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
1502	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	At Home: A Family Album of endless entertainment	Lond.	1845	USD -	Unknown
1503	CRUIKSHANK, GEO.	A Series of Colored Illustrations to the Fairy Library. Cinderella, Jack the Giant Killer, and Hop O My Thumb			USD -	3.60
1504	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	A Series of Eighty-nine Etchings mounted on plate paper	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	15.00
1505		CRUIKSHANK'S Comic Almanac, complete, from 1835 to 1853	Lond.	v. d	USD -	40.50
1506	CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE)	Fairy Library. Hop O My Thumb and the Seven League Boots	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	1.00
1507	CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE)	Fairy Library. Puss in Boots	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	3.75
1508	CRUIKSHANK	Ferdinand Franck: An Autobiographical Sketch of the Youthful Days of a Musical Student	Lond.	1831	USD -	1.25
1509	CRUIKSHANK	Fifteen Etchings: Illustrating the Life and Adventures of Don Quixote	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	3.00
1510	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	Forty Illustrations of Lord Byron	Lond.	1825	USD -	3.75
1511	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	Greenwich Hospital. A series of Naval Sketches, Descriptive of the Life of a Man-of-War's Man, by an Old Sailor	Lond.	1826	USD -	12.50
1512	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	Illustrations of Time	Lond.	1827	USD -	6.00
1513	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	My Sketch Book	Lond.	1834	USD -	6.50
1514	CRUIKSHANK'S (GEORGE)	Omnibus. Illustrated with 100 engravings on steel and wood. Edited by Laman Blan-chard, Esq	Lond.	1842	USD -	12.50
1515	CRUIKSHANK'S (GEORGE)	Omnibus. Illustrated with 100 engravings on steel and wood	Lond.	1842	USD -	15.00
1516	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	Points of Humour	Lond.	1823	USD -	9.50
1517	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	Punch and Judy	Lond.	1828	USD -	5.75
1518	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	Stenelaus and Amylda, for Children of Larger Growth	Lond.	1858	USD -	Unknown
1519	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	Stop Thief; or Hints to House Keepers to prevent Housebreaking	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	1.25
1520	CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE)	Table-Book	Lond.	1845	USD -	17.00
1521	CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE)	Table-Book	Lond.	1845	USD -	7.25
1522	DE BERENGER (BARON)	Helps and Hints how to Protect Life and Property, with instructions in Rifle and Pistol Shooting, &c	Lond.	1835	USD -	1.75
1523	DE BERENGER (BARON)	Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property, with instructions in Rifle and Pistol Shooting, &c	Lond.	1835	USD -	3.00
1524	DE FOE, DANIEL	Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, with verses by Bernard Burton, and illustrated with numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank, expressly designed for this edition	Lond.	1831	USD -	5.00
1525	DE FOE, DANIEL	The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe	Lond.	1831	USD -	9.50
1526	DIBDIN, THOS.	Songs, Naval and National, of the late Charles Dibdin, with a memoir and addenda	Lond.	1841	USD -	3.00
1527	EGAN, PIERCE	Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the Metropolis	Lond.	1830	USD -	34.00
1528		ENGLISH SPY. An Original Work, Characteristic, Humorous and Satirical, comprising sketches of every rank of society	Lond.	1825-26	USD -	48.00
1529	FERDINAND, FRANCK	An Auto-Biographical Sketch of the Youthful Days of a Medical Student	Lond.	1831	USD -	1.37
1530	FIELDING, HENRY	The History of Amelia	Lond.	1832	USD -	3.50
1531	FLIGHT, EDWARD G.	St. Dunstan and the Devil	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	1.13
1532	FOUQUE, LAMOTTE	Peter Schlemihl, from the German Second Edition	Lond.	1824	USD -	2.50
1533		GERMAN POPULAR STORIES	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	3.25
1534		GENTLEMAN IN BLACK (THE)	Lond.	1831	USD -	1.50
1535	GLASSCOCK, CAPTAIN	Land Sharks and Sea Gulls	Lond.	1838	USD -	5.25
1536	GORE, MRS.	The Snow Storm: a Christmas Story	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1537	GOLDSMITH, OLIVER	Vicar of Wakefield	Lond.	1832	USD -	2.70
1538	GORE, MRS.	New Year's Day. A Winter's Tale	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	1.00
1539	GOUGH, JOHN B.	Autobiography and Personal Recollections. With Twenty-six Years' Experience as a Public Speaker	Springfield	1869	USD -	1.15
1540	HALL, MRS. S. C.	Sketches of Irish Character	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1541	HAMILTON, WALTER	George Cruikshank, Artist and Humourist		1878	USD -	Unknown
1542	HONE, WILLIAM	Facetiae and Miscellanies	Lond.	1827	USD -	5.75
1543	HOOD'S (T.)	Comic Annuals and Year Books of Fun	Lond.	1830-35	USD -	11.25
1544	HOSKYNS, C. W.	Talpa; or, The Chronicles of a Clay Farm	Lond.	1852	USD -	Unknown
1545	HUGO, VICTOR	Hans of Iceland. Four very spirited etchings by George Cruikshank	Lond.	1825	USD -	5.12
1546	INGLIS, H. D.	Rambles in the Footsteps of Don Quixote	Lond.	1837	USD -	2.38
1547	IRVING, WASHINGTON	IRVING, WASHINGTON. Beauties of	Lond.	1835	USD -	1.70
1548		ITALIAN TALES of Humour, Gallantry and Romance, selected and translated	Lond.	1824	USD -	2.25
1549	KATZLEBEN, BARONESS DE.	The Cat's Tail, being the History of Childe Merlin	Lond.	1831	USD -	1.50
1550	KENDALL. ED.	Burford Cottage and Its Robin-Red-Breast	Lond.	1835	USD -	1.70
1551	LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL	The Biglow Papers	Lond.	1865	USD -	9.00
1552		LYMPSFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS. Being a Series of Views, with descriptions of that Village and Objects of Interest in Its Vicinity, and the Old Oak Chair, a Ballad	Lond.	1838	USD -	1.50
1553	MAXWELL, W. H.	History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798, with Memoirs of the Union and Emmet's Insurrection in 1803	Lond.	1852	USD -	2.87
1554	MAYHEW BROTHERS (Editors)	Greatest Plague of Life; or, The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant, by One who has been Almost Worried to Death.	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	2.75
1555	MAYHEW, THE BROTHERS (Editors)	Whom to Marry and How to Get Married; or, The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Husband	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	2.25
1556		METROPOLITAN GRIEVANCES; or, A Serio-Comic Glance at Minor Mischiefs in London and its Vicinity, by One who Thinks for Himself	Lond.	1812	USD -	2.63
1557		MONSIEUR NONGTONGPAW	Lond.	1830	USD -	Unknown
1558		ORIGINAL COMIC MAGAZINE (THE)	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	2.00
1559	PARLEY, PETER	Tales About Christmas	Lond.	1840	USD -	1.75
1560		PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT MADE SCIENCE IN EARNEST	Lond.	1827	USD -	1.50
1561		PLAYFAIR PAPERS (THE); or, Brother Jonathan the Smartest Nation in all Creation	Lond.	1841	USD -	7.50
1562	RAMSAY, GEORGE	The Encyclopedia of Anecdotes, illustrative of Character and Events	Lond.	1828	USD -	1.37
1563	REACH, ANGUS B.	Clement Lorimer; or, the Book with the Iron Clasps. A Romance	Lond.	1849	USD -	2.25
1564	SMEDLEY, FRANK E.	Frank Fairlegh; or, Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1565	SMOLLETT, T.	Expedition of Humphrey Clinker. With a Memoir of the Author, by T. Roscoe	Lond.	1831	USD -	1.63
1566	STEAMERS V.	STAGES; or, Andrews and His Spouse	Lond.	1830	USD -	Unknown
1567		STENELAUS AND AMYLDA: A Christmas Legend	Lond.	1862	USD -	1.50
1568	STERNE, LAURENCE	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, to which is added the Sentimental Journey	Lond.	1832	USD -	5.00
1569	STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Lond.	1852	USD -	17.50
1570		TAVERN ANECDOTES and Reminiscences of the Origin of Signs, Clubs, Coffee-Houses, Streets, City Companies, Wards, &c	Lond.	1825	USD -	2.75
1571	TAYLOR, JOHN	Monsieur Tonson	Lond.	1830	USD -	Unknown
1572	W. M. Thackeray	THACKERAY AND CRUIKSHANK. On the Genius of George Cruikshank	Lond.	1884	USD -	Unknown
1573		WHAT PUT MY PIPE OUT; or, Incidents in the Life of a Clergyman	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1574	WIGHT, MR.	Mornings at Bow Street. A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which have appeared in the Morning Herald	Lond.		USD -	4.25
1575	WILLIAMS, REV. JOHN	The Life and Actions of Alexander the Great	Lond.	1829	USD -	Unknown
1576		YULE LOG (THE), for Everybody's Christmas Hearth. By the Author of The Chronicles of the Bastile			USD -	1.25
1577	CUBAS, ANTONIO GARCIA	Republic of Mexico in 1876. Character, Habits and Vocations of Its Inhabitants	Mexico and Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1578	CUMMING, C. F. G.	Two Happy Years in Ceylon	Edinburgh	1892	USD -	1.40
1579	CUNDALL, Jos.	On Bookbindings, Ancient and Modern	Lond.	1881	USD -	3.00
1580	CUNNINGHAM, PETER	Story of Nell Gwyn...	Lond.	1852	USD -	5.75
1581	CUNNINGHAM, PETER	The Story of Nell Gwyn...	N. Y.	1883	USD -	2.13
1582	CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN	Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern	Lond.	1825	USD -	3.20
1583	CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN	Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern	Lond.	1825	USD -	1.40
1584		CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE: comprising Cocks or Catchpennies, Street-Drolleries, Squibs, Histories, Comic Tales, in Prose and Verse	Lond.	1871	USD -	1.50
1585	CURTIS, GEO. T.	Life of Daniel Webster	N. Y.	1872	USD -	2.00
1586	CURTIS, GEO. W.	Lotus-Eating: a Summer Book	N. Y.	1854	USD -	Unknown
1587	CURTIS, GEO. W.	The Potiphar Papers	N. Y.	1853	USD -	1.12
1588	CURTIS, REV. M. A.	The Woody Plants of North Carolina: containing Catalogue of the Plants of the State	Raleigh	1860	USD -	Unknown
1589	CURTIUS, PROF. DR. ERNST.	History of Greece	Lond.	1868	USD -	10.63
1590		DABNEY, Don Miff, a Symphony of Life, music, cloth, Phil. 1886...			USD -	1.25
1591	DAGLEY, R.	Death's Doings, consisting of numerous Original Compositions in Prose and Verse, principally intended as illustrations of thirty plates	Lond.	1827	USD -	2.50
1592	DAGLEY, R.	Takings; or, The Life of a Collegian. A Poem	Lond.	1821	USD -	2.25
1593	DALTON, HENRY G.	History of British Guiana: a General Description of the Colony, Climate, Natural History, &c	Lond.	1855	USD -	1.60
1594	DANA, RICHARD H.	TO Cuba and Back	Bost.	1881	USD -	Unknown
1595	DANA, RICHARD H.	Two Years before the Mast, Bost. 1879...			USD -	1.75
1596		DANCE OF DEATH. Freund Heins Erschemungen in Holbeins Manier, von T. L. Musans	Manheim	1803	USD -	3.75
1597	Douce	DANCE OF DEATH: exhibited in numerous quaint Engravings, with a Dissertation on the various representations of that subject, particularly those of Macaber and Holbein, by Douce	Lond.	1833	USD -	7.12
1598		DANCE OF DEATH (THE BRITISH): Exemplified by a Series of Engravings, from designs by Van Assen. With Explanatory and Moral Essays	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	3.00
1599		DANCE OF DEATH. Der Todentans oder Triumph des Todes von Hans Holbein	Stuttgart	n. d.	USD -	1.50
1600	DANIEL, GEORGE	Catalogue of the most Valuable, Interesting and Highly Important Library of G. D. Together with his Collection of Drawings, Portraits, Water-Colors, &c	Lond.	1864	USD -	3.00
1601	DANIEL, GEORGE	Merrie England in the Olden Time	Lond.	1842	USD -	11.00

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.