Bangs: CATALOGUE OF A Miscellaneous Collection of Books. COMPRISING, A Great Variety of Standard and Scarce Works in the different Departments of Literature, History, Biography, Fiction, Poetry, The Drama, Americana, Curiosa, etc., inluding also a number of New , Apr221896,

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 22, 1896 - April 22, 1896
Page Size: 1366 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1104 CASTLEREAGH, LORD; Capt. P. B. Broke, Duke of Athol, Sir J. T. Coleridge, Thomas Coutts, British celebrities A. L. S. of each

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1105 CHARLES I. King of Great Britain, beheaded Fine autograph signature, "Charles R."

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1106 CHARLES II. King of Great Britain. "The Merry Monarch" Fine autograph signature, "Charles R."

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1107 CHASE, SALMON P. Chief-Justice of U. S., Secretary of the Treasury A. N. S.

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1108 CHAUMETTE. Member of the first French Commune, witness against Marie-Antoinette, guillotined Two L. S.

1793

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1109 CHOATE, RUFUS. Augustin Daly, Warner Miller, G. T. Curtis, Samuel Meredith, and other signatures

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1110 CLAUDE DE LORRAINE. French Duke D. S.

1563

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1111 CLINTON, GEN. GEORGE. Vice-President of U. S. A. D.

1782

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1112 CLINTON, GEORGE, Vice-Pres, of U. S., Maj.-Gen. in Rev. A. L. S.

1778

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1113 COBBETT, WILLIAM. British' reformer and essayist A. L. S. 16 pp. folio. Lancaster, Pa., 1818. To the Freemen of the City of Worcester, offering himself as a candidate for Parliament Lancaster, Pa.

1818

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1114 COBDEN, RICHARD; Lord Shaftesbury, Lord Amherst, and other British celebrities A. L. S. of each

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1115 COCHRANE, ADMIRAL THOMAS, Lord Conyngham, Nicholas Carlisle, and other British celebrities A. L. S. of each

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1116 COFFIN, SIR ISAAC; Bishop of Kilmore, Thomas Coutts, and other British celebrities A. L. S. of each

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1117 CONGREVE, WILLIAM. British soldier, inventor of the Congreve rocket, etc. A. L. S.

1836

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1118 CONVENTION, NATIONAL, OF FRANCE

1793

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1119 COOPER, ASTLEY; Emily Faithful, Tayler Combe, and other British celebrities A. L. S. of each

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1120 COOPER, THOMAS APTHORPE. Distinguished American tragedian A. L. S.

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1121 CORRESPONDENCE of the Right Honorable Edward Southwell...

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1122 COUTTS, THOMAS; Admiral Cochrane, George Cooke, and other British celebrities A. L. S. of each

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1123 CRABBE, GEORGE. "Crabbe's Synonyms" Auto. poem

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1124 CROME, J. B.; Adam Buck, James Bassinger, British artists and other celebrities A. L. S. of each

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1125 DAGGET, REV. N. President of Yale College MS. IV Sermon

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1126 DAVIS, JEFFERSON. President of C. S. A., Sec'y of War, U. S. Senator A. L. S. Beauvoir

1887

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1127 DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY, great British scientist A. L. S.

1806

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1128 DAVOUT, PRINCE D'ECKMUHL. Marshal of Napoleon L. S.

1811

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1129 DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY. Scientist A. L.

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1130 DE BEGNIS, SIGNOR. American operatic manager A. L. S. N. Y.

1845

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1131 DFJAZET, MARIE; Ellen Daly, Louise Bertin. Dramatic A. L. S. of each

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1132 DEVONSHIRE, DUKE OF; Lord Aberdeen, Lord Cairns, and other British celebrities A.L.S. of each

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1133 DICKINSON, JOHN. Pa. Member of Old Congress A.D.S.

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1134 DICKSON, JAMES A. American actor A.L.S. Boston

1818

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1135 Dix, JOHN A. Maj.-Gen., Gov. of N. Y., Secy, of War A.L.S.

1865

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1136 DIXON, HEPWORTH, Lord Cottenham, Rev. Thomas Baker, and other British celebrities A.L.S. of each

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1137 DORSHEIMER, WILLIAM; Richard Owen, Noah Davis, J. K. Barnes, J. S. Buckingham, and other signatures

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1138 DRAMA. Prompt Books

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1139 DRAMATIC. Imperial Photographs of American Actors

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1140 DRAMATIC. Imperial Photographs of American Actresses

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1141 DRAMATIC. Imperial Photographs of American Actresses

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1142 DRAMATIC. Imperial Photographs of American Actors

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1143 DRAMATIC. Actors and Actresses, specialists in various lines. Autograph Letters

1890

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1144 DUANE, COL. JAMES. N. Y. Member of Old Congress D.S.

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1145 DUANE, COL. JAMES. First Mayor of New York after Independence, Member of Continental Congress D.S.

1785

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1146 DUMAS, ALEXANDRE, JR. Dramatist A.L.S.

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1147 EDWARDS, AMELIA B. (L. S.); Bishop of Bombay, Adam Sedgwick, and other British celebrities A. L. S. of each

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1148 ENGLISH, JAMES E., Duke of Richmond, Lord Lyons, Private Dalzell, Oscar Jay Adams, and other signatures

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1149 ERSKINE, THOMAS. Lord Chancellor Auto. MS.

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1150 ESSEX, EARL OF. Secy, of State under Charles II., murdered in the Tower D. S.

1679

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1151 FAIRCHILD, CHARLES S.; Mathew Carey. Lloyd Aspinwall, Luther Bradish, G. B. Airy, and other signatures

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1152 FARADAY, MICHAEL; Sir David Brewster, Charles Butler and other British celebrities A. L. S. of each

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1153 FARJEON, B. L.; Dr. William Kitcheners, William Harvey and other British celebrities A. L. S. of each

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1154 FILLMORE, MILLARD. President of U. S. A. L. S.

1868

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1155 FITZGERALD, COL. JOHN. Aide to Washington A. D. S.

1792

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1156 FOREIGN AUTOGRAPHS. J. G. Schneider, German naturalist; General Lacnee, Citizen Villar, Alexander Vattemare, Grand Duke Constantin of Russia, Mallet du Pan A. L. S. and L. S.

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1157 FOREIGN AUTOGRAPHS. General Woronzow, Prince Mavrocordata and 29 other letters and documents

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1158 FREDERICK THE GREAT, King of Prussia L. S. Potsdam

1777

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1159 FREMONT, JOHN C. "The Pathfinder," Maj.-General A. L. S. American Fork

1846

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1160 FRENCH AUTOGRAPHS. Statesmen, Authors, Scientists, Diplomats, etc. Autographs, letters and documents

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1161 FRENCH REPUBLIC (THE. FIRST). Lettersand documents of members of the National Assembly

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1162 GANSEVOORT, LEONARD. N. Y. Member of Old Congress A. L. S.

1790

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1163 GANSEVOORT, PETER, JR. Gen. in 1812 A. L. S.

1819

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1164 GEORGE III. King of Great Britain D. S.

1787

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1165 GEORGE III. King of Great Britain D. S.

1809

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1166 GERVAISE, JOHN LEWIS. S. C. Member of Old Congress L. S.

1788

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1167 GIRARDIN, EMILE; David d'Angers, Chateaubriand, Tallien, S. J. Bailly A. L. S. and D. S.

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1168 GODOLPHIN, SIDNEY; Prime-Minister under Queen Anne D. S.

1709

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1169 GRAVES, BISHOP A. R.; Richard O'Gorman, S. M. Cuilorn, G. N. Edmunds, A. D. White and other signatures

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1170 GRENVILLE, LORD R. British statesman A. L. S.

1790

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1171 GYMNASTS, male and female impersonators, jugglers., etc. Autograph letters

1890

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1172 HABERSHAM, JOHN. Ga. Member of Old Congress A. L.

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1173 HALL, S. C. British author A. L. S.

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1174 HANCOCK, JOHN. Mass. Signer of the Declaration of Independence D. S. Boston

1771

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1175 HANCOCK, JOHN. GOV. of Mass. Signer of the Declaration of Independence. A. L....

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1176 HARRISON, BENJAMIN. GOV. of Va., Signer of the Declaration of Independence L. S.

1783

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1177 HARRISON, BENJAMIN. Va. Signer of the Declaration of Independence D. S.

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1178 HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY Silk mourning badge worn at the obsequies in New York

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1179 HART, JOHN. N. J. Signer of the Declaration of Independence

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1180 HARTE, BRET. Poet and novelist A. L. S. 8vo. San Francisco, 1869. To his publishers San Francisco

1869

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1181 HATHORNE, COL. JOHN. N. Y. Member of Continental Congress A. D. S.

1780

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1182 HAYES, GEN. RUTHERFORD B. President of U. S. A. L. S. Fremont

1887

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1183 HARLAN, JAMES; Solomon Foot, Lord Dundas, W. S. Daboll, George F. Rowe, and other signatures

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1184 HENRY, PATRICK. Governor of Virginia, the great orator of the Revolution. "Give me liberty, or give me death!" D. S.

1785

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1185 HER MAJESTIES DECLARATION OF WAR against France and Spain...

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1186 HIGGINSON, T. W.; William Dean Howells, Richard Biddle, Anna E. Dickinson, Charles Davies. Authors A. L. S. of each

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1187 HILL, D. H. Maj.-Gen. C. S. A. A. L. S. Headquarters

1862

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1188 HILLHOUSE, JAMES. Conn. Member of Old Congress, U. S. Senator A. D. S.

1790

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1189 HISCOCK, FRANK; J. Don Cameron, Lord Morpeth, Joseph Kent, C. S. Fairchild, and other signatures

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1190 HOAR, GEORGE F.; Sidney Breese, John P. Jones, Timothy Matlack, Lord Sidmouth, and other signatures

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1191 HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. Poet A. L. S. Beverley Farms

1889

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1192 HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. Poet. Two letters to Osgood on literary matters. One A. L. S....

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1193 HOLTEN, DR. SAMUEL. Mass. Member of Old Congress A. L.

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1194 HOPKINSON, FRANCIS. N. J. Signer of the Declaration of Independence D. S.

1780

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1195 HOUSTOUN, JOHN. Ga. Member of Old Congress D. S.

1784

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1196 HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN. Poet and novelist A. L. S. 8vo. 1877. To J. R. Osgood

1877

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1197 HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON. The great German traveller and scientist A. L. S.

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1198 HUNTER, R. M. T. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Prominent in the C. S. A. A. L. S. 4to. 1842. To President Tyler

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1199 HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL. Conn. Signer of the Declaration of Independence D. S.

1789

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1200 JACKSON, ANDREW Silk mourning badge worn at the time of his death. "Died at the Hermitage, June the 8th, 1845"

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1201 JAMES, HENRY. Novelist A. L. S. 4 pp. 8vo. To his publishers

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1202 JEFFERSON, THOMAS. President of U. S. Signer of the Declaration of Independence A. L. S. Washington

1802

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1203 JEFFERSON, THOMAS. President of U. S. D. S.

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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
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    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.
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.