Bangs: Catalogue of a Miscellaneous and Interesting Collection of Books. COMPRISING, Americana, Standard, Popular and Scarce Works, Dramatic Literature, Illustrated Books, Rare Imprints, New Publications, Chap Books, a partial list of the Beautiful and Scarce Pu, Jun081896,

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Auction Date
June 08, 1896 - June 08, 1896
Page Size: 1010 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
200 Pistolesi, E. ART. Antiquities of Herculaneum and Pompeii, a selection of all the most interesting ornaments and relics which have been excavated Naples

1842

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201 Horsin-Deon, L. ART. Histoire de l'Art en France depuis les temps les plus recules Paris

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202 Lutzow, C. von ART. Kunst und Kunstgewerbe auf der Wiener Weltausstellung 1873 Leipzig

1875

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203 Mazoyer ART. L'Histoire Enseignee par les Chefs d'OEuvre de la Peinture... Paris

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204 ART. Vitu, Aug. Paris Paris

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205 Perkins, Chas ART. Ghiberti et son ecole Paris

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206 Wornum, R. N. ART. Analysis of Ornament. The Characteristics of Styles Lond.

1893

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207 ART. Une Centaine de Peintres

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208 ART. Art Union and Art Journal, 1847-51

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209 ART. American Water-Color Society

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210 ART. Dessins et Modules, Les Arts du Tissu

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211 ART. Musterbuch fur Ornamente und Stickmuster von P. Quentel (1527-1529)

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212 T. McEntee ART. Oil Painting. Autumn Landscape--Lake and Mountains, View near Monticello, Sullivan Co., N. Y.

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213 ART. Cut Cameo: Female Figure in the Air (Dawn)

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214 ART. Cut Cameo: Greek Heads, male and female

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215 ART. Pen and Ink Drawings, by Gray Parker (signed). Groups: society and love scenes

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216 ART. Pen and Ink Drawings, Pink Dominoes...

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217 ART. Pen and Ink Drawings, Military Figures, and others

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218 ART. Pen and Ink Drawings, The Duchess...

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219 ART. Pen and Ink Drawings, Various Male and Female Figures

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220 ART. Engraving. "Nature"

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221 BACON, FR. Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning Oxford

1640

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222 BAEDEKER, Manual...

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223 BAGEHOT, WALTER BAGEHOT, WALTER. The Works of Hartford

1889

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224 BAKER, H. B. Our Old Actors Lond.

1881

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225 BAKER, W. Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia Hartford

1868

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226 C. L. Kenney BALFE, M. W. (The Musical Composer.) A Memoir

1875

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227 BALL, ROBERT The Story of the Sun N. Y.

1893

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228 BALMANNO, ROBT. Extracts from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

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229 BALZAC BALZAC. Novels of Bost.

n. d.

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230 BAMFORD, SAMUEL. Dialect of South Lancashire, or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and Meary...

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231 BANCROFT, H. H. Literary Industries...

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232 BANDELLO, MATTEO Twelve Stories, selected and done into English Lond.

1895

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233 BARING-GOULD Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets N. Y.

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234 BARNES' Popular History of the United States of America

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235 BARNARD, G. Theory and Practice of Painting in Water Colours

1855

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236 BARLOW Catalogue of Library of S. L. M. Barlow

1889

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237 BARTLETT, JOHN Familiar Quotations Bost.

1885

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238 BARTON, BERNARD Poetic Vigils, 1824... Lond.

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239 BARRAS Memoirs of Barras N. Y.

1896

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240 BASSOMPIERRE Embassy to England in 1626...

1819

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241 BEATTIE, J. BEATTIE, J. Poems

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242 BEATTIE, WM. Switzerland Lond.

1836

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243 Louis de Lomenie BEAUMARCHAIS and his Times N. Y.

1896

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244 BEAUTY'S DAY

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245 BELL, R. Songs from the Dramatists

1855

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246 BENTHAM, ED. Letter to a Young Gentleman of Oxford (on the Succession to the Crown) Lond.

1749

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247 BERTIE, LADY GEORGINA Five Generations of a Loyal House

1845

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248 BETTANY, G. T. Eminent Doctors, their Lives and their Work Lond.

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249 BENNET, J. H. Mentone, the Riviera, Corsica and Biarritz as Winter Climates Lond.

1862

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250 BENJAMIN, S. G. W. Persia and the Persians Lond.

1887

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251 BIBLIA (German) Old Testament Nuremberg

1652

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252 BIBLIA (German) Old Testament Nuremberg

1692

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253 (Latin). Printed end of 15th Century

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254 SACRA BIBLIA (German) Bamberg

1705

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255 BIBLIA (German) Nuremberg

1674

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256 BIBLIA (German) Hamburg

1713

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257 BIBLIA (German) Leipzig

1756

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258 BIBLIA (German). Das ist: Heilige Schrift...

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259 T. Stackhouse BIBLIA (German). A New History of the Holy Bible from the Beginning of the World

1742

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260 The Devotional Family Bible...

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261 BIBLIOTHECA DIABOLICA: a Selection of the most valuable Books relating to the Devil N. Y.

1874

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262 BIBLIOTHECA CURIOS A. The Norwegian Account of King Haco's Expedition... Edinburgh

1884-85

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263 BLAAUW, WM. H. The Barons' War, including the Battles of Lewes and Evesham Lond.

1844

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264 Black-Letter BALLADS AND BROADSIDES. Printed between 1559 and 1597 Lond.

1870

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265 BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE N. Y.

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266 BLAIR, ED. T. Henry of Navarre and the Religious Wars Phil.

1895

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267 BLUNT, W. S. Esther: a Young Man's Tragedy, with the Love Sonnets of Proteus Cambridge

1895

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268 The Love Sonnets of Proteus Lond.

1885

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269 BLUNT (LADY ANNE) A Pilgrimage to Nejd Lond.

1881

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270 BOCCACCIO La Comedia del le Nimphe Fiorentine: Impreso in Firenze per gli heredi di P. de Giunta, 1529

USD - Unknown
271 BOCCACCIO The Decameron translated into English Prose and Verse by John Payne Lond.

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272 BOHN, H. G. Catalogue of Books

1841

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273 BOOTH Edwin Booth in Twelve Dramatic Characters Bost.

1872

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274 BOSWELL, JAMES Letters to Rev. W. J. Temple Lond.

1857

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275 BOULGER, D. C. England and Russia in Central Asia Lond.

1879

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276 BOURNE, H. R. FOX Life of John Locke N. Y.

1876

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277 BOUTERWEK, FR. History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature Lond.

1823

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278 BOWRING, JOHN The Decimal System Lond.

1854

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279 BOWRING, L. Eastern Experiences Lond.

1872

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280 BRADLEY, J. W. Life and Works of Giorgio Giulio Clovio, Miniaturist, with notices of his contemporaries, and of the Art of Book Decoration in the 16th Century Lond.

1891

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281 BRATHWAITE, RICHARD A Strappado for the Diuell Boston, Lincolnshire

1877-8

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282 BREMNER, ROBT. Excursions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, with Anecdotes of their Courts, etc. Lond.

1840

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283 BREMER, FREDRIKA The Home; or, Life in Sweden Lond.

1885

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284 BREWER, J. N. Beauties of Ireland Lond.

1825

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285 BRISSET, GEO. The Apologie of Edinburgh

1884

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286 J. R. Planche BRITISH COSTUME: a Complete History Lond.

1846

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287 BRITISH COLUMBIA: Souvenir...

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288 BRITISH POETS, including translations

1822

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289 BRITISH POETS (THE) Edinburgh

1773

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290 BRITTEN, JAMES European Ferns Cassell

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291 BRONT E. BRONT E. Novels of, including Jane Eyre... N. Y.

n. d.

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292 BROUGHAM (LORD) Speeches, with historical introductions Phil.

1841

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293 BROWN, DAVID PAUL Sertorius; or, the Roman Patriot, a Tragedy Phil.

1830

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294 BROWNE, G. L. Narratives of State Trials in the Nineteenth Century Lond.

1882

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295 BRUEIL La Perspective Pratique necessaire a tous peintres, graveurs, architects, sculpteurs, etc. Paris

1663

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296 BRUNO, G. The Heroic Enthusiasts: an Ethical Poem Lond.

1887

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297 BRYANT HOMESTEAD-BOOK N. Y.

1870

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298 BRYNE, MRS. WM. PITT Cosas de Espana Lond. and N. Y.

1866

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299 BUCKLE, H. T. Exhibition of Female Flagellants in the Modest and Incontinent World Lond.

1777

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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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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.