Bangs: CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE AND SCARCE BOOKS. Standard and Rare Books in the various departments of English Literature, including Works with fine Portraits and Engravings; Americana, including Scarce Maps and Atlases; Napoleonana, and Works on the French Revolu, Mar301896,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 30, 1896 - March 30, 1896

Page Size: 606 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
498		SLAVERY. REMARKS on the Demoralizing Influence of Slavery, 1828...	London, &c.	v. y.	USD -	Unknown
499	SMITH	SLAVERY. Trial and Condemnation to death of Rev. J. Smith of Demerara, on a charge of assisting in a Rebellion of Negro Slaves	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
500	STEPHEN (J.)	SLAVERY. The Slavery of the British West Indies delineated, as it exists both in law and practice, and compared with the Slavery of other Countries, antient and modern	London	1824-'30	USD -	Unknown
501	TURNBULL (D.)	SLAVERY. Cuba	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
502	SMITH (Albert, editor)	Gavarni in London: Sketches of Life and Character	London	1849	USD -	Unknown
503	SMITH (J. H.)	Authentic Narrative of the causes which led to the Death of Major Andre, Adjutant-General of His Majesty's Forces in America	London	1808	USD -	Unknown
504	SMITH (Capt. John, President of Virginia and Admiral of New-England)	SMITH (Capt. John, President of Virginia and Admiral of New-England) Works...	Birmingham	1884	USD -	Unknown
505	SMITH (Sir Thomas)	De Republica Anglorum. The maner of Gouernement or policie of the Realme of England	London	1583	USD -	Unknown
506	SMITHERS (H.)	Liverpool, its commerce, statistics and institutions	Liverpool	1825	USD -	Unknown
507	SMYTH (T. F. D.)	Tour in the United States	London	1784	USD -	Unknown
508	SOLIS (Antonio de)	Historia de la Conquista de Mexico Nueva edicion, aumentada con la Vida del Autor que escrivio Juan de Goyeneche	Amberes	1704	USD -	Unknown
509	SPARKS (J., editor)	The Library of American Biography	New York and Boston	n. d., 1848	USD -	Unknown
510	SPENSER (Edmund)	The Shepherdes Calendar. The Original Edition of 1579 in PHOTOGRAPHIC FACSIMILE	London	1890	USD -	Unknown
511	CHURCH (R. W.)	SPENSER (Edmund) Spenser	London	1888	USD -	Unknown
512		SPINNER (A.) Lucilla...	London	1894-95	USD -	Unknown
513	STAEL (Baroness de)	Considerations on the principal Events of the French Revolution	London	1818	USD -	Unknown
514	G. A. Aitken	STEELE (Richard) Life	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
515	STERNE (L.)	Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
516	STERNE (L.)	Sentimental Journey. [And] SWIFT'S Tale of a Tub	London	1882	USD -	Unknown
517	STEWART (A.)	Nether Lochaber: the natural history, legends and folk-lore of the West Highlands	Edinburgh	1883	USD -	Unknown
518	STOCKQUELER (J. H.)	The Old Field Officer; or the Military and Sporting Adventures of Major Worthington	Edinburgh	1853	USD -	Unknown
519	W. W. Story., editor	STORY (Joseph, Judge of the Supreme Court) Life and Letters	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
520	STOTHARD (C. A., F.S.A.)	STOTHARD (C. A., F.S.A.) Memoirs	London	1823	USD -	Unknown
521	STOUGHTON (Dr. J.)	Church and State two hundred years ago: a History of Ecclesiastical Affairs in England, 1660-1663	London	1862	USD -	Unknown
522	(G. S. Smythe, [Viscount])	[STRANGFORD] Historic Fancies	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
523	[STRAUSS (G. L. M.)]	Reminiscences of an Old Bohemian	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
524	SWINBURNE (H.)	The Courts of Europe at the close of the Last Century; edited by C. White	London	1841	USD -	Unknown
525	TALEB KHAN (Mirza Abu)	Travels in Asia, Africa and Europe in 1799-1803	London	1810	USD -	Unknown
526	TAYLOR (John, of Farbadoes, afterwards of York)	TAYLOR (John, of Farbadoes, afterwards of York) Memoir	York	1830	USD -	Unknown
527	TAYLOR (Thomas, translator)	The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass of Apuleius	Birmingham	1893	USD -	Unknown
528	TENNYSON (Lord)	Idyls of the King...	London	1859-92	USD -	Unknown
529	THACKERAY (W. M.)	The Orphan of Pimlico, and other Sketches, Fragments and Drawings	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
530		THEATRUM MORTIS Humanae Tripartitum, cum figuris aeneis illustratum	Laybach and Salzburg	1682	USD -	Unknown
531		THESPIAN DICTIONARY (The)...	London	1802	USD -	Unknown
532	THIERS (A.)	History of the French Revolution	London	1838	USD -	Unknown
533	THOMPSON (G. E.)	Around the Roman Campagna	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
534	THOMS (W. J.)	Human Longevity	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
535	J. H. McCarthy, editor	THOUSAND AND ONE DAYS (The): Persian Tales	London	1892	USD -	Unknown
536		THREE YEARS in the Pacific	London	1835	USD -	Unknown
537	F. J. Furnivall, editor	THYNNE (Francis) Emblemes and Epigrammes: A. D. 1600	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
538	TICKNOR (George)	TICKNOR (George) Life, Letters and Journals	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
539	TIMBS (John)	Lives of Wits and Humourists	London	1862	USD -	Unknown
540	TIMBS (John)	Things not Generally Known	London	1856-62	USD -	Unknown
541	TODD (H. J.)	Illustrations of the Lives and Writings of Gower and Chaucer	London	1810	USD -	Unknown
542	TOWLE (G. M.)	American Society	London	1870	USD -	Unknown
543	[TRAILL (Mrs. C. P.)]	The Backwoods of Canada; being Letters from the wife of an Emigrant Officer	London	1836	USD -	Unknown
544	TRAILL (H. D.)	Coleridge	London	1884	USD -	Unknown
545	TROLLOPE (Mrs. Frances)	Domestic Manners of the Americans	London	1832	USD -	Unknown
546		TRYAL of Witches...	London	1682	USD -	Unknown
547	TSCHUDI (J. J. von)	Travels in Peru	London	1847	USD -	Unknown
548	[TURNER (Dawson, editor)]	[TURNER (Dawson, editor)] Letters	[No place]	1834	USD -	Unknown
549	TURNER (Dawson)	Sketch of the History of Caister Castle...	London	1842	USD -	Unknown
550	[TURNER (Dawson)]	Guide to the historian, biographer, antiquary, the collector of autographs, etc.	Yarmouth	1848	USD -	Unknown
551	[TURNER (Dawson)]	Descriptive Index of the Contents of Five MS.	Great Yarmouth	1843	USD -	Unknown
552	TURNLEY (J.)	Popery in Power	London	1850	USD -	Unknown
553	TWINING (H.)	The Elements of Picturesque Scenery	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
554		UNCLE SAM'S PECULIARITIES...	London	[1844]	USD -	Unknown
555	USHER (Capt. Sir T.)	Narrative of Events connected with the first Abdication of Napoleon...	Dublin	1841	USD -	Unknown
556	VERNET.	Entree au Port de Quebec dans l'Amerique...			USD -	Unknown
557	VIEUSSEUX (A.)	Napoleon Bonaparte: his Sayings and his Deeds	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
558		VINDICATION (an impartial) of the English East-India Company	London	1688	USD -	Unknown
559	VISCONTI (E. Q.)	Musee Pie-Clementin, avec Complement: Monumens du Musee Chiaramonti...	Milan, etc.	v. y.	USD -	Unknown
560	[VISCONTI (E. Q.)]	Indicazione delle Sculture e della Galleria de' Quadriesistenti nella Villa Miollis al Quirinale	Roma	1814	USD -	Unknown
561	WALKER (Mrs. M. A.)	Untrodden Paths in Roumania	London	1888	USD -	Unknown
562	WALPOLE (Horace)	Memoirs of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George II	London	1822	USD -	Unknown
563		WALPOLE (R.) and DRUMMOND (W.) Herculanensia...	London	1810-11	USD -	Unknown
564	WARD (H. G.)	Mexico in 1827	London	1828	USD -	Unknown
565	WARREN	"Mort du General Warren a la Bataille de Bunker's Hill, 1775"			USD -	Unknown
566	WASHINGTON	WASHINGTON. Life...	London	1852	USD -	Unknown
567	WASHINGTON	Portrait on copper of George Washington, Commander in-Chief of the American Army	London	(1781)	USD -	Unknown
568		WELLINGTON. Despatches of the Duke of Wellington during his Campaigns in India...	London	1834-38	USD -	Unknown
569	FRANCIS (G. H.)	WELLINGTON. Maxims and Opinions of the Duke of Wellington	London	1845	USD -	Unknown
570	GLEIG (G. R.)	WELLINGTON. Life of the Duke of Wellington, partly from the French of Brialmont	London	1862	USD -	Unknown
571	GURWOOD (Lieut-Col., editor)	WELLINGTON. Selection from the Dispatches and General Orders of the Duke of Wellington	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
572	MAXWELL, (W. H.)	WELLINGTON. Life of Field-Marshall the Duke of Wellington	London	1839-41	USD -	Unknown
573		WEST INDIES, &C....			USD -	Unknown
574		WILKINS (W. H.) and THATCHER (F.) The Holy Estate...	London	1894-95	USD -	Unknown
575	WRIGHT (G. N.)	WILKINS (W. H.) and THATCHER (F.) Life and Campaigns of the Duke of Wellington	London	[1839]	USD -	Unknown
576	WHITE (J.)	Rural Architecture: a Series of Designs for Ornamental Cottages and Villas	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
577	WHITING (John)	Judas and the Chief Priests conspiring to Betray Christ and his Followers: or an Apostate Convinced and Truth Defended	London	1701	USD -	Unknown
578	WILLIAMS (Sir Chas. Hanbury)	WILLIAMS (Sir Chas. Hanbury) Works	London	1822	USD -	Unknown
579	WILLIAMS (Folkstone)	Domestic Memoirs of the Royal Family and Court of England	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
580	WILLIAMS (Folkstone)	Memoirs of Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I, chiefly from the Secret Archives of Hanover, Vienna, etc.	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
581	[WILLIAMS (Folkstone)]	The Court and Times of James I illustrated by authentic and confidential letters	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
582	[WILLIAMS (Folkstone)]	Lives of the English Cardinals	London	1868	USD -	Unknown
583	[WILLIAMS (Folkstone)]	Memoirs and Correspondence of Bp. Francis Atterbury	London	1869	USD -	Unknown
584	WILLIAMS (Helen Maria)	Letters containing a Sketch of the Politics of France, from May, 1793, to July, 1794, and of the Scenes which have passed in the Prisons of France	London	1795-96	USD -	Unknown
585	WILLOCK (J.)	Legal Facetiae: satirical and humorous	London	1887	USD -	Unknown
586	WILSON (H. Schutz)	Studies in History, Legend and Literature	London	1884	USD -	Unknown
587	WILSON (General Sir Robert)	WILSON (General Sir Robert) Life	London	1862	USD -	Unknown
588	WILSON (Thomas, of the Society of Friends)	WILSON (Thomas, of the Society of Friends) Journal of Life, Travels and Labours	London	1784	USD -	Unknown
589	WINTHROP (Robert C.)	Introductory Lecture to course on the Early History of America, at the Lowell Institute...			USD -	Unknown
590	WISE (Dr. T. A.)	Review of the History of Medicine (among Asiatic Nations)	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
591	WISE (Dr. T. A.)	Commentary on the Hindu System of Medicine	Calcutta	1845	USD -	Unknown
592		WOLFE. "Mort du General Wolfe, a la bataille de Quebeck, 1759"			USD -	Unknown
593		WOODCUTS. A Collection of some 250 early woodcuts			USD -	Unknown
594	WOOLMAN (John, of the Society of Friends of Mount Holly, New Jersey, 1720-1772)	Journal of Life and Labours. To which are added his Works	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
595	WORNUM (R. N.)	Analysis of Ornament	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
596	WORSLEY	Account of the State of France and its Government during the last three years	London	1806	USD -	Unknown
597	WRIGHT (Thomas)	History of Caricature and Grotesque in literature and art	London	1865	USD -	Unknown

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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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.