Bangs: CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. A COLLECTION COMPRISING MANY INTERESTING AND VALUABLE WORKS. Africa; Americana, including a Long List on the Rebellion of 1861-1865; Government Publications; Dramatic Literature--early editions of R. B. Sheridan, etc.; Biography; Bibli, Jun231902,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 23, 1902 - June 23, 1902

Page Size: 985 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
100	HUNT, HELEN	Bits of Travel	Bost.	1892	USD -	0.20
101	HUXLEY, T. H.	Lessons in Elementary Physiology	Lond.	1885	USD -	0.20
102	INGERSOLL, R. G.	Essays and Criticism	N. Y.	1897	USD -	0.25
103	INGRAM, REV. W. C.	Happiness in the Spiritual Life	Lond.	1891	USD -	0.20
104	JAMES, HENRY	Theatricals. Second Series of The Album, The Reprobate	N. Y.	1895	USD -	0.35
105	JAMES, HENRY	In the Cage	Chicago	1898	USD -	0.35
106	JAMES, G. P. R.	Life of Richard Coeur De Lion...			USD -	0.25
107	JAMES, G. P. R.	Rose D'Albret...			USD -	0.04
108	JAMESON, MRS.	Sketches of Art, Literature and Character	Bost.	1881	USD -	0.15
109	JOHNSON, SAML.	JOHNSON, SAML. Lectures, Essays and Sermons	Bost.	1883	USD -	0.50
110	JOHNSTON, R. M.	Mr. Absalom Billingslea, and other Georgia Folk	N. Y.	1888	USD -	0.55
111	G. T. Ferris	JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. The Complete History of	N. Y.	(1889)	USD -	0.35
112		KANSAS. Report of Special Committee appointed to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas	Wash.	1856	USD -	0.20
113	KELSEY, D. M.	Our Pioneer Heroes and their Daring Deeds	Phil.	1890	USD -	0.40
114	KENNEDY, J. P.	Swallow Barn	N. Y.	1851	USD -	0.15
115	KINAHAN, G. H.	Handy Book of Rock Names	Lond.	1873	USD -	0.20
116	KING, THOS. STARR	The White Hills	Bost.	1860	USD -	0.25
118	KINGSLEY, CHAS	The Water Babies	Lond.	1886	USD -	0.55
119	KINGSTON, W. H. G.	My Travels in Many Lands...			USD -	0.05
120	KNIGHT, WM.	Aspects of Theism	Lond. and N. Y.	1893	USD -	0.12
121	KNOX, THOS. W.	Underground; or, Life below the Surface	Hartford	1873	USD -	0.15
122	KIPLING, RUDYARD	A Glossary to Accompany Departmental Ditties	N. Y.	1899	USD -	0.15
123	LABBERTON'S (R. H.)	Historical Atlas	Phil.	1880	USD -	0.15
124	LACY, B. W.	Reply to Notes on Ingersoll, 1885...			USD -	0.15
125		LAMARTINE'S Life...			USD -	0.05
126	LANDIS, S. M.	Sense and Nonsense	Phil.	1867	USD -	0.15
127		LE GALLIENNE, Prose Fancies...			USD -	0.15
128	Nasby	(LOCKE.) "Swingin' Round the Cirkle"		1888	USD -	0.30
129	LOSSING	Mount Vernon	Cinn.		USD -	0.30
130	LOVE, J. K.	Deaf Mutism: a Clinical and Pathological Study	Glasgow	1896	USD -	0.15
131	F. H. Underwood	LOWELL THE POET AND THE MAN		1893	USD -	0.40
132	MCCABE, JAS. D., JR.	Great Fortunes and how they are Made	Phil.	1871	USD -	0.35
133	MCCONNELL, S. D.	History of the American Episcopal Church	N. Y.	1892	USD -	0.30
134	MATTHEWS, BRANDER	Americanisms and Briticisms	N. Y.	1892	USD -	0.45
135	MAUGHAM, H. N.	The Husband of Poverty	Bost.	1897	USD -	0.10
136		MARINER'S CHRONCLE...			USD -	0.05
137	MARQUISE DE FONTENOY	Eve's Glossary	Chicago and N. Y.	(1897)	USD -	0.35
138	MAYNARD, C. J.	Naturalist's Guide	Bost.		USD -	0.25
139	MELLEN, GRENVILLE	Book of the United States	Hartford	1838	USD -	0.35
140		METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. People and Preachers	Phil.	1886	USD -	0.15
141	MILL, J. S.	Considerations of Representative Government	N. Y.	1867	USD -	0.15
142	MILLER, JOAQUIN	Songs of the Sierras, 1872...			USD -	0.15
143		MIVART'S Anatomy...			USD -	0.02
144		MISCELLANEOUS. Gibbon's Valley of the Amazon...			USD -	Not Sold
145		MONROE, Removal of the Remains of James Monroe from New York to Virginia, 1858...			USD -	0.05
146	MORLEY, JOHN	Life of Richard Cobden	Bost.	1890	USD -	0.25
147		MORMONS, FEMALE LIFE AMONG THE...	N. Y. and Phil.		USD -	0.25
148	MULOCK, MISS	An Unsentimental Journey through Cornwall	Lond.	1884	USD -	0.50
149	MURRAY, W. H. H.	Lake Champlain and its Shores	Bost.	(1900)	USD -	0.10
150		NEW PURITANISM: Papers by Lyman Abbott, A. H. Bradford, etc.	N. Y.	1898	USD -	0.25
151	NICHOLS, G. W.	Art Education Applied to Industry	N. Y.	1877	USD -	0.35
152	NORDHOFF, CHAS	Peninsular California	N. Y.	1888	USD -	0.15
153		NOVELS. Crawford's A Roman Singer...			USD -	0.15
154		ONE SUMMER, 1877...			USD -	0.10
155	O'REILLY, BERNARD	Life of Leo the XIII	N. Y.	1887	USD -	0.35
156	PALMER, FREDERICK	In the Klondike	N. Y.	1899	USD -	0.15
157		PARKER SOCIETY. A General Index to the Publications of the Parker Society	Cambridge	1855	USD -	0.20
158	PARKER'S, THEO.	West Roxbury Sermons...			USD -	0.05
159	PENN, WM.	PENN, WM. Passages from the Life and Writings of	Phil.	1882	USD -	0.15
160		PENNSYLVANIA, History of Lancaster and York County...			USD -	0.55
161	PERRY, T. S.	The Evolution of the Snob	Bost.	1887	USD -	0.15
162	PERRY, J. T.	Sixteen Saviours or One?	Cinn.	1879	USD -	0.05
163	PINERO, A. W.	Trelawny of the "Wells"	N. Y.	1899	USD -	0.25
164		PLYMOUTH BRETHRENISM...			USD -	0.65
165		PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA...			USD -	0.06
166	PRIME, W. C.	Boat Life in Egypt	N. Y.	1859	USD -	0.60
167	Jos. H. Twichell, editor	PURITAN LOVE LETTERS. John and Margaret Winthrop, 1618-1638		1893	USD -	1.25
168	PYLE, HOWARD	The Price of Blood	Bost.	1899	USD -	0.10
169	QUINN, J. P.	Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and Gamblers	Chicago	1892	USD -	0.15
170	QUINN, P. T.	Money in the Garden...			USD -	0.20
171	RAWLINSON, GEO.	Memoir of Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry C. Rawlinson	N. Y.	1898	USD -	0.25
172	READ, T. B.	The New Pastoral	Phil.	1855	USD -	0.45
173	Jos. Jacobs, editor	REYNARD THE FOX	Lond.	1895	USD -	0.25
174	RITTER, ABRAHAM	History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia	Phil.	1857	USD -	0.55
175	Jas. Redpath	BROWN. Public Life of Capt. John Brown			USD -	0.30
176		BROWNELL, H. H. War-Lyrics, and other Poems, 1866...			USD -	0.55
177	BROWNLOW, W. G.	Rise, Progress and Decline of Secession	Phil.	1862	USD -	0.15
178	COFFIN, C. C.	The Boys of '61	Bost.	(1881)	USD -	0.15
179	DAVIS	Jefferson Davis: a Memoir	N. Y.	(1890)	USD -	0.75
180	F. H. Alfriend	DAVIS. Life of Jefferson Davis	Cinn.	1868	USD -	0.80
181	DAVIS, W. W. H.	History of the 104th Pennsylvania Regiment, 1861-1864	Phil.	1866	USD -	0.15
182	DODD, IRA S.	The Song of the Rappahannock	N. Y.	1898	USD -	0.20
183	EDMONDS, S.	Emma E., Nurse and Spy in the Union Army	Conn.	1865	USD -	0.25
184	FITCH, JOHN	Annals of the Army of the Cumberland	Phil.	1864	USD -	0.55
185	FOOTE, H. S.	War of the Rebellion; or, Scylla and Charybdis	N. Y.	1866	USD -	0.40
186	FREESE, DR.	Secrets of the Late Rebellion	Phil.	1888	USD -	0.55
187	FRYE, JAS. A.	From Headquarters--Odd Tales Picked up in the Volunteer Service	Bost.	1893	USD -	0.25
188	GEER, CAPTAIN J. J.	Beyond the Lines	Phil.	1864	USD -	0.20
189	GLAZIER, WILLARD	Sword and Pen (2)...			USD -	0.20
190	GOODRICH, FRANK B.	The Tribute Book: a Record of the Munificence, Self-Sacrifice and Patriotism of the American People during the War for the Union	N. Y.	1865	USD -	0.55
191	GRANT, U. S.	GRANT, U. S. Personal Memoirs	N.Y.	1885	USD -	0.75
192	GRANT, U. S.	Memorien des General U. S. Grant	N. Y. and Leipzig	1885	USD -	0.12
193	Henry C. Deming	GRANT, U. S. Life of	Hartford	1868	USD -	0.30
194	Thos. W. Knox	GRANT, U. S. Boy's Life of	N. Y.	1899	USD -	0.45
195	Adam Badeau	GRANT IN PEACE. From Appomattox to Mount McGregor: a Personal Memoir	Hartford	1887	USD -	0.25
196	GREELEY, HORACE	The American Conflict	Hartford	1864	USD -	0.50
197	HALPINE, C. G.	Baked Meats of the Funeral	N. Y.	1866	USD -	0.50
198	HAMERSLY, LEWIS R.	Records of Living Officers of the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps	Phil.	1870	USD -	0.15
199	HARRIS, LIEUT. W. C.	Prison-Life in the Tobacco Warehouse at Richmond	Phil.	1862	USD -	0.40
200	HILL, A. F.	Our Boys: Personal Experiences of a Soldier in the Army of the Potomac	Phil.	1864	USD -	0.30

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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