Bangs: CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE JOHN P. JAYNE, Esq. of this city, consisting of Americana and general literature, especially biographical, genealogical and historical works, and a few law books; also a number of portraits and other engravings. To Be , 7Feb1887,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 07, 1887 - February 07, 1887

Page Size: 634 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ABBOTT, A.	Reports of Decisions of New York Court of Appeals		1873	USD -	Unknown
2	ADAMS, C.	Life of Samuel Johnson	N. Y.		USD -	Unknown
3	AIKIN, L.	Life of Addison	Phil.		USD -	Unknown
4	AINSWORTH, R.	Dictionary of the Latin Tongue	Lond.	1761	USD -	Unknown
5	AITON, J.	Life and Times of Alexander Henderson, giving a History of the Second Reformation of the Church of Scotland	Edinburgh	1836	USD -	Unknown
6	ALBERDI.	Life and Industrial Labors of Wm. Wheelwright in South America	Bost.	1877	USD -	Unknown
7	ALBERTI.	Nouveau Dictionnaire Francais-Italien et ItalianoFrancese		1811	USD -	Unknown
8	ALLAN, G.	Life of Sir Walter Scott	Phil.	1835	USD -	Unknown
9	ALLEN, G.	Life of Philidor, Musician and Chess-Player	Phil.	1863	USD -	Unknown
10	ALDEN, T.	Collection of American Epitaphs		1814	USD -	Unknown
11		American Annual Register, 1825-32			USD -	Unknown
12		American Atlas, Historical, Chronological and Geographical	Phil.	1822	USD -	Unknown
13		American Scrap Book and Magazine of United States Literature	Lond.	n.d.	USD -	Unknown
14		American Bookseller: a Semi-Monthly Journal of Book, Stationery, News and Music Trades	N. Y.	1876-80	USD -	Unknown
15		American Railroad Manual for the United States and the Dominion		1873	USD -	Unknown
16		Annuaire General du Commerce de l'Industrie, &c., 1847	Paris		USD -	Unknown
17		Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia, 1861, '2, '3, '4 and '67			USD -	Unknown
18		Arabian Nights	Lond.	1842	USD -	Unknown
19	ARNAUD.	The Abbey of La Trappe	Dublin	1791	USD -	Unknown
20	AREY, H. W.	Girard College and its Founder		1857	USD -	Unknown
21	BAILEY, N.	Compleat English Dictionary, with German definitions by A. E. Klausing	Leipzig	1792	USD -	Unknown
22	BAINES, ED.	History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster		1825	USD -	Unknown
23	BAINES, ED.	Yorkshire and West Riding		1823	USD -	Unknown
24	BANCROFT.	History of the United States	Bost.	1874	USD -	Unknown
25	BANCROFT, A.	Life of George Washington	Bost.	1850	USD -	Unknown
26	BARNUM, P. T.	Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' Recollections		1870	USD -	Unknown
27	BARNUM, P. T.	Barnum, P. T. Life, by Himself		1855	USD -	Unknown
28	BARRINGTON, SIR J.	Personal Sketches of His Own Times	N. Y.		USD -	Unknown
29	BARROW, J.	Public Life of the Earl of Macartney, with Selection from his Writings		1807	USD -	Unknown
30	BARROW, J.	Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir W.S. Smith	Lond.	1848	USD -	Unknown
31	BARTLETT, J. R.	A Glossary of Words and Phrases usually regarded as peculiar to the United States	Bost.	1859	USD -	Unknown
32	BARTHELEMY	Travels of Anacharsis		1806	USD -	Unknown
33	BATEMAN, J.	Life of Rt. Rev. D. Wilson, Bishop of Calcutta	Lond.	1861	USD -	Unknown
34	BATEMAN, J.	Life of the Rev. Henry Venn Elliott	Lond.	1870	USD -	Unknown
35	BEADLE, D. W.	The American Lawyer		1856	USD -	Unknown
36	BEAMISH, W. L.	The Discovery of America by the Northmen in the Tenth Century, with Notices of the Early Settlements of the Irish in the Western Hemisphere	Lond.	1841	USD -	Unknown
37	BEAMONT, WM.	The Parish Church of St. Elfin, Warrington, and other Churches of the Parish		1878	USD -	Unknown
38	BELFAST	Historical Collections relative to the Town of Belfast from the Earliest Period	Belfast	1817	USD -	Unknown
39	BELKNAP, JEREMY	The History of New Hampshire. With Notes by John Farmer	Dover	1831	USD -	Unknown
40	BELTZ, G. F.	Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter: History of the Order, Biographical Notices, &c., &c	Lond.	1841	USD -	Unknown
41	AIKIN AND ENFIELD	BIOGRAPHY. General Biography, or Lives, Critical and Historical,		1799	USD -	Unknown
42	R. A. Davenport	BIOGRAPHY. Dictionary of,		1832	USD -	Unknown
43	BISHOP, J. L.	Commentaries on the Law of Marriage and Divorce, &c.,	Bost.	1864	USD -	Unknown
44		Bisset's Reign of Geo. III...			USD -	Unknown
45		Blackstone's Commentaries		1818	USD -	Unknown
46	BLAIR	Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres	Phil.	1804	USD -	Unknown
47	BLANC, L.	The History of Ten Years, 1830-40	Phil.	1848	USD -	Unknown
48		Bohn's Pictorial Handbook of London		1854	USD -	Unknown
49	BOLTE, A.	Madame De Stael: an Historical Novel			USD -	Unknown
50	BONIFACE	Dictionnaire Francais-Anglais et Anglais-Francais		1836	USD -	Unknown
51	BOWDITCH, W. I.	Suffolk Surnames	Bost.	1858	USD -	Unknown
52		Bradstreet's Commercial Reports, July 9, 1866			USD -	Unknown
53	BRAMAN, D. E. E.	Information about Texas	Phil.	1857	USD -	Unknown
54	BRANDE	Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art		1856	USD -	Unknown
55		British Compendium: or Rudiments of Honour Descents, Marriages, Issue, Titles, Posts and Seats of the Nobility	Lond.	1726	USD -	Unknown
56	Bryce and Neil	British History and Geography	Lond.	1850	USD -	Unknown
57	BROADHEAD, G. C.	Report of Geological Survey of State of Missouri		1874	USD -	Unknown
58	BROWNE, J. ROSS	Resources of the Pacific Slope	N. Y.	1869	USD -	Unknown
59	BROWN, JOHN.	Essays on the Characteristics	Lond.	1764	USD -	Unknown
60	BROWN, SIR R.	The Baronetage for 1844	Lond.		USD -	Unknown
61	BUCKINGHAM, JOS. T.	Specimens of Newspaper Literature. With Personal Memoirs, Anecdotes and Reminiscences	Bost.	1850	USD -	Unknown
62		Bulletin of Boston Public Library		1867-74	USD -	Unknown
63	BUNGAY, G. W.	Pen-and-ink Portraits of N. Y. State Officers		1857	USD -	Unknown
64	BURCHETT, JOSIAH	A Complete History of the most remarkable Transactions at Sea from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Conclusion of the Last War with France	Lond.	1720	USD -	Unknown
65	BURK	Some Materials for a Brief Memoir of John Daly Burk	Albany	1868	USD -	Unknown
66	BURKE, SIR B.	A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland	Lond.	1855	USD -	Unknown
67	BURKE, JOHN.	A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Extinct, Dormant and in Abeyance	Lond.	1831	USD -	Unknown
68	BURKE, J. AND J. B.	History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England		1838	USD -	Unknown
69	BURKE, JOHN.	Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank	Lond.	1834	USD -	Unknown
70	BURKE, J. B.	Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry for 1852	Lond.	1852	USD -	Unknown
71	BURKE, SIR BERNARD	Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire	Lond.	1862	USD -	Unknown
72	BURKE, J. AND J. B.	Encyclopaedia of Heraldry, or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland	Lond.	1847	USD -	Unknown
73	BURKE, J. AND J. B.	Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage		1848	USD -	Unknown
74	BURKE, SIR B.	A Second Series of Vicissitudes of Families	Lond.	1860	USD -	Unknown
75	BURR, MRS. S. E.	A Stone, or the Highest Church		1871	USD -	Unknown
76	BUTTS	Business Man's Adviser		1853	USD -	Unknown
77	BUXTON	Memoirs of Sir Thomas F. Buxton	Phil.		USD -	Unknown
78		CALIFORNIA and New Mexico. President's Message and Documents, 1850		1850	USD -	Unknown
79	CARROLL, B. R.	Historical Collections of South Carolina		1836	USD -	Unknown
80	CARY, JOHN.	New Itinerary, or Delineation of the Great Roads of England and Wales		1798	USD -	Unknown
81		Cases in High Court of Chancery from 1689 to 1722		1733	USD -	Unknown
82		Catalogue of the Heralds' Visitations in the British Museum	Lond.	1825	USD -	Unknown
83	CAUSTON, H. K. S.	The Rights of Heirship, or Doctrines of Descents and Consanguinity as applied to the Laws of England	Lond.		USD -	Unknown
84	W. BROTHERHEAD	Centennial Book of the Signers: being Fac-simile Letters of each Signer of the Declaration of Independence			USD -	Unknown
85	CHALMERS, GEO.	Life of Daniel De Foe	Oxford	1841	USD -	Unknown
86	CHAMBERS, R.	Memoir, with Reminiscences of Wm. Chambers	Edinburgh	1872	USD -	Unknown
87		Chambees' Information for the People	Phil.	1860	USD -	Unknown
88		Chambees' Information for the People			USD -	Unknown
89	CHEETHAM, J.	Life of Thomas Paine	N. Y.	1809	USD -	Unknown
90	CHILLINGWORTH, WM.	CHILLINGWORTH, WM. The Works of: The Religion of Protestants, Nine Sermons...	Lond.	1742	USD -	Unknown
91	CHITTENDEN, L. E.	Report of the Debates and Proceedings in Secret Sessions of the Peace Convention, 1861	N. Y.		USD -	Unknown
92	CLARK, SAMUEL	The Holy Bible	Lond.	1690	USD -	Unknown
93	CLARKE	The Infancy, Religious and Literary Life of Adam Clarke, LL.D. Silhouette portrait	Lond.	1833	USD -	Unknown
94	CLAY, H.	Life and Speeches	N. Y.	1843	USD -	Unknown
95	CLAY, H.	Private Correspondence		1855	USD -	Unknown
96	CLAY, H.	Obsequies of, in New York City			USD -	Unknown
97		Clergy List for 1866	Lond.		USD -	Unknown
98	CLEVELAND, S. C.	History and Directory of Yates County, its original settlement by the Public Universal Friends		1873	USD -	Unknown
99	CLUTE, J. J.	Annals of Staten Island from its Discovery	N. Y.	1877	USD -	Unknown
100	COCKBURN, SIR ALEX	Nationality, or the Law relating to Subjects and Aliens	Lond.	1869	USD -	Unknown

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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.

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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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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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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.

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