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,

Auction Details

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
492		NEW YORK. Description of a View of the City of New York, now Exhibiting at The Panorama, Leicester ...	London	1834	USD -	Unknown
493	Denton (Daniel)	NEW YORK. A Brief Description of New York, formerly called New Netherlands with the places thereto ...	New York	1845	USD -	Unknown
494	Pomroy Jones	NEW YORK. Annals and Recollections of Oneida County.	Rome	1851	USD -	Unknown
495	Guy H. McMaster	NEW YORK. History of the Settlement of Steuben County, N. Y., including Notices of the Old Pioneer ...	Bath	1853	USD -	Unknown
496		NEW YORK. Columbia College. College Speeches (The Death of Pausanias; Salome and Constantius; The ...	New York	1866	USD -	Unknown
497		NEW YORK. History of Seneca Co. With Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, etc.	Philadelphia	1876	USD -	Unknown
498		NEW YORK. Jefferson County. History of Jefferson County from 1797 to 1878.	Philadelphia	1878	USD -	Unknown
499	Riker (James)	NEW YORK. Harlem; Its Origin and Early Annals . . . also sketches of numerous families.	New York	1881	USD -	Unknown
500	Hough (F.B.)	NEW YORK. Lewis County. History of Lewis County, N. Y. With illustrations and biographical sketches ...	Syracuse	1883	USD -	Unknown
501	Haddock (John A.)	NEW YORK. Jefferson County. The Growth of a Century as Illustrated in the History of Jefferson ...	Philadelphia	1894	USD -	Unknown
502	G. B. Anderson	NEW YORK. Landmarks of Rensselaer County.	Syracuse	1897	USD -	Unknown
503	Watts (Isaac)	NEW YORK IMPRINT. Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II ...	New York	1761	USD -	Unknown
504	John McKnight	NEW YORK IMPRINT. The Divine Goodness to the United States of America, particularly in the course of ...	New York	1795	USD -	Unknown
505	M. Tindal	NEW YORK IMPRINT. Christianity as Old as the Creation, etc.	Newburgh	1798	USD -	Unknown
506		NEW YORK VIEWS. Charcoals of New and Old New York. Pictures and Text by F. Hopkinson Smith.	New York	1912	USD -	Unknown
507	Edited by T. G. Bonney	OLD ENGLISH ABBEYS. Abbeys and Churches of England and Wales. Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial.	London	1887	USD -	Unknown
508	Dunn (John)	OREGON. The Oregon Territory and the British American Fur Trade, with an Account of the Habits and ...	Philadelphia	1845	USD -	Unknown
509	O'REILLY (JOHN BOYLE)	Songs from the Southern Seas.	Boston	1873	USD -	Unknown
510	Sydney Humphreys	ORIENTAL CARPETS. Runners and Rugs and some Jacquard Reproductions.	London	1910	USD -	Unknown
511	Rosa B. Holt	ORIENTAL RUGS. Rugs, Oriental and Occidental, Antique and Modern.	Chicago	1901	USD -	Unknown
512	George A. and Maurice A. Audsley	ORNAMENTATION. The, Practical Decorator and Ornamentist for the Use of Architects, Practical ...	[London]	[1892]	USD -	Unknown
513	OTTLEY (WM. YOUNG)	A Collection of Scarce and Curious Prints by the Early Masters of the Italian, German and Flemish ...	London	1826	USD -	Unknown
514	PARKMAN (FRANCIS)	Complete Works of. Portraits and plates on India paper.	Boston	1897-98	USD -	Unknown
515		PAUSANIA'S DESCRIPTION OF GREECE.	London	1913	USD -	Unknown
516	PEACOCK (THOMAS B.)	The Vendetta and other Poems.	Topeka	1876	USD -	Unknown
517	PENN (WILLIAM)	A Letter of Love to the Young-Convinced of that Blessed Everlasting Way of Truth and Righteousness ...	London	1674--75	USD -	Unknown
518		PENINSULAR WAR. Memoir, written by Sir Hew Dalrymple of his Proceedings as connected with the ...	London	1830	USD -	Unknown
519	M. Rousselot de Surgy	PENNSYLVANIA. Histoire Naturelle et Politique de la Pensylvanie, et de l'Etablissement des Quakers ...	Paris	1768	USD -	Unknown
520		PENNSYLVANIA. A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania; embracing the Counties of ...	Philadelphia	1905	USD -	Unknown
521	Giambattista Basile	PENTAMERONE (THE). Stories from the Pentamerone.	London	1911	USD -	Unknown
522	Alice C. C. Gaussen	PEPYS (WILLIAM). The Later Papys: The Correspondence of Sir William Pepys, Master in Chancery, 1758- ...	London	1904	USD -	Unknown
523	L. Ingleby Wood	PEWTER. Scottish Pewter-Ware and Pewters.	Edinburgh	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
524	Antonia De Navarro	PEWTER. Causeries on English Pewter.	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
525		PHILADELPHIA. History of Pennsylvania Hall, which was Destroyed by a Mob, on the 17th of May, 1838 ( ...	Philadelphia	1838	USD -	Unknown
526	PHIZ (H. K. BROWNE)	The Old English Squire, a Song: The Words by Stephen Oliver.	London	(1838)	USD -	Unknown
527		PICKERING'S MINIATURE HOMER. Iliad and Oydssea.	London	1831	USD -	Unknown
528	J. E. A. Smith	PITTSFIELD, MASS. The History of Pittsfield, Mass. from the Year 1734 to 1876.	Boston	1869-76	USD -	Unknown
529	J. E. A. Smith	PITTSFIELD, MASS. The History of, 1800 to 1876.	Springfield	1876	USD -	Unknown
530	POE (E. A.)	The Conchologist's First Book.	Philadelphia	1839	USD -	Unknown
531	Sarah H. Whitman	POE (E. A.). Edgar Poe and his Critics.	New York	1860	USD -	Unknown
532	Wm. Shepherd	POGGIO. The Life of Poggio Bracciolini.	Liverpool	1837	USD -	Unknown
533		POLYANTHOS (THE). Vols. 1 to 5, Dec, 1805 to July, 1807 (all published).	Boston	1805-07	USD -	Unknown
534	G. F. Hill	PORTRAIT MEDALS OF ITALIAN ARTISTS of the Renaissance. Illustrated and Described, with an ...	London	1912	USD -	Unknown
535		PORTRAITS. National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century ...	London	1830-32	USD -	Unknown
536	Thomas (T. H.)	PORTRAITS. French Portrait Engraving of the 17th and 18th Centuries.	London	1910	USD -	Unknown
537	[Slosson (A. T.)]	POTTERY. The China Hunters' Club.	New York	[1878]	USD -	Unknown
538	[Slosson (Anne T.)]	POTTERY. The China Hunters' Club.	New York	1878	USD -	Unknown
539	Solon (M. L.)	POTTERY. A History and Description of the Old French Faience. With an Account of the Revival of ...	London	[1903]	USD -	Unknown
540	Rackham (Bernard)	POTTERY. A Book of Porcelain. Fine Examples in the Victoria and Albert Museum.	London	1910	USD -	Unknown
541	PREBLE (GEO. H.)	History of the Flag of the United States of America, and of the Naval and Yacht-Club Signals, Seals ...	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
542	H. B. Wheatley	PRECIOUS METALS. A Handbood of Art Industries in Pottery and Precious Metals.	London	1886	USD -	Unknown
543	PRESCOTT (W. H.)	Complete Works of.	Philadelphia	1895	USD -	Unknown
544	PRIME (W. C.)	I Go A Fishing.	New York	1873	USD -	Unknown
545	Rev. J. Mendham	PROHIBITED BOOKS. An Index of, by Command of Pope Gregory XVI, 1835.	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
546	John Fellows	PUTNAM (ISRAEL). The Veil Removed; or, Reflections on David Humphreys' Essay on the Life of Israel ...	New York	1843	USD -	Unknown
547		RACKHAM ILLUSTRATIONS. Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes.	[London]	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
548	J. Calvin Smith	RAILROADS. Smith's Railroad, Steam Boat and Stage Route Map of New England, New York and Canada.	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
549	READE (CHARLES)	The Jilt.	London	1884	USD -	Unknown
550	READE (CHARLES)	The Works of. Photogravure plates and other illustrations.	New York	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
551	REICH (EMIL)	General History of Western Nations, from 5000 B. C. to 1900 A. D.	London	1908	USD -	Unknown
552	REMINGTON (FREDERIC)	The Way of an Indian.	New York	1906	USD -	Unknown
553	REPPLIER (AGNES)	In Our Convent Days.	Boston	1905	USD -	Unknown
553a	RICHMOND (C. A.)	Safeguards of American Democracy: An Address delivered before the N. Y. Hist. Soc, Nov. 18, 1913.	New York	1913	USD -	Unknown
554	RIDDELL (JOHN)	Comments in Refutation of Pretensions Advanced for the First Time, and Statements in a Recent Work ...	Edinburgh	1860	USD -	Unknown
555	John C. Ridpath	RIDPATH'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD.	Cincinnati	(1901)	USD -	Unknown
556	RILEY (JAMES W.)	Old-Fashioned Roses.	London	1891	USD -	Unknown
557	RILEY (JAMES W.)	A Riley Album. Ten Songs by James Whitcomb Riley. Set to music by Rupert Hughes.	New York	(1902)	USD -	Unknown
558	ROGERS (WOODES)	Voyage Autour du Monde . . . 1708-1711.	Amsterdam	1716	USD -	Unknown
559	Walters (H. B.)	ROMAN ART. The Art of the Romans.	New York and London	1911	USD -	Unknown
560	Harrison (W. H.)	ROWLANDSON (T.). The Humourist, a Companion for the Christmas Fireside. Embellished by 50 engravings ...	London	1831	USD -	Unknown
561	Thomas De Quincey	ROYCROFT PRESS. Confessions of an Opium-Eater.	East Aurora	1898	USD -	Unknown
562	RUSKIN (JOHN)	Tht Stones of Venice.	New York	1880	USD -	Unknown
563	RUSKIN (JOHN)	Unto This Last. Printed in black letters with rubricated captions and initials.	London	1902	USD -	Unknown
564	Charles Marvin	RUSSIAN-TURCOMAN CAMPAIGNS. The Eye-Witnesses' Account of the Disastrous Russian Campaign Aainst the ...	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
565	CANDERSON (JOHN)	Biography of the Signers to the Declarations of Independence.	Philadelphia	1820	USD -	Unknown
566	S. S. Hill	SANDWICH ISLANDS. Travels in the Sandwich and Society Islands.	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
567	[SANDYS (WILLIAM)]	Specimens of Macaronic Poetry.	London	1831	USD -	Unknown
568	SANFORD (JOHN L.) AND TOWNSEND (MEREDITH)	The Great Governing Families of England.	Edinburgh	1865	USD -	Unknown
569	SANSOM (JOSEPH)	Travels in Lower Canada, with the Author's Recollections of the Soil and Aspects.	London	1820	USD -	Unknown
570	SCHOOLCRAFT (HENRY R.)	Journal of a Tour into the Interior of Missouri and Arkansaw, from Potosi ... to the Rocky Mountains ...	London	1821	USD -	Unknown
571	SCOTT (TEMPLE)	The Friendship of Books.	New York	1911	USD -	Unknown
572	SCOTT (SIR WALTER)	The Vision of Don Roderick: A Poem. (With Notes.)	Edinburgh	1811	USD -	Unknown
573	SCOTT (SIR WALTER)	Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk.	Edinburgh	1816	USD -	Unknown
574	SCOTT (SIR WALTER)	Chronicles of the Canongate.	Edinburgh	1828	USD -	Unknown
575	SCOTT (SIR WALTER)	Chronicles of the Canongate.	Edinburgh	1828	USD -	Unknown
576	SCOTT (SIR WALTER)	Works of. Comprising: Waverley Novels. 25 vols.; Poetical Works. 12 vols.; Memoirs of the Life of ...	Edinburgh	1841-47	USD -	Unknown
577		Works of. Comprising: Waverley Novels. 47 vols.; Prose Works. 28 vols.; Poetical Works. 12 vols ...	Edinburgh	1851-60	USD -	Unknown
578	Richard H. Hutton	Works of. The Life of. Abridged from Lockhart's Life of Scott.	Philadelphia	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
579	Edited by Norman Macrae	SECOND SIGHT. Highland Second Sight, with Prophecies and Examples.	Dingwall (Scotland)	(1908)	USD -	Unknown
580	Edited by J. Y. Akerman	SECRET SERVICE, 1679, OF ENGLAND. Moneys Received and Paid for Secret Services of Charles II. and ...	[London]	1851	USD -	Unknown
581	SELLON (EDWARD)	Annotations on the Sacred Writings of the Hindus . . . Illustrating their Priapic Rites and Phallic ...	London	1902	USD -	Unknown
582		SEYMOUR'S HUMOROUS SKETCHES, comprising 86 Caricature Etchings.	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
583	SHAKESPEARE	The Plays of William Shakspeare. With the Corrections and Illustrations of various Commentators.	London	1793	USD -	Unknown
584	SHAKESPEARE	The Confessions of William Henry Ireland, containing the Particulars of his Fabrication of the ...	London	1805	USD -	Unknown
585	SHAKESPEARE	The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare; with Explanatory Notes.	London	1811	USD -	Unknown
586	James O. Halliwell	SHAKESPEARE. The Life of William Shakespeare; including many Particulars Respecting the Poet and his ...	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
587	SHAKESPEARE	The Merry Wives of Windsor.	London	1886	USD -	Unknown
588	SHAKESPEARE	The Reader's Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Works.	York and London	1888	USD -	Unknown
589	SHAKESPEARE	Romeo and Juliet. With an Introduction by R. H. Stoddard.	New York	1892	USD -	Unknown
590	James L. Williams	SHAKESPEARE. The Home and Haunts of Shakespeare.	New York	1894	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
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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.