Bangs: Catalogue of A Collection of Standard, Scarce and Curious Books, comprising, Americana, Art, Bibliography, Erotica, Facetiae, Folk-Lore, Indians, New York Items, Romanism, Sport, Sexual Science, etc., etc., etc., Curious French Books, Standard Dictionary,, Mar271901,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 27, 1901 - March 27, 1901

Page Size: 300 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201	MILES, MAJ.-GEN.	Military Europe	N. Y.	1898	USD -	Unknown
202	MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL	MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL. The Life of	N. Y.	1870	USD -	Unknown
203		MONEY. Treatise on Counterfeit	Poughkeepsie	1865	USD -	Unknown
204	MONTAGUE, IRVING	Camp and Studio	Lond.	1890	USD -	Unknown
205	MORGUE RECORDS	Recherches Historiques et Critiques sur la Morgue par Firmin Maillard	Paris	1860	USD -	Unknown
206	MORRIS, CHARLES	Half-Hours with the Best Foreign Authors	Phil.	1888	USD -	Unknown
207	MORRIS, CHARLES	Half-Hours with the Best Humorous Authors, American and Foreign	Phil.	1891	USD -	Unknown
208	MULLER, MAX	Lectures on the Science of Religion. Buddhist Nihilism, and a Translation of the Dhammapada	N. Y.	1872	USD -	Unknown
209		NAPOLEON. Souvenirs Contemporains d'histoire et de litterature par M. Villemain	Paris	1855	USD -	Unknown
210	Abel Stevens, editor	NATIONAL MAGAZINE, devoted to Literature and Art	N. Y.	1852-54	USD -	Unknown
211	A. F. Reinhold, Ph.D., M. D.	NATURE versus DRUGS. A Challenge to the. Drugging Fraternity	N. Y.	1898	USD -	Unknown
212	R. W. Shufeldt	NATURAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES	N. Y.	1900	USD -	Unknown
213	Henry M. Bernard	NATURAL HISTORY. The Apodidae: a Morphological Study	Lond.	1892	USD -	Unknown
214	Prof. Sir G. G. Stokes	NATURAL HISTORY. The Gifford Lectures delivered before the University of Edinburgh, 1891	Lond.	1891	USD -	Unknown
215	P. St. George Cooke	NEW MEXICO. The Conquest of New Mexico and California. An Historical and Personal Narrative	N. Y.	1878	USD -	Unknown
216		NEW YORK. A Description of the New York Central Park	N. Y.	1869	USD -	Unknown
217	Abram C. Dayton	NEW YORK. Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York	N. Y.	1897	USD -	Unknown
218		NEW YORK. Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883	Brooklyn	1883	USD -	Unknown
219	C. H. Parkhurst	NEW YORK. Our Fight with Tammany	N. Y.	1895	USD -	Unknown
220	A. E. Costello	NEW YORK. Our Firemen: a History of the New York Fire Department	N. Y.	1887	USD -	Unknown
221	W. H. Carpenter and T. S. Arthur	NEW YORK. The History of New York from its Earliest to the Present Time	Phil.	1853	USD -	Unknown
222		NEW YORK. The Pasha Papers. Epistles of Mohammed Pasha	N. Y.	1859	USD -	Unknown
223		NEW YORK. The American Metropolis from Knickerbocker Days to the Present Time...	N. Y.	1897	USD -	Unknown
224		ODD FELLOWS'OFFERING, 1848, 1852, 1853	N. Y.	1848-53	USD -	Unknown
225	O'RELL, MAX	John Bull and Co.	N. Y.		USD -	Unknown
227	Dr. C. H. Meriann	ORNITHOLOGY. The Hawks and Owls of the United States	Wash.	1893	USD -	Unknown
228	OWEN, JOHN	The Five Great Skeptical Dramas of History	Lond.	1896	USD -	Unknown
229	F. F. Arbuthnot	PERSIA. Persian Portraits: a Sketch of Persian History, Literature and Politics	Lond.	1887	USD -	Unknown
230	H. D. Darbishire	PHILOLOGY. Reliquiae Philologicae; or, Essays in Comparative Philology	Cambridge	1895	USD -	Unknown
231		PHRENOLOGY. American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany	Phil.	1838-40	USD -	Unknown
232	D. Spillane	PIANOFORTE. History of the American Pianoforte, its Technical Development and the Trade	N. Y.	1890	USD -	Unknown
233	PRATT, JOHN J.	Idyls and Lyrics of the Ohio Valley	Lond.	1893	USD -	Unknown
234		PICKERING IMPRINT. Democritus in London	Lond.	1852	USD -	Unknown
235	John C. Van Tramp	PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES; or, Life in the West	Columbus, O.	1866	USD -	Unknown
236	PRENTISS, ELIZABETH	PRENTISS, ELIZABETH. Life and Letters of	N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
237		PRINCESS BEATRICE. The Adventures of Count George Albert of Erbach	Lond.	1891	USD -	Unknown
238		PROMETHEUS IN ATLANTIS: a Prophecy of the Extinction of the Christian Civilization	N. Y.	1867	USD -	Unknown
239	M. H. Spielman	"PUNCH." The History of "Punch"	N. Y. and Lond.	1895	USD -	Unknown
240	Hon. John D. Long	REPUBLICAN PARTY. Its History, Principles and Politics	N. Y.		USD -	Unknown
241		REVOLUTIONARY TENDENCIES OF THE AGE, their Cause and their Ultimate Aim	N. Y.	1897	USD -	Unknown
242	REYNOLDS, JOSEPH W., M.A.	The Natural History of Immortality	Lond.	1891	USD -	Unknown
243	REYNOLDS, JOSEPH W., M.A.	The Supernatural in Nature: a Verification by Free Use of Science	Lond.	1897	USD -	Unknown
244	P. Richelet	RHYMING DICTIONARY. Dictionnaire des Rimes	Paris	1762	USD -	Unknown
245	S. D. Baldwin, A.M.	ROMANISM. Armageddon; or, The Overthrow of Romanism and Monarchy: the Existence of the United States Foretold in the Bible	Cinn.	1854	USD -	Unknown
246	The Rev. M. H. Seymour	ROMANISM. Evenings with the Romanists: the Moral Results of the Romish System	N. Y.	1856	USD -	Unknown
247	The Abbe Guette	ROMANISM. The Papacy: its Historic Origin and Primitive Relations with the Eastern Churches	N. Y.	1867	USD -	Unknown
248	M. J. de Saint Achent	ROMANISM. Taxes des Parties Casuelles de la Boutique du Pape, selon lesquelles ou absout, argent comptant, les assassins, les parricides, les empoisonneurs, les adulteres, les incestueux, etc.	Paris	1820	USD -	Unknown
249	ROOSEVELT, THEODORE	The Winning of the West...	N. Y.	1900	USD -	Unknown
250	RUDING, WALT	An Evil Motherhood	Lond.	1896	USD -	Unknown
251	RUSSELL, HON. HENRY B.	An Illustrated History of our War with Spain and with the Filipinos	Hartford	1899	USD -	Unknown
252	RUSSELL, WM.	Orthophony; or, Vocal Culture	Bost.	1885	USD -	Unknown
253	RUSSELL, W. CLARK	Pictures from the Life of Nelson		1897	USD -	Unknown
254		RUSSIAN ROMANCES. A Boyar of the Terrible, a Romance of the Court of Ivan the Cruel...	N. Y.	1896-97	USD -	Unknown
255	RYAN, FATHER	RYAN, FATHER. Poems: Patriotic, Religious, etc.	N. Y.	1901	USD -	Unknown
256		SACHER-MASOCH. Seraph: a Tale of Hungary	N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
257	SALTUS, FRANCIS S.	The Bayadere...	N. Y.	1894-95	USD -	Unknown
258	SARTAIN	Cabinet of Modern Art: 25 fine Steel Engravings by Sartain	Phil.	1851	USD -	Unknown
259		SARTAIN'S MAGAZINE	Phil.	1849-52	USD -	Unknown
260		SATAN IN SOCIETY	Cinn.	1871	USD -	Unknown
261		SECRET MEMOIRS. Les Princes Rivaux ou Memoires de Mistress Mary Anne Clarke, favorite du Duc d'York. Oil l'Auteur devoile le Secret des Intrigues du Duc de Kent, etc.	Paris	1813	USD -	Unknown
262	SENIOR, WM. NASSAU	Conversations with Distinguished Persons during the Second Empire	Lond.	1880	USD -	Unknown
263	SEWARD, WM. H.	Travels Around the World	N. Y.	1873	USD -	Unknown
264	A. K. Gardner	SEXUAL SCIENCE. Conjugal Sins against the Laws of Life and Health and their Effects	N. Y.	1870	USD -	Unknown
265	J. M. Duncan, A.M., M. D.	SEXUAL SCIENCE. Fecundity, Fertility, Sterility, and Allied Topics	Edinburgh	1866	USD -	Unknown
266	R. Dale Owen	SEXUAL SCIENCE. Moral Physiology: a plain Treatise on the Population Question	Bost.	1875	USD -	Unknown
267	Henry C. Pedder	SEXUAL SCIENCE. Man and Woman considered in their Relations to each other	N. Y.	1871	USD -	Unknown
268	S. Y. Richard	SEXUAL SCIENCE. The Science of the Sexes; or, How Parents May Control the Sex of their Offspring	Louisville	1879	USD -	Unknown
269	Dan. Newcomb, M.D.	SEXUAL SCIENCE. When and How. Facts and Ideas upon Raising Healthy Children	Chicago	1872	USD -	Unknown
270	Mrs. E. B. Duffey	SEXUAL SCIENCE. The Relations of the Sexes	N. Y.	1876	USD -	Unknown
271		SEXUAL SCIENCE. The Truth about Love	N. Y.	1872	USD -	Unknown
272	Victoria C. Woodhull and T. C. Claflin	SEXUAL SCIENCE. The Human Body the Temple of God; or, the Phi losophy of Sociology	Lond.	1890	USD -	Unknown
273	SHAW, G. BERNARD	The Quintessence of Ibsenism	Bost.	1891	USD -	Unknown
274	SHERMAN, JOHN	Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet. Portraits, etc.	Chicago	1895	USD -	Unknown
275	J. Barnes, editor	SHIPS AND SAILORS. Songs of the Sea, as Sung by the Men who Sailed it	N. Y.	1898	USD -	Unknown
276		SLAVE STATES. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States	N. Y.	1856	USD -	Unknown
277	SMITH, ALBERT	Sketches of London Life and Character	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
278	SOUTHEY, ROBERT	English Seamen--Howard, Clifford, Hawkins, Drake, Cavendish	Lond.	1896	USD -	Unknown
279		SPORT. Frank Schley's American Partridge and Pheasant Shooting	Frederick, Md.	1877	USD -	Unknown
280	E. McGaffey	SPORT. Poems of the Gun and Rod	N. Y.	1892	USD -	Unknown
281	Alfred Watson	SPORT. Racing and Chasing. A Collection of Sporting Stories	Lond.	1897	USD -	Unknown
282	J. P. Hore	SPORT. The History of Newmarket and the Annals of the Turf	Lond.	1886	USD -	Unknown
283	Percy Selous and H. A. Bryden	SPORT. Travel and Big Game	N. Y.	1897	USD -	Unknown
284		STANDARD DICTIONARY of the English Language	N. Y.	1900	USD -	Unknown
285	STANTON, ELIZABETH C.	STANTON, ELIZABETH C. Reminiscences of	N. Y.	1898	USD -	Unknown
286		STEVENSON, R. LOUIS. Vailima Letters...	N. Y. and Chicago	1895-6	USD -	Unknown
287	STICKNEY, ALBERT	The Transvaal Outlook	N. Y.	1900	USD -	Unknown
288	STOWE, H. B.	A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin	Bost.	1853	USD -	Unknown
289	A. Lawrence	SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR. Life Story. Letters and Reminiscences	Chicago	1900	USD -	Unknown
290	Frederic Portal	SYMBOLISM OF COLOURS. Des Couleurs Symboliques. (In Antiquity, Middle Ages and Modern Times)	Paris	1857	USD -	Unknown
291	E. B. Chase	TEACHINGS of Patriots and Statesmen on "Slavery"	Phil.	1861	USD -	Unknown
292	THIBET	The Land of Tawny Beasts. From the French of P. Mael	N. Y.	1895	USD -	Unknown
293	P. A. Stoval	TOOMBS, ROBERT. Statesmen, Speaker, Soldier, Sage	N. Y.	1892	USD -	Unknown
294	Frank M. Bennett	UNITED STATES NAVY. The Steam Navy of the U. S. A History of the Growth of the Steam Vessels of War in the U. S., and of the Naval Engineer Corps	Pittsburgh	1897	USD -	Unknown
295	Geo. C. Hazelton	WASHINGTON. The National Capitol, its Architecture, Art and History	N. Y.	1897	USD -	Unknown
296	WENDELL, BARRETT	A Literary History of America	N. Y.	1900	USD -	Unknown
297	WHARTON, ANNE H.	Colonial Days and Dames	Phil.	1895	USD -	Unknown
298	WILLIS, N. P.	Letters from Under a Bridge, and Poems	Lond.	1840	USD -	Unknown
299	WINTER, WILLIAM	Life and Art of Edwin Booth	N. Y.	1893	USD -	Unknown
300	Charles F. Forshaw	YORKSHIRE POETRY. The Poets of Keighly, Bingley, Haworth, etc.	Lond.	1893	USD -	Unknown
301	ZOLA	Stories for Ninon	N. Y.	1898	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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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.