Bangs: Catalogue of Large and Valuable Library of L. D. Alexander, Esq. Part the First. To Be Sold At Auction, Monday and Five Following Days, March, 25-30, 1895 By Bangs & Co. 91 & 93 Fifth Avenue, New York, 25Mar1895,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 25, 1895 - March 25, 1895

Page Size: 2396 items in 24 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1201	Chatto, W. A.	CARDS. Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards	Lond.	1848	USD -	1.05
1202		CARDS. Crawley's Card-Player's Manual...	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	Unknown
1203		CARDS. Davies' Modern Whist, 1886...	v. p.		USD -	Unknown
1204		CARDS. Dick's Games of Patience, 4to, cloth...			USD -	Unknown
1205		CARDS. Exploits and Triumphs in Europe of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion	N. Y.	1859	USD -	Unknown
1206	Florence, W. J.	CARDS. The Gentlemen's Hand-Book of Poker	Lond.	1892	USD -	Unknown
1207	Foster, R. F.	CARDS. Whist Manual. A Complete System of Instruction in the Game	N. Y.	1890	USD -	Unknown
1208	Aquarius	CARDS. German and French Games at Cards	Lond.	1888	USD -	Unknown
1209	Hoyle (The Standard)	CARDS. A Complete Guide and Reliable Authority on Games of Chance	N. Y.	1887	USD -	Unknown
1210	Keller, John W.	CARDS. The Game of Draw Poker, 1887...	N. Y.		USD -	Unknown
1211	Pardon, G. W.	CARDS. American Whist Illustrated. Containing the Laws and Principles of the Game, and Combining Whist Universal and American Whist	Bost.	1890	USD -	Unknown
1212		CARDS. Pardon, G. W. Whist Universal. An Analysis of the Game as Improved by the Introduction of American Leads	Bost.	1887	USD -	Unknown
1213	Pole, Wm.	CARDS. The Philosophy of Whist...	N. Y. and Lond.	1883-1887	USD -	Unknown
1214	Proctor, R. A.	CARDS. Chance and Luck	Lond.	1887	USD -	Unknown
1215		CARDS. Proctor, R. A. Home Whist, 1889...	v. p.		USD -	Unknown
1216	Proctor, R. A.	CARDS. How to Play Whist	Lond.	1885	USD -	Unknown
1217	Rheinhardt, R. H.	CARDS. Whist Scores and Card-Table Talk, with a Bibliography of Whist	Chicago	1887	USD -	Unknown
1218	Singer (Samuel W.)	CARDS. Researches into the History of Playing Cards, with Illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood	Lond.	1816	USD -	9.00
1219		CARDS. The American Hoyle, by Trumps...	v. s.	v. y.	USD -	1.50
1220	edited by Junius	CARDS. The Game of Solo-Sixty, edited by Junius, 32mo, paper...	Cleveland and N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1221	Edited by the late Rev. E. S. Taylor and others	CARDS. The History of Playing Cards	Lond.	1865	USD -	2.00
1222	W. M. Pole	CARDS. Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of Whist	Lond.	1879	USD -	Unknown
1223		CARDS. Thompson Street Poker Club	N. Y.	1888	USD -	Unknown
1224		CARDS. Walker's Cribbage made Easy...	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	Unknown
1225	Wilks and Pardon	CARDS. How to Play Solo Whist	Lond.	1888	USD -	Unknown
1226	an Amateur	CARDS. Whist: Its History and Practice	Lond.	1844	USD -	1.25
1227	CAREW, BAMPFYLDE-MOORE	CAREW, BAMPFYLDE-MOORE. Life and Adventures of. Commonly called King of the Beggars. Dictionary of Cant Language, &c	Derby	(circa 1806)	USD -	Unknown
1228	CARLETON, WILL	Farm Ballads	N. Y.	1873	USD -	2.12
1229	CARLETON, WM.	Black (The) Prophet: A Tale of Irish Famine	Lond.	1847	USD -	1.88
1230	CARLETON, WM.	Fardorougha, the Miser; or, The Convicts of Lisnamona	Dublin	1839	USD -	2.12
1231	CARLETON, WM.	The Squanders of Castle Squander	Lond.	1852	USD -	6.75
1232	CARLETON, WM.	Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry...	Dublin	1830-34	USD -	16.50
1233	CARLETON, WM.	Valentine McClutchy, the Irish Agent	Dublin	1847	USD -	4.00
1234	CARLETON, WM.	Valentine McClutchy, the Irish Agent, With 20 illustrations by Phiz	Dublin	1848	USD -	3.50
1235	CARLYLE'S (THOMAS)	CARLYLE'S (THOMAS) Collected Works	Lond.	1870-1872	USD -	170.00
1236	CARLYLE'S (THOS.)	Early Letters	Lond.	1886	USD -	1.25
1237	CARLYLE, THOS.	Sartor Resartus: the Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh in Three Books	Lond.	1889	USD -	2.00
1238	CARLYLE, THOS.	Reminiscences, edited by James Anthony Froude	N. Y.	1881	USD -	Unknown
1239	CARLYLE, THOMAS	The Man and His Books	Lond.	1881	USD -	2.13
1240		CARLYLE AND EMERSON Correspondence, 1834-1872	Bost.	1883	USD -	1.50
1241	CARROLL, LEWIS (T. Dodgson)	Sylvie and Bruno	Lond.	1889	USD -	1.60
1242	CARROLL, LEWIS	Sylvie and Bruno	Lond.	1890	USD -	Unknown
1243	CARNEGIE, ANDREW	Triumphant Democracy; or, Fifty Years' March of the Republic	N. Y.	1887	USD -	Unknown
1244	CARTER, R. B.	Eyesight, Good and Bad: a Treatise on the Exercise and Preservation of Vision	Lond.	1880	USD -	Unknown
1245	CARVER, JONATHAN	A Treatise on the Culture of the Tobacco Plant. To which are prefixed two colored plates of the plant and its flowers	Lond.	1779	USD -	9.25
1246	CASATI, MAJOR G.	Ten Years in Equatoria and the Return with Emin Pasha, translated from the Italian by Hon. Mrs. J. R. Clay, assisted by Mr. J. Walter S. Landor	Lond.	1891	USD -	2.50
1247		CATALOGUE of Mr. John A. Rice's Library	N. Y.	1870	USD -	2.25
1248		CATALOGUE of the American Water-Color Society			USD -	Unknown
1249	Arthur B. Turnure	CATALOGUE of the Art Department of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, by Arthur B. Turnure	Bost.	1883	USD -	Unknown
1250		CATALOGUE (A) of the Books, Autographs, Engravings and Miscellaneous Articles belonging to the Estate of John Allan, with Names and Prices of the Purchasers	N. Y.	8641	USD -	1.60
1251		CATALOGUE of the Books belonging to the Estate of the late William Gowans, sold by Bangs, Merwin & Co., 1871-1872			USD -	4.00
1252		CATALOGUE of the Extensive Important and Valuable Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Engravings of Sir Wm. Tite	Lond.	1874	USD -	2.00
1253		CATALOGUE of the Library of the late Hon. Rufus Choate; Rev. R. W. Griswold; and, George P. Parker	Bost. and N. Y.	1859	USD -	Unknown
1254		CATALOGUE of the Library belonging to Mr. Thos. W. Field	N. Y.	1875	USD -	2.50
1255		CATALOGUE of the Library of A. J. Odell	N. Y.	1878-9	USD -	6.00
1256		CATALOGUE of the Library of the late Henry Perkins, Esq.: Splendid Illuminated Manuscripts, Ancient Bibles, Four Folio Editions of Shakespeare, &c	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	1.75
1257		CATALOGUE. Reference Catalogue of Current Literature	Lond.	1875	USD -	Unknown
1258		CATALOGUE of the Theatrical and Miscellaneous Library of William E. Burton	N. Y.	1860	USD -	1.62
1259		CATALOGUES: Farnum...			USD -	Unknown
1260		CATALOGUES of Auction Sales: principally Bangs, Merwin & Co., and Bangs & Co			USD -	Unknown
1261		CATALOGUES of Auction Sales of Books: Jos. J. Cooke, &c			USD -	Unknown
1262		CATALOGUES: Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana, First Part...			USD -	Unknown
1263		CATALOGUES of the Brinley Collection			USD -	5.40
1264		CATALOGUES: Saml. Gardner Drake (3 parts)...			USD -	Unknown
1265		CATALOGUES: F. S. Hoffman, 2 parts...		V. y.	USD -	Unknown
1266		CATALOGUES: Murphy Library; Wiggin; &c			USD -	Unknown
1267		CATALOGUES of the New York Etching Club Exhibition, held at the National Academy of Design			USD -	2.00
1268	Odell, A. J.	CATALOGUES. A descriptive Catalogue of his Library		1878	USD -	1.50
1269		CATALOGUES. Various. Sold at Auction by Bangs, Merwin & Co. and others			USD -	Unknown
1270	CATLIN, GEORGE	O-Kee-Pa: a Religious Ceremony; and other Customs of the Mandans	Phil.	1867	USD -	3.25
1271	CATLIN, GEORGE	The Breath of Life; or, Mal-Respiration	N. Y.	1872	USD -	Unknown
1272	CATON, JOHN DEAN, LL.D.	Miscellanies	Bost.	1880	USD -	Unknown
1273		CAULFIELD'S Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of Remarkable Persons	Lond.	1813-22	USD -	15.40
1274	CAYLEY, GEO. J.	The Bridle Roads of Spain	Lond.	1856	USD -	Unknown
1275	F. Laguillermie	CELLINI. La Vie de Benvenuto Cellini Ecrite par luimeme traduction Leopold Leclanche	Paris	1881	USD -	6.75
1276	CENTLIVRE'S (MRS.)	Celebrated Dramatic Works; with a New Account of her Life	Lond.	1872	USD -	11.25
1277	CERNUSCHI, HENRI	Nomisma; or, Legal Tender.	N. Y.	1877	USD -	Unknown
1278		CERVANTES. The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote	Lond.	1801	USD -	14.50
1279		CERVANTES. The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote, of La Mancha	Edinburgh	1879-1884	USD -	10.00
1280	CHAFFERS, WM.	Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain of the Renaissance and Modern Periods	Lond.	1876	USD -	4.10
1281	SATIRICUS SCULPTOR, Esq.	CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA; or, The Portrait-Collector and Printsellers' Chronicle, with Infatuations of every description	Lond.	1814	USD -	6.25
1282	CHAMBERS, THOS.	Bridgewater Treatises on the Power...	Lond.	1833-1845	USD -	6.50
1283	CHAMBERLAIN, N. H.	Autobiography of a New England Farm House; Cottin's (Madame) Elizabeth, vignette by Westall; White's (G.) Natural History of Selborne, illustrated; and three others	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	Unknown
1284		CHAMBERS' Book of Days. A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities	Lond.	1878	USD -	3.25
1285	CHAMAERS, ROBERT	Illustrations of the Author of Waverley: being notices and Anecdotes of Real Characters, Scenes and Incidents	Lond. and Edinburgh	1884	USD -	1.40
1286	CHAMBERS, ROBERT	Popular Rhymes of Scotland	Edinburgh	1847	USD -	Unknown
1287	CHAMBERS	Memoir of Robt. Chambers. With Autobiographic Reminiscences of Wm. Chambers	Lond.	1872	USD -	Unknown
1288	CHAMBERS, WM. AND ROBERT	Information for the People	Lond. and Edinburgh	1874	USD -	1.80
1289		CHAP BOOKS. Miller and His Men, colored frontispiece...	Lond., n. p.	n. d.	USD -	1.90
1290	CHAPMAN'S (GEORGE)	Iliads and Odysseys of Homer, and Homer's Batrachomyomachia, Hymns and Epigrams	Lond.	1857	USD -	14.50
1291	CHARNOCK, RICHD. S.	Local Etymology: a Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names	Lond.	1859	USD -	1.20
1292	CHARNOCK, RICHD. S.	Verba Nominalia; or, Words derived from Proper Names	Lond.	1866	USD -	1.25
1293	CHATFIELD, PAUL	The Tin Trumpet; or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish	Lond.	1836	USD -	3.60
1294	CHATFIELD, PAUL	The Tin Trumpet; or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish	N. Y.	1859	USD -	Unknown
1295		CHATTERTON'S (THOS.) Works in Verse and Prose, including his Rowley Poems...	Lond.	1778-1803	USD -	9.00
1296	CHATTERTON, THOS.	CHATTERTON, THOS. The Poetical Works of	Cambridge	1842	USD -	4.25
1297	John Dix	CHATTERTON'S (THOS.) Life, including his Unpublished Poems and Correspondence	Lond.	1837	USD -	2.10
1298	Edited by Alfred W. Pollard	CHAUCER'S Canterbury Tales	London	1886-87	USD -	9.25
1299	CHEETHAM, JAS.	Life of Thomas Paine, author of Com mon Sense, &c	N. Y.	1809	USD -	1.37
1300	CHESSHYRE, E.	Posthumous Songs, &c	Manchester	1837	USD -	1.10

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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