheaves and English Seed Corn: Being a series of Addresses, mainly ...	London	[1901]	USD -	Unknown
227	Lyte (Sir H. C. Maxwell)	ETON COLLEGE. A History of Eton College.	London	1911	USD -	Unknown
228	EVELYN (JOHN)	The Life of Mrs. Godolphin. Now first published and edited by Samuel Lord Bishop of Oxford.	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
229	EWALD (ALEX. C.)	Stories from the State Papers.	London	1882	USD -	Unknown
230		FATHER TOM AND THE POPE; or, A Night in the Vatican.	New York	1867	USD -	Unknown
231	Schmidt (Johann Andreas)	FENCING. Grundlich Lehrende Fecht-Schule, oder Leichte Anseisung auf Stosz und Hieb sicher zu ...	Nurnberg	1749	USD -	Unknown
232		FENELON. The Adventures of Telemarchus, the Son of Ulysses.	London	1795	USD -	Unknown
233		FENELON. Les Adventures de Telemaque. A series of 24 fine plates after Lefebvre, engraved by Delvaux ...	[Paris]	[1796]	USD -	Unknown
234	FIELD (EUGENE)	Field Flowers.	[New York]	[1896]	USD -	Unknown
235	Francis Wilson	FIELD (EUGENE). The Eugene Field I Knew.	New York	1898	USD -	Unknown
236	FIELD (EUGENE)	The Temptation of Friar Gonsol. A story of the Devil, two Saints and a Booke.	Washington	1900	USD -	Unknown
237	FIELDING (HENRY)	The Works of. With Author's Preface and Introductions, by G. H. Maynadier.	New York	(1903)	USD -	Unknown
238	FISKE (JOHN)	New France and New England.	Boston	1902	USD -	Unknown
239	FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE)	The Complete Works of. Embracing Romances, Travels, Comedies, Sketches and Correspondence.	New York and London	(1904)	USD -	Unknown
240	Fairbanks (George R.)	FLORIDA. St. Augustine. The History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Florida. Comprising some of ...	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
241		FLOWERS. Flowers from My Garden. Sketched and Painted from Nature, by Laura G. Munson.	New York	1864	USD -	Unknown
242	FOSTER (BIRKET)	Milton's l'Allegro and Il Penseroso.	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
243	FRANCIS (SIR PHILIP)	Memoirs of. With Correspondence and Journals.	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
244	[FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN)]	An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania, from its Origin ...	London	1759	USD -	Unknown
245	[FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN)]	A Narrative of the Late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of this ...	[Phila.]	in the Year MDCCLXIV [1764].	USD -	Unknown
246	[FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN)]	Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces.	London	1779	USD -	Unknown
247	R. F. Gould	FREEMASONRY. The History of Freemasonry: Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, etc ...	New York	1884-87	USD -	Unknown
248		FREEMASONRY. The History of Freemasonry. By A. G. Mackey . . . The History of the Symbols of ...	New York	(1898)	USD -	Unknown
249	FREMONT (J. C.)	Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1842, and to Oregon and North Carolina ...	Washington	1845	USD -	Unknown
250	Bloomfield (Reginald)	FRENCH ARCHITECTURE. A History of French Architecture from the Reign of Charles VIII till the Death ...	London	1911	USD -	Unknown
251	E. S. Auscher	FRENCH PORCELAIN. A History and Description of French Porcelain.	London	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.	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
254	J. Munro Bell	FURNITURE. The Designs of Thomas Chippendale.	London	1910	USD -	Unknown
255	J. Munro Bell	FURNITURE. Designs of George Hepplewhite.	London	1910	USD -	Unknown
256	J. Munro Bell	FURNITURE. The Furniture Designs of Thomas Sheraton.	London	1910	USD -	Unknown
257	Spofford (Harriet P.)	FURNITURE. Art Decoration Applied to Furniture.	New York	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
258	Frances C. Morse	FURNITURE. Furniture of the Olden Time.	New York	1902	USD -	Unknown
259	ARLAND (HAMLIN)	Rose of Dutcher's Coolly.	Chicago	1895	USD -	Unknown
260	Edited by Samuel Tymms	GENEALOGY. Wills and Inventories from the Registers of the Commissary of Bury St. Edmund's and the ...	[London]	1850	USD -	Unknown
261	Lodge (Edmund)	GENEALOGY. The Peerage of the British Empire. To which is added the Baronetage.	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
262	John O'Donoghue	GENEALOGY. Historical Memoir of the O'Briens, with Notes, Appendix and a Genealogical Table of their ...	Dublin	1860	USD -	Unknown
263	Benj. Dorr	GENEALOGY. A Memoir of John F. Watson, the Annalist of Phila. and N. Y.	Philadelphia	1861	USD -	Unknown
264	R. D. Weeks	GENEALOGY of the Family of George Weekes of Dorchester, Mass., 1635-1650.	Newark	1885	USD -	Unknown
265	W. W. H. Davis	GENEALOGY. Life of John Davis.	Doylestown, Pennsylvania	1886	USD -	Unknown
266	F. C. Sessions	GENEALOGY. Sessions Family. Materials for a History of the Sessions Family in America.	Albany	1890	USD -	Unknown
267		GENEALOGY. Burt. Early Days in New England. Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield, and some of ...	Springfield	1893	USD -	Unknown
268	J. W. Hayley	GENEALOGY. Genealogical Memoranda, Relating Chiefly to the Haley, Piper, Neal and Ricker Families of ...	Lowell	1900	USD -	Unknown
269	A. N. Adams	GENEALOGY. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants; also John ...	Rutland, Vermount	1898	USD -	Unknown
270	G. O. Seilhamer	GENEALOGY. The Bard Family: A History and Genealogy of the Bards of Carroll's Delight; together ...	Chambersburg, Pennsylvania	1908	USD -	Unknown
270a	G. O. Seilhamer	GENEALOGY. The Bard Family: A History and Genealogy of the Bards of Carroll's Delight; together ...	Chambersburg, Pennsylvania	1908	USD -	Unknown
271	GEORGIA	History of Savannah, Ga. From its Settlement to the Close of the 18th Century by Chas. C. Jones ...	Syracuse	1890	USD -	Unknown
272	GEROME (J. L.)	Gerome: A Collection of the Works of. Edited by Edward Strahan.	New York	1881	USD -	Unknown
273	GIBBON (EDWARD)	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.	New York	1914	USD -	Unknown
274	GILBERT (W. S.)	Savoy Operas.	London	1909	USD -	Unknown
275	GILBERT (W. S.)	Iolanthe and other Operas.	London	1910	USD -	Unknown
276	GILLRAY (JAMES)	The Works of James Gill-ray, the Caricaturist; with the History of his Life and Times.	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
277	E. Alfred Jones	GOLD PLATE. Old English Gold Plate.	London	1907	USD -	Unknown
278	GRAY (THOMAS)	Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray.	London	1765	USD -	Unknown
279	GRAY (THOMAS)	Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard.	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
280	GREEN (JOSEPH H.)	Vital Dynamics: The Hunterian Oration before the Royal College of Surgeons in London, 14th Feb ...	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
281	GRISWOLD (R. W.)	The Republican Court; or, American Society in the Days of Washington.	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
282		GROLIER CLUB. Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of some of the Poetical and Prose Works of ...	New York	1893	USD -	Unknown
282a		GROLIER CLUB. Catalogue of Ornamental Leather Bookbindings Executed in America Prior to 1850.	[New York]	1907	USD -	Unknown
283	[HALLECK (FITZ-GREENE)]	Fanny, with other Poems.	New York	1839	USD -	Unknown
284	HAMILTON (ALEXANDER)	Observations on Certain Documents contained in Nos. V and VI of The History of the United States ...	Philadelphia	1800	USD -	Unknown
285	J. M. Mason	HAMILTON (ALEXANDER). An Oration, commemorative of the late Major-General Alexander Hamilton . . . N ...	New York	1804	USD -	Unknown
286	Julia Frankau	HAMILTON (LADY). The Story of Emma, Lady Hamilton.	London	1911	USD -	Unknown
287	HAMMOND (H.)	A Practical Catechisme.	London	1649	USD -	Unknown
288	[Wilson (W. and A.)]	HANDICRAFT. The Good House-Keeping Manual of Home Handicraft.	New York	(1908)	USD -	Unknown
289	HARPER (HENRY H.)	A Journey in Southeastern Mexico.	Boston	1910	USD -	Unknown
290	HARRIS (JOEL CHANDLER)	Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation.	New York	1881	USD -	Unknown
291	HARRISON (FREDERIC)	The Choice of Books and other Literary Pieces.	London	1886	USD -	Unknown
292	HARRISON (FREDERIC)	Autobiographical Memoirs (1831-1910).	London	1911	USD -	Unknown
293	HARTE (BRET)	Poems.	Boston	1871	USD -	Unknown
294	HARTE (BRET)	The Editor's Box: A Midsummer Annual.	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
295	HARTLIB (SAMUEL)	His Legacy of Husbandry. Wherein are bequeathed to the Common-wealth of England, not onely Braband ...	London	1655	USD -	Unknown
296	J. J. Jarves	HAWAIIA. History of the Hawaiian and Sandwich Islands.	Boston	1843	USD -	Unknown
297	HAY (JOHN)	Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle and Little Breeches.	Boston	1871	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.