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
3999	TREDWELL, D. M.	A Monograph on Privately Illustrated Books	Flatbush, L. I.	1892	USD -	2.63
4000	TRELAWNY, EDWARD JOHN	Adventures of a Younge Son	Lond.	1890	USD -	0.90
4001	TRENCK, BARON	Life and Adventures	Lond.	1788	USD -	0.65
4002	TRENCK (BARON)	TRENCK (BARON) Life	Lond.	1813	USD -	1.38
4003		TRIALS. Of Prof. J. W. Webster for the Murder of Dr. G. Parkman...			USD -	0.30
4004	TROLLOPE, ANTHONY	TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. An Autobiography	Edinburgh and Lond.	1883	USD -	1.25
4005	TRUMAN, MAJ. BEN C.	The Field of Honor: Being a Complete and Comprehensive History of Duelling in all Countries	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.55
4006		TRUMBULL, H. C. A Model Superintendent...			USD -	0.15
4007	(TRUSLER'S)	Proverbs Exemplified and Illustrated by Pictures from Real Life	Lond.	1790	USD -	0.50
4008	(TUCKERMAN, H. T.)	Leaves from the Diary of a Dreamer	Lond.	1853	USD -	0.15
4009	TUER, A. W.	Bartolozzi and his Works. His Life and Career	Lond.	1881	USD -	2.00
4010	TUER, A. W.	Old London Street Cries and the Cries of To-day	Lond.	1885	USD -	1.70
4011	TUPPER, M. F.	My Life as an Author	Lond.	1886	USD -	0.30
4012	TURNER (J. M. W.)	Picturesque Views in England and Wales	Lond.	1838	USD -	4.25
4013	TYLOR, EDWARD B.	Anahuac; or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern	Lond.	1861	USD -	2.50
4014	TYTLER, PATRICK FRASER	Life of James Crichton of Cluny, commonly called the Admirable Crichton	Edinburgh and Lond.	1819	USD -	0.60
4015	UCHARD, MARIO	My Uncle Barbasson	Lond.	1888	USD -	2.00
4016		UNIVERSAL SONGSTER: or, Museum of Mirth. The most complete, extensive and valuable collection of Ancient and Modern Songs...	Lond.	1825	USD -	4.00
4017	UZANNE, OCTAVE	Caprices d'un Bibliophile Beautiful etched title by Ad. Lalauze	Paris	1878	USD -	0.50
4018	VAMBERY, ARMINIUS	His Life and Adventures	Lond.	1884	USD -	1.38
4019	(VANBRUGH, SIR JOHN)	A Short Vindication of the Relapse and the Provok'd Wife, from Immorality and Prophaneness	Lond.	1698	USD -	2.13
4020	VANBRUGH (SIR JOHN)	VANBRUGH (SIR JOHN) Plays	Lond.	1759	USD -	2.30
4021	VAN NEST, REV. A. R.	Memoir of Rev. Geo. W. Bethune, D.D.	N. Y.	1867	USD -	0.50
4022	VAN VORST, FREDERICK B.	Without a Compass	N. Y.	1885	USD -	0.25
4023	VELAZQUEZ, MARIANO	Seoane's, Neuman and Baretti's Pronouncing Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages	N. Y.	1859	USD -	2.63
4024	VERPLANCK, GULIAN C.	Reminiscences of New York from "The Talisman," 1830	Phil.	1829	USD -	0.50
4025	VERNEY, FRANCES P.	Memoirs of the Verney Family during the Civil War	Lond.	1892	USD -	1.70
4026	VESCELIUS-SHELDON, LOUISE	Yankee Girls in Zulu Land	N. Y.	1888	USD -	0.55
4027		VIDOCQ'S Memoirs. Principal Agent of the French Police	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	2.10
4028	VINCENT, FRANK, JR.	The Land of the White Elephant	Lond.	1873	USD -	2.13
4029	VINCENT, M. R.	In the Shadow of the Pyrenees, from Basque-Land to Carcassonne	N. Y.	1883	USD -	0.30
4030	VIRGIL	Publii Virgilii Maronis Carmina Omnia	Parisiis	1858	USD -	2.00
4031	VORS, FREDERIC	Bibelots and Curios: a Manual for Collectors, with a Glossary of Terms	N. Y.	1879	USD -	1.10
4032	BACK (CAPTAIN)	Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Great Fish River and the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in 1833-1835	Lond.	1836	USD -	2.13
4033	BARTRAM, WILLIAM	Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida	Lond.	1794	USD -	4.75
4034	BEECHEY, CAPT. F. W.	Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Bering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions, 1825-28	Lond.	1831	USD -	1.38
4035	BELCHER, CAPT. SIR E.	Last of the Arctic Voyages: a Narrative of the Expedition in H. M. S. Assistance in Search of Sir J. Franklin	Lond.	1855	USD -	4.13
4036	BELTRAMI, J. C.	A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, leading to the Discovery of the Sources of the Mississippi and Bloody River	Lond.	1828	USD -	2.50
4037	BENNETT, F. D.	Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe, comprising Sketches of Polynesia, California, Indian Archipelago, &c.	Lond.	1840	USD -	1.00
4038		BIBLIOTHECA CURIOSA. Voyage to the Canaries, Cape Verd and Coast of Africa...	Edinburgh	1886-7	USD -	0.30
4039	BIRKBECK, MORRIS	Notes on a Journey in America, from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois	Lond.	1818	USD -	1.88
4040	BROWNE, J. ROSS	Etchings of a Whaling Cruise, with a Brief History of the Whale Fishery	Lond.	1846	USD -	2.30
4041	CHASTELLUX, MARQUIS DE	Travels in North America in 1780-81-82	Lond.	1787	USD -	3.00
4042	COOK (CAPTAIN)	Three Voyages Round the World	Lond.	1773-1780	USD -	4.00
4043		CRUISE OF THE MIDGE (THE)	Edinburgh and Lond.	1870	USD -	0.80
4044		CRUISE of the Revenue Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N. W. Arctic Ocean in 1881	Wash.	1883	USD -	2.10
4045		DENHAM (MAJOR) African Travels...	Lond.	1828-31	USD -	0.60
4046	DILLON (CAPT. P.)	Successful Voyage in the South Seas to ascertain the Actual Fate of La Perouse's Expedition	Lond.	1829	USD -	1.38
4047	DUNRAVEN (EARL OF)	The Great Divide: Travels in the Upper Yellowstone in the Summer of 1874...	Lond.	1876	USD -	1.25
4048	ELLIS, HENRY	A Voyage to Hudson's Bay by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747, for Discovering a North West Passage	Lond.	1748	USD -	2.88
4049	FEARON, HENRY B.	A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles through the Eastern and Western States of America	Lond.	1819	USD -	0.63
4050	FEATHERSTONHAUGH (G. W.)	Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor, with an Account of the Gold Region of the Cherokee Country, and Sketches of Popular Manners, &c.	Lond.	1847	USD -	1.90
4051	FEATHERSTONHAUGH (G. W.)	Excursion through the Slave States, from Washington to the Frontier of Mexico	Lond.	1844	USD -	1.00
4052	FRANKLIN (JOHN)	Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in 1819-22	Lond.	1823	USD -	3.50
4053	John Richardson, M.D.	FRANKLIN, CAPT. JOHN. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in 1825-27, and Account of the Progress of a Detachment Eastward	Lond.	1828	USD -	2.13
4054	GLAISHER, JAMES (Editor).	Travels in the Air	Lond.	1871	USD -	3.13
4055	GUILLEMARD, F. H. H.	The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka and New Guinea	Lond.	1886	USD -	0.80
4056	GULLIVER, LEMUEL	Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World	Lond.	1840	USD -	4.00
4057	HALL, CHAS. FRANCIS	Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux: being the Narrative of the Search for Sir John Franklin, 1860-62	N. Y.	1865	USD -	2.75
4058	HALL, CHAS. FRANCIS	Narrative of the North Polar Expedition	Wash.	1876	USD -	1.63
4059	HALL, CHAS. FRANCIS	Narrative of (His) Second Arctic Expedition	Wash.	1879	USD -	1.63
4060	HAYES, DR. I. I.	The Open Polar Sea. A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole	N. Y.	1867	USD -	1.25
4061	HEARNE, SAM'L.	A Journey from Prince of Wales Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a Northwest Passage, &c., in 1760-72	Lond.	1795	USD -	4.50
4062	HEBER (BISHOP)	Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825	Lond.	1829	USD -	0.30
4063	HOUSTOUN, MRS.	Hisperos; or, Travels in the West	Lond.	1850	USD -	0.63
4064	HUBNER, M. LE BARON DE	A Ramble Round the World, 1871	Lond.	1878	USD -	0.35
4065	JUNKER, DR. WILHELM	Travels in Africa during the Years 1882-1886	Lond.	1892	USD -	0.70
4066	KANE, E. K.	Arctic Explorations. The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853-55	Phil.	1856	USD -	1.00
4067	KENDALL, GEO. W.	Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition...	Lond.	1844	USD -	1.50
4068	KENT, S. H.	Within the Arctic Circle. Experience of Travel through Norway to the North Cape, Sweden and Lapland	Lond.	1877	USD -	1.00
4069	KOLDEWEY, CAPTAIN	The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and Narrative of the Shipwreck of the "Hansa" in the Ice	Lond.	1874	USD -	1.60
4070	LAMBERT, C. AND S.	The Voyage of the "Wanderer"	Lond.	1883	USD -	0.85
4071	LE VAILLANT, M.	Travels into the Interior of Africa...	Lond.	1790-96	USD -	2.50
4072	LEWIS AND CLARKE, CAPTAINS	Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean	Lond.	1815	USD -	5.50
4073	LYELL. CHARLES	Travels in North America, with Geological Observations on the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia	Lond.	1845	USD -	Unknown
4074	LYELL, SIR CHARLES	A Second Visit to the United States of North America	Lond.	1849	USD -	Unknown
4075		MARCO POLO'S Travels. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East	Lond.	1871	USD -	12.50
4076	MARCOY, PAUL	Travels in South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic	N. Y.	1875	USD -	2.25
4077	MARCY, R. B.	The Prairie Traveller	Lond.	1863	USD -	0.85
4078	MARCY, COL. R. B.	Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border. Descriptions of the Indian Nomads of the Plains, &c.	N. Y.	1866	USD -	0.75
4079	MARKHAM, C. R.	Travels in Peru and India, while Collecting Cinchona Plants and Seeds in South America	Lond.	1862	USD -	1.10
4080	MARRYAT, CAPT.	Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet, in California, Sonora, and Western Texas		1843	USD -	1.05
4081	MAUNDEVILLE, SIR JOHN, KNT.	MAUNDEVILLE, SIR JOHN, KNT. The Voiage and Travaile of	Lond.	1839	USD -	1.13
4082	MCLEAN, JOHN	Notes of a Twenty-five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory	Lond.	1849	USD -	0.85
4083	MICHAUX, F. A.	Travels to the Westward of the Allegany Mountains, in the States of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and Return to Charleston through the Upper Carolinas	Lond.	1805	USD -	2.00
4084	MURPHY, JOHN MORTIMER	Rambles in Northwestern America	Lond.	1879	USD -	1.10
4085	NORDENSKIOLD, A. E.	Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe	Lond.	1881	USD -	1.00
4086	O'REILLY, BERNARD	Greenland, The Adjacent Seas, and The North-West Passage to the Pacific Ocean	Lond.	1818	USD -	2.25
4087	PARRY (W. E.)	Four Arctic Voyages for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, and an Attempt to Reach the North Pole	Lond.	1821-1828	USD -	2.50
4088	PERRY, COM. M. C.	Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas, and Japan	Wash.	1856	USD -	1.25
4089	RICHARDSON, SIR JOHN	Arctic Searching Expedition. Through Rupert's Land and Arctic Seas in Search of the Discovery Ships commanded by Sir John Franklin	Lond.	1851	USD -	3.25
4090	ROSS, SIR JOHN	Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North West Passage	Lond.	1835	USD -	1.25
4091	SEWARD (SIR EDWARD)	Narrative of His Shipwreck. Written in his Own Diary	Lond.	1831	USD -	1.25
4092	SEWARD, WM. H.	Travels Around the World	N. Y.	1873	USD -	1.00
4093	SONNINI, C. S.	Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt	Lond.	1799	USD -	0.45
4094	STANHOPE, LADY HESTER	Travels in the East	Lond.	1845-6	USD -	0.90
4095	TSCHUDI (DR.)	Travels in Peru, on the Coast, Across the Corderillas, and into the Primeval Forests	Lond.	1847	USD -	1.00
4096	WILKES, CHAS	Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838 to 1842	Phil.	1845	USD -	1.60
4097	WISSMANN, HERMANN VON	My Second Journey through Equatorial Africa, from the Congo to the Zambesi, 1886 and 1887	Lond.	1891	USD -	1.38
4098	WAKEFIELD, EDWARD	New Zealand after Years	Lond. and N. Y.	1889	USD -	0.50

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.
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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