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Bangs: AUCTION SALE, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DECEMBER 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th, 1885, EACH DAY AT 3 P. M. OF A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF J. THOMAS SCHARF, A.M. LL.D. OF BALTIMORE, MD. COMPRISING A LARGE AND UNUSUALLY FINE COLLECTION OF AMERICANA, LOCA, Dec011885,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 01, 1885 - December 01, 1885

Page Size: 1481 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1198		Richmond, Va. First century of the first Baptist Church of	Richmond	1880	USD -	Unknown
1199	Samuel Mordeeai	Richmond, Va., in By-Gone Days, with a glance at the present	Richmond	1860	USD -	Unknown
1200	Richard Frothingham	Rise of the Republic of the United States	Boston	1872	USD -	Unknown
1201		Rule and Misrule of the English in America	New York	1851	USD -	Unknown
1202	Charles W. Baird	Rye, N. Y. History of	New York	1871	USD -	Unknown
1203		Royal Charter for Erecting English Protestant Schools in Ireland	Dublin	1733	USD -	Unknown
1204		Robbins, Philomen. Sermon on the ordination of his son	Boston	1760	USD -	Unknown
1205	M. W. E. Wright	Rochambeau, Count de. Memoirs of	Paris	1838	USD -	Unknown
1206		Roman Catholicism in the United States	N.Y.	1879	USD -	Unknown
1207	A. B. Meek	Romantic Passages in Southwestern History	New York	1857	USD -	Unknown
1208		Rochester, Vt. History of	Montpelier, Vt.	1869	USD -	Unknown
1209		Rochester. Sketches of	Rochester, N. Y.	1838	USD -	Unknown
1210	S. R. Hall	SAMNER, S. History of Missisco Valley, with notice of Orleans county, Vermont	Irasburgh	1860	USD -	Unknown
1211	Noah A. Phelps	Sansbury Granby and Canton, Conn. History of	Hartford	1845	USD -	Unknown
1213	Rev. Wm. Taylor	San Francisco, California. Seven years' street preaching in	N. Y.		USD -	Unknown
1214		San Francisco. Annals of	N. Y.	1855	USD -	Unknown
1215	R. G. Johnson	Salem, N. J. First Settlement of	Phila.	1839	USD -	Unknown
1216	Sanderson, Jno.	Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence	Phila.	1820	USD -	Unknown
1217	Sabine, L.	Duels and duelling	Boston	1855	USD -	Unknown
1218	John M. Weeks	Salisbury. Vt. History of	Middlebury	1860	USD -	Unknown
1219	E. D. Mansfield	Scott, Gen. Winfield. Life and Services of	N. Y.	1852	USD -	Unknown
1220	Scharf, J. T.	Chronicles of Baltimore, being a complete history of Baltimore City from the earliest period to the present time	Balto.	1874	USD -	Unknown
1221	J. Timbs	School Days of Eminent Men	N. Y.	1864	USD -	Unknown
1222	J. Timbs	School Days of Eminent Men	Columbus	1860	USD -	Unknown
1223	Prof. Paul C. Sinding	Scandinavia. History of	N. Y.	1868	USD -	Unknown
1224	Seybert, A.	Statistical annals of the United States from 1789 to 1818	Phila.	1818	USD -	Unknown
1225	Jonathan Edwards at the funeral of Rev. David Brainerd	Sermon	Boston	1747	USD -	Unknown
1226	Thomas Barnard	Sermon before the Society for Encouraging Industry	Boston	1758	USD -	Unknown
1227	Lewis Halsey	Seneca Baptist Association. History of	N. Y.	1879	USD -	Unknown
1228	Right Rev. C. P. Mcllvaine, D.D.	Select family and parish sermons for the use of families and destitute congregations	Columbus, Ohio	1838	USD -	Unknown
1229	Leigh Hunt	Selections from the English Poets	N. Y.	1852	USD -	Unknown
1230	H. M. Hoyt	Seventeen townships in Luzerne County and the controversy between Connecticut and Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	1879	USD -	Unknown
1231		Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, from the first meeting to the adoption of the Constitution	Boston	1821	USD -	Unknown
1232	A. B. Smolnikar	Secret Enemies of True Republicanism, &c.	Springhill, Penn.	1859	USD -	Unknown
1233	A. Gilman	Seven Historic Ages; or, Talks about Kings, Queens and Barbarians	New York		USD -	Unknown
1234	Rev. Hugh McNeile	Seventeen Sermons	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
1235	Col. S. M. Bowman and Lt.-Col. R. B. Irwin	Sherman and his Campaigns. A military biography	New York	1865	USD -	Unknown
1236	Sherman, H.	Governmental History of the United States	Hartford	1860	USD -	Unknown
1237	John N. Edwards	Shelby and his Men; or, The War in the West	Cincinnati	1867	USD -	Unknown
1238	Shephard, Elihu H.	Shephard, Elihu H. Autobiography of	St. Louis	1869	USD -	Unknown
1239		Shakings. Etchings from the Naval Academy	Boston		USD -	Unknown
1240	Mrs. R. P. Peabody	Shelburne, N. H. History of	Gorham	1882	USD -	Unknown
1241	Thos. Brown	Shakers. History of their rise and progress to the present day	Troy	1812	USD -	Unknown
1242		Six Months in the West Indies in 1825	New York	1826	USD -	Unknown
1243	Mrs. Jemeson	Sisters of Charity, Catholic and Protestant	Boston	1857	USD -	Unknown
1244	Silliman B.	American Journal of Science	New York	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
1245	Taylor and Crooks	Sketch Book of St. Louis, Mo., with early settlement, public buildings, trades, manufactures, &c.	St. Louis	1858	USD -	Unknown
1246		Slavery. Case of the Royal African Company of England	London	1730	USD -	Unknown
1247		Slavery. Supplement to the Case of the Royal African Company of England	London	1730	USD -	Unknown
1248	Slater, Samuel	Slater, Samuel. Memoir of	Philadelphia	1836	USD -	Unknown
1249		Smithsonian Institute. Reports of	Washington	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
1250	Smith, H. W.	Nuts for Future Historians to Crack	Philadelphia	1856	USD -	Unknown
1251	David Ramsay, M. D.	South Carolina. History of	Charleston	1809	USD -	Unknown
1252	Wm. Gilmore Simms	South Carolina. History of	Charleston	1842	USD -	Unknown
1253	David Ramsay, M. D.	South Carolina. History of, from its first settlement in 1670 to 1808	Charleston	1809	USD -	Unknown
1254	Robert Mills	South Carolina. Statistics of	Charleston	1826	USD -	Unknown
1255		South Carolina, Its Resources and Population, Institutions and Industries	Charleston, S. C.	1883	USD -	Unknown
1256	B. R. Carroll	South Carolina. Historical collections of, embracing many rare and valuable documents	N. Y.	1836	USD -	Unknown
1257		Southern Literary Messenger, devoted to every Department of Literature	Richmond	1839 to 1843	USD -	Unknown
1258	Henry S. Foote	South and Southwest. The Bench and Bar of	St. Louis	1876	USD -	Unknown
1259		Southwest	N. Y.	1835	USD -	Unknown
1260	A. B. Meek	Southwestern History. Romantic Passages in, including orations, sketches and essays	Mobile, Ala.	1857	USD -	Unknown
1261	R. A. Brock	Spotswood, Lt. Gov. Alexander. Official Letters of	Richmond	1882	USD -	Unknown
1262	Sparks, Jared	Library of American Biography	New York	1848, &c.	USD -	Unknown
1262a	M. J. Spalding, D. D.	Spalding, M. J. Early Catholic Missions of	Louisville	1844	USD -	Unknown
1263		Spark's American Biography		v. d.	USD -	Unknown
1264		Springfield, Mass. Early History of	Springfield	1876	USD -	Unknown
1265	James Draper	Spencer, Mass. History of	Worcester	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1266		Stobo, Maj. Robert of the Virginia Regiment. Memoirs of	Pittsburgh	1854	USD -	Unknown
1267		Stockton, Com. Robt. F. Life of	New York	1856	USD -	Unknown
1268	F. Kapp	Steuben, Frederick Wm. Von. Life of	New York	1859	USD -	Unknown
1269	J. C. Jeaffreson and William Pole	Stephenson, Robert. Life of	London	1866	USD -	Unknown
1270	I. J. Clute	Staten Island, N. Y. Annals of Staten Island	New York	1877	USD -	Unknown
1271	S. Smiles	Stephenson. Story of the life	London	1863	USD -	Unknown
1272	James Hall	Statistics of the West at the close of the year 1836	Cincinnati	1836	USD -	Unknown
1273	J. Fletcher Williams	St. Paul and County of Ramsey, Minn. History of	Saint Paul	1876	USD -	Unknown
1274	St. Domingo	History of the Island of	N. Y.	1824	USD -	Unknown
1275	Wm. B. Wood	Stage. Personal recollections of, embracing notices of actors, authors and auditors	Phila.	1855	USD -	Unknown
1276	Miss Electa F. Jones	Stockbridge. Past and present, or records of an old mission station	Springfield	1854	USD -	Unknown
1277	R. C. Taylor	Statistics of Coal. The geographical and geological distribution of	Phila.	1848	USD -	Unknown
1278		Statesman's Manual. Addresses and messages of the Presidents from 1789 to 1849	N. Y.	1849	USD -	Unknown
1279		Statistical View of the Commerce of the United States	New Haven	1835	USD -	Unknown
1280		Soil and Climate of the United States, with remarks on Florida...	Philadelphia	1804	USD -	Unknown
1281	James Clements	Society of Jesus. History of	Cincinnati	1865	USD -	Unknown
1282	Taylor and Crooks	St. Louis. Sketch book of early settlement, public buildings, railroads, trade, &c.	St. Louts, Mo.	1858	USD -	Unknown
1283	W. D. Skillman	St. Louis in 1846. The western metropolis	St. Louis, Mo.	1846	USD -	Unknown
1284	Tom Lynch	St. Louis. Volunteer fire department of	St. Louis	1880	USD -	Unknown
1285	Prof. Elihu H. Shepard	St. Louis and Missouri. Early history of	St. Louis	1870	USD -	Unknown
1286	Richard Edwards and M. Hopewell, M. D.	St. Louis. A general view of the West and a complete history of St. Louis, from the landing of Ligueste	St. Louis	1860	USD -	Unknown
1287	J. A. Dacus, Ph.D., and James W. Buel	St. Louis. A Tour of			USD -	Unknown
1288	Walter H. Hill, S. J.	St. Louis University. Historical sketch of and fiftieth anniversary	St. Louis	1879	USD -	Unknown
1289	L. U. Revis	St. Louis, Commercial Metropolis of the Mississippi Valley	St. Louis	1874	USD -	Unknown
1290	John F. Darby	St. Louis. Personal recollections of prominent people I have known relating to the history of St. Louis during the first half century	St. Louis	1880	USD -	Unknown
1291		St. Louis. Autobiography of Prof. Elihu H. Shepard	St. Louis	1869	USD -	Unknown
1292		St. Louis. Memoriam of G. P. Plant			USD -	Unknown
1293		St. Louis. Thoughts about the city, her commerce, manufactures, railroads, &c.	St. Louis, Mo.	1854	USD -	Unknown
1294	L. U. Reavis	St. Louis. The future great city of the world	St. Louis	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1295	L. U. Reavis	St. Louis. The future great city of the world		1873	USD -	Unknown
1296	L. U. Reavis	St. Louis. The future great city of the world...	St. Louis	1876	USD -	Unknown
1297	M. J. Sullivan	St. Louis. Revised ordinances of	St. Louis	1881	USD -	Unknown

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.
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