Bangs: Catalogue of a Library of Americana, and Miscellaneous English Books. comprising, Rare New York, Philadelphia, and other Early Imprints. Early Almanacs and Early American Engravings. An Important Series of Civil-War Autograph Letters from Robert E. Lee an, Dec271900,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 27, 1900 - December 27, 1900

Page Size: 628 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	John Quincy Adams	BRYANT, W. C. The Jubilee of the Constitution: a Discourse	N. Y.	1839	USD -	Unknown
102	BRYANT, W. C.	To William Cullen Bryant, at 80 years, from his Friends and Countrymen	N. Y.	1876	USD -	Unknown
103	BUCHANAN, ROBERT	London Poems	Lond.	1867	USD -	Unknown
104	S. Willard	BUNKER'S HILL. Plans and Sections of the Obelisk on Bunker's Hill	Bost.	1843	USD -	Unknown
105	BUNYAN, JOHN	The Pilgrim's Progress	Lond.	1857	USD -	Unknown
106	James Prior	BURKE. Life and Character of Edmund Burke	Phil.	1825	USD -	Unknown
107		CALIFORNIA. Noticias de la Provincias de Californias en tres Cartas de un Sacerdote Religioso Hijo del Real Convento de Predicadores de Valencia a un Amigo Luyo	Valencia	1794	USD -	Unknown
108	G. P. Marsh	CAMEL (THE): His Organization, Habits and Uses considered with reference to his Introduction into the United States	Bost.	1856	USD -	Unknown
109		CAMPAIGN OF 1856	N. Y.	1856	USD -	Unknown
110		CANADA. Synopsis of the Contents of Gesner's Museum of Natural History at SAINT JOHN, N. B. Opened on April 5, 1842	Saint John, N. B.	1842	USD -	Unknown
111	Albert Gallatin	CANADA. A Memoir on the North-Eastern Boundary, in connexion with Mr. Jay's Map	N. Y.	1843	USD -	Unknown
112		CANADA. Les Servantes de Dieu en Canada par C. de Laroche Heron	Montreal	1855	USD -	Unknown
113	T. A. Gilson	CANADA. Geography of Canada	Montreal	1855	USD -	Unknown
114		CANADA. How Patriotic Services are Rewarded in Canada	Cinn.	1856	USD -	Unknown
115		CANADA. Traveller's Guide to Montreal and its Vicinity	Montreal	1857	USD -	Unknown
116		CANADA. Disturnell's Guide. Railroads, Steamboat routes through United States and Canada	N. Y.	1859	USD -	Unknown
117		CANADA. Programme for the Reception of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Forestry Congress at Ottawa	Ottawa	1862	USD -	Unknown
118	Elijah Ward	CANADA. The Commercial Relations between the United States and the British North American Provinces and Possessions	Wash.	1864	USD -	Unknown
119	L.W. Bailey	CANADA. Report on the Mines and Minerals of New Brunswick	Fredericton	1864	USD -	Unknown
120		CANADA. Lovell's History of the Dominion of Canada, and other parts of British America	Montreal	1876	USD -	Unknown
121		CANADA. Hand-Book for the City of Montreal and its Environs	Montreal	1882	USD -	Unknown
122		CARICATURE. Scraps for the Year 1830	Bost.	1830	USD -	Unknown
123	CATECHISM (THE LARGER)	Agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines	N. Y.	1813	USD -	Unknown
124	William Gilliland	CHAMPLAIN VALLEY. Pioneer History of the Champlain Valley: an Account of the Settlement of the Town of Willsborough	Albany	1863	USD -	Unknown
125	Velazquez	CHARLES I. Proofs of the Authenticity of the Portrait of Prince Charles, painted in Madrid in 1623	Lond.	1848	USD -	Unknown
126	CHAZOTTE, PETER	Facts and Observations on the Culture of Vines, Olives, Capers, Almonds in the Southern States, and of Coffee, Cocoa and Cochineal in East Florida	Phil.	1821	USD -	Unknown
127	Thomas Clarke	CHICAGO. The Burning of Chicago: a Poem	Chicago	1872	USD -	Unknown
128		CHILD'S BOOK. The Fatal Ladder; or, Harry Linford	Phil.	1828	USD -	Unknown
129	S. I. Woodbridge	CHINA'S ONLY HOPE. An Appeal by Chang Chih-Tung, with the Sanction of the present Emperor	N. Y.	1900	USD -	Unknown
130		CINCINNATI SOCIETY. Report of the Secretary General to the General Society of the Cincinnati	Balt.	1890	USD -	Unknown
131		CIVIL WAR. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. A Unique Collection of the Original General Orders as daily issued from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac at Washington, each indorsed and dated on the back as received	Washington	1861	USD -	Unknown
132	J. C. Stiles	CIVIL WAR. Modern Reform Examined; or, The Union of North and South on the Subject of Slavery	Phil.	1858	USD -	Unknown
133	Major H. J. Hunt	CIVIL WAR. Report of Light Battery M, Second Artillery, U. S. A., Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861	Fort Albany	1861	USD -	Unknown
134		CIVIL WAR. "The Nutshell." The System of American Slavery	N. Y.	1862	USD -	Unknown
135		CIVIL WAR. What are we Fighting For ? A Letter to Horace Greeley from "Populus"	N. Y.	1862	USD -	Unknown
136		CIVIL WAR. The People's Military Almanac for 1862	N. Y.	1862	USD -	Unknown
137		CIVIL WAR. War Department	Wash.	1862	USD -	Unknown
138	Henry Winter Davis	CIVIL WAR. The Southern Rebellion and of the Constitutional Powers of the Republic for its Suppression	N. Y.	1862	USD -	Unknown
139	Pilgrim John	CIVIL WAR. The Soldier's Armor of Strength. Specially adapted to the Present Calamitous Times of Rebellion	Brooklyn	1863	USD -	Unknown
140		CIVIL WAR. Memorial of W. Kirkland Bacon, Late Adjutant of the 26th Reg. N. Y. S. Volunteers (killed at Fredericksburg)	Utica	1863	USD -	Unknown
141		CIVIL WAR. War Department. The original General Orders as issued daily from Jan. 2, 1863, to December 28, 1863	Wash.	1863	USD -	Unknown
142		CIVIL WAR. Memoir of Richard Marvin Strong of the Albany Bar and Adjutant of the 117th Reg. N. Y. Volunteers, who died at Bonnet Carre, Louisiana, May 12, 1863	Albany	1863	USD -	Unknown
143		CIVIL WAR. Memorial of Lt. Howard M. Burnham, U. S. Army, who fell in the Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn.	Springfield	1864	USD -	Unknown
144	D. Stevenson	CIVIL WAR. Indiana's Roll of Honor	Indianapolis	1864	USD -	Unknown
145		CIVIL WAR. Welcome Home to Company H, 34th Regiment, N. Y.	(Crown Point)	(1864)	USD -	Unknown
146		CIVIL WAR. General Orders affecting the Volunteer Force, Adjutant-General's Office, 1861-2-3-4	Wash.	1862-65	USD -	Unknown
147		CIVIL WAR. A Manuscript Note Book, containing the original and local names of every New York Regiment as organized, arranged in alphabetical order		1865	USD -	Unknown
148		CIVIL WAR. The Quota of New York County. Report of the Committee of Supervisors	N. Y.	Feb., 1865	USD -	Unknown
149		CIVIL WAR. General Head Quarters, State of New York	Albany	1861-65	USD -	Unknown
150		CIVIL WAR MUSIC. Just Before the Battle, Mother...	Chicago and Bost.	1861-65	USD -	Unknown
151		CIVIL WAR. Proceedings at the Dedication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Providence	Providence	1871	USD -	Unknown
152		CIVIL WAR. Memorials of Col. J. Howard Kitching, 6th N. Y. Artillery, Army of the Potomac	N. Y.	1873	USD -	Unknown
153		CLUB OF ODD VOLUMES. Tenth Anniversary Exhibition	Bost.	1897	USD -	Unknown
154	COFFIN, CHARLES CARLETON	The Boys of' 61; or, Four Years of Fighting from the First Battle of Bull Run to the Fall of Richmond	Bost.	1884	USD -	Unknown
155	(William Bean)	COHOES. The City of Cohoes, its Past and Present History and Future Prospects, etc.	Cohoes	1873	USD -	Unknown
156		COLORADO BUSINESS DIRECTORY	Denver	1875	USD -	Unknown
157	Caleb Bingham	COLUMBIAN ORATOR (THE). Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces	Bost.	1817	USD -	Unknown
158		COLUMBIAN LADY'S AND GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. Embracing Literature in every Department	N. Y.	1847	USD -	Unknown
159	COLUMBUS	The Latin Letter of Columbus, announcing the Discovery of America	Lond.	1893	USD -	Unknown
160	COLUMBUS	The Spanish Letter of Columbus, written Feb. 15, 1493, to announce the Discovery of America	Lond.	1893	USD -	Unknown
161		CONFEDERATE. Ordinances adopted by the Convention of Virginia at the adjourned Session in June and July, 1861	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
162		CONFEDERATE. Document No. 5. Report of the Committee of Elections, shewing who are elected Members of the Convention	(Richmond)	(1861)	USD -	Unknown
163		CONFEDERATE. Proof Sheets		(1861)	USD -	Unknown
164		CONFEDERATE. The Christian Banner, J. W. Hunnicutt, proprietor	Fredericksburg, Va.	June 7, 1862	USD -	Unknown
165		CONFEDERATE. Letter from Hon. Edward Stanly, Military Governor of North Carolina, to Col. H. Gilliam, refuting certain charges made by Hon. G. E. Badger, in behalf of the Southern Confederacy	New Bern	1862	USD -	Unknown
166	W. L. Garrison of Massachusetts, Garrett Davis	CONFEDERATE. Three Unlike Speeches	N. Y.	1862	USD -	Unknown
167		CONFEDERATE. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah on the charge of piracy	N. Y.	1862	USD -	Unknown
168	Col. W. H. Fowler	CONFEDERATE. Guide for Claimants of Deceased Soldiers	Richmond Va.	1864	USD -	Unknown
169		CONFEDERATE. Trial of John Y. Beall as a Spy and Guerrillero by Military Commission	N. Y.	1865	USD -	Unknown
170		CONFEDERATE. War Songs and Lyrics of the South	Lond.	1866	USD -	Unknown
171		CONFEDERATE. War Lyrics and Songs of the South	Lond.	1866	USD -	Unknown
172		CONFEDERATE. Addresses of Gen. T. L. Rosser at the 7th Annual Reunion of the Maryland Line Association	N. Y.	1889	USD -	Unknown
173		CONFEDERATE. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Burley, March 16, 1861	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
174		CONFEDERATE. Partial Report from the Committee on Federal Relations, presented March 9, 1861	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
175		CONGRESS. Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775	Phil.	1776	USD -	Unknown
176		CONGRESS. Journal of the Committee of the States, containing the Proceedings from the First Friday in June, 1784, to the Second Friday in August, 1784, published by Order of Congress		1784	USD -	Unknown
177		CONGRESS. Acts Passed the First Session of the Third Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia on Monday, Dec. 2, 1793		1793	USD -	Unknown
178		CONGRESS. Message of the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress, April 13, 1798	Phil.	1798	USD -	Unknown
179		CONNECTICUT. Twenty-fourth Report of the Directors of the American Asylum at Hartford for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb	Hartford	1840	USD -	Unknown
180	C. F. Sedgwick	CONNECTICUT. Fifty Years at the Litchfield County Bar	Litchfield	1870	USD -	Unknown
181	Edmund Guilbert, D.D.	CONNECTICUT. Annals of an Old Parish: Historical Sketches of Trinity Church, Southport	N. Y.	1898	USD -	Unknown
182		CONSTITUTIONS of the Thirteen United States of North America	Phil.	1784	USD -	Unknown
183		CONSTITUTIONS of the United States of America	(Phil.)	(1796)	USD -	Unknown
184		CONSTITUTIONS of the United States according to the latest Amendments, and the Federal Constitution with the Amendments	Phil.	1800	USD -	Unknown
185	J. L. De Lolme	CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND	Dublin	1793	USD -	Unknown
186	John C. Stroebel	CONSUMPTION. An Essay on the Lungs ascertaining their True Functions to be contrary to the present adopted Opinions	N. Y.	1810	USD -	Unknown
187		CORALS. Corallina; or, Classical Arrangement of Flexible Coralline Polypidoms	Lond.	1824	USD -	Unknown
188		CRUIKSHANK. Doings in London; or, Day and Night Scenes of the Frauds, Frolics, Manners and Depravities of the Metropolis	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
189	CULLEN, C. L.	Tales of the Ex-Tanks: a Book of Hard-Luck Stories	N. Y.	1900	USD -	Unknown
190		CURIOUS. The Nunn's Complaint against the Fryars	Lond.	1676	USD -	Unknown
191		CURIOUS. The Life and Unacountable Actions of William Fuller, the Notorious English Cheat: a True Account of all his Villianies, etc.	Lond.	(about 1695)	USD -	Unknown
192		CURIOUS. Folly Predominant; or, Folly Taken In	Lond.	1755	USD -	Unknown
193		CURIOUS. Martin Van Butchell's Diverting Pages	Lond.	1795	USD -	Unknown
194		CURIOUS. Studies in Psychology, comprising the Agonies of Hanging	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
195		CURIOUS. Human Depravity Displayed: being an Account of the Wicked and Unnatural Crimes committed by Mr. James R***g, a Schoolmaster, who is to take his Trial at the ensuing Old Bailey Sessions for ravishing a girl only 8 years of age	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
196	CURTIS, GEO. W.	Prue and I	N. Y.	1857	USD -	Unknown
197	DAVIS, JEFFERSON	Vindication of Judge Advocate General Holt from the Foul Slanders of Traitors, their Aiders, Abettors and Sympathizers acting in the interest of Jefferson Davis	(Wash.)	(1866)	USD -	Unknown
198		DIAMONDS AND CRYSTALS. Uiber die AEchtheit der Kristalle von August Breithaupt Kon: Sachs: Edelstein inspektor	Freiberg	1815	USD -	Unknown
199	T. E. Pemberton	DICKENS. Charles Dickens and the Stage	Lond.	1888	USD -	Unknown
200	DICKINSON, JOHN	Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies	Lond.	1774	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.

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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.
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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