Bangs: Catalogue of an Interesting Collection of Books, comprising, First Editions of American Authors, American Works of Humor, American Periodicals, American Annuals, American History, New York City Manuals, New York City History, Civil War Items, including so, May081902,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 08, 1902 - May 08, 1902

Page Size: 684 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
197	CLEMENS, S. L.	Mark Twain's Autobiography and First Romance	N. Y.	(1871)	USD -	Not Sold
198	CLEMENS, S. L.	Roughing It	Hartford	1872	USD -	Not Sold
199	CLEMENS, S. L. (AND C. D. WARNER)	The Gilded Age	Hartford	1874	USD -	1.05
200	CLEMENS, S. L.	Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old	Hartford	1875	USD -	1.55
201	CLEMENS, S. L.	A Tramp Abroad	Hartford	1880	USD -	1.10
202	CLEMENS, S. L.	The Prince and the Pauper	Bost.	1882	USD -	1.55
203	CLEMENS, S. L.	Life on the Mississippi	Bost.	1883	USD -	2.00
204	CLEMENS, S. L.	Following the Equator	Hartford	1897	USD -	1.30
205	CLEMENS, S. L.	A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court	N. Y.	1889	USD -	1.15
206	CLEMENS, S. L.	Merry Tales	N. Y.	1892	USD -	1.40
207	CLEMENS, S. L.	The American Claimant	N. Y.	1892	USD -	0.80
208	CLEMENS, S. L.	Eye Openers, etc.	Lond.	(1870)	USD -	0.75
209	CLEMENS, S. L.	Screamers, etc.	Lond.	(1870)	USD -	0.50
210	CLEMENS, S. L.	Choice Humorous Works. Corrected and revised by the Author	Lond.	1878	USD -	0.50
211	CLEMENS, S. L.	Sketches, New and Old	Hartford	1875	USD -	Not Sold
212	CONWAY, M. D.	The Golden Hour, 1862...			USD -	Not Sold
213	COOKE, J. ESTEN	Doctor Vandyke: a Novel	N. Y.	1872	USD -	0.35
214	COOPER, J. F.	The Crater	N. Y.	1847	USD -	0.80
215	COPPEE, HENRY	A Gallery of English and American Poets	Phil.	1860	USD -	1.05
216	COX, S. S.	A Buckeye Abroad; or, Wanderings in Europe and the Orient	N. Y.	1852	USD -	0.45
217	COZZENS, F. S.	The Sparrowgrass Papers	N. Y.	1856	USD -	0.55
218	CRANE, STEPHEN	A Souvenir and a Medley: Seven Poems and a Sketch	East Aurora	1897	USD -	1.85
219	CRANE, STEPHEN	The Little Regiment...	N. Y.	1896-97	USD -	1.85
220	CRAWFORD, CART. JACK	The Poet Scout: a Book of Song and Story	N. Y.	1886	USD -	0.45
221	K. R. Mackenzie	CROWQUILL. Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tyl Owlglass	Lond.	1860	USD -	0.50
222	CURTIS, G. W.	Nile Notes of a Howadji	N. Y.	1851	USD -	1.05
223	CURTIS, G. W.	Lotus-Eating	N. Y.	1852	USD -	1.35
224	CURTIS, G. W.	The Howadji in Syria	N. Y.	1852	USD -	0.60
225	J. D. Harris	CURTIS, G. W. Summer on the Caribbean Sea	N. Y.	1860	USD -	0.50
226	CURTIS, G. W.	Trumps	N. Y.	1861	USD -	1.10
227	CURTIS, G. W.	Ars Recte Vivendi	N. Y.	1898	USD -	0.40
228	CURTIS, G. W.	Poem: "Rhode Island and the Times"	N. Y.	1863	USD -	0.25
229	CURTIS, G. W.	Address at Unveiling Statue of Washington, Nov. 26th, 1883	N. Y.	1883	USD -	0.70
230	CURTIS, G. W.	Wendell Phillips: a Eulogy	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.75
231	CAMPBELL, THOS.	Life of Mrs. Siddons	Lond.	1834	USD -	0.35
232		CATALOGUE of the Superb Collection of English Literature made by Chas. B. Foote	N. Y.	1895	USD -	1.05
233		CATALOGUE of the Library of L. D. Alexander.	N. Y.	1895	USD -	0.40
234	CARNOT, M.	CARNOT, M. Memorial of	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	0.30
235		CHAMBERS'S Information for the People	Lond.	1884	USD -	0.55
236		CHAP-BOOK (THE). Semi-Monthly			USD -	0.50
237	CHATEAUBRIAND	Sketches of English Literature	Lond.	1836	USD -	1.00
238		CHARLESTON, S. C., IMPRINT. Macomb's Treatise on Martial Law	Charleston	1809	USD -	0.70
239		CHICAGO AND THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION	Cinn.	1871	USD -	0.15
240	Iron Gray	CIVIL WAR. The Gospel of Slavery. Primer of Freedom	N. Y.	(1864)	USD -	0.25
241		CIVIL WAR. Rifle Shots at Past and Passing Events	Phil.	1862	USD -	0.15
242		LITTLE MAC. HOW he Captured Manassas	Bost.	(1863)	USD -	0.40
243		CIVIL WAR. General Orders of Volunteer Force, 1861-64	Wash.		USD -	0.05
244	John S. Robson	CONFEDERATE. HOW a One-Legged Rebel Lives: a Reminiscence of the Late War	Charlottesville	1891	USD -	0.20
245		CONFEDERATE. Register of the Confederate Dead in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.	Richmond	1869	USD -	0.20
246		CONFEDERATE MUSIC. C. T. Paterson's Sic Semper Tyrannis (The Song of Virginia). Dedicated to Gov. Wise	Balt.	1859	USD -	0.50
247		CONFEDERATE MUSIC. God and our Rights. Song. Rare	New Orleans	1861	USD -	Not Sold
248		CONFEDERATE MUSIC. The Beauregard; or, Fort Sumter Polka March	New Orleans	1861	USD -	0.30
249		CONFEDERATE MUSIC. Southern Stars: Belmont Quickstep. C.D. Benson. C. S. copyright, 1861	Nashville, Tenn.		USD -	0.35
250		CONFEDERATE MUSIC. Secession Grand March	New Orleans	1861	USD -	0.30
251		CONFEDERATE MUSIC. Askew Quick Step	New Orleans	1861	USD -	0.25
252	M. F. Bigney	CONFEDERATE Music. The Stars of Our Banner	New Orleans	1861	USD -	0.40
253		CONFEDERATE Old Cotton is King	New Orleans	1862	USD -	0.40
254		CONFEDERATE Our Flag; or, The Origin of the Stars and Bars	New Orleans	1862	USD -	0.25
255		CONFEDERATE Southern Stars: Military March	Nashville, Tenn.	1862	USD -	0.30
256		CONFEDERATE La Hoche: The Alabama Polka. Printed from C. S. copyright, 1863	New Orleans	1864	USD -	0.25
257	John A. Hewitt	CONFEDERATE The Unknown Dead	Macon, Ga.	1863	USD -	0.30
258		CONFEDERATE Our Generals: Waltz	Louisville	1864	USD -	0.90
259	A Lady of Kentucky	CONFEDERATE The Southron's Chant of Defiance	New Orleans	1864	USD -	0.35
260		CONFEDERATE Wearing of the Gray	New Orleans	1864	USD -	0.25
261		CONFEDERATE John Morgan's Escape	New Orleans	1865	USD -	0.25
262	Jules C. Meininger	CONFEDERATE In Memory of the Confederate Dead. Requiem	Louisville	1866	USD -	0.35
263		CONFEDERATE Southern Rights March		n. d.	USD -	0.35
264		CONFEDERATE Absolum Duley Polka...	New Orleans	v. d.	USD -	0.25
265	The Marquess of Lothian	CONFEDERATE SECESSION (THE)	Edinburgh	1864	USD -	0.50
266	CLARK, W. P.	The Indian Sign Language	Phil.	1885	USD -	0.80
267	(CLEMENS, S. L.)	The American Claimant	N. Y.	1892	USD -	0.55
268	COOPER, J. F.	Leather-Stocking Tales	N. Y.	1882	USD -	0.12
269		CONTES a Rire d'un nouveau genre et des plus amusants par le Citoyen Collier	Bruxelles	1881	USD -	0.40
270	V. Botta	DANTE as Philosopher, Patriot and Poet, with Analysis of the Divine Commedia	N. Y.	1865	USD -	0.30
271	DAUDET, ALPHONSE	DAUDET, ALPHONSE. Novels	Lond.	1896	USD -	0.30
272	DICKENS, C.	Old Lamps for New Ones, and other Sketches and Essays hitherto uncollected	N. Y.		USD -	0.20
273	Ireland, J. N.	DRAMA. Life of Mrs. Mary Duff	Bost.	1882	USD -	0.30
274		DUNLAP SOCIETY. Biennial Reports of Treasurer and Secretary	N. Y.	1888	USD -	0.10
275	DURRIE, DANIEL S.	Bibliographia Genealogica Americana. Alphabetical Index of American Genealogies and Pedigrees	Albany	1886	USD -	0.90
276	DE MILLE, JAMES	The Lady of the Ice	N. Y.	1870	USD -	0.35
277	DEVOL, GEORGE H.	Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi	N. Y.	1892	USD -	0.30
278	DICKENS, CHARLES	Hard Times...			USD -	0.25
279	DICKENS, CHARLES	The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and some Uncollected Pieces	Bost.	1870	USD -	0.40
280	DICKENS	A Child's Dream of a Star	Bost.	1871	USD -	0.25
281	EATON	Life of Gen. Wm. Eaton, Commander of the Expedition to Derne, Tripoli, 1805	Brookfield (Mass.)	1813	USD -	0.45
282	ELIOT, JOHN	Biographical Dictionary	Salem (Mass.)	1809	USD -	0.85
283	ELIOT, GEORGE	Romola	Bost.		USD -	1.55
284	ELIOT, GEORGE	How Lisa Loved the King	Bost.	1869	USD -	0.30
284a	EMERSON, R. W.	English Traits	Bost.	1856	USD -	0.60
285	EMERSON, R. W.	English Traits...			USD -	0.15
286		THE NATIVITY...			USD -	0.15
287		MASSACRE DES HUGUENOTS, 24 Aoust 1572, jour de S. Barthelemi			USD -	0.75
288		OBERWESEL			USD -	0.10
289		JOHN KNOX REPROVING THE LADIES OF QUEEN MARY'S COURT...			USD -	0.10
290		RUSTIC HOSPITALITY...			USD -	0.10
291		SIR ROGER AND THE GYPSIES...			USD -	0.25
292		PHOTOGRAPH: The Plaza and Cathedral of Lima			USD -	0.40
293		DRAWINGS IN COLOR: Oriental Scene...			USD -	0.05
294		SMIRKE'S Illustrations to Don Quixote. India-paper impressions. Mounted in quarto			USD -	0.06
295		LARGE PORTFOLIO FOR ENGRAVINGS			USD -	0.50

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.
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