Bangs: CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, WAR OF 1812, AND THE CIVIL WAR, NEW YORK STATE AND CITY, NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, NAVAL AND YACHTING ITEMS, HISTORIES OF KANSAS, MEXICO, WEST INDIES, VIRGINIA, COLORADO, WISCONSIN, MASSACHUSETTS, INDIA, AFRIC, Dec111900,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 11, 1900 - December 11, 1900

Page Size: 379 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201	Dixon Kemp	YACHTING. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing	Lond.	1884	USD -	Unknown
202		ENCYCLOTEDIE Theorique et Pratique des Connaissances Utiles	Paris	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
203		YACHTS AND YACHTING	Lond.	1873	USD -	Unknown
204	Captain H. Patterson	YACHTSMAN'S GUIDE. In Three Parts	N. Y.	1885	USD -	Unknown
205	W. H. Rosser	YACHTSMAN'S HANDY BOOK FOR SEA USE	Lond.	1877	USD -	Unknown
206	J. du V. Grosvenor	YACHTING. Model Yachts and Boats, their Designing, Making, Sailing	Lond.	1882	USD -	Unknown
207	Lt.-Commander Caspar F. Goodrich	NAVAL. Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882	Wash.	1885	USD -	Unknown
208	KEMP, DIXON	A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing	Lond.	1880	USD -	Unknown
209	Lord Brassey, F. K. Barnes and others	NAVAL ANNUAL	Lond.	1888	USD -	Unknown
210	W. H. White	NAVAL ANNUAL. Manual of Naval Architecture for Officers of the Royal Navy, Shipowners, Yachtsmen, etc.	Lond.	1882	USD -	Unknown
211	Theodore Wilson, U. S. N.	NAVAL ANNUAL. An Outline of Ship Building, Theoretical and Practical	N. Y.	1873	USD -	Unknown
212	P. R. Marett	YACHTS AND YACHT BUILDING: being a Treatise on the Construction of Yachts and Matters relating to Yachting	Lond.	1872	USD -	Unknown
213	Lt. Collet, of the French Polytechnic	YACHTING. Guide for Compensation of Compasses without Bearings	Lond.	1885	USD -	Unknown
214	T. E. Biddle	YACHTING. Hints to Beginners in Amateur Yacht Designing, with lines for a single-handed Cruiser and a 5-ton Cutter	Lond.	1883	USD -	Unknown
215	E. F. Qualtrough, U. S. N.	YACHTING. The Sailors' Handy Book and Yachtsmen's Manual for the Use of the Navy, Merchant Service	N. Y.	1881	USD -	Unknown
216	T. E. Biddle	YACHTS. The Construction, Rigging and Handling of Model Yachts, Ships, etc., with Remarks on Cruising and Racing Yachts	LOND.	1879	USD -	Unknown
217	William Bland	NAVAL. The Forms of Ships and Boats, hints experimentally derived on some of the principles regulating ship building	Lond.	1868	USD -	Unknown
218	Douglas Frazar	YACHTS. Practical Boat Sailing, Management of Small Boats and Yachts, etc.	Bost.	1879	USD -	Unknown
219		NAVAL. International Code of Signals for the Use of all Nations	Wash.	1884	USD -	Unknown
220		PAINTING IN WATER-COLORS...	Lond.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
221		GENEALOGY. The Maine Genealogist and Biography. A Quarterly	Augusta		USD -	Unknown
222		GENEALOGY. Matthew Grant's Old Church Record	Windsor	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
223		GENEALOGY. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record		Jan.-Oct., 1870	USD -	Unknown
224		GENEALOGY. Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society	Bost.	1867-74-75	USD -	Unknown
225	Dixon Kemp	YACHT DESIGNING: a Treatise on the Practical Application of the Scientific Principles upon which is based the Art of Designing Yachts	Lond.	1876	USD -	Unknown
226	Alfred B. Street	SCHENECTADY. The Burning of Schenectady (1690), and other Poems	Albany	1842	USD -	Unknown
227		INDIANS. Poetical Works of Levi Bishop. (Teuchsa Grondie, Dream of Tai-Go-Ne-Ga, Festival of the Dead, etc.)	Detroit	1876	USD -	Unknown
228	T. F Gordon	NEW YORK. Gazetteer of the State of New York, with its Colonial History, etc. Maps of each county only	Phil.	1836	USD -	Unknown
229		NEW YORK. Spafford' s Gazetteer, with an ample Survey and Description of its Counties, Towns, etc.	Albany	1824	USD -	Unknown
230		NEW YORK. Spafford's Gazetteer of the State, etc.	Albany	1813	USD -	Unknown
231		NEW YORK. Gazetteer of the State. With large map of the State and maps of New York and Brooklyn in margins, etc.	Albany	1842	USD -	Unknown
232	H. C. Carey	AMERICA. The Geography, History and Statistics of America and the West Indies, with a Correct Account of its Discovery, Settlement, etc., to the year 1822	Lond.	1823	USD -	Unknown
233	J. L. Delome	NEW YORK IMPRINT. The Constitution of England	N. Y.	1792	USD -	Unknown
234	Alex. Monro	CANADA. History, Geography and Statistics of British North America	Montreal	1864	USD -	Unknown
235	G. Hodgins	CANADA. Geography and History of British America, with a View of the various Indian Tribes of America, etc.	Toronto	1858	USD -	Unknown
236	H. R. Noll	PENNSYLVANIA. Botanical Class-Book and Flora of Pennsylvania	Lewisbury, Pa.	1852	USD -	Unknown
237	J. C. Loudoun	FORESTRY. The Derby Arboretum: a Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubs, with Directions for their Management, etc.	Lond.	1840	USD -	Unknown
238		FORESTRY. Hand-Book for Charcoal Burners, from the Swedish of G. Svedelius	N. Y.	1875	USD -	Unknown
239		SULLY'S Memoirs. Memoirs of the Prime Minister to Henry the Great	Phil.	1817	USD -	Unknown
240		NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT. Report of the Commissioners to ascertain the Boundary Line	Albany	1857	USD -	Unknown
241		FORESTRY. Atlas Statistique et Forestier de la Russie d'Europe. Published by "La Societe Forestier." Compiled by P. Werekha and A. Matern	St. Peterburg	1878	USD -	Unknown
242	W. H. Smith	CANADIAN GAZETTEER of all Parts of the Upper Province or Canada West	Toronto	1846	USD -	Unknown
243	J. R. Sypher	CIVIL WAR. History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps: a Complete Record of the Organization and of the different Companies, Regiments and Brigades, Personal Record of each Man, etc.	Lancaster	1865	USD -	Unknown
244	Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler	U. S. TOPOGRAPHICAL ATLAS projected to illustrate U. S. Geographical Surveys west of the 100th Meridian	N. Y.	1878	USD -	Unknown
245		CANADA. Historical and Statistical Report of the Presbyterian Church of Canada	Montreal	1868	USD -	Unknown
246	E. D. Neill (Minnesota Hist. Soc.)	INDIANS. Effort and Failure to Civilize the Aborigines	Wash.	1868	USD -	Unknown
247		INDIANS. A Brief Sketch of the Society of Friends to Promote the Civilization of the Indians	Phil.	1866	USD -	Unknown
248		INDIANS. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs in relation to the Claims of the Mohawk and Stockbridge Indians	N. Y.	1854	USD -	Unknown
249		INDIANS. Report from the Committee on Indian Affairs regulating the Department	Wash.	1834	USD -	Unknown
250		BIOGRAPHICAL TRACTS. Life and Character of Romeyn Beck, 1856...		v. d.	USD -	Unknown
251	J. W. Richmond. Facsimiles, etc.	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Rhode Island Repudiation: The History of the Revolutionary Debt of Rhode Island	Providence	1855	USD -	Unknown
252	M. L. Weems	PENN. Life of William Penn, the Settler of Pennsylvania, Founder of Philadelphia in 1682, etc.	Phil.	1836	USD -	Unknown
253	Lieut. S. Osborn	ARCTIC. Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions in 1850-51	N. Y.	1852	USD -	Unknown
254	Benjamin Anderson	AFRICA. Narrative of a Journey to Musardu, the Capital of the Western Mandingoes	N. Y.	1870	USD -	Unknown
255	Daniel Raymond	POLITICAL ECONOMY. Elements of	Balt.	1836	USD -	Unknown
256	Bayard Taylor	COLORADO: a Summer Trip	N. Y.	1867	USD -	Unknown
257		POLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, preceded by the earliest History of the Slavonians	Phil.	1837	USD -	Unknown
258	E. G. Buffuni	GOLD MINES. Six Months in the Gold Mines in Upper and Lower California, 1847-49	Phil.	1850	USD -	Unknown
259		MASSACHUSETTS. Report of the Commissioners of the State of Massachusetts on the Routes of Canals from Boston Harbour to Connecticut and Hudson Rivers	Bost.	1826	USD -	Unknown
260	William Gilpin, U. S. Army	GOLD MINES. The Central Gold Regions, etc., of North America	Phil.	1860	USD -	Unknown
261	M. de Tegoborski	RUSSIA. Commentaries on the Productive Forces of Russia	Lond.	1857	USD -	Unknown
262	Isaac Buchanan	CANADA. Relations of the Industry of Canada with the Mother Country and the United States	Montreal	1864	USD -	Unknown
263		WEST INDIES. The Traveller's Guide to Madeira and the West Indies, being a Hieroglyphic Representation of Appearances and Incidents in a series of Engravings	Lond.	1815	USD -	Unknown
264		POLITICAL ECONOMY. Addresses of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of National Industry	Phil.	1820	USD -	Unknown
265		TRIAL of the Reverend David Barclay. (Libel and Adultery Case)	Elizabethtown	1814	USD -	Unknown
266	Anna M. Howitt	GERMAN STUDENT LIFE. An Art Student in Munich	Bost.	1854	USD -	Unknown
267		LINCOLN OBSEQUIES in the City of New York	N. Y.	1866	USD -	Unknown
268	R. A. Bayley	NATIONAL LOANS of the United States, from. July 4, 1776, to June 30, 1880	Wash.	1882	USD -	Unknown
269	J. W. Powell	INDIANS. Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages	Wash.	1880	USD -	Unknown
270		INSURANCE. Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Insurance Department, State of New York	Albany	1868	USD -	Unknown
271		GENEALOGY. The Balloting Book and other Documents relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York	Albany	1825	USD -	Unknown
272	W. B. Woodgate	YACHTS. Boating, with a Chapter on Rowing at Eton	Lond.	1891	USD -	Unknown
273	Charles Mills	FOLK-LORE. The Tree of Mythology, its Growth and Fruitage: Genesis of the Nursery Tale, Saws of Folk-Lore, etc.	Syracuse	1889	USD -	Unknown
274	Henry Barnard, editor	EDUCATION. The American Journal of Education	Hartford	1856	USD -	Unknown
275		NAVAL. The Steam Navy of the United States: a History of the Growth of the Steam Vessel of War in the United States Navy and of the Naval Engineer Corps	Pittsburg	1896	USD -	Unknown
276	I. M. Allen	INDIANS. The Triennial Baptist Register	Phil.	1836	USD -	Unknown
277	C. de Laroche-Heron	CANADA. Les Servantes de Dieu en Canada	Montreal	1855	USD -	Unknown
278	Thomas Ward	BIBLE TRANSLATION. Errata of the Protestant Bible of the Truth of the English Translations examined	Phil.	1824	USD -	Unknown
279	Mrs. L.	EDUCATION. Hours with My Pupils; or, Educational Addresses	N. Y.	1859	USD -	Unknown
280		CALVIN. History of the Life, Works and Doctrines of John Calvin. From the French by Rev. John McGill	Louisville	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
281	P. Matthew	FORESTRY. On Naval Timber and Arboriculture	Lond.	1831	USD -	Unknown
282	M. Dupin	FORESTRY. Code du Commerce du Bois et de Charbon, pour l'approvisionnement de Paris. Recueil general de tons les Arrets du Conseil, Edits, Ordonnances, Lois, et autres Actes de l'Administration	Paris	1817	USD -	Unknown
283	A. J. Downing	FORESTRY. Rural Essays	N. Y.	1853	USD -	Unknown
284	JAMESON, MRS.	Sisters of Charity, Catholic and Protestant, and the Communion of Labor	Bost.	1857	USD -	Unknown
285	C. F. Deems, D. D.	METHODISM. Annals of Southern Methodism for 1855	N. Y.	1856	USD -	Unknown
286		METHODISM. Journals of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1796-1856	N. Y.	1855	USD -	Unknown
287	Joseph Fitzgerald. (Concerning Boys, Curiosities of Superstition, about Newspapers, etc.)	CASEINE: being Rural Meditations	Cinn.	1869	USD -	Unknown
288	Robert Hare	SPIRITUALISM. Experimental Investigation of the Spirit Manifestations, demonstrating the existence of Spirits and their Communion with Mortals	N. Y.	1856	USD -	Unknown
289		AMERICA. A Sketch of the Internal Condition of the U. S. A. and of their Political Relations with Europe	Balt.	1826	USD -	Unknown
290		NAVAL. General Examination of the Pacific Ocean by Capt. Charles Philippe de Kerhallet	N. Y.	1867	USD -	Unknown
291		CONGRESS. Journal of the U. S. in Congress Assembled. Containing the Proceedings from Nov. 3, 1783, to June 3, 1784	Phil.	(1784)	USD -	Unknown
292	ALISON, SIR ARCHIBALD	History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of Louis Napoleon, in 1852	N. Y.	1860	USD -	Unknown
293		ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, etc.	Phil.	1875	USD -	Unknown
294	H. R. Schoolcraft	INDIANS. Historical Information respecting the Indian Tribes of America	Phil.	1851	USD -	Unknown
295	Matthew Carey	WAR OF 1812. The Olive Branch; or, Faults on Both Sides	Middlebury	1816	USD -	Unknown
296		NEW YORK. Comptrollers' State Reports, 1830-1885			USD -	Unknown
297		LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Published by authority	Phil, and Wash. City	1796-1818	USD -	Unknown
298	John W. Draper, LL.D.	CIVIL WAR. History of the Civil War in America	N. Y.	1868	USD -	Unknown
299	G. A. Hussey	CIVIL WAR. History of the Ninth Regiment (83d N. Y. Volunteers), 1845-1888		1889	USD -	Unknown
300		FRENCH REVOLUTION. History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon	Phil.	1865	USD -	Unknown

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.
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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