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
3689	SHERIDAN, R. B.	The School for Scandal. A Comedy	Lond.	1823	USD -	0.10
3690	SHIELDS, JOS. D.	The Life and Times of Sargent Smith Prentiss	Phil.	1884	USD -	1.88
3691	SHIRLEY (JAMES)	Dramatic Works and Poems	Lond.	1833	USD -	2.75
3692	SHOBERL, FREDERIC	The World in Miniature	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	0.70
3693	SHORTHOUSE, J. H.	John Inglesant: a Romance	Lond.	1882	USD -	0.60
3694	SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP	SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP. Miscellaneous Works	Bost.	1860	USD -	1.75
3695	SIENKIEWICK, HENRY K.	With Fire and Sword: an Historical Novel of Poland and Russia	Bost.	1890	USD -	0.55
3696	SIGOURNEY, MRS. L. H.	Pocahontas and other Poems	N. Y.	1841	USD -	1.00
3697	SIMONIN, L.	Underground Life; or, Mines and Miners	N. Y.	1869	USD -	2.50
3698	SIMS, C. S.	Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames, with a Vocabulary of Christian Names	Albany	1862	USD -	1.50
3699	Wm. P. Trent	SIMMS, WM. GILMORE. (American Men of Letters)	Bost.	1892	USD -	0.85
3700	SIMMS, WM. GILMORE	Border Novels and Romances of the South	N. Y.	v. y.	USD -	0.65
3701	SIMMS, WM. GILMORE	Lyrical and other Poems	Charleston	1827	USD -	6.00
3702	SIMMS, WM. GILMORE	SIMMS, WM. GILMORE. Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative		v. y.	USD -	0.65
3703	SIMSON, JAMES	Contributions to Natural History, and Papers on other Subjects	N. Y.	1878	USD -	0.63
3704	SIMSON, JAMES	Natural History and Papers on other Subjects	N. Y.	1878	USD -	0.10
3705	SIMSON, WALTER	A History of the Gipsies, with Specimens of the Gipsy Language	Lond.	1865	USD -	1.75
3706	SINNETT, MRS. PERCY	A Story About Christmas in the Seventeenth Century	Lond.	1846	USD -	0.15
3707	SKEAT, REV. W. W.	An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, with Supplement separate	Oxford	1882	USD -	2.38
3708		SKETCHES OF POPULAR TUMULTS, illustrative of the Evils of Social Ignorance	Lond.	1837	USD -	0.20
3709		SLANG DICTIONORY (THE). Etymological, Historical and Anecdotal	Lond.	1873	USD -	2.10
3710	SMART, B. C., AND CROFTON, H. T.	The Dialect of the English Gypsies	Lond.	1875	USD -	1.10
3711	SMEDES, SUSAN DABNEY	Memorials of a Southern Planter	Balt.	1887	USD -	1.20
3712	SMEE, ALFRED	My Garden, its Plan and Culture, together with a General Description of its Geology, Botany and Natural History	Lond.	1872	USD -	2.25
3713	SMILES, SAMUEL (Editor)	James Nasmyth, Engineer: an Autobiography			USD -	0.45
3714	SMILES, SAMUEL	Life of a Scotch Naturalist, Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnaean Society	Lond.	1877	USD -	0.50
3715	SMILES, SAMUEL	Life of George Stephenson and of his Son, Robert Stephenson	N. Y.	1868	USD -	0.50
3716	SMILES, SAMUEL	Robert Dick, Baker, of Thurso, Geologist and Botanist	Lond.	1878	USD -	2.15
3717	SMILES, SAMUEL	The Huguenots, their Settlements, Churches and Industries in England and Ireland	N. Y.	1868	USD -	0.35
3718	SMITH, ALBERT	Physiology of Evening Parties	Lond.	1846	USD -	2.13
3719	SMITH, ALBERT	The Wassail Bowl	Lond.	1843	USD -	3.25
3720	SMITH, REV. ALFRED C.	The Attractions of the Nile and its Banks	Lond.	1868	USD -	0.25
3721	SMITH, CHAS. H.	Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century, with descriptions	Lond.	1814	USD -	7.25
3722	SMITH, CHAS. H.	The Farm and the Fireside: Sketches of Domestic Life in War and in Peace	Atlanta	1891	USD -	0.40
3723	SMITH, C. J.	Synonyms Discriminated. A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the English Language	N. Y.	1871	USD -	2.40
3724	SMITH, F. H.	A Day at Laguerre's and Other Days	Bost.	1892	USD -	1.38
3725	SMITH, GEORGE	Gipsy Life: being an Account of Our Gipsies and their Children	Lond.	1880	USD -	1.70
3726	SMITH, GEORGE	I've Been A-Gypsying: Rambles Among Our Gipsies and their Children	Lond.	1883	USD -	1.63
3727	SMITH, GOLDWIN	Lectures and Essays	N. Y.	1881	USD -	0.45
3728		SMITH, GOLDWIN, A Trip to England...			USD -	0.40
3729	SMITH, HORACE AND JAMES	Rejected Addresses; or, The New Theatrum Poetarum	Lond.	1833	USD -	1.00
3730	SMITH, HERBERT	Tent Life with English Gypsies in Norway	Lond.	1874	USD -	2.38
3731	SMITH, JOHN	Irish Diamonds; or, A Theory of Irish Wit and Blunders	Lond.	1847	USD -	3.00
3732		SMITH, J. H., Elementary Algebra...		v. y.	USD -	0.10
3733	SMITH, REV. MR.	A Natural History of Nevis, and the Rest of the English Leeward Charibee Islands in America	Cambridge	1745	USD -	0.30
3734	SMITH (REV. SYDNEY)	SMITH (REV. SYDNEY) Works	Lond.	1839-40	USD -	2.00
3735	SMITH, REV. SYDNEY	Letters on American Debts	Lond.	1843	USD -	0.10
3736	SMITH (SOL.)	Theatrical Apprenticeship and Anecdotal Recollections	Phil.	1846	USD -	2.75
3737	SMITH (DR. WM.)	Dictionary of the Bible: its Antiquities, Biography, Geography and Natural History	N. Y.	1868	USD -	1.75
3738	SMITH, WM., D.C.L.	A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology	Lond.	1873	USD -	4.00
3739	SMITH, WM., D.C.L., AND CHEETHAM, SAML., M.A.	A Dictionary of Christian Antiquity. A Continuation of the "Dictionary of the Bible"	Bost.	1875	USD -	1.40
3740	Albert Smith and John Leech	SMITH AND LEECH. The Month: a View of Passing Subjects and Manners, Home and Foreign, Social and General, from July, 1851, to Dec., 1851	(Lond.)		USD -	4.00
3741	SMOLLETT, TOBIAS	SMOLLETT, TOBIAS. Miscellaneous Works	Edinburgh	1820	USD -	1.75
3742	SMYTH, C. PIAZZI	Life and Work at the Great Pyramid	Edinburgh	1867	USD -	3.25
3743	SMYTH, MRS. G.	Romance of Diplomacy: Historical Memoir of Queen Carolina Matilda of Denmark	Lond.	1861	USD -	0.45
3744	SNEAD, THOS. L.	The Fight for Missouri. From the Election of Lincoln to the Death of Lyon	N. Y.	1886	USD -	1.05
3745	SNIVELY, REV. WM. A.	The Ober-Ammergau Passion Play of 1880	N. Y.	1881	USD -	0.50
3746	SNOWE, JOSEPH	The Rhine: Legends, Traditions, History. From Cologne to Mainz	Lond.	1839	USD -	3.00
3747	SNYDER, WM. L.	A Collection of Arguments and Speeches before Courts and Juries by Eminent Lawyers	N. Y.	1881	USD -	1.60
3748	SOANE, GEORGE	New Curiosities of Literature, and Book of the Months	Lond.	1849	USD -	0.30
3749	SOLARI	Letters of the Marchioness Broglio Solari, Maid of Honor to the Princess Lamballe	Lond.	1845	USD -	0.60
3750	A. W. Wyatt-Edgell	SONGS. A Collection of Soldiers' Songs	Lond.	1871	USD -	1.13
3751	Messrs. Dennis, Colton and Dulles, Editors	SONGS. Carmina Princetonia: a Collection of the Songs of Princeton College	N. Y.	1873	USD -	0.45
3752		SONGS. Carmina Yalensia: a Complete and Accurate Collection of Yale College Songs	N. Y.	1867	USD -	0.60
3753		SONGS. Crosby's Irish Musical Repository. Words and Music of Songs, &c.	Lond.	1808	USD -	0.25
3754		SONGS OF BERANGER TRANSLATED, with a sketch of the life of Beranger	Lond.	1837	USD -	0.75
3755		SONGS FOR THE SANCTUARY; or, Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship	N. Y.	1872	USD -	0.50
3756		SONGS OF ENGLAND	Bost.	1882	USD -	0.55
3757		SONGS. The Musical Miscellany: Being a Collection of Choice Songs, set to the Violin and Flute		1729	USD -	2.25
3758		SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS	Richmond, Va.		USD -	0.80
3759	SOUTHEY, ROBT.	Life of Nelson	Lond.	1861	USD -	1.60
3760	(SOUTHEY, ROBT.)	The Doctor, &c.	Lond.	1835-1847	USD -	1.88
3761	SOYER, A.	Pantropheon (The); or, History of Food, and Its Preparation, from the Earliest Ages of the World	Lond.	1853	USD -	3.25
3762		SPANISH AND ITALIAN FOLK-SONGS	Lond.	1887	USD -	0.60
3763		SPECIMENS OF MACARONIC POETRY	Lond.	1831	USD -	2.50
3764	SPEIGHT, ALEXANNA	The Lock of Hair. Its History, Ancient and Modern, Natural and Artistic, with the Art of Working in Hair	Lond.	1872	USD -	0.40
3765	SPENCE, REV. Jos.	Anecdotes, Observations and Characters of Books and Men	Lond.	1820	USD -	3.25
3766	SPIERS, A.	General French and English Dictionary	N. Y.	1860	USD -	1.38
3767	SPRINGER, JOHN S.	Forest Life and Forest Trees	N. Y.	1851	USD -	0.40
3768	SQUIER, E. G.	Peru. Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas	N. Y.	1877	USD -	3.00
3769	SQUIER, E. G.	Serpent Symbol and the Worship of the Reciprocal Principles of Nature in America	N. Y.	1851	USD -	8.00
3770	SQUIER, E. G.	Travels in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua	N. Y.	1853	USD -	2.25
3771	STABLES, W. GORDON	TEA. The Drink of Pleasure and of Health	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	0.55
3772	STANHOPE, COL. LEICESTER	Greece in 1823 and 1824: being a Series of Letters and other Documents on the Greek Revolution	Lond.	1825	USD -	1.85
3773	STANLEY, ARTHUR P., D.D.	Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey	Lond.	1876	USD -	1.13
3774	STANLEY, HENRY M.	The Congo, and the Founding of Its Free State	Lond.	1885	USD -	1.63
3775	STANLEY, HENRYM	Through the Dark Continent	N. Y.	1879	USD -	1.75
3776	STANTON, HENRY T.	Jacob Brown, and other Poems	Cinn.	1875	USD -	0.30
3777	STEARNS, WINFRID A.	Labrador: a Sketch of Its People, Its Industries and Its Natural History	Bost.	1884	USD -	0.75
3778	STEDMAN, E. C.	The Blameless Prince, and Other Poems	Bost.	1869	USD -	1.75
3779	STEINMETZ, ANDREW	The Romance of Duelling in All Times and Countries	Lond.	1868	USD -	1.63
3780	STEPHENS, HENRY L.	Comic Natural History of the Human Race	Phil.	1851	USD -	2.75
3781	STEPHENS, H. L.	Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin	N. Y.	1864	USD -	2.50
3782	STEPHENS, JOHN L.	Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan	Lond.	1842	USD -	Unknown
3783	STEPHENS, JOHNL	Incidents of Travel in Yucatan	Lond.	1843	USD -	Unknown
3784	STERN, SIGMONM	Studien und Plaudereien	N. Y.	1879-81	USD -	0.15
3785	STERNE (LAURENCE)	STERNE (LAURENCE) Works Complete	Lond.	1803	USD -	7.00
3786	STEVENS, HENRY	Catalogue of My English Library	Lond.	1853	USD -	2.00
3787	STEVENS, HENRY	Recollections of Mr. James Lenox	Lond.	1886	USD -	1.63
3788	STEVENS, HENRY	The History of the Caxton Memorial Bible, printed and bound in twelve consecutive hours, June 30, 1877			USD -	2.00

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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