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
609 FRANKLIN, BENJ. Poor Richard's Almanack N. Y.

1898

 USD - 0.55
610 ATMORE'S Serious Advice for a Father; also Worlds Displayed for the Benefit of Young People Phil.

1819

 USD - 0.05
611 LEWIS, M. G. Tales of Wonder Lond.

1836

 USD - 0.25
612 POPE, ALEX An Essay on Man Bost.

1877

 USD - 0.10
613 PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1900

USD - 1.20
614 THUS SPAKE THE WIND: a Preachment in Verse by Kenelm Kent, about 1/2 inch square

USD - 1.30
615 PICKERING'S DIAMOND CLASSIC. Catullus,. Tibullus et Propertius

1824

 USD - 2.00
616 PICKERING'S DIAMOND CLASSIC. Ciceronis de Officiis de Senectute et de Amicitia

1821

 USD - 2.25
617 PICKERING'S DIAMOND CLASSIC. Terentius Terentius

1823

 USD - 3.50
618 PICKERING'S DIAMOND CLASSIC. Homer

1831

 USD - 2.25
619 PICKERING'S DIAMOND CLASSIC. Tasso

1822

 USD - 2.26
620 BYRON BYRON. Poems Lond.

1835

 USD - 1.25
621 GOLDSMITH, O. She Stoops to Conquer. F. A. Stokes & Bro. White

USD - 1.00
622 SHENSTONE, WM. SHENSTONE, WM. Poetical Works, with Life and a description of The Leasowes Lond.

1824

 USD - 1.25
623 YOUNG, E. The Complaint; or, Night Thoughts. 1822

USD - 2.25
624 THOMSON, JAMES The Seasons; and Castle of Indolence Lond.

(1837)

 USD - 0.25
625 BUTLER, S. BUTLER, S. Poetical Works. Hudibras, and other Poems Lond.

1837

 USD - 2.25
626 SACCHETTI, FRANCO SACCHETTI, FRANCO. Novelle Firenze

1860

 USD - 0.75
627 WALTON AND COTTON The Complete Angler Lond.

1825

 USD - 2.75
628 WALTON AND COTTON The Complete Angler Lond.

1837

 USD - 1.00
629 WALTON AND COTTON The Complete Angler

USD - 1.25
630 GOLDSMITH, O. The Vicar of Wakefield Lond.

USD - 0.50
631 HONEY DROPS. Phil. Amer. S. S. Union

USD - 0.10
632 NEW TESTAMENT. The Finger New Testament

USD - 1.12
633 LE REVEIL DE L'AME A Lyon: Chez Claude Cizeron

USD - 0.50
634 FIELDING History of Tom Jones, abridged; and Richardson's History of Pamela, abridged Lond.

1769

 USD - 0.55
635 CHIPS FROM DICKENS...

USD - 0.15
636 SHAKESPEARE SHAKESPEARE. The Plays of Lond.

1825

 USD - 1.62
637 SHAKESPEARE SHAKESPEARE. Complete Works

USD - 0.55
638 BIBLIA SACRA vulgatae editionis Sixti V. justu recognita Agrippinae

1647

 USD - 2.25
639 HISTORY OF THE BIBLE. Illustrated with astonishing woodcuts Troy

1823

 USD - 1.00
640 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT. Latin Book of Prayers, Calendar, Canticles

USD - 1.12
641 BACON, FRANCIS Exemplum Tractatus de Justitia Universale Parisiis

1752

 USD - 0.25
642 JEWEL Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae Authore loanne Juello olim Episcopo Sarisburiensi Lond.

1626

 USD - 0.10
643 NOVUM TESTAMENTUM (Graecum) Amstel.

1670

 USD - 0.10
644 NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GRAECUM Lond.

1828

 USD - 1.75
645 BIBLE. The Old and New Testaments

USD - 1.50
646 BIBLE. The Old and New Testaments

USD - 1.50
647 BIBLE. The Thumb Bible Lond.

1849

 USD - 0.30
648 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER Lond.

USD - 0.25
649 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER for the U. S. Oxford Press, Nelson & Sons

USD - 0.30
650 Edmund Venables, editor BUNYAN'S The Pilgrim's Progress Lond.

1896

 USD - 0.70
651 A'KEMPIS, THOS. The Imitation of Christ Lond.

1895

 USD - 0.80
652 CECIL, R. Friendly Visit to the House of Mourning Lond.

USD - 0.10
653 SMALL RAIN UPON THE TENDER HERB: Biblical Selections for Each Month Lond.

USD - 0.50
654 SMALL RAIN UPON THE TENDER HERB Phil.

USD - 0.40
655 THE TWELVE BROTHERS; or, History of Joseph New Haven

USD - Not Sold
656 LE PETIT PAROISSIEN DE L'ENFANCE. Lille

USD - Not Sold
657 PETIT PAROISSIEN ILLUSTRE Paris

USD - 1.00
658 METHODIST HYMNS...

USD - 0.10
659 DAILY TEXT BOOK. Bristol

USD - 0.15
660 STILLINGFLEET. J. A Short and Familiar Explanation of the Church-Catechism York

1799

 USD - 0.05
661 PRETTY BOOK OF PICTURES; or, Little Tommy Trip's History of Beasts and Birds Lond.

1761

 USD - 0.15
662 NEW ENGLAND PRIMER, IMPROVED

USD - 0.05
663 JUVENILE BIOGRAPHER. The Lives of Little Masters and Misses

USD - 0.05
664 LITTLE FOLKS' LIBRARY...

USD - 0.10
665 PSEAUMES DE DAVID, en rime Francoise par Clement Marot et Theo. de Beze Amsterdam

USD - 1.10
666 FRENCH MINIATURE EDITIONS: Paul et Virginie...

USD - 0.55
667 PETIT FABULISTE. Very small stories in French Paris

n. d.

 USD - 0.75
668 LES RONDES DE L'ENFANCE Paris

1805

 USD - 0.80
669 CHARLES NODIER La Filleule du Seigneur Paris

1897

 USD - 0.50
670 FRENCH BOOKS: Fables de Florian & La Fontaine...

USD - 0.12
671 EDWARDS, GEO. W. Break o' Day, and other Stories N. Y.

1896

 USD - 0.15
672 DAISY (THE); or, Cautionary Stories in Verse for Children from Four to Eight Years Old Lond.

1807.

 USD - 0.50
673 CHILDREN'S STORIES

USD - 0.40
674 CHILDREN'S STORIES

USD - 0.30
675 INFANT'S LIBRARY (THE) Lond.

USD - Not Sold
676 YOUNG GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY: King of the Golden Mountains...

USD - 0.80
677 COSTUMES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS IN MINIATURE, from Drawings by Alfred Mills Lond.

1811

 USD - 0.55
678 PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS: a Useful Toy for Girl or Boy Lond.

1800

 USD - 1.25
679 G(eorge M(arkham) YOUNG SPORTSMAN'S INSTRUCTOR in Angling, Fowling, Hawking, Hunting, Ordering Singing Birds, Hawks, Poultry, etc.

USD - 0.25
680 BIJOU ILLUSTRATIONS TO CHRIST'S LIFE Lond.

USD - 0.30
680a THE THUMB READY RECKONER

USD - 0.50
681 BRYCE'S The Thumb Dictionary Lond.

USD - 1.00
682 BRYCE'S The Smallest English Dictionary in the World

USD - 1.00
683 PEARL PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE Lond.

USD - 0.30
684 GASC'S The Smallest French and English Dictionary

USD - 1.50
685 BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS of the Twenty-four Classes in the Linnaean System Lond.

1813

 USD - 0.02
686 COLLINS, THOMAS The Complete Ready Reckoner in Miniature Lond.

1809

 USD - 0.02
687 MINIATURE SONG BOOK Bost.

USD - 0.12
688 THE PISO POCKET BOOK ALMANAC for 1901

USD - 0.03
689 MINIATURE PLAYING CARDS

USD - 0.55
690 CHANSONS JOYEUSES de Piron, Colle, Gallet, etc. Paris

USD - 2.00
691 VOLTAIRE La Henriade Geneve

1776

 USD - 0.25
692 CABINET OF LILIPUT. Instructive Stories Lond.

1802

 USD - 0.05
693 PICTURE CARDS. Twenty-four Rebuses, in black and colors, leaves mounted, bound in Niger morocco

USD - 1.00
694 LITTLE WARBLER. Oliver and Boyd's Little Warbler: Scotch, English and Irish Songs Edinburgh

n. d.

 USD - 0.25
695 LITTLE WARBLER. Oliver and Boyd's Little Warbler: Scotch, English and Irish Songs Lond.

USD - 0.10
696 LITTLE WARBLER. Oliver and Boyd's Little Warbler: Scotch, English and Irish Songs

USD - 0.30
697 LITTLE ENGLISH WARBLER Derby

USD - 0.10
698 LOVER'S MAGAZINE: The Mill...

USD - Not Sold
699 NEW ENGLISH WARBLER

USD - 0.10
700 COMIC ALBUM; or, Reciter and Comic Singer's Pocket Book Lond.

USD - Not Sold
701 CARDS. Viennese Pictorial Pack of 52 Playing Cards (see British Museum Catalogue, page 288, and Taylor, page 181)

USD - 2.00
702 SPANISH PLAYING CARDS

1782

 USD - 1.37
703 DUTCH PLAYING CARDS. Pasquin's Windkaart op de Windnegotie van't Jaar 1720

USD - 5.25
704 Junius, editor GAME OF SOLO-SIXTY Cleveland, O.

1888

 USD - 0.10
705 Bob Short HOYLE, ABRIDGED. A Treatise on the Game of Chess

USD - Not Sold
706 HOYLE, ABRIDGED Short Rules for Chess Lond.

USD - Not Sold
708 THE RUBAIYAT

USD - 10.75
  • <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>
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    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.