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
1602	D'ARGE, A. P. CHAALONS	Histoire Critique et Litteraire des Theatres De Paris, Annee 1822	Paris	1824	USD -	Unknown
1603	DARLEY, FELIX O. C.	Compositions in Outline by Darley, from Judd's Margaret	N. Y.	1856	USD -	2.75
1604	DARLEY, FELIX O. C.	Illustrations of Rip Van Winkle, designed and etched for the Members of the American Art-Union	N. Y.	1848	USD -	1.50
1605	DARLEY, FELIX O. C.	Illustrations of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Designed and etched for the Members of the American Art-Union	N. Y.	1849	USD -	1.50
1606	DARLEY, FELIX O. C.	Yankee Doodle	N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1607	DARWIN, CHAS.	Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals	Lond.	1872	USD -	1.30
1608	DARWIN, CHAS.	Insectivorous Plants	Lond.	1875	USD -	1.45
1609	Edited by his son Francis Darwin	DARWIN'S (CHAS.) Life and Letters, including an Autobiographical Chapter	Lond.	1887	USD -	7.80
1610	DARWIN, CHAS.	On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants	Lond.	1865	USD -	Unknown
1611	DARWIN, CHAS.	On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are fertilized by Insects	Lond.	1862	USD -	2.88
1612	DARWIN, CHAS.	Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication	Lond.	1868	USD -	4.25
1613	DASENT, G. W.	Popular Tales from the Norse. With an Introductory Essay on the Origin and Diffusion of Popular Tales	Edinburgh	1859	USD -	3.37
1614	DASENT, G. W.	Tales from The Fjeld. A Second Series of Popular Tales from the Norse of P. Chr. Asbjornsen	Lond.	1874	USD -	3.38
1615	DASENT, G. W.	Story of Burnt Njal; or, Life in Iceland at the end of the Tenth Century	Edinburgh	1861	USD -	7.50
1616	D'AUBIGNE, J. H. M.	History of the Great Reformation of the Sixteenth Century in Germany and Switzerland, &c	Lond.	1841	USD -	8.12
1617	DAUDET, ALPHONSE	Tartarin on the Alps	Lond.	1887	USD -	Unknown
1618	DAUDET, ALPHONSE	Thirty Years of Paris	Lond.	1888	USD -	Unknown
1619	DAVENPORT, R. A.	Common-place Book of Epigrams	Edinburgh	1825	USD -	Unknown
1620	DAVIDSON, REV. R.	An Excursion to the Mammoth Cave, and the Barrens of Kentucky	Phil.	1840	USD -	1.13
1621	DAVIDSON, REV. R.	An Excursion to the Mammoth Cave, and the Barrens of Kentucky	Lexington, Ky.	1840	USD -	Unknown
1622	DAVIDSON, JAS. WOOD	The Florida of To-day: A Guide for Tourists and Settlers	N. Y.	1889	USD -	Unknown
1623	DAVIES' (EDWARD)	Celtic Researches on the Origin, Traditions and Language of the Ancient Celts, with Sketches on Primitive Society	Lond.	1804	USD -	3.00
1624	DAVIES' (EDWARD)	Mythology and Rites of the British Druids, Ascertained by National Documents, &c	Lond.	1809	USD -	2.75
1625	DAVIES, EDWARD	The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids	Lond.	1809	USD -	2.37
1626	DAVIES, G. C.	Angling Idyls	Lond.	1876	USD -	1.25
1627	P. Fisher	DAVIES, G. C. (Editor) Angler's Souvenir (The), by P. Fisher		n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1628	DAVIES, G. C.	Norfolk Broads and Rivers; or, The Water-Ways, Lagoons and Decoys of East Anglia	Edinburgh and Lond.	1883	USD -	Unknown
1629	DAVIS, CHAS. A.	Letters of J. Downing, Major Downingville Militia, to Mr. Dwight	N. Y.	1834	USD -	4.00
1630	DAVIS, WM.	A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac	Lond.	1821	USD -	Unknown
1631	DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY	Consolations in Travel; or, Last Days of a Philosopher	Lond.	1830	USD -	Unknown
1632	DAWSON, E. C.	James Hannington, First Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A History of his Life and Work, 1847-1885	Lond.	1887	USD -	Unknown
1633	DAY, THOS.	Sanford and Merton, illustrated, N. Y. 1887...			USD -	Unknown
1634	DE AMICIS, EDMONDO	Military Life in Italy	N. Y.	1882	USD -	Unknown
1635	DEARBORN, H. A. S.	A Sketch of the Life of the Apostle Eliot	Roxbury	1850	USD -	Unknown
1636	Captain J. Buchan Telfer	DE BEAUMONT (CHEVALIER D'EON). The Strange Career of	Lond.	1885	USD -	1.75
1637	DE BERANGER, PIERRE-JEAN	One Hundred Songs, with Translations by Wm. Young	Lond.	1846	USD -	Unknown
1638	DE FOE, DANIEL	The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe	Lond.	1820	USD -	14.50
1639	DEKKER'S (THOS.)	DEKKER'S (THOS.) Dramatic Works	Lond.	1873	USD -	5.60
1640	DELAND, MARGARET	John Ward, Preacher. Twentysecond thousand	Bost. and N. Y.	1889	USD -	Unknown
1641	DE LEON, EDWIN	The Khedive's Egypt; or, the Old House of Bondage under New Masters	Lond.	1877	USD -	Unknown
1642	DE LEON, EDWIN	The Khedive's Egypt; or, the Old House of Bondage under New Masters	Lond.	1879	USD -	Unknown
1643	DE LEON, EDWIN	Thirty Years of my Life on Three Continents, with a Chapter on the Life of Women in the East, by Mrs. De Leon	Lond.	1890	USD -	1.00
1644	DE LESSEPS, FERDINAND	Recollections of Forty Years, translated by C. B. Pitman	N. Y. (London)	1888	USD -	Unknown
1645	DELEUZE, J. P. F.	Practical Instruction in Animal Magnetism, translated by T. C. Hartshorn	N. Y.	1879	USD -	Unknown
1646	DE METZ, PROF. V.	Hand-Book of Modern Palmistry	N. Y.	1883	USD -	Unknown
1647	DEMING, CLARENCE	By-Ways of Nature and Life	N. Y.	1884	USD -	Unknown
1648	DEMING, P.	Adirondack Stories	Bost.	1880	USD -	Unknown
1649	DENNISTOUN, JAS.	Memoirs of Robert Strange, Knt., Engraver; and of his brother-in-law, Andrew Lumsden	Lond.	1855	USD -	1.00
1650	DENTON, SHERMAN F.	Incidents of a Collector's Rambles in Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea	Bost.	1889	USD -	Unknown
1651	DE QUINCEY, THOS.	Confessions of an English OpiumEater	Lond.	1885	USD -	3.25
1652	DERBY (EARL)	The Iliad of Homer rendered into English Blank Verse	Lond.	1864	USD -	12.00
1653	DERBY, J. C.	Fifty Years among Authors, Books and Publishers	N. Y.	1884	USD -	1.25
1654	John Phoenix	(DERBY, J. C.). Phcenixiana; or, Sketches and Burlesques	N. Y.	1855	USD -	Unknown
1655	DESHLER, CHAS. D.	Afternoons with the Poets	N. Y.	1879	USD -	Unknown
1656	Lady Blennerhassett	DE STAEL, MADAME. Her Friends and Her Influence in Politics and Literature	Lond.	1889	USD -	4.20
1657	DEVEY, LOUISA	Life of Rosina, Lady Lytton, with numerous extracts from Her MS. Autobiography, published in vindication of Her Memory	Lond.	1887	USD -	1.00
1658	DIBDIN'S (THOMAS)	Reminiscences of the Theatres Royal, Covent Garden, Drury Lane, Haymarket, &c	Lond.	1837	USD -	3.60
1659	DIBDIN, T. F.	AEdes Althorpianae; or, An Account of the Mansion, Books and Pictures at Althorp, the Residence of George John Earl Spencer, K.G.; to which is added a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana	Lond.	1822	USD -	17.50
1660	DIBDIN'S (T. F.)	Bibliographical and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and Scotland	Lond.	1838	USD -	13.50
1661	DIBDIN, T. F.	Reminiscences of a Literary Life	Lond.	1836	USD -	6.25
1662	DIBDIN, REV. T. F.	The Library Companion; or, The Young Man's Guide and Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library	Lond.	1825	USD -	11.00
1663	DICKENS	A Child's History of England	Lond.	1852-54	USD -	13.20
1664	DICKENS	A Christmas Carol in Prose, being a Ghost Story of Christmas	Phil.	1844	USD -	Unknown
1665	DICKENS	A Christmas Carol in Prose, being a Ghost Story of Christmas	Bost.	1869	USD -	Unknown
1666	DICKENS	A Curious Dance Round a Curious Tree	n. p.	1852	USD -	13.00
1667	DICKENS	American Notes for General Circulation	Lond.	1842	USD -	5.00
1668	DICKENS	American Notes for General Circulation	Lond.	1842	USD -	30.00
1669	Fred. Barnard	DICKENS. A Series of Character Sketches, by Fred. Barnard	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	1.80
1670	T. Onwhyn	DICKENS. A Set of Thirty-two Illustrations-colored by hand-to Pickwick			USD -	19.00
1671	DICKENS	A Tale of Two Cities	Lond.	1859	USD -	18.00
1672	Wm. R. Hughes	DICKENS. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land, together with Personal Recollections of the Inimitable Boz.	Lond.	1891	USD -	3.25
1673	DICKENS	Barnaby Rudge	Phil.	1842	USD -	18.00
1674	R. H. Shepherd	DICKENS. Bibliography of Dickens. Arranged in Chronological Order, &c., by R. H. Shepherd	Lond.	1880	USD -	2.20
1675	DICKENS	Bleak House	Lond.	1853	USD -	5.25
1676	Robert Langton	DICKENS. Childhood and Youth of Charles Dickens, with Retrospective Notes and Elucidations from his Books and Letters	Lond.	1891	USD -	3.25
1677		DICKENS' CHRISTMAS STORIES: A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Edition, 1845...	Lond.	v. y.	USD -	37.50
1678		DICKENS' CHRISTMAS STORIES, 1851-1867, being the extra Christmas Numbers from Household Words and All the Year Round.	Lond.	1851-67	USD -	7.50
1679	Dolby, Geo.	DICKENS. Charles Dickens as I Knew Him	Lond.	1885	USD -	Unknown
1680	DICKENS	Dombey and Son	Lond.	1848	USD -	5.00
1681	John Overs	DICKENS. Evenings of a Working Man, being the Occupation of his Scanty Leisure	Lond.	1844	USD -	3.75
1682	Edited by Frank E. Smedley	DICKENS. George Cruikshank's Magazine	Lond.	1854	USD -	15.50
1683	DICKENS	Great Expectations	Lond.	1861	USD -	34.50
1684	DICKENS	Hard Times for These Times	Lond.	1854	USD -	3.00
1685	Chas. P. Johnson	DICKENS. Hints to Collectors of Original Editions of the Works of Charles Dickens	Lond.	1885	USD -	2.37
1686	DICKENS	Holiday Romance, in Four Parts...	Lond.	1868	USD -	2.50
1687	DICKENS	Hunted Down: a Story. With some Account of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, the Poisoner	London	n. d.	USD -	4.00
1688	DICKENS	Illustrations (24) to the Pickwick Club, by Frederick W. Pailthorpe	Lond.	1882	USD -	14.00
1689	DICKENS	Is She His Wife? or, Something Singular: a Comic Burletta in one act	Bost.	1877	USD -	3.20
1690	DICKENS	Library of Fiction; or, Family Story-Teller	Lond.	1837	USD -	17.00
1691	DICKENS	Little Dorrit	Lond.	1857	USD -	7.50
1692	DICKENS	Master Humphrey's Clock	Lond.	1840-41	USD -	14.25
1693	DICKENS	Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi	Lond.	1838	USD -	31.00
1694	DICKENS	Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By Boz.	Lond.	1838	USD -	39.00
1695	DICKENS	Our Mutual Friend	Lond.	1865	USD -	8.50
1696	DICKENS	Pictures from Italy	Lond.	1846	USD -	2.25
1697	Collected, edited, prefaced and annotated by R. H. Shepherd	DICKENS. Plays (The) and Poems of	Lond.	1882	USD -	1.80
1698	edited by Boz	(DICKENS.) Scenes from the Life of Nickleby Married, containing certain remarkable passages, strange Adventures, and Extraordinary Occurrences that befel the Nickleby Family in their further Career, being a sequel to the Life and Adventures of Nicholas Ni	Lond.	1840	USD -	5.50
1699	DICKENS	Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Everyday Life and Every-day People	Lond.	1837	USD -	15.00
1700	DICKENS	Sketches of Young Couples, with an urgent Remonstrance to the Gentlemen of England on the Present Alarming Crisis	Lond.	1840	USD -	13.50
1701	DICKENS	Sketches of Young Gentlemen. Dedicated to the Young Ladies			USD -	19.00

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.