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
2006		HOME Education	Lond.	1838	USD -	Unknown
2007		HOMILIES of the Time of Queen Elizabeth	Manch.	1818	USD -	Unknown
2008		HOMILIES, The	N. Y.	1815	USD -	Unknown
2009	[HONE, Wm.]	Apocryphal New Testament	Lond.	1821	USD -	Unknown
2010	[HONE, Wm.]	Apocryphal New Testament	Bost.	1846	USD -	Unknown
2011	HOOD, E. P.	The Master Minds of the West	Lond.	1850	USD -	Unknown
2012	HOOK (W. F.)	An Ecclesiastical Biography	Lond.	1847	USD -	Unknown
2013	HOOK (W. F.)	Meditations on the Cross	Leeds	1849	USD -	Unknown
2014	HOOK (W. F.)	Meditations on the Cross	N. Y.	1845	USD -	Unknown
2015	HOOK (W. F.)	Principles of the English Reformation	N. Y.	1839	USD -	Unknown
2016	HOOK	A Call to Union	N. Y.	1839	USD -	Unknown
2017	HOOTON, H.	A Bridle for the Tongue	Lond.	1709	USD -	Unknown
2018	HOOKER, R.	Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie	Lond.	(1639)	USD -	Unknown
2019	HOOKER, R.	Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie	Lond.	1666	USD -	Unknown
2020	HOOKER, R.	Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works	Lond.	1830	USD -	Unknown
2021	HOOLE, E.	Personal Narrative of a Mission to the South of India	Lond.	1829	USD -	Unknown
2022	HOOPER, Bp. J.	Discourse on, Lent	Lond.	1695	USD -	Unknown
2023	HOOPER, J.	HOOPER, J. Early Writings	Camb.	1843	USD -	Unknown
2024	HOORNBEEK, J.	Theologize Practicze	Ulbr.	1689	USD -	Unknown
2025	HOPKINS, E.	An Exposition of the Ten Commandments		(1845)	USD -	Unknown
2026	HOPKINS, E.	HOPKINS, E. Select Works	Lond.	1826	USD -	Unknown
2027	HOPKINS, E.	HOPKINS, E. Works	Phila.	1863	USD -	Unknown
2028	HOPKINS, E.	HOPKINS, E. Works	Lond.	1855	USD -	Unknown
2029	HOPKINS, J. H.	Christianity Vindicated	Burling	1833	USD -	Unknown
2030	HOPKINS, J. H.	Christianity Vindicated	Burling	1833	USD -	Unknown
2031	HOPKINS, J. H.	Church of Rome in Her Primitive Purity	Burling	1837	USD -	Unknown
2032	HOPKINS, J. H.	History of the Confessional	N. Y.	1850	USD -	Unknown
2033	HOPKINS, J. H.	The Confessional	N. Y.	1855	USD -	Unknown
2034	HOPKINS, J. H.	Lectures on the British Reformation	Phila.	1844	USD -	Unknown
2035	HOPKINS, J. H.	Lectures on the British Reformation	N. Y.	1848	USD -	Unknown
2036	HOPKINS, J. H.	Letters to the Clergy and Laity		1844	USD -	Unknown
2037	HOPKINS, J. H.	Novelties which Disturb our Peace	Phila.	1844	USD -	Unknown
2038	HOPKINS, J. H.	On the Church of Rome	Burling	1837	USD -	Unknown
2039	HOPKINS, J. H.	On the British Reformation	N. Y.	1848	USD -	Unknown
2040	HOPKINS, S.	System of Doctrine Contained in Divine Revelation	Bost.	1811	USD -	Unknown
2041	HOPKINS, Th.	Sixteen Sermons	Dublin	1764	USD -	Unknown
2042		HORAE Solitaries	Phila.	1799	USD -	Unknown
2043	HOOPER, J.	HOOPER, J. Writings	Lond.	[n. d.]	USD -	Unknown
2044	HOPPIN, J. M.	Notes of a Theological Student	N. Y.	1854	USD -	Unknown
2045	HOPPIN, J. M.	Notes of a Theological Student	N. Y.	1854	USD -	Unknown
2046	HORNE, G.	A Commentary on the Psalms	N. Y.	1813	USD -	Unknown
2047	HORNE, G.	A Commentary on the Psalms	N. Y.	1813	USD -	Unknown
2048	HORNE, G.	A Commentary on the Psalms	N. Y.	1813	USD -	Unknown
2049	HORNE, G.	Discourses on Several Subjects	Lond.	1827	USD -	Unknown
2050	HORNE, G.	Sixteen Sermons on Various Subjects	Lond.	1803	USD -	Unknown
2051	HORNE, G.	HORNE, G. Works	Lond.	1818	USD -	Unknown
2052	HORNE, G.	HORNE, G. Works	N. Y.	1853	USD -	Unknown
2053		HORNE on Infidelity			USD -	Unknown
2054	HORNE, J.	Chapters on Prophecy	N. Y.	1850	USD -	Unknown
2055	HORNE, J.	The Scripture History of the Jews and their Republick	Lond.	1737	USD -	Unknown
2056	HOKNE, Th. H.	An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures	Phila.	1841	USD -	Unknown
2057	HOKNE, Th. H.	Introduction to the Study of the Bible	Bost.	1827	USD -	Unknown
2058	HOKNE, Th. H.	On Parochial Psalmody	Lond.	1837	USD -	Unknown
2059	HORNER, J. M.	Popery and Close Communion Identified, etc.			USD -	Unknown
2060	HORSELEY, H.	Controversy with Priestley	Burlington, N. J.	1821	USD -	Unknown
2061	HORSEFALL, S.	HORSEFALL, S. Sermons	Barnslee	1812	USD -	Unknown
2062	HORSTIUS, J. M.	The Paradise of the Christian Soul	N. Y.	1867	USD -	Unknown
2063	HORSTIUS, J. M.	The Paradise of the Christian Soul			USD -	Unknown
2064	HORSLEY, S.	Charges	Dundee	1813	USD -	Unknown
2065	HORSLEY, S.	HORSLEY, S. Sermons	Dundee	1810	USD -	Unknown
2066	HORSLEY, S.	HORSLEY, S. Sermons	N. Y.	1811	USD -	Unknown
2067	HOST, J.	HOST, J. Sermons	Dublin	1757	USD -	Unknown
2068	L?HOTE, J. B.	The Book of Revelations Explained	Phila.	1854	USD -	Unknown
2069	HOUGH, J.	History of Christianity in India	Lond.	1839	USD -	Unknown
2070	HOUGH, J.	Sermons and Charges	Oxford	1821	USD -	Unknown
2071		HOUSEHOLD Liturgy	N. Y.	1846	USD -	Unknown
2072	HOUSMAN, R. F.	Remains and Life	N. Y.	1846	USD -	Unknown
2073	HOUSTON, Geo.	Ecce Homo	Lond.	1813	USD -	Unknown
2074	HOUSTON, Geo.	Ecce Homo	N. Y.	1827	USD -	Unknown
2075	HOVEY, A.	The State of the Impenitent Dead	Bost.	1859	USD -	Unknown
2076	HOW Th. Y.	A Vindication of the Protestant Episcopal Church	N. Y.	1816	USD -	Unknown
2077		How far the Ministry of Men is Necessary for Planting True Christion Faith, etc.	Bond.	1672	USD -	Unknown
2078		How I Became a Unitarian	Bost.	1852	USD -	Unknown
2079	HOWARD, H. E. J.	Scripture History	Lond.	1840	USD -	Unknown
2080	HOWE, J.	Theological Treatises	Lond.	1836	USD -	Unknown
2081	HOWE, Rev. J.	HOWE, Rev. J. Works of	Lond.	1724	USD -	Unknown
2082	HOWE, J.	HOWE, J. Works	N. Y.	1835	USD -	Unknown
2083	HOWE, J.	HOWE, J. Works	N. Y.	1835	USD -	Unknown
2084	HOWEL, L.	Synopsis Canonum SS. Apostolorum et Conciliorum AEcumenicorum et Provine ab Ecclesia Grzeca Receptorum	Lond.	1708	USD -	Unknown
2085	HOWELL, R. B. C.	Terms of Sacramental Communion	Phila.	1841	USD -	Unknown
2086	HOWITT, Wm.	History of Priestcraft	N. Y.	1833	USD -	Unknown
2087	HOWLETT, J. H.	Instructions in Reading the Liturgy	Lond.	1826	USD -	Unknown
2088	HOYT, R.	Sketches of Life and Landscape	N. Y.	1858	USD -	Unknown
2089	HUBBEL	The Memorial; or, the Life and Writings of an Only Daughter	Bost.	1857	USD -	Unknown
2090	HUEN-DUBOURG, J.	Life of Cardinal Cheverus	Bost.	1839	USD -	Unknown
2091	HUGHES, Ed.	Scripture Geography and History	Phila.	1853	USD -	Unknown
2092	HUGHES, H.	Female Characters of Holy Writ	Lond.	1847	USD -	Unknown
2093	HUGHES, W.	Illuminated Atlas of Scripture Geography	Lond.	1840	USD -	Unknown
2094	HULL, W. W.	Disuse of the Athanasian Creed Advisable	Oxford	1831	USD -	Unknown
2095	HUMPHREY, H.	Memoir of Rev. N. W. Fiske	Amherst	1850	USD -	Unknown
2096	HUMPHREY, H.	Miscellaneous Discourses and Reviews	Amherst	1834	USD -	Unknown
2097	HUNT, L.	Religion of the Heart	N. Y.	1857	USD -	Unknown
2098	HUNT, Tho.	Postscript to the Argument for the Bishop?s Right of Judging in Capital Causes	Lond.	1682	USD -	Unknown
2099	HUNTER, H.	Sacred Biography; or, the History of the Patriarchs	Lond.	1785-82	USD -	Unknown
2100	HUNTER, H.	Sacred Biography; or, the History of Jesus Christ	Walpole	1803	USD -	Unknown
2101	HUNTER, H.	Sacred Biography; or, the History of the Patriarchs	Phila.	1818	USD -	Unknown
2102	HUNTER, H.	Sermons and Other Miscellaneous Pieces	Lond.	1804	USD -	Unknown
2103	HUNTER, T.	Sketch of the Philosophical Character of Lord Bolingbroke	Lond.	1770	USD -	Unknown
2104	HUNTINGFORD, G. J.	Posthumous Works	Lond.	1832	USD -	Unknown
2105	HUNTINGTON, F. D.	Believing and Living	Bost.	1860	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.
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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.

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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.