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
509 HOLMES, O. W. The Claims of Dentistry: an Address delivered at the Commencement Exercises of the Dental Department in Harvard University, Feby. 14, 1872 Bost.

1872

 USD - 0.80
510 George Chapman HOMER. The Hymns of Homer; The Batrachomyoma chia; and Two Original Poetical Hymns

1818

 USD - 2.50
511 Vaenius, O. Q. HORATIUS. Horatii Flacci Emblemata Antverpiae

(1607)

 USD - 21.00
512 HOWELLS, W. D. Their Wedding Journey Bost.

1872

 USD - 0.50
513 HUDSON, FREDERIC Journalism in the United States, from 1690 to 1872 N. Y.

1873

 USD - 0.90
514 HUMPHREYS, H. N. The Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing Lond.

1853

 USD - 4.00
515 HUMPHREYS, H. N. A History of the Art of Printing, from its Invention to the Middle of the 16th Century Lond.

1867

 USD - 5.50
516 IRVING, WASHINGTON, The Works N. Y.

1860-67

 USD - 2.37
517 His Nephew, Pierre M. Irving IRVING. The Life and Letters of Washington Irving N. Y.

1883

 USD - 3.00
518 JARVES, JAMES J. Parisian Lights and French Principles N. Y.

1852

 USD - 0.10
519 JARVES, JAMES J. Art Studies: The "Old Masters" of Italy, Painting N. Y. and Lond.

1861

 USD - 0.60
520 JOHNSON, J. Typographia; or, The Printers' Instructor: including an account of the Origin of Printing Lond.

1824

 USD - 2.00
521 JACQUEMART, ALBERT History of the Ceramic Art Lond.

1873

 USD - 9.00
522 William Morris KELMSCOTT PRESS. News from Nowhere; or, an Epoch of Rest, being some chapters from a Utopian Romance

1892

 USD - 34.00
523 KELMSCOTT PRESS. The Life of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York, written by George Cavendish

1893

 USD - 31.00
524 William Morris KELMSCOTT PRESS. Gothic Architecture. A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society Hammersmith

1893

 USD - 11.00
525 KELMSCOTT PRESS. The Tale of the Emperor Constans and of Over Sea Hammersmith

1894

 USD - 9.50
526 KELMSCOTT PRESS. The Romance of Sir Isambras Hammersmith

1897

 USD - 12.50
527 KEMPIS De Imitatione Christi libri quatuor

1858

 USD - 0.80
528 KEMPIS The Imitation of Christ Lond.

1893

 USD - 0.75
529 LA FONTAINE Contes et Nouvelles envers Amsterdam

1685

 USD - 17.00
530 LA FONTAINE Les Amours de Psyche et de Cupidon A Londres (Paris)

1782

 USD - 2.00
531 LA FONTAINE Fables Choisies La Haye

1688

 USD - Not Sold
532 LA FONTAINE Fables Choisies mises en vers A Londres (Paris)

1780

 USD - Not Sold
533 LA FONTAINE LA FONTAINE. The Fables of Bost.

1884

 USD - Not Sold
534 LAMB, CHARLES Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Lond.

USD - 0.35
535 LAMB, CHARLES Essays of Elia N. Y.

1883

 USD - 5.75
536 LAMB, CHARLES A Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Charles Lamb N. Y.

1897

 USD - 0.30
537 LENOX, JAMES A. L. S. New York

7th Sept., 1854

 USD - 0.25
538 LESSING. Nathan der Weise. Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in funf Aufzugen

USD - 20.00
539 LEWIS, M. G. Ambrosio; or, The Monk: a Romance Lond.

1798

 USD - 2.50
540 LODGE, THOMAS Glaucus and Silla, with other Lyrical and Pastoral Poems Chiswick

1819

 USD - 2.50
541 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. Novelas Espanolas Brunswick (Me.)

1830

 USD - 18.50
542 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. Syllabus de la Grammaire Italienne Bost.

1832

 USD - 11.50
543 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. Outre-Mer: a Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea N. Y.

1835

 USD - 4.50
544 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. Hyperion: a Romance N. Y.

1839

 USD - 0.75
545 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. The Spanish Student: a Play in Three Acts Cambridge

1843

 USD - 23.00
546 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems Cambridge

USD - 11.00
547 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. The Belfry of Bruges

1846

 USD - 1.00
548 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. Kavanagh: a Tale Bost.

1849

 USD - 0.25
549 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. The Seaside and the Fireside Bost.

1850

 USD - 0.90
550 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. The Seaside and the Fireside

USD - 0.50
551 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. The Golden Legend Bost.

1852

 USD - 0.50
552 LONGFELLOW The Song of Hiawatha Bost.

1855

 USD - 0.63
553 LONGFELLOW Tales of a Wayside Inn Bost.

1863

 USD - 0.85
554 LONGFELLOW LONGFELLOW. The Complete Works of Bost.

1866

 USD - 1.37
555 LONGFELLOW Flower-De-Luce Bost.

1867

 USD - 3.25
556 LONGFELLOW The New England Tragedies Bost.

1868

 USD - 0.50
557 LONGFELLOW The Divine Tragedy Bost.

1871

 USD - 0.50
558 LONGFELLOW The Divine Tragedy

USD - 0.50
559 LONGFELLOW Three Books of Song Bost.

1872

 USD - 0.70
560 LONGFELLOW Three Books of Song

USD - 0.70
561 LONGFELLOW Aftermath

1873

 USD - 0.50
562 LONGFELLOW Keramos, and other Poems Bost.

1878

 USD - 0.60
563 LONGFELLOW Michael Angelo: a Dramatic Poem

1884

 USD - 0.75
564 LOUVERT DE COUVRAY The Amours of the Chevalier de Faublas Lond.

1822

 USD - 3.00
565 LOVELACE, RICHARD Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs, etc., etc.... Chiswick

1817-18

 USD - 2.25
566 LOWE, ROBERT W. A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature, from the earliest times to the present day N. Y. and Lond.

1888

 USD - 0.75
567 LOWELL, JAMES R. A Fable for Critics N. Y.

1848

 USD - 1.60
568 LOWELL, JAMES R. Under the Willows and other Poems Bost.

1869

 USD - 1.50
569 LOWELL, JAMES R. Among My Books Bost.

1870

 USD - 2.75
570 LOWELL, JAMES R. The Cathedral

1870

 USD - 1.25
571 LOWELL, JAMES R. My Study Windows

1871

 USD - 2.00
572 LUBKE, WILHELM Outlines of the History of Art N. Y.

1878

 USD - 1.50
573 MABERLY, J. The Print Collector: an Introduction to the knowledge necessary for forming a Collection of Ancient Prints N. Y.

1880

 USD - 3.00
574 MCCONNELL, S. D., D.D. History of the American Episcopal Church, from the Planting of the Colonies to the End of the Civil War N. Y.

1890

 USD - 0.75
575 MACKINTOSH, RT. HON. SIR JAMES A View of the Reign of James II., from his Accession to the Enterprise of the Prince of Orange Lond.

1835

 USD - 4.50
576 MANNING, ANNE The Maiden and Married Life of Mary Powell, afterwards Mrs. Milton N. Y.

USD - 1.88
577 MANUSCRIPT. Felix partus faecundae matris ecclesiae

USD - 7.00
578 MURAT, J. P. De l'homme ou des principes et des loix de l'influence de l'ame sur le corps et du corps sur l'ame A Amsterdam

1775

 USD - 1.30
579 MARKHAM, EDWIN The Man with the Hoe San Francisco

1899

 USD - 2.40
580 MARLOW, CHRISTOPHER, AND GEORGE CHAPMAN Hero and Leander: a Poem Chiswick

1821

 USD - 2.00
581 MARMION, SHAKERLEY Cupid and Psyche: a Legend Chiswick

1820

 USD - 2.00
582 MARTIN, HENRI History of France... Bost.

1865-66

 USD - 8.25
583 MICHAUD History of the Crusades Phil.

USD - 0.50
584 MILTON, JOHN MILTON, JOHN. Poetical Works Lond.

1887

 USD - 3.12
585 MIRABEAU Errotica Biblion A Rome

(1783)

 USD - 3.50
586 MITCHELL, DONALD G. Reveries of a Bachelor, or A Book of the Heart N. Y.

1884

 USD - 3.25
587 MOLIERE. OEuvres A Paris

(1682)

 USD - 5.62
588 MOLIERE. OEuvres Amsterdam

1765

 USD - 1.50
589 MONACO, DOMENICO (Curator of the Museum) Specimens from the Naples Museum Naples

1889

 USD - 0.50
590 MONTAIGNE, MICHAEL DE MONTAIGNE, MICHAEL DE. Works of: his Essays, Journey in Italy, and Letters Cambridge

1864

 USD - 3.00
591 MONTAIGNE, MICHAEL DE Works of: his Essays, Journey in Italy, and Letters

USD - 3.00
592 MONTARD, G. Among the Moors: Sketches of Oriental Life Lond.

1894

 USD - 1.50
593 MURRAY, J. A. H. A New English Dictionary, Part L, A-Ant Oxford and N. Y.

1884

 USD - Not Sold
594 ABRAHAM LINCOLN His Book N. Y.

1901

 USD - 0.65
595 PHILADELPHIA RECORD (THE)

USD - Not Sold
596 RAND, THOMAS A Pocket History of the Presidents of the United States, revised

USD - 1.20
597 BIJOU ALMANAC for 1836. London

USD - 1.75
598 BIJOU ALMANAC for 1836. London

USD - 2.37
599 BIJOU ALMANAC for 1838

USD - 0.75
600 BIJOU LONDON ALMANAC for 1838

USD - 2.00
601 BIJOU LONDON ALMANAC for 1840

USD - 0.75
602 KATE GREENAWAY'S ALMANACK for 1883

USD - 0.75
603 ETRENNES MIGNONES, curieuses et utiles Paris

1772

 USD - 1.25
604 VICTORIA MINIATURE ALMANACK AND FASHIONALE REMEMBRANCER for 1847

USD - 0.88
605 VICTORIA MINIATURE ALMANACK AND FASHIONALE REMEMBRANCER for 1847

USD - 0.63
606 TILT'S LONDON ALMANACK for 1782

USD - 1.20
607 TILT'S LONDON ALMANACK for 1788

USD - 0.80
608 TILT'S LONDON ALMANACK for 1841

USD - 0.05
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.