Bangs: No. 1. Theology Ecclesiastical history &c., EXECUTORS' SALE. Catalogue of the Books. BELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF THE LATE, MR. WILLIAM GOWANS, BOOKSELLER OF No. 115 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, ON, MONDAY, JAN. 30, 1871, AND , Jan301871,

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 30, 1871 - January 30, 1871

Page Size: 5160 items in 52 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ABBOTT, J.	A History of the Romish and English Hierarchies	Lond.	1833	USD -	Unknown
2	ABBOTT, Jacob	The Young Christian	N. Y.	1851	USD -	Unknown
3	ABBOTT, J.	The Way to do Good	Bost.	1836	USD -	Unknown
4	ABERCROMBIE, J.	The Man of Faith	N. Y.	1835	USD -	Unknown
5	ABERCROMBIE, J.	Mourner Comforted	Phila.	1821	USD -	Unknown
6	ABERCROMBIE, J.	The Mourner Comforted	Lond.	1812	USD -	Unknown
7	ABAELARDI, P.	Opera Omnia. Acc Hilaru et Berengaru Opuscula, Cur. J. P. Migne	Lut. Par.	1855	USD -	Unknown
8	ABERNETHY, J.	Scarce and Valuable Tracts and Sermons	Lond.	1750	USD -	Unknown
9	AHERS, P.	Introduction to Biblical Chronology	Cinn.	1855	USD -	Unknown
10		ACTA Sacrorum Secularium Academiae Vitebergensis	Lips.	1803	USD -	Unknown
11		ACTA et Scripta Synodalia Dordracena Ministromm	Herd.	1620	USD -	Unknown
12		ACTS of the Apostles	N. Y.	1850	USD -	Unknown
13	ADAM, Th.	An Exposition of the Four Gospels	Lond.	1837	USD -	Unknown
14	ADAMS, H.	A Dictionary of all Religions and Religious Denominations	N. Y.	1807	USD -	Unknown
15	ADAMS, H.	A View of Religions	Lond.	1805	USD -	Unknown
16	ADAMS, J. W.	ADAMS, J. W. Sermons	Syracuse	1851	USD -	Unknown
17	ADAMS, N.	Remarks on the Unitarian Relief	Bost.	1832	USD -	Unknown
18	ADAMS, W.	Pastoral Addresses	N. Y.	1841	USD -	Unknown
19	ADAMSON, L.	ADAMSON, L. Sermons	Edin.	1838	USD -	Unknown
20	ADDISON, J.	Evidences of the Christian Religion	Lond.		USD -	Unknown
21		ADDRESSES, (12) in Commemoration of the East Judgment in the Spiritual Worlds, 1757	N. Y.	1859	USD -	Unknown
22	ADHELMI, St.	Opera quae extant	Oxon	1844	USD -	Unknown
23		ADVOCATE of the Law of Kindness	Edin.	1854	USD -	Unknown
24		ADVENTURES of the Nine Pious Pilgrims	Lond.	1708	USD -	Unknown
25	AINSWORTH, H.	Two Treatises, on the Communion of Saints, etc.	Edin.	1789	USD -	Unknown
26	AITON, J.	The Lands of the Messiah, Mahomet and the Pope in 1851	Lond.	1852	USD -	Unknown
27	ALEXANDER	A Biographical Sketch of the Founder and Principal Alumni of the Loy College	Princeton	1845	USD -	Unknown
28	ALEXANDER, J. W.	Consolations Addressed to the Suffering People of God	N. Y.	1853	USD -	Unknown
29	ALEXANDER, J. W.	Forty Years Familiar Letters	N. Y.	1860	USD -	Unknown
30	ALEXANDER, J. W.	Plain Words to a Young Communicant	N. Y.	1855	USD -	Unknown
31	ALEXANDER, J. W.	Thoughts on Preaching	N. Y.	1863	USD -	Unknown
32	ALEXANDER, W. L.	Memoirs of the Life and Writings of B. Wardlaw	Edin.	1856	USD -	Unknown
33	ALISON, A.	Sermons on Particular Occasions	Edin.	1815	USD -	Unknown
34	ALLEINE, J.	An Alarm to Sinners	Belfast	1778	USD -	Unknown
35	ALLEN, J.	Humiliation and Exaltation of our Redeemer, in 32 prints of Albert Durer	Lond.	1856	USD -	Unknown
36	ALEXANDER, J. A.	Essays on the Primitive Church Offices	N. Y.	1851	USD -	Unknown
37	ALLEN, J. H.	Hebrew Men and Times, from the Patriarchs to the Messiah	Bost.	1861	USD -	Unknown
38	ALLEY, J.	Vindiciae Christianae	Lond.	1826	USD -	Unknown
39	ALLIX, P.	Reflections on the Scripture	Oxford	1822	USD -	Unknown
40	ALWOERDEN, H.	Historie van Michael Servetus den Spanjaart	Rotterdam	1729	USD -	Unknown
41	AMBROSE, T. A.	Looking unto Jesus	Berw.	1819	USD -	Unknown
42	AMBROSII, S.	De Officiis Clericorum	Lips.	1839	USD -	Unknown
43		AMERICAN Bible Society Reports			USD -	Unknown
44		AMERICAN Bible Union Reporter, etc.	N. Y.	1850-54	USD -	Unknown
45	AMESIDS, G.	Lectiones in Psalmos Davidis	Amst.	1635	USD -	Unknown
46		AN Address. The Last Home of the Faithful	Lond.	1853	USD -	Unknown
47		ANALECTA Christiana in usum Tironum ed. et annotat	Oxon	1844	USD -	Unknown
48	[T. Taylor]	ANCIENT Christianity, and the Doctrines of the Oxford Tracts	Lond.	1839	USD -	Unknown
49	ANDERSON, C.	Annals of the English Bible	N. Y.	1849	USD -	Unknown
50	ANDERSON, J.	The Ladies of the Covenant	N. Y.	1851	USD -	Unknown
51	ANDERSON, J.	The Ladies of the Covenant	N. Y.	1853	USD -	Unknown
52	ANDERSON, J.	Precious Truth, &c., Addressed to Christians of Every Denomination	Pittsburgh	1806	USD -	Unknown
53	ANDERSON, J. S. M.	The Cloud of Witnesses	Lond.	1745	USD -	Unknown
54	ANDREW, J.	Hebrew Dictionary and Grammar	Lond.	1823	USD -	Unknown
55	ANJOU, L. A.	History of the Reformation in Sweden	N. Y.	1859	USD -	Unknown
56		ANN ALES de F Association de la Propagation de la Foi	Paris	1827-30	USD -	Unknown
57		ANNALS of the Propagation of the Faith, for 1841	Lond.	1841	USD -	Unknown
58		ANNALS of the Propagation of the Faith	Lond.	1850, &c.	USD -	Unknown
59		ANNALS of the Rescued	N. Y.	1861	USD -	Unknown
60	ANSPACH, F. R.	The Sepulchres of our Departed	Phila.	1854	USD -	Unknown
61	ANSPACH, F. R.	The Two Pilgrims, or the Israelite and the Christian	Phila.	1857	USD -	Unknown
62		AN Answer to Certaine Scandalous Papers, Scattered Abroad Under Colour of a Catholice Admonition	Lond.	1606	USD -	Unknown
63		ANSWER to the Dissenter's Pleas for Separation	Lond.	1711	USD -	Unknown
64		APOCRYPHA, The	Edin.	1822	USD -	Unknown
65	(Edited by Hone)	APOCRYPHAL New Testament	Bost.	1821	USD -	Unknown
66		APPEAL to the Scottish Bishops and Clergy, and Generally to the Church of their Communion	Lond.	1849	USD -	Unknown
67	APPLETON, J.	APPLETON, J. Lectures and Sermons	Brunsw.	1822	USD -	Unknown
68	ARMINIUS, J.	ARMINIUS, J. Works	Aub.	1853	USD -	Unknown
69		ARNOBII, Oratoris Adversus Nationes	Lips.	1846	USD -	Unknown
70	ARNOLD, J. M.	English Biblical Criticism	Lond.	1664	USD -	Unknown
71	ARNOLD, T.	History of the Roman Empire from Julius Caesar to Vitellius	Lond.	1852	USD -	Unknown
72	ARNOLD, T.	Rugby School Sermons	N. Y.	1846	USD -	Unknown
73	ARNOT, W.	Illustrations of the Book of Proverbs	Lond.	1858	USD -	Unknown
74	ARLAND	Lives of the Roman Pontiffs from St. Peter to Pius IX	N. Y.	1865	USD -	Unknown
75	ARTHUR, T. S.	Steps Towards Heaven	N. Y.	1858	USD -	Unknown
76	ASH, E.	Four Lectures on the Apocalypse	Norw.	1848	USD -	Unknown
77	ASHDOWNE, J.	The Churchwarden's and Overseer's Guide and Director	Lond.	1820	USD -	Unknown
78	ASPLAND, R.	ASPLAND, R. Three Sermons	Lond.	1816	USD -	Unknown
79	ATHANASIUS	Four Orations against the Arians	Oxford	1713	USD -	Unknown
80	ATHANASIUS	Select Treatises	Oxford	1844	USD -	Unknown
81	ATKINSON, H. G. and H.	Martineau. Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development	N. Y.	1852	USD -	Unknown
82	ATKINSON, H. G. and H.	Laws of Man's Nature and Development	Bost.	1851	USD -	Unknown
83	ATKINSON, W.	The Church	Lond.	1854	USD -	Unknown
84		ATTACHE, The, in Madrid; or, Sketches of the Court of Isabella II	N. Y.	1856	USD -	Unknown
85	ATTERBURY, F.	Epistolary Correspondence	Lond.	1783	USD -	Unknown
86	ATTERBURY, F.	ATTERBURY, F. Sermons and Discourses	Lond.	1723-37	USD -	Unknown
87	AUDUBON, J. J.	Synopsis of the Birds of North America	Lond.	1839	USD -	Unknown
88	AUGUSTINE, St.	AUGUSTINE, St. Confessions	Bost.	1842	USD -	Unknown
89	AUSTIN, S.	Economy of the Church of God	Wore.	1807	USD -	Unknown
90	AYER, J.	The Benefit of Christ's Death	Bost.	1860	USD -	Unknown
91	BACKUS, C.	The Doctrine of Regeneration	Hartford	1800	USD -	Unknown
92	BACON, W.	AEsthetic Piety	Auburn	1861	USD -	Unknown
93	BACON, W.	AEsthetic Piety. Tyng, Son of Consolation, etc.		1855	USD -	Unknown
94	BAILEY, B.	Duties of the Christian Ministry	Lond.	1845	USD -	Unknown
95	BAILY, L. Y.	The Practice of Piety; or, the Whole Duty of a Christian		1820	USD -	Unknown
96	BAILLET, A.	Les Vies des Saints, disp. selon Fordre des Calendriers	Paris	1701	USD -	Unknown
97	BAIRD, B.	Christian Betrospect	N. Y.	1851	USD -	Unknown
98	BAIRD, B.	Protestantism in Italy	Bost.	1845	USD -	Unknown
99	BAIRD, B.	Beligion in America	N. Y.	1844	USD -	Unknown
100	BAIRD, B.	Beligion in the United States of America	Glasg.	1844	USD -	Unknown

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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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.