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
101	BAIRD, B.	Transplanted Flowers	N. Y.	1839	USD -	Unknown
102	BAKER, D.	Bevival Sermons	Phila.	1846	USD -	Unknown
103	BAKER, W.	Harmonic Maxims of Science and Beligion	Lond.	1864	USD -	Unknown
104	BAKER, W. M.	Life and Labours of W. M. Baker	Phila.	1819	USD -	Unknown
105	BAKER, W. M.	Life and Labours of Bev. D. Baker	Phila.	1858	USD -	Unknown
106		BALAAM	Lond.	1831	USD -	Unknown
107	BALDWIN, E.	Pantheon	Lond.	1814	USD -	Unknown
108	BALE, J.	BALE, J. Select Works	Camb.	1849	USD -	Unknown
109	BALFOUR, B.	BALFOUR, B. Sermons	Glasg.	1819	USD -	Unknown
110	BALGUY, Th.	Discourses on Various Subjects	Winchester	1785	USD -	Unknown
111	BALGUY, Th.	BALGUY, Th. Nine Discourses	Lond.	1817	USD -	Unknown
112	BALLANTYNE, J.	A Comparison of Established and Dissenting Churches	Edin.	1830	USD -	Unknown
113	BALLOU, A.	Practical Christian Socialism	Hoped.	1854	USD -	Unknown
114	BALLOU	Notes on the Parables of the New Testament	Portsmouth, N. H.	1812	USD -	Unknown
115	BALLOU, H.	On the Parables	Hallow.	1822	USD -	Unknown
116	BALLOU, H.	BALLOU, H. Select Works	Bost.	1854	USD -	Unknown
117	BALLOU, H.	BALLOU, H. Select Sermons	Bost.	1832	USD -	Unknown
118	BALLOU, H.	Series of Lecture Sermons delivered at the Second Universalist Meeting in Boston	Bost.	1832	USD -	Unknown
119	BALLOU, M.	Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou	Bost.	1852	USD -	Unknown
120	BALLOU, M.	The Divine Character Vindicated	Redf.	1854	USD -	Unknown
121	BAMPTON, J.	BAMPTON, J. Sermons	Lond.	1792	USD -	Unknown
122	BANGOR, Bishop of	Answer to the House of Convocation	Lond.	1718	USD -	Unknown
123	BANGS, Nathan	Original Church of Christ	N. Y.	1837	USD -	Unknown
125	BANYARD, J.	Priscilla; or, Trials for the Truth	Bost.	1854	USD -	Unknown
126		BAPTIST Library. A Republication of Standard Baptist Works	Prattsv.	1841	USD -	Unknown
127		BAPTIST Library. A Republication of Standard Baptist Works			USD -	Unknown
128		BAPTIST Library. A Republication of Standard Baptist Works			USD -	Unknown
129		BAPTIST Library. A Republication of Standard Baptist Works	N. Y.	1846	USD -	Unknown
130	BARBER, J.	Lectures on the Church of England Prayer Book	Wortl.	1867	USD -	Unknown
131	BARBER, J. W.	Religious Events	N. Haven	1834	USD -	Unknown
132	BARCLAY, R.	A Catechism and Confession of Faith	Phila.	1793	USD -	Unknown
133	BARLASS, W.	BARLASS, W. Sermons	N. Y.	1818	USD -	Unknown
134	BARLASS, W.	BARLASS, W. Sermons	N. Y.	1818	USD -	Unknown
134a		BARNABAS, Ignatius, Clement and Polycarp, Epistles	N. Y.	1810	USD -	Unknown
135	BERNARD, J. L.	The Synagogue and the Church	Lond.	1843	USD -	Unknown
136	BARNARD, S.	A Polyglot Grammar of the Hebrew, Chaldee, etc., Languages	Phila.	1825	USD -	Unknown
137	BARNES, A.	Foundation of Faith in the Word of God	Phila.	1859	USD -	Unknown
138	BARNES, A.	Life at Three-Score	Phila.	1859	USD -	Unknown
139	BARNES, A.	Notes on Isaiah	Bost.	1840	USD -	Unknown
140	BARNES, A.	Notes on Corinthians	Lond.	1850	USD -	Unknown
141	BARNES, A.	On the Atonement	Phila.	1859	USD -	Unknown
142	BARNWELL, R. S.	Life of John de Witt	N. Y.	1856	USD -	Unknown
143	BARRETT, B. F.	On the New Jerusalem Church	N. Y.	1842	USD -	Unknown
144	BARROW, I.	A Treatise on the Pope's Supremacy	Lond.	1851	USD -	Unknown
145	BARROW, I.	The Pope's Supremacy	Lond.	1683	USD -	Unknown
146	BARROW, I.	A Treatise on the Pope's Supremacy	N. Y.	1844	USD -	Unknown
147	BARROW, I.	BARROW, I. Works	N. Y.	1845	USD -	Unknown
148	BARROW, I.	Theological Dissertations	Lond.	1772	USD -	Unknown
149	BARROW, I.	BARROW, I. The Beauties of	Lond.	1846	USD -	Unknown
150	BASNAGE, J.	Vervolg op Flavius Josephus of Algemeene Histone der Joodsche Naatsie	Amsterdam	1726	USD -	Unknown
151	BASNAGE, S.	Annales Politico-Ecclesiastici	Rot.	1706	USD -	Unknown
152	BATES, E.	Christian Politics	Lond.	1806	USD -	Unknown
153	BATES, E.	Christian Politics	Lond.	1806	USD -	Unknown
154	BATES, E.	Observations on the Armenians and Calvinists	Lond.	1811	USD -	Unknown
155	BATE, J.	Infidelity Scourged; or, Christianity Vindicated	Lond.	1746	USD -	Unknown
156	BATE, J.	The Occasional and Standing Similitudes of the Lord God	Lond.	1780	USD -	Unknown
157	BATES, W.	BATES, W. Whole Works	Lond.	1815	USD -	Unknown
158	BAXTER, R.	A Call to the Unconverted	Phila.	1806	USD -	Unknown
159	BAXTER, R.	A Call to the Unconverted	N. Y.	1848	USD -	Unknown
160	BAXTER, R.	Catholick Theologie	Lond.	1675	USD -	Unknown
161	BAXTER, R.	The Divine Life	Lond.	1824	USD -	Unknown
162	E Calamy	BAXTER, R. History of his Life and Times	Lond.	1713	USD -	Unknown
163	BAXTER, R.	The Life of Faith, A Sermon of Repentance, How to do Good to Many, Right Rejoycing, Four Sermons Preached before the King, the House of Commons, etc., and two other Contemporaneous Tracts	Lond.	1646-1660	USD -	Unknown
164	BAXTER, R.	Methodus Theologize Christianze	Lond.	1681	USD -	Unknown
165	BAXTER, R.	Narrative of the most Memorable Passages of his Life and Times	Lond.	1696	USD -	Unknown
166	BAXTER, R.	Paraphrase on the New Testament	Lond.	1811	USD -	Unknown
167	BAXTER, R.	The Saint's Everlasting Rest	Lond.	1688	USD -	Unknown
168	BAXTER, R.	The Saint's Everlasting Rest	Manch.	1813	USD -	Unknown
169	BAXTER, R.	The Saint's Everlasting Rest	N. Y.	1845	USD -	Unknown
170	BAXTER, R.	BAXTER, R. Select Practical Writings	N. Haven	1833	USD -	Unknown
171	BAXTER, R.	BAXTER, R. Select Practical Works	Lond.	1851	USD -	Unknown
172	BAXTER, R.	Treatise on Conversion	N. Y.	1855	USD -	Unknown
173	BAXTER, R.	Warnings of the Dead to Unconverted Sinners	Phila.	1815	USD -	Unknown
174	BAYLEE, J. T.	History of the Sabbath	Lond.	1857	USD -	Unknown
175	BEARD, J. R.	BEARD, J. R. Sermons	Bost.	1831	USD -	Unknown
176		BEAUSOBRE et l'Enfant. New Version of the Gospel according to St. Matthew	Lond.	1837	USD -	Unknown
177		BEAUVOIR Priaulx, O de, Quzestiones Mosaicae; or, the First Book of Genesis compared with the Remains of Ancient Religions	Lond.	1854	USD -	Unknown
178	BEAVAN, J.	On Religious Celibacy	Lond.	1841	USD -	Unknown
179	J. A. Giles, editor	BEDAE Opera quae supersunt Omnia	Lond.	1843-44	USD -	Unknown
180	BEDE	Historical Tracts collected with the MSS.	Lond.	1843	USD -	Unknown
181	BEDELL, G. T.	BEDELL, G. T. Sermons	Phila.	1835	USD -	Unknown
182	BEDELL, G. T.	BEDELL, G. T. Sermons	Phila.	1835	USD -	Unknown
182a	BEECHER, C. E.	Common Sense Applied to Beligion	N. Y.	1857	USD -	Unknown
183	BEECHER, Chs.	Review of Spiritual Manifestations	N. Y.	1853	USD -	Unknown
184	BEECHER, H. W.	Notes from Plymouth Pulpit	N. Y.	1865	USD -	Unknown
185	BEECHER, L.	BEECHER, L. Sermons	Bost.	1828	USD -	Unknown
186	BEECHER, L.	Views of Theology	Bost.	1853	USD -	Unknown
187	BEECHER, L.	BEECHER, L. Works	Bost.	1852	USD -	Unknown
188	BEERTON, W.	On the Etymylogy and Prophetic Character of the Proper Names found in the Old Testament	Lond.	1843	USD -	Unknown
189	BEERTON, W.	Hieronymian Hebrew; or, a Grammar of the Sacred Language	Lond.	1843	USD -	Unknown
190	BEETS, N.	Life and Character of J. H. Van Der Palm	N. Y.	1865	USD -	Unknown
191	BEHMEN, J.	The Four Complexions	Lond.		USD -	Unknown
192	BEKE, C. T.	Origines Biblicae	Lond.	1834	USD -	Unknown
193	BELJAME, A.	Grammar of the French Language	Edin.	1859	USD -	Unknown
194		BELL. New Pantheon; or, Historic Dictionary of the Gods, Demi-Gods, Heroes, etc., of Antiquity	Lond.	1790	USD -	Unknown
195	BELLAMY, J.	BELLAMY, J. Letters and Dialogues	Bost.	1759	USD -	Unknown
196	BELLAMY, J.	Theron, Paulinus	Washington	1798	USD -	Unknown
197	BELLAMY, J.	True Religion Delineated	Morris Town	1804	USD -	Unknown
198	BELLAMY, J.	BELLAMY, J. Works	N. Y.	1811	USD -	Unknown
199	BELLEW, F.	Joe Miller's Jests	N. Y.	1865	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.