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
599	VERNE, JULES	Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Lond.		USD -	Unknown
600		VIRGINIA. A Tour through Part of Virginia in the Summerof 1808	N. Y.	1807	USD -	Unknown
601		VIRGINIA. Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Regular Session, in the City of Wheeling, Monday, 2d Dec., 1861	Wheeling	1861	USD -	Unknown
602		VOLTAIRE'S General Correspondence	Kehl	1785	USD -	Unknown
603		VERMONT. Constitutions of the United States, according to the latest Amendments, etc.	Phil.	1791	USD -	Unknown
604		VERMONT. Concise Summary of the Second Volume of the Olive Branch, containing an Account of Governor Chittenden's giving written Instructions to General Ira Allen, in 1795, to Purchase Military Stores in Europe for the Vermont Militia, etc.	Phil.	(1806)	USD -	Unknown
605	Hiland Hall	VERMONT. Why the Early Inhabitants Disclaimed the Juris diction of New York and Established an Independent Government	Bennington	1872	USD -	Unknown
606	John Lewis Thomson	WAR OF 1812. Historical Sketches of the Late War between the United States and Great Britain, blended with Anecdotes illustrative of the Individual Bravery of the American Sailors, Soldiers and Citizens	Phil.	1816	USD -	Unknown
607		WAR OF 1812. A Treatise on Expatriation	Wash.	1814	USD -	Unknown
608		WAR OF 1812. Proceedings of the Convention of the Soldiers of the War of 1812, held at Syracuse, June, 1854	Syracuse	1854	USD -	Unknown
609		WAR OF 1812. Proceedings of the Convention of the Soldiers of the War of 1812 in the State of New York, held at Schuylerville, in reference to their Claims for Military Services, and to celebrate the Anniversary of Burgoyne's Surrender	Albany	1857	USD -	Unknown
610	Jonathan Elliot	WASHINGTON, D. C. History of the 10 Miles forming the District of Columbia. With a picture of Washington. With a Description of the River Potomac, its Fish and Wild Fowl, etc.	Wash.	1830	USD -	Unknown
611	WASHINGTON, D. C.	Guide to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston	N. Y.	1847	USD -	Unknown
612	W. D. Haley	WASHINGTON, D. C. Philp's Washington Described. A Complete View of the American Capital and the District of Columbia	Wash.	(1860)	USD -	Unknown
613	WASHINGTON, D. C.	Bohn's Hand Book of Washington	Wash.	1861	USD -	Unknown
614		WASHINGTON. Epistles, Domestic, Confidential and Official, from General Washington, written about the Commencement of the American Contest	N. Y.	1796	USD -	Unknown
615		WASHINGTON. Letters from his Excellency George Washington to Arthur Young and Sir John Sinclair	Alexandria	1803	USD -	Unknown
616	John Corry	WASHINGTON. Life of George Washington, late President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the U. S. A.	N. Y.	1809	USD -	Unknown
617	Col. Sherwin McRae	WASHINGTON. His Person, as represented by the Artists. The Houdon Statue, its History and Value	(Richmond)	1873	USD -	Unknown
618	Richard Dinmore	WASHINGTON CITY IMPRINT. Select and Fugitive Poetry	Washington City	1802	USD -	Unknown
619	WEBSTER	Poem and other Thoughts on the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster	Bost.	1854	USD -	Unknown
620	WHITE, RICHARD GRANT	National Hymns: how they are written and how they are not written	N. Y.	1861	USD -	Unknown
621	WHITMAN, WALT	Voices from the Press: a Collection of Sketches, Essays and Poems by Practical Printers	N. Y.	1850	USD -	Unknown
622	WHITMAN, WALT	Leaves of Grass	Camden, New Jersey	1876	USD -	Unknown
623	WHITTIER, JOHN G.	Songs of Labor, and other Poems	Bost.	1851	USD -	Unknown
624	WHITTIER, JOHN G.	Little Eva, Uncle Tom's Guardian Angel	Bost.	1852	USD -	Unknown
625		WISCONSIN ALMANAC AND ANNUAL REGISTER. Compiled from Official Records by John Warren Hunt	Milwaukee	1856	USD -	Unknown
626	Theodore D. Woolsey	YALE COLLEGE. Address Commemorative of the Life and Services of Benjamin Silliman	New Haven	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.