Bangs: CATALOGUE OF SCARCE BOOKS. AMERICANA; CHOICE SPECIMENS OF EARLY PRINTING, AND FROM THE ALDINE AND ELZEVIR PRESSES; A FEW RARE BOOKS FROM THE GROLIER CLUB AND THE KELMSCOTT PRESS; A COLLECTION OF BIBLIOGRAPHY; LIMITED EDITIONS; FIRST EDITIONS OF BEECHER, H, Apr281902,

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 28, 1902 - April 28, 1902

Page Size: 857 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ADAMS, JOHN	ADAMS, JOHN. Works of	Bost.	1856	USD -	0.88
2	ALLIBONE, S. AUSTIN	A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors	Phil.	1881	USD -	1.88
3	S. D. McConnell, D. D.	ALLIBONE, S. AUSTIN. In Memory of S. Austin Allibone	Phil.	1891	USD -	3.35
4	ALDRICH, T. B.	Daisy's Necklace, and What Came of It	N. Y.	1857	USD -	2.50
5	ALDRICH, T. B.	The Queen of Sheba	Bost.	1877	USD -	3.00
6	ALEXANDER, S. B.	The Veiled Beyond: a Romance of the Adepts	N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	Not Sold
7	Robert B. Thomas	ALMANACS. The Old Farmer's Almanac			USD -	Not Sold
8	AMICIS, EDMONDO DE	Spain and the Spaniards	N. Y. and Lond.	1885	USD -	20.00
9	ANDREWS, WILLIAM L.	Paul Revere and his Engraving	N. Y.	1901	USD -	55.00
10	Clarke, Kit	ANGLING. Where the Trout Hide	N. Y.	1889	USD -	0.30
11		ARABIAN NIGHTS. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night	Lond.		USD -	4.00
12		ART. Catalogue of a valuable Collection of Modern Paintings	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	1.25
13		ART. Illustrated Catalogue of Master Works of the Early English, Dutch and Flemish Schools	N. Y.	1900	USD -	1.12
14		ART. Early English, Dutch and Flemish Paintings	N. Y.	1899	USD -	1.10
15	Edward Strahan, editor	ART TREASURES OF AMERICA. INDIA PROOFS	Phil.	(1880)	USD -	0.70
16	ANDERSON	Illustrations of Mother Goose's Melodies	N. Y.	1873	USD -	0.75
17		AUTOGRAPHS. Document signed by Chas. Apthorp of London appointing Nathaniel Apthorp Power of Attorney to collect Int. in New England in 1791			USD -	0.50
18		ALDINE. Theodorus, Introductivae Grammatices, lib. IV...			USD -	77.50
19		ALDINE. Benedetti, Diaria de Cello Carolino	Venetiis	1496	USD -	37.00
20		ALDINE. Theophrasti, De historia plantarum libri X. Ejusdem de causis Plantarum libri IV	Venetiis	1497	USD -	21.00
21		ALDINE. Martialis (Epigrammata)	Venetiis	1501	USD -	15.00
22		ALDINE. Martialis (Epigrammata)	Counterfeit Aldine	1501	USD -	10.00
23		ALDINE. Sophocles. Tragoediae Septem	Venetiis	1502	USD -	61.00
24		ALDINE. Valerii Maximi dictorum et factorum memorabilium libri novem	Venetiis	1502	USD -	6.00
25		ALDINE. Xenophontis omissa: quae graeca geste appellantur	Venetiis	1503	USD -	25.00
26		ALDINE. Demosthenes Opera	Venetiis	1504	USD -	46.00
27	Bembo (Pietro)	ALDINE. Gli Asolani	Venetiis	1505	USD -	13.00
28		ALDINE. Plinius Secundus, Epistolarum libri Decem...	Venetiis	1508	USD -	11.00
29		ALDINE. Strozii poetae: Pater et filius		1513	USD -	5.00
30		ALDINE. Pontanus, Opera	Venetiis	1513--18	USD -	11.50
31		ALDINE. Lactantius, Opera, and Tertulianus	Venetiis	1515	USD -	10.00
32		ALDINE. Lactantius, Opera	Venetiis	1515	USD -	11.00
33		ALDINE. Bembo, Gli Asolani	Aldus	1515	USD -	5.50
34		ALDINE. Lucretius, Opera	Venetiis	1515	USD -	6.50
35		ALDINE. Lucretius, Opera	Venetiis	1515	USD -	65.00
36		ALDINE. Tertulianus	Venetiis	1515	USD -	4.50
37		ALDINE. Catullus, Tibullus et Propertius	Venetiis	1515	USD -	16.00
38		ALDINE. Catullus, Tibullus et Propertius	Venetiis	1515	USD -	4.00
39		ALDINE. Musaei opusculum de Herone et Leandro	Venetiis	1517	USD -	14.50
40		ALDINE. C. Plinii secundi Novocomensis Epistolarum libri X., etc.	Venetiis	1518	USD -	4.00
41		ALDINE. Artemidorus, de somnium interpretatione libri quinque	Venetiis	1518	USD -	6.00
42	Cicero	ALDINE. Rhetoricorum ad Herennium. De inventione. De Oratore ad Quintum fratrem	Venetiis	1521	USD -	14.50
43		ALDINE. M. T. Ciceronis Epistolarum ad Atticum, ad Brutum, ad Quintum Fratrem libri XX	Venetiis	1521	USD -	5.50
44		ALDINE. In hoc volumine haec continentur: Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium lib. IIII, etc.	Venetiis	1521	USD -	5.00
45		ALDINE. Polybii Historiarum libri quinque in latinam conversi linguam, Nicolao Perotto interprete	Venetiis	1521	USD -	8.00
46		ALDINE. Apuleius. Metamorphoseos, siue lusus Asini libri XI., etc.	Venetiis	1521	USD -	3.00
47		ALDINE. Budaeus. De Asse	Venetiis	1522	USD -	4.50
48		ALDINE. Plautus. Comoediae	Venetiis	1522	USD -	10.50
49		ALDINE. Luciani opera	Venetiis	1522	USD -	4.50
50		ALDINE. Asconii Paediani Expositio in IIII. orationes M. Tullii Ciceronis contra C. Verrem. Victorini commentarii in libros M. J. C. de inventione. Georgii Trapezuntii in orationem pro Q. Ligario	Venetiis	1522	USD -	4.50
51		ALDINE. Plautus. Comoediae XX. Quarum carmina magna ex parte in mensum suum restituta sunt curis And. Asulani	Venetiis	1522	USD -	10.50
52		ALDINE. Cl. Claudiani Opera	Venetiis	1523	USD -	4.50
53		ALDINE. Herodiani historiarum libri VIII	Venetiis	1524	USD -	6.50
54		ALDINE. Homer, Ulyssea (Odyssea) Batrachomyomachi	Venetiis	1524	USD -	8.00
55		ALDINE. Didymi Antiquissimi Auctoris interpretatio in Odysseam	Venetiis	1528	USD -	10.50
56		ALDINE. Eugubinus, Recognitio veteris testamenti ad hebraicam veritatem	Venetiis	1529	USD -	4.50
57		ALDINE. Libri de re rustica: M. Catonis lib. I...	Venetiis	1533	USD -	5.50
58		ALDINE. Rhetoricorum ad Herennium, and other Oratorical Works		1533	USD -	4.50
59		ALDINE. Sannazaro, De partu Virginis libri III	Venetiis	1534	USD -	4.00
60		ALDINE. Tacitus. Exacta cura recognitus et emendatus	Venetiis	1534	USD -	6.50
61		ALDINE. Eustratius et aliorum insignium peripateticorum commentaria in libros decem Aristotelis de moribus ad nicomachum	Venetiis	1536	USD -	10.50
62		ALDINE. Lettere volgari di diverse nobelissimi huomini et eccellentissimi ingezin scritte in diverse materie	Venetiis	1543	USD -	11.00
63		ALDINE. Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, etc.	Venetiis	1543	USD -	3.50
64		ALDINE. Viaggi fatti da Vinetia	Vinegia	1545	USD -	4.00
65		ALDINE. Liburnio. Le occurrenze humane per Nicolo Liburnio composte	Venetiis	1546	USD -	4.00
66	Bembo, P.	ALDINE. Historiae Venetae libri XII	Venetiis	1551	USD -	15.00
67		ALDINE. Bartolomaei Fumi, hereticae privitatis inquisitoris summa: quae Aurea Armilia iscribitur	Venetiis	1554	USD -	6.25
68	Medici, Lorenzo	ALDINE. Poesie volgari	Venetiis	1554	USD -	21.00
69		ALDINE. Moschi Bionis, Theocriti, elegantissimorum poetarum idyllia aliquot		1555	USD -	4.00
70	Faletus, Hieronymus	ALDINE. De bello Sicambrico libri IIII. Et ejusdem alia poemata libri VIII	Venetiis	1557	USD -	6.00
71		ALDINE. Cardinal Pole. Discorso intorno alle cose dellaguerra		1558	USD -	5.00
72		ALDINE. Ptolomaeus, Planisphaerium, Jordani Planisphaerium...	Venetiis	1558	USD -	4.50
73		ALDINE. Cicero. De Oratore libri III., Orator. De Clarisoratoribus. Cum correctionibus Pauli Manutii	Venetiis	1559	USD -	3.50
74		ALDINE. Ciceronis. De officiis libri III. Cator major, vel de Senectute. Laelius vel de Amicitia	Venetiis	1564	USD -	3.00
75		ALDINE. Q. Horatii Flacci Opera	Venetiis	1566	USD -	9.50
76		ALDINE. Manutius Paulus, Epistolarum libri IIX	Venetiis	1569	USD -	3.50
77	Epitheta M. T.	ALDINE. Ciceronis collecta. A. P. Johanne Nunnesio Valentino. Cum privilegio	Venetiis	1570	USD -	3.00
78		ALDINE. Valerii Paterculi historiae Romanae ab Aldo Manutio Pauli F. Aldi N. emendati et Scholiis illustrati	Venetiis	1571	USD -	5.50
79		ALDINE. Catechismus ex decreto concilii tridentini ad parochos Pii V. pont. max. iussu editus	Venetiis	1575	USD -	36.00
80	M. Tullius Cicero	ALDINE. Mannucciorum commentariis illustratus antiquaeque lectioni restitutus	Venetiis	1582-83	USD -	4.00
81		ALDINE. Lactantius, Opera, and Tertulianus	Venetiis	1515	USD -	4.00
82	Philo Copernicus	ALMANAC. The American Calendar for 1771	Phil.		USD -	0.50
83	Robert Andrews	ALMANAC. The Virginia Almanack for 1793			USD -	0.40
84	ANDREWS, WILLIAM LORING	James Lyne's Survey; or, as it is more commonly known, The Bradford Map, a Plan of the City of New York, 1731	N. Y.	1900	USD -	5.00
85	BANCROFT, GEORGE	Joseph Reed, a Historical Essay...			USD -	3.50
86		BLADENSBURG RACES (THE). Written shortly after the Capture of Washington City, Aug. 24, 1814			USD -	0.25
87		BOSTON. Report of a French Protestant Refugee in Boston, 1687			USD -	0.35
88		BOSTON SLAVE RIOT, and Trial of Anthony Burns...			USD -	2.75
89	BURGES, TRISTAM	An Extensive and Interesting Collection of his Speeches and other tracts, i. e.: The Cause of Man: an Oration...			USD -	0.90
90	(CALLENDER, J. T.)	The History of the United States for 1796, including a variety of Interesting Particulars relative to the Federal Government previous to that period	Phil.	1797	USD -	3.25
91	CALLENDER, TOM (Citizen of the World)	Letters to Alexander Hamilton, King of the Feds., Ci-devant Sec. of the Treasury of the United States, etc., etc., etc.: being intended as a Reply to a Scandalous Pamphlet lately published under the Sanction, as it is presumed, of Mr. Hamilton	N. Y.	1802	USD -	3.25
92	Col. Nicholas Beyard and Lieut.-Col. Charles Lodowick	CANADA. Journal of the Late Actions of the French at Canada	N. Y.	1868	USD -	1.70
93	A. T. Andreas	CHICAGO. History of Chicago, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time	Chicago	1885	USD -	1.00
94		CIVIL WAR. A Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets belonging to D. M. Tredwell, relating to the Great Civil War	Brooklyn	1874	USD -	0.50
95	COGHLAN	Memoirs of Mrs. Coghlan, Daughter of the Late Major Moncrieffe	N. Y.	1864	USD -	21.00
96	COLUMBUS	Letter of Columbus to Luis De Santangel, 1493			USD -	0.40
97	COLUMBUS	COLUMBUS. The Letter of, on the Discovery of America	N. Y.	1892	USD -	0.25
98	Judge Beverley Tucker	CONFEDERATE. The Partisan Leader: a Novel, and an Apocalypse of the Origin and Struggles of the Southern Confederacy	Richmond	1862	USD -	2.00
99		CONFEDERATE. Tannhauser; or, The Battle of the Bards: a Poem	Mobile	1863	USD -	0.90
100	Wm. Bingham	CONFEDERATE. Grammar of the Latin Language	Greensboro, N. C.	1863	USD -	1.12

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.
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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