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
301	J. M. Peck	ILLINOIS GAZETTEER, in three parts, containing a general View of the State, a general View of each County, and a particular Description of each Town, Settlement, Stream, Prairie, Bottom and Bluff, alphabetically arranged	Jacksonville	1834	USD -	Unknown
302		INDIANS. Ouabi; or, the Virtues of Nature: an Indian Tale in four Cantos	Bost.	1790	USD -	Unknown
303		INDIANS. Articles of Agreement and Consideration between the United States of North America and the Delaware Nation, Creeks, Wyandots, Cherokees, Oneida, Tuscarora, Delawares, and other Indian Tribes	(Phil.)	(1796)	USD -	Unknown
304	Alexander Hamilton	INDIANS Researches concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America	Lond.	1814	USD -	Unknown
305	Solomon Williams	INDIANS. Historical Sketch of Northampton, from its first Settlement	Northampton	1815	USD -	Unknown
306	Samuel Metcalf	INDIANS. A Collection of the Most Interesting Narratives of Indian Warfare in the West, containing an Account of the Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone, one of the First Settlers of Kentucky	Lexington	1821	USD -	Unknown
307		INDIANS. Relations between the Cherokees and the Government of the United States	n. p.	(1825)	USD -	Unknown
308		INDIANS. Statement showing the Number of Indian Schools, where Established	Wash.	1825	USD -	Unknown
309		INDIANS. Intercourse with the Indians	Wash.	1826	USD -	Unknown
310	S. G. Drake	INDIANS. The Old Indian Chronicle...	Bost.	1836	USD -	Unknown
311	A. Hill	INDIANS. Gospel according to St. Matthew, translated into the Mohawk Language	N. Y.	1836	USD -	Unknown
312		INDIANS. Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians	N. Y.	1836	USD -	Unknown
313	Phineas Camp (W. N. Duane)	INDIANS. Poems of the Mohawk Valley	Utica	1859	USD -	Unknown
314	Thomas Church	INDIANS. The History of the great Indian War of 1675 and 1676, commonly called Philip's War. Also the Old French and Indian Wars from 1689 to 1704	N. Y.	(1845)	USD -	Unknown
315		INDIANS. Report of the Committee for the Relief of the Stockbridge Indians	N. Y.	1855	USD -	Unknown
316		INDIANS. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs in relation to the Claims of the Moheconic, now called Stockbridge Indians	N. Y.	1855	USD -	Unknown
317	Lewis H. Morgan	INDIANS. A Conjectural Solution of the Origin of the Classificatory System of Relationship	Cambridge	1868	USD -	Unknown
318		INDIANS. Report of the Commissioners appointed to make Partition of the Real Estate of John O'Bail, alias Corn Planter (a Seneca Indian and a Principal Chief of Six Nations)	Phil.	1871	USD -	Unknown
319		INDIANS. The First Visit of De La Salle to the Senecas, made in 1669	Buffalo	1874	USD -	Unknown
320		INDIANS. Historical Address, Bi-centennial and Centennial	Groton	1876	USD -	Unknown
321		INDIANS. Expedition of Champlain against the Onondagas in 1615	N. Y.	1877	USD -	Unknown
322	Samuel Abbott Green	INDIANS. Historical Address delivered at Groton at the Dedication of Three Monuments erected by the Town	Groton	1880	USD -	Unknown
323		INDIANS. Legends of Saratoga and the Upper Hudson Valley	Troy	1884	USD -	Unknown
324	Lewis H. Morgan	INDIANS. Laws of Descent of the Iroquois	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
325	John Beckmann	INVENTIONS. History of Inventions, Discoveries and Origins	Lond.	1846	USD -	Unknown
326		IRELAND. The Great Charter of the Liberties of the City of Dublin	Dublin	1749	USD -	Unknown
327		IRELAND. The Harp of Erin, or, The Hibernian Melody, by Dennis O'Neil, Esq; also, a variety of Favourite and Patriotic Songs, principally sung at the different theatres	Balt.	1812	USD -	Unknown
328	Charles Phillips, Barrister-at-Law	IRELAND. The Emerald Isle: a Poem	Phil.	1818	USD -	Unknown
329	Edmund Spenser, Sir John Davies and Fynes Moryson	IRELAND. Under Elizabeth and James the First	Lond.	1890	USD -	Unknown
330	IRISH GALLANTRY	Fairburn's Edition of the unprecedented Trial between Mark Browne and M. J. Blake for Adultery	Lond.	1817	USD -	Unknown
331	JACKSON, ANDREW	The Political Mirror; or, Review of Jacksonism	N. Y.	1835	USD -	Unknown
332	JACKSON, "STONEWALL"	Fine Autograph Letter to Gen. J. E. Johnston	Winchester	Dec. 14, 1861	USD -	Unknown
333	JACKSON, "STONEWALL"	Autograph Letter to General J. E. Johnston...	Winchester	Feb. 18th, 1862	USD -	Unknown
334	JACKSON, WILLIAM	Washington's Private Secretary and Secretary of the Order of the SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI	Phil.	1818	USD -	Unknown
335	JEFFERSON	Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson	N. Y.	1832	USD -	Unknown
336	William Linn	JEFFERSON. Life of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence	Ithaca	1843	USD -	Unknown
337		JERSEY CITY AND HOBOKEN DIRECTORY for 1871	Jersey City	1870	USD -	Unknown
338	JOHNSON, ANDREW	Expulsion of the President	Wash.	1868	USD -	Unknown
339	JOHNSON, ANDREW	The Autograph Signatures of the 49 Senators who Tried the Impeachment Case of President Johnson			USD -	Unknown
340		JOHNSON, REVERDY, Attorney General in Taylor and Fillmore's Cabinets and Senator for Maryland	White Sulphur	1841	USD -	Unknown
341	James Redpath and Richard J. Hinton of Kansas	KANSAS TERRITORY and the Rocky Mountains, Gold Region. Handbook	N. Y.	1859	USD -	Unknown
342	KEATS, JOHN	The Eve of St. Agnes: a Poem	Chicago	1900	USD -	Unknown
343	KEESE, JOHN	The Forest Legendary; or, Metrical Tales of the North American Woods	N. Y.	1845	USD -	Unknown
344	KENTUCKY	Constitution of Kentucky and Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives, and Joint Rules of Both Houses	Frankfort	1866	USD -	Unknown
345	KIPLING, RUDYARD	Barrack-Room Ballads and Verses	N. Y.	(1898)	USD -	Unknown
346	KIPLING, RUDYARD	The Phantom Rickshaw, and other Eerie Tales	Allahabad and London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
347	KIPLING, RUDYARD	The City of Dreadful Night	Allahabad and Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
348		KNICKERBOCKER GALLERY: a Testimonial to the Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine from its Contributors	N. Y.	1855	USD -	Unknown
349	KOSSUTH	Memorial of Madame Kossuth Meszlenyi	Bost.	1856	USD -	Unknown
350		LADY'S POCKET LIBRARY	Chambersburg	1797	USD -	Unknown
351	B. Sarrans, Secretary to Gen. Lafayette	LAFAYETTE. Memoirs of General Lafayette and of the French Revolution of 1830	Bost.	1833	USD -	Unknown
352	B. C. Butler	LAKE GEORGE AND LAKE CHAMPLAIN, from their Discovery to 1759	N. Y. and Albany	1865	USD -	Unknown
353	LAKE SUPERIOR	The Mineral Region of Lake Superior	Buffalo	1846	USD -	Unknown
354	LAVELEYE, EMILE DE	Essais et Etudes, 1861-1875	Paris	1894	USD -	Unknown
355	LEE, ROBERT E.	An interesting Series of original Autograph Letters, written by the Confederate General to General John B. Floyd, commencing August 3d, 1861, and ending Oct. 29th, 1861			USD -	Unknown
356		LEE, ROBT. E.		1866	USD -	Unknown
357	LEE, ROBT. E.	General Lee, by Fitzhugh Lee, his Nephew and Cavalry Commander	N. Y.	1897	USD -	Unknown
358	J. R. Johnson, M.D.	LEECH. Treatise on the Medicinal Leech, including its Medical and Natural History. With a Description of its Anatomical Structure; also remarks upon the diseases, preservations, and management of Leeches	Lond.	1816	USD -	Unknown
359	LELAND, CHASG	Hans Breitmann about Town	Phil.	(1869)	USD -	Unknown
360	LELAND, CHASG	Hans Breitmannin Europe	Phil.	(1871)	USD -	Unknown
361	LELAND, CHASG	Hans Breitmannas an Uhlan, etc.	Phil.	(1871)	USD -	Unknown
362	LE SAGE	Adventures of Gil Blas of Santellane	Lond.	1822	USD -	Unknown
363		LINCOLN CAMPAIGN, 1860. Portraits and Sketches of the Lives of all the Candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency	N. Y.	1860	USD -	Unknown
364		LINCOLN CAMPAIGN, Portraits and Sketches of John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane, together with the National Democratic Platform, the Cincinnati Platform, etc.	N. Y.	1860	USD -	Unknown
365		LINCOLN-DOUGLAS CAMPAIGN, 1860	Columbus	1860	USD -	Unknown
366		LINCOLN. Proceedings of the Democratic State Convention, held in Albany, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 1861	Albany	1861	USD -	Unknown
367		LINCOLN. Original Card			USD -	Unknown
368	R. B. Duane	LINCOLN. Sermon on the Funeral Obsequies of Pres. Lincoln	Providence	1865	USD -	Unknown
369		LINCOLN. Commemorative Proceedings of the Athenaeum Club on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States	N. Y.	1865	USD -	Unknown
370	James M. Ludlow	LINCOLN. Sermon on National Events, delivered April 23, 1865	Albany	1865	USD -	Unknown
371		LINCOLN. Legislative (N. Y.) Honors to the Memory of President Lincoln	Albany	1865	USD -	Unknown
372		LINCOLN. The National Freedman: a Monthly Journal	N. Y.	1865	USD -	Unknown
373		LINCOLN. The Nation Weeping for its Dead. Observances at Springfield, Mass., on Lincoln's Funeral Day	Springfield	1865	USD -	Unknown
374		LINCOLN. In Memoriam Abraham Lincoln, assassinated at Washington	Buffalo	1865	USD -	Unknown
375		LINCOLN. The Death of President Lincoln	Albany	1865	USD -	Unknown
376	Joseph A. Seiss, D.D.	LINCOLN. The Assassinated President	Phil.	1865	USD -	Unknown
377	Rev. Charles S. Robinson	LINCOLN. The Martyred President	N. Y.	1865	USD -	Unknown
378	Surgeon S. N. Sherman, U. S. V.	LINCOLN. Eulogy upon President Lincoln, delivered at the U. S. A. General Hospital, Grafton, West Va.	Grafton	1865	USD -	Unknown
379	The Rev. A. S. Twombly	LINCOLN. The Assassination of	Albany	1865	USD -	Unknown
380	William H. Herndon	LINCOLN. Herndon's Lincoln. The True Story of a Great Life. The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln	Chicago	(1889)	USD -	Unknown
381	LIND	Jenny Lind's Salutation to America	N. Y.	1850	USD -	Unknown
382	LONGFELLOW	The Golden Legend	Bost.	1852	USD -	Unknown
383	LONGFELLOW	Christus: a Mystery	Bost.	1873	USD -	Unknown
384	Benjamin F. Thompson	LONG ISLAND. The History of Long Island, from its Discovery and Settlement to the Present Time	N. Y.	1843	USD -	Unknown
385	LOSSING, BENSON J.	Martha Washington	N. Y.	1865	USD -	Unknown
386	LOWELL, J. R.	The Missionary Memorial: a Literary and Religious Souvenir	N. Y.	1846	USD -	Unknown
387	LOWELL, J. R.	The Boatswain's Whistle. Published at the National Sailor's Fair	Bost.	1864	USD -	Unknown
388	LOWELL, J. R.	My Study Windows	Bost.	1872	USD -	Unknown
389		LOUISIANA. Wild Flowers	New Orleans	1848	USD -	Unknown
390		LOUISIANA. Histoire de la Louisiane, contenant la Decouverte de ce Vaste Pays...	A Paris	1758	USD -	Unknown
391		LOUISIANA. "Crescent-Shine"; or, Gleams of Light on all Sorts of Subjects	New Orleans	1866	USD -	Unknown
392		LOUISIANA. The U. S. Provisional Court for the State of Louisiana	N. Y.	1878	USD -	Unknown
393		LOVE-LIFE OF DR. KANE	N. Y.	1866	USD -	Unknown
394	LUCRETIUS	His six Books of Epicurean Philosophy done into English verse	Lond.	1699	USD -	Unknown
395	Owen Meredith	LYTTON (LORD). Lucile	Lond.	1868	USD -	Unknown
396	Joshua L. Chamberlain	MAINE: Her Place in History	Augusta	1877	USD -	Unknown
397	Thomas W. Griffith	MARYLAND. Sketches of the Early History of Maryland	Balt.	1821	USD -	Unknown
398		MARYLAND. Message of the Governor of Maryland communicating the Report of the Commissioners appointed to Survey the River Potomac	Annapolis	1822	USD -	Unknown
399		MARYLAND POCKET ANNUAL	Annapolis	1834	USD -	Unknown
400		MASSACHUSETTS. Report of the Committee of Valuation of the Thirty-one Counties	n. p.	1801	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.