Bangs: CATALOGUE OF THE LARGE AND VALUABLE LIBRARY OF L. D. ALEXANDER, ESQ. PART THE SECOND. COMPRISING, Many Standard and Scarce Works in General Literature, Biography, Poetry, History, Napoleonana, Original Editions of the Works of Lever and Thackeray, Dramati, Apr151895,

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 15, 1895 - April 15, 1895

Page Size: 1815 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3299		MUSICAL (THE) LIBRARY. Words and Music	Lond.	1842	USD -	0.75
3300		MY POCKET BOOK; or, Hints for "A Ryghte Merrie and Conceitede" Tour in Quarto, to be called "The Stranger in Ireland" in 1805	Lond.	1808	USD -	1.10
3301	NAPHEYS (G.H.)	Physical life Of Woman	Phil.	1878	USD -	0.40
3302	NAPIER (W. F. R.)	History of the War in the Peninsula, and in the South of France from 1807 to 1814	Lond.	1840-1848	USD -	1.55
3303	Abbott, J. S. C.	NAPOLEON. History of Napoleon Bonaparte	N. Y.	1864	USD -	3.25
3304	Abbott, J. S. C.	NAPOLEON. Napoleon at St. Helena	N. Y.	1855	USD -	3.00
3305	Abell, Mrs.	NAPOLEON. Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena	Lond.	1844	USD -	3.38
3306		NAPOLEON. A Manuscript found in the Portfolio of Las Cases, containing Maxims and Observations of Napoleon, collected the last two years of his residence at St. Helena	Lond.	1820	USD -	2.25
3307		NAPOLEON at Fontainbleau and Elba: a Journal of Occurrences in 1814-15	Lond.	1869	USD -	1.75
3308	Barry Edward O'Meara	NAPOLEON at St. Helena	Lond.	1888	USD -	2.13
3309		NAPOLEON et ses Contemporains	Paris	1824	USD -	26.00
3310		NAPOLEON. Copies of the Letters and Despatches of the Generals, Ministers, Grand Officers of State, &c., at Paris, to Napoleon at Dresden	Lond.	1814	USD -	1.05
3311		NAPOLEON. Facts illustrative of the Treatment of Napoleon Bonaparte in St. Helena	Lond.	1819	USD -	3.75
3312	Gourgaud (General)	NAPOLEON. Napoleon and the Grand Army in Russia; or, a Critical Examination of the Work of Count Ph. De Segur	Lond.	1825	USD -	1.75
3313	Richard Whately	NAPOLEON. Historic Doubts relative to Napoleon Bonaparte, and Historic Certainties respecting the Early History of America	N. Y.	1871	USD -	0.80
3314	Horne (R. H.)	NAPOLEON. History of Napoleon I	Lond.	1840-41	USD -	3.75
3315		NAPOLEONIC IDEAS. Des Idees Napoleoniennes, par le Prince Napoleon, Luis Bonaparte, Brussels, 1839	N. Y.	1859	USD -	0.10
3316	Labaume, Eugene	NAPOLEON. A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Russia	Lond.	1815	USD -	2.38
3317	Las Cases, Count de	NAPOLEON. Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at St. Helena	Lond.	1823	USD -	2.13
3318	Levy, Arthur	NAPOLEON. The Private Life of Napoleon	Lond.	1894	USD -	2.50
3319		NAPOLEON. Memoirs of the History of France during the Reign of Napoleon	Lond.	1823	USD -	3.00
3320	Odeleben, Baron von	NAPOLEON. A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Saxony in the Year 1813	Lond.	1820	USD -	1.88
3321	O'Meara, Barry E.	NAPOLEON. Napoleon in Exile; or, A Voice from St. Helena	Lond.	1822	USD -	2.88
3322	O'Meara, Barry E.	NAPOLEON. Napoleon in Exile; or, A Voice from St. Helena	Lond.	1822	USD -	2.50
3323	Segur, Philip de	NAPOLEON. History of the Expedition to Russia	Lond.	1825	USD -	4.00
3324	Segur, Gen. Count Philip de	NAPOLEON. History of the Expedition to Russia	Lond.	1836	USD -	1.38
3325		NAPOLEON. Table-Talk and Opinions of Napoleon Bonaparte	Lond.	1868	USD -	0.85
3326	W. H. Ireland, Esq.	NAPOLEON. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte	Lond.	1823	USD -	28.80
3327	(Whately, Archbishop)	NAPOLEON. Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Bonaparte	Lond.	1819	USD -	0.75
3328	NASH, WALLIS	TWO Years in Oregon	N. Y.	1882	USD -	0.35
3329	NATHAN, I.	Fugitive Pieces and Reminiscences of Lord Byron	Lond.	1829	USD -	0.80
3330		NATURAL HISTORY STATE OF NEW YORK	Albany	1842	USD -	6.00
3331		NAVAL TEMPLE (THE)	Bost.	1816	USD -	Not Sold
3332	NEILSON, JOSEPH	Memories of Rufus Choate, with some Consideration of His Studies, Methods and Opinions	Bost. and N. Y.	1884	USD -	1.33
3333	NELSON (LORD)	Letters to Lady Hamilton	Lond.	1814	USD -	1.50
3334	NESBITT, M. L.	Grammar Land; or, Grammar in Fun for the Children of Schoolroom-shire	N. Y.	1878	USD -	0.90
3335	Mark Twain, &c.	NEW PILGRIM'S PROGRESS (THE)	v.s.	v.y.	USD -	0.13
3336	NEWCOMB, H. D.	Catalogue of Modern Paintings in the Possession of H. D. N.	Louisville, Ky.	1867	USD -	3.75
3337	J. S. Fletcher	NEW MAN, CARDINAL. A Short Life of	Lond.	1890	USD -	0.60
3338		NEW TESTAMENT (THE) in the Original Greek	Cambridge and Lond.	1885	USD -	Not Sold
3339		NEW TESTAMENT of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ	Lond.	1865	USD -	Not Sold
3340		NEW VIRGINIANS (THE)	Edinburgh and Lond.	1880	USD -	3.30
3341	NEWELL, W. W.	Games and Songs of American Children	N. Y.	1883	USD -	0.40
3342		NEW YORK. The "Wickedest Man" in New York; or, The Great Awakening in Water Street	N. Y.	1868	USD -	0.70
3343		NEW YORK. Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York Instituted in the Year 1814	N.Y.	1815	USD -	1.00
3344	NICHOLSON, JAS. B.	A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding. Also the Art of Marbling Book-edges and Paper	Phil.	1856	USD -	3.50
3345	NICHOLSON (MARGARET)	Posthumous Fragments. Being Poems found amongst the papers of that Noted Female who Attempted the Life of the King in 1786	Oxford	1810	USD -	2.25
3346	NIEBUHR, B. G.	Historical Works: History of Rome...	Lond.	1852-5	USD -	3.00
3347	NOLAN, E. H.	Illustrated History of the War Against Russia	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	4.00
3348	NORDHOFF, CHAS	California: a Book for Travellers and Settlers	N. Y.	1872	USD -	0.15
3349	NORDHOFF, CHAS	Cape Cod and All Along Shore	N. Y.	1868	USD -	0.50
3350	NORDHOFF, CHAS	The Communistic Societies of the United States	N. Y.	1875	USD -	1.10
3351	NORMAN, HENRY	An Account of the Harvard Greek Play	Bost.	1882	USD -	0.90
3352		NOVELS: Love's Martyr...	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	0.80
3353		NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GRAECUM	Londini	1828	USD -	0.10
3354	OAKLEIGH, THOS.	The Oakleigh Shooting Code	Lond.	1836	USD -	1.30
3355		ODDS AND ENDS. Theatre Annual; Book Lover; Aquarium; Antiquary; Bibliographer; &c.			USD -	0.50
3356		CEDIPUS TYRANNUS of Sophocles, Harvard University, Sanders Theatre, May 17-20, 1881	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	0.30
3357	OLDYS, FRANCIS	The Life of Thomas Paine, with a Review of his Writings	Lond.	1792	USD -	0.75
3358		OLIPHANT, L., Episodes of a Life of Adventure, 1887...	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	0.25
3359	OLIPHANT, LAURENCE	Minnesota and the Far West	Edinburgh and Lond.	1855	USD -	1.00
3360	Margaret O. W. Oliphant	OLIPHANT. Memoir of the Life of Laurence Oliphant and of Alice Oliphant, his wife	N. Y.	1891	USD -	1.00
3361	OLIPHANT, LAURENCE	Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, 1857-59	Edinburgh and Lond.	1859	USD -	1.00
3362	OLIPHANT, MRS.	The Literary History of England	Lond.	1882	USD -	0.80
3363		OPUS MERLINI COCAII Poetae Mantuani Macaronicorum	Amstelodami	MDCXCII	USD -	1.50
3364		OPPIAN'S Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes	Oxford	1722	USD -	4.25
3365	ORCHARD, ROBT.	A New Select Collection of Epitaphs and Remarkable Monumental Inscriptions	Lond.	1827	USD -	0.60
3366	O'RELL, MAX.	A Frenchman in America	N. Y.	1891	USD -	1.38
3367	O'RELL, MAX.	John Bull and His Island	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.30
3368		O'RELL, MAX, John Bull, Jr....	v. s.		USD -	0.13
3369	OSSOLI, MARGARET F.	At Home and Abroad; or, Things and Thoughts in America and Europe	Bost.	1875	USD -	0.80
3370	OTWAY (THOMAS)	OTWAY (THOMAS) Works...	Lond.	1813	USD -	2.60
3371		OVID'S METAMORPHOSES. Latin and English	Amsterdam	1732	USD -	21.00
3372		OXBERRY'S Dramatic Mirror, containing the Biography	Lond.	1828	USD -	3.25
3373		RACKARD, A. S., Entomology for Beginners...			USD -	0.11
3374		PACKARD, A. S., JR., Injurious Insects of the West: the Rocky Mountain Locust...	N. Y. and Salem	1877-85	USD -	0.55
3375	PAGE, THOS. NELSON	Elsket, and other Stories	N. Y.	1891	USD -	0.35
3376	PAGE, THOS. NELSON	In Ole Virginia; or, Marse Chan, and other Stories	N. Y.	1887	USD -	0.65
3377	PAGE, THOMAS NELSON	On Newfound River	N. Y.	1891	USD -	1.10
3378	PAGET, JOHN	Judicial Puzzles Gathered from the State Trials	San Francisco	1876	USD -	Not Sold
3379	PAIJKULE, C. W.	A Summer in Iceland	Lond.	1868	USD -	1.60
3380	PAINE, THOMAS	PAINE, THOMAS. Memoirs of the Life of	Lond.	1819	USD -	1.60
3381	(PAINE, THOS.)	Public Good. Being an Examination into the Claim of Virginia to the Vacant Western Territory and of the Right of the U. S. to the same	Phil.	1780	USD -	0.90
3382	PAINE, THOS.	Rights of Man. Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution	Lond.	1791	USD -	1.13
3383	PAINE, THOS.	The Age of Reason	Lond.	1819	USD -	0.85
3384	PALEY (WM., D.D.)	PALEY (WM., D.D.) Works	Lond.	1825	USD -	0.20
3385	PALLISER, MRS. BURY	Historic Devices, Badges, and War-Cries	Lond.	1870	USD -	1.30
3386	PALMER, E. H.	Haroun Alraschid, Caliph of Bagdad	Lond.	1881	USD -	0.10
3387	PALMER, E. H.	The Desert of the Exodus: Journeys on Foot in the Wilderness of the Forty Years' Wanderings	Cambridge and Lond.	1871	USD -	0.55
3388	PALMER, RAY	Hymns and Sacred Pieces, with Miscellaneous Poems	Albany	1865	USD -	1.50
3389	PALTOCK, ROBERT	The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins...	Lond.	1884	USD -	1.50
3390		PAMPHLETS. A Biography of Major-General Zachary Taylor...			USD -	0.60
3391		PAMPHLETS. A Digest of the Laws of New York and the Six New England States on the Solemnization of Marriage; and 8 others			USD -	0.20
3392		PAMPHLETS. Alessandro di Cagliostro: Impostor or Martyr? and 7 others			USD -	0.70
3393		PAMPHLETS. Archibald the Cat...	v. s.	v. y.	USD -	27.50
3394		PAMPHLETS. Battle of Brooklyn, 1776...		v. y., v. d.	USD -	0.40
3395		PAMPHLETS. Hints on Matrimony...	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	0.80
3396		PAMPHLETS. William Cullen Bryant at Eighty Years, from his Friends and Countrymen; and 19 others			USD -	0.80
3397		PAMPHLETS. Wit and Wisdom of the Haytians...	v. s., v. p.		USD -	0.60
3398	PANCIROLLUS, GUIDO	The History of Many Memorable Things lost, which were in use among the Ancients: and an Account of Many Excellent Things found, now in use among the Moderns, both Natural and Artificial	Lond.	1715	USD -	1.00

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
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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.
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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