Henkels: Valuable American History Being the Library of A Well-Known Philadelphia Collector. TO BE SOLD Friday Afternoon and Evening, February 4th, 1910. At 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 o'clock p.m. Catalogue Compiled and Sale Conducted By Stan V. Henkels., 1007,

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Auction Date
January 01, 1910 - January 01, 1910
Page Size: 1449 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Abb's Valley, The Captives of, a Legend of Frontier Life. By a Son of Mary Moore Philadelphia

n. d.

USD - 1.10
2 Abert, Lieut. J. W. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating in answer to a Resolution of the Senate, a Report and Map of the Examination of New Mexico, made by Lieut. J. W. Abert Washington

1848

USD - 3.50
3 Aboriginal America n. p.

n. d.

USD - 0.50
4 A Brief Account of the Proceedings of the Committee Appointed in the Year 1795 by the Yearly Meeting of Friends of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, etc., for promoting the Improvement and Gradual Civilization of the Indian Natives Philadelphia

1805

USD - 1.25
5 Accounts of some Proceedings of Committees of the Yearly Meetings of Friends of Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Ohio for the Welfare and Civilization of the Indians of North America Dublin

1817

USD - 1.25
6 Adams, Richard C. A Brief Sketch of Sabine Land Cession in Texas Washington

n. d.

USD - 3.50
7 Adventures of Hunters and Travellers, and Narratives of Border Warfare Philadelphia

1860

USD - 0.50
8 Ainslie, Rev. Geo. Johnnim Taaiskt Philadelphia

1876

USD - 0.80
9 Alden, Rev. Timothy. An Account of Sundry Missions performed among the Senecas and Munsees ; in a Series of Letters. Portrait New York

1827

USD - 1.25
10 Algoonah, The Look of St. Louis

1884.

USD - 1.10
11 Allen, Rev. L. L. A. Thrilling Sketch of the Life of the Distinguished Chief Okah Tubbee, alias Wm. Chubbee, Son of the Head Chief Mosholeh Tubbee, of the Choctaw Nation of Indians New York

1848

USD - 0.70
12 Allen, Zachariah. Defence of the Rhode Island System of Treatment of the Indians and of Civil and Religious Liberty Providence

1876

USD - 0.25
13 American Baptist Missionary Union New York

1865

USD - 0.70
14 Anderson, Rufus. Memoir of Catherine Brown, a Christian Indian of the Cherokee Nation. Frontispiece Boston

1828

USD - 0.60
15 Anecdotes of the American Indians New York

1844

USD - 0.60
16 Apes, William, The Experience of New York

1829

USD - 1.60
17 At a Yearly Meeting held in Philadelphia by adjournment from the 20th of the 4th month to the 25th of the same, inclusive, 1818 Philadelphia

1818

USD - 1.00
18 Baegert, Jacob. An Account of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of the Californian Peninsula as given by Jacob Baegert, a German Jesuit Missionary, who lived there Seventeen Years during the Second Half of the Last Century n. p.

n. d.

USD - 0.80
19 Baldwin, John D. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archæology New York

1871

USD - 0.60
20 Ballantyne. R. M. Hudson's Bay; or Every-Day Life in the Wilds of North America during Six Years' Residence in the Territories of the Hon. Hudson's Bay Company Boston

1859

USD - 1.40
21 Bandelier, A. F. Final Report of Investigation among the Indians of the Southwestern United States, Carried on Mainly in the Years from 1880 to 1885 Cambridge

1892

USD - 1.40
22 Bangs, Nathan. An Authentic History of the Missions under the care of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church New York

1832

USD - 1.10
23 Bard, Samuel A. (E. G. Squier). Waikna; or, Adventures on the Mosquito Shore New York

1855

USD - 0.80
24 Barlaeus, Casparis. Rerum per Octennium in Brasilia et alibi nuper gestarum, Sub Praefectura Illustrissimi Comitis I. Mauritii, Nassoviae, etc Amstelodami

MDCXLVII

USD - 11.00
25 Barker, J. N. The Indian Princess; or, La Belle Sauvage Philadelphia

1808

USD - 0.60
26 Bartram, William. Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Country of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Choctaws. Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of th London

1792

USD - 7.50
27 Bates, Joshua. A Sermon delivered before the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and Others in North America at their Anniversary, November 4, 1813 Boston

1813

USD - 0.50
28 Battey, Thomas C. The Life and Adventures of a Quaker among the Indians Boston

1873

USD - 1.20
29 Bell, John. Mr. Bell's Suppressed Report in Relation to Difficulties between the Eastern and Western Cherokees Washington

1840

USD - 1.45
30 Benaduct, El Cavallero Lorenzo Boturini. Idea De Una Nueva Historia General de la America Septentrional

USD - 4.50
31 Benezet, Anthony. Some Observations on the Situation, Disposition, and Character of the Indian Natives of this Continent Philadelphia

1784

USD - 2.60
32 Benham, Daniel. Sketch of the Life of Jan August Miertsching, Interpreter of the Esquimaux Language to the Arctic Expedition on board H. M. S. Investigator,'' Captain McClure, 1850-53 London

1854

USD - 1.00
33 Benson, Egbert. Memoir read before the Historical Society of the State of New York, 31st December, 1816 New York

1817

USD - 1.60
34 Beschke, Prof. Wm. The Dreadful Sufferings and Thrilling Adventures of an Overland Party of Emigrants to California; their Terrible Conflicts with Savage Tribes of Indians and Mexican Bands of Robbers St. Louis

1850

USD - 7.00
35 Bland, T. A. Life of Alfred B. Meacham, together with his lecture, The Tragedy of the Lava Beds. Washington

1883

USD - 0.70
36 Boas, Franz. Chinook Texts Washington

1894

USD - 0.25
37 Boas, Franz. Kathlamet Texts Washington

1901

USD - 0.10
38 Bonner, T. D. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckworth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians New York

1856

USD - 0.75
39 Boudinot, Elias. A Creek Indian Philadelphia

1826

USD - 1.70
40 Boyd, James P. Recent Wars under the lead of Sitting Bull and other Chiefs, with a full account of the Messiah Craze and Ghost Dances n. p.

1892

USD - 1.40
41 Boyd, Stephen G. Indian Local Names, with their Interpretation York, Pa.

1885

USD - 1.20
42 Boys' Book, The, of Indian Battles and Adventure New York

1866

USD - 0.20
43 Bradford, Alexander W. American Antiquities and Researches into the Origin and History of the Red Race New York

1841

USD - 1.00
44 Brinkerhoff, Henry R. Nah-nee-ta, A Tale of the Navajos Washington

1886

USD - 1.00
45 Brinton, Daniel G. Notes on the Floridian Peninsula, its Literary History, Indian Tribes and Antiquities Philadelphia

1859

USD - 2.20
46 Brinton, Daniel G. The Myths of the New World; a Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America New York

1868

USD - 2.50
47 Brinton, Daniel G. American Hero-Myths Philadelphia

1882

USD - 2.50
48 Brinton, Daniel G. The Gueguence; a Comedy Ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish Dialect of Nicaragua Philadelphia

1883

USD - 2.00
49 Brinton, Daniel G. The Lenape and their Legends, with the complete text and symbols of the Walam Olum Philadelphia

1885

USD - 4.25
50 Brinton, Daniel G. The Annals of the Cakchiquels Philadelphia

1885

USD - 3.00
51 Brinton, Daniel G. The Books of Chilan Balam, the Prophetic and Historic Records of the Mayas of Yucatan Philadelphia

n. d.

USD - 1.75
52 Brinton, Daniel G. Maria Candelaria Philadelphia

1897

USD - 1.25
53 Brinton, Daniel G. and Anthony, Rev. Albert Seqaqkind. A Lenape-English Dictionary Philadelphia

1888

USD - 2.25
54 British Columbia, Guide to the Province of Victoria

1877

USD - 2.00
55 Brooks, Elbridge S. The Story of the American Indian Boston

n. d.

USD - 0.70
56 Brown ell, Charles De Wolf. The Indian Races of North and South America New York

1859

USD - 1.60
57 Brunner, D. B. The Indians of Berks County, Pa Reading

1897

USD - 0.80
58 Burdette, Mary G. Young Women among Blanket Indians Chicago

1906

USD - 0.90
59 Burdette, Mary G. A Trip Through the Indian Country Philadelphia

n. d.

USD - 1.80
60 Butterfield, C. W. An Historical Account of the Expedition against Sandusky under Col. William Crawford in 1782 Cincinnati

1872

USD - 1.10
61 Caerington, Margaret Irvin. Ab-sa-ra-ka, Home of the Crows Philadelphia

1869

USD - 2.00
62 Catlin, George. Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians in a series of Letters and Notes written during Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing Bohn, London

1851

USD - 8.50
63 Catlin, George. Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians Philadelphia

1857

USD - 6.50
64 Catlin, George. Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American Indian Collection London

1848

USD - 2.70
65 Catlin, George. Shut Your Mouth (Hints on Breathing for health and longevity, drawn from his Experiences among the North American Indians London

1869

USD - 1.30
66 Catlin Broadside. Les Douze Indiens O-JIB-BE-WAS, Venant de L'Amerique du Nord

USD - 1.00
67 Catlin Broadside. Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio

USD - 1.00
68 Cherokee Indians, Memorial of a Delegation from the

USD - 0.25
69 Cherokees, An Appeal of the, to the People of the United States n. p.

n. d.

USD - 7.00
70 Cherokee Indians. Report of the Cherokee Delegation of their Mission to Washington in 1868 and 1869 n. p.

n. d.

USD - 1.75
71 Cherokee Testament. 12mo, roan New York

1860

USD - 1.10
72 Choctaw Indians. The Book of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth New York

1871

USD - 0.40
73 Church, Thomas. The History of Philip's War, commonly called the Great Indian War of 1675 and 1676, etc., and Appendix by Samuel G. Drake New York

1871

USD - 2.30
73a Clark, Galen. Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity California

1904

USD - 0.90
74 Clark, Joshua V. H. Onondaga; or, Reminiscences of Earlier and Later Times; being a series of Historical Sketches relative to Onondaga, with notes on the several Towns in the County and Oswego

1849

USD - 6.00
75 Clark, W. P. The Indian Sign Language and a Description of some of the Peculiar Laws, Customs, Myths, Superstitions, Ways of Living, Code of Peace and War Signals of our Aborigines Philadelphia

1885

USD - 1.60
76 Coates, B. H. Annual Discourse before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on the 28th day of April, 1834, on the Origin of the Indian Population of America Philadelphia

1834

USD - 0.50
77 Cody, Hon. W. F. Buffalo Bill Philadelphia

n. d.

USD - 1.50
78 Cooke, John Esten. My Lady Pokahontas Boston

1885

USD - 0.25
79 Cooper, J. W. The Experienced Botanist or Indian physician, being a New System of Practice founded on Botany Lancaster

1840

USD - 1.10
80 Copeland, Rev. C. C. Come to Jesus New York

(1868)

USD - 0.25
81 Copway, George. Organization of a New Indian Territory East of the Missouri River New York

1850

USD - 1.30
82 The Council Fire Philadelphia and Washington

1878-81

USD - 4.50
83 Coyner, David H. The Lost Trappers; a Collection of Interesting Scenes and Events in the Rocky Mountains, etc Cincinnati

1853

USD - 9.50
84 Creek Indians Milledgeville, Ga.

1825

USD - 13.00
85 Crespel, M. Travels in North America, with a Narrative of his Shipwreck and Extraordinary Hardships and Sufferings on the Island of Anticosti, and an Account of that Island, and of the Shipwreck of His Majesty's Ship Active, and Others London

1797

USD - 10.00
86 Curry, Rev. Dr. E. S. The No-Din Christy, Mo.

1899

USD - 1.80
87 Davis, A. Antiquities of America, the First Inhabitants of Central America, and the Discovery of New England by the Northmen Five Hundred Years before Columbus New York

1847

USD - 0.80
88 DeForest, John W. History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Period to 1850 Hartford

1853

USD - 1.50
89 DeHass Wills. History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia, embracing an Account of the Various Expeditions in the West, Previous to 1795 Wheeling

1851

USD - 9.00
90 Delafield, John, Jr. An Inquiry into the Origin of the Antiquities of America, with an Appendix containing notes and A View of the Causes of the Superiority of the Men of the Northern over those of the Southern Hemisphere. New York

1839

USD - 5.50
91 Denton, Daniel. A Description of New York, formerly called New Netherlands, with the places thereunto adjoining New York

1845

USD - 1.00
92 DeSmet, R. P. Cinquante Nouvelles Lettres Paris

1858

USD - 2.50
93 DeSmet, Rev. P. J. Western Missions and Missionaries New York

1863

USD - 2.75
94 Doddridge, Joseph. Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania from 1763 to 1783, inclusive Albany

1876

USD - 3.70
95 Dodge, Richard Irving. The Plains of the Great West and Their Inhabitants, being a Description of the Plains, Game, Indians, &c, of the Great North American Desert New York

1877

USD - 3.25
96 Domenech, Abbe Em. Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America London

1858

USD - 2.30
97 Donaldson, Thomas. The George Catlin Indian Gallery in the U. S. National Museum (Smithsonian Institute), with Memoir and Statistics Washington

1887

USD - 1.00
98 Done in the Open New York

1902

USD - 1.10
99 Dorsey, George A. Indians of the Southwest

1903

USD - 0.30
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.