Henkels: VALUABLE Private Library, OF THE LATE COL. THOMAS DONALDSON, EXPERT AGENT OF THE, Indian Bureau, Washington, D. C. EMBRACING, RARE AND SCARCE AMERICANA. WORKS RELATING TO THE INDIANS, EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS, CONFEDERATE PUBLICATIONS, MISCELLANEOUS LITERA, 831,

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 01, 1899 - January 01, 1899

Page Size: 1360 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ABBOTT, J. S. C.	Lives of the Presidents of the United States	Boston	1867	USD -	Unknown
2	Adams, C. F. and Henry	Chapters of Erie and other Essays	Boston	1871	USD -	Unknown
3	W. V. Wells	Adams, Samuel. The Life and Public Services of	Boston	1865	USD -	Unknown
4	Adgate, Andrew	Rudiments of Music	Philadelphia	1801	USD -	Unknown
5	Agnew, Daniel	Logstown on the Ohio	Pittsburgh	1894	USD -	Unknown
6	Aiken, John	A View of the Life, Travels and Philanthropic Labors of John Howard	Philadelphia	1794	USD -	Unknown
7		Aitken Bible. The Holy Bible	Philadelphia	1782	USD -	Unknown
8	Albemarle, George Thomas, Earl of	Albemarle, George Thomas, Earl of. Fifty Years of my Life	New York	1876	USD -	Unknown
9		Alcoran of the Franciscans; or, A Sink of Lyes and Blasphemies, collected out of a Blasphemous Book belonging to that Order called the Book of the Conformists	London	1679	USD -	Unknown
10	Alden, Rev. Timothy	An Account of Sundry Missions Performed among the Senecas and Munsees	New York	1827	USD -	Unknown
11		Aldine (The)	New York		USD -	Unknown
12	Alexander, William	The History of Woman	Philadelphia	1796	USD -	Unknown
13	Alfriend, F. H.	The Life of Jefferson Davis	Cincinnati	1868	USD -	Unknown
14	Alger, A. L.	In Indian Tents	Boston	1897	USD -	Unknown
15		Alglave and Boulard's Electric Light	New York	1884	USD -	Unknown
16	Allen, Miss A. J.	Thrilling Adventures, Travels and Explorations of Doctor Elijah White, among the Rocky Mountains, and in the Far West	New York	1859	USD -	Unknown
17	Andrew Steuart, Bookseller	Almanac. The Gentleman and Citizens' Pocket Almanack	Philadelphia	(1769)	USD -	Unknown
18		Almon's History, Debates and Proceedings of both Houses of Parliament of Great Britain, from 1743 to 1774	London	1792	USD -	Unknown
19		Almon's Parliamentary Register, 1777 to 1778	London	1787-8	USD -	Unknown
20		America. Epitome Theatri Orteliani Praccipuarum Orbis Regionum delineationes minoribus tabulis expressas, etc.	Antverpiae	1589	USD -	Unknown
21		American Art Review. A Journal devoted to the Practice, Theory, History and Archaeology of Art	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
22		American Biography. A Scrap Book of Early Newspaper Clippings			USD -	Unknown
23		American Commonwealths: Kansas...	Boston	1885	USD -	Unknown
24		American Continental Congress	Philadelphia Printed. Hartford, Reprinted	N.D.	USD -	Unknown
25	J. W. Fewkes, editor	American Ethnology and Archaeology. A Journal of	Boston	1892	USD -	Unknown
26		American Historical Association	Washington		USD -	Unknown
27		American Historical Association	New York	1885-91	USD -	Unknown
28		America's Legacy; being the Address of G. Washington	Hudson	1797	USD -	Unknown
29		American Pioneer (The)	Cincinnati	1842	USD -	Unknown
30		American Review: A Whig Journal devoted to Politics and Literature			USD -	Unknown
31	Ames, Fisher	An Oration on the Sublime Virtues of Gen. George Washington	Boston	(1800)	USD -	Unknown
32	Anderson, Osborne P.	A Narrative of Events at Harper's Ferry, with Incidents Prior and Subsequent to its Capture by Captain Brown and his Men	Boston	1861	USD -	Unknown
33	Andrews, C. C.	Minnesota and Decotah, in Letters Descriptive of a Tour through the North West in 1856	Washington	1857	USD -	Unknown
34	Angelo, Henry	Reminiscences of; with Memoir of his late Father and Friends	London	1830	USD -	Unknown
35	Apes, William	The Experience of a Native of the Forest	New York	1829	USD -	Unknown
36		Appleton Annual Cyclopaedia	New York		USD -	Unknown
37		Appleton Annual Cyclopaedia	New York		USD -	Unknown
38	W. E. Worthen, editor	Appleton's Cyclopaedia of Drawing	New York	1866	USD -	Unknown
39	Armroyd, George	A Connected View of the Whole Internal Navigation of the United States	Philadelphia	1830	USD -	Unknown
40	Armstrong, A. N.	Oregon	Chicago	1857	USD -	Unknown
41		Army of the Cumberland. Annals of the	Philadelphia	1863	USD -	Unknown
42	Arnold and Sir Henry Clinton	Arnold and Sir Henry Clinton. Conspiracy of			USD -	Unknown
43		Arnold's (Benedict) Regimental Memorandum Book	Philadelphia	1884	USD -	Unknown
44		Arrowsmith's Map of the United States of North America; with View of Niagara Falls	Published, London	1796	USD -	Unknown
45		Astrology. The Coelestial Diary for 1749...	London	1649	USD -	Unknown
46	Atcheson, Nathaniel	American Encroachments on British Rights	London	1808	USD -	Unknown
47	Avirett, Rev. James B.	The Memoirs of General Turner Ashby	Baltimore	1867	USD -	Unknown
48	Ayer, I. W.	Life in the Wilds of America and Wonders of the West	Grand Ripids	1880	USD -	Unknown
49	John D. Baltz	BOKER, COLONEL E. D. Defense in the Battle of Ball's Bluff, Fought October 21, 1861	Lancaster	1888	USD -	Unknown
50	Balch, F. H.	The Bridge of the Gods	Chicago	1890	USD -	Unknown
51	Balch, William R.	The Mines, Miners and Mining Interests of the United States in 1882	Philadelphia	1882	USD -	Unknown
52	Baldwin, Joseph G.	The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi	New York	1854	USD -	Unknown
53	Ballou, M. M.	Aztec Land	Boston	1890	USD -	Unknown
54	Bancroft, George	History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent	Boston	1866	USD -	Unknown
55	Bancroft, George	History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent			USD -	Unknown
56	Bancroft, Herbert Howe	Bancroft, Herbert Howe. The Works of	San Francisco	1886-90	USD -	Unknown
57	Bancroft, Herbert H.	History of the Pacific States	San Francisco	V. D.	USD -	Unknown
58		Bank of the United States	Baltimore	1823	USD -	Unknown
59	Barber, J. W.	Incidents in American History	Boston	1854	USD -	Unknown
60	Barbiere, Joe	Scraps from the Prison Table at Camp Chase and Johnson's Island	Doylestown	1868	USD -	Unknown
61	Barham, Rev. Richard H.	Life and Letters of the, Author of the Ingoldsby Legends	London	1870	USD -	Unknown
62	Barker, E. B. B.	Syria and Egypt, under the last Five Sultans of Turkey	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
63	Barnes, Albert	Church Manual for the Use of the First Presbyterian Church in the City of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	1841	USD -	Unknown
64	Barnes, William H.	History of the Thirty-ninth Congress of the United States	New York	1868	USD -	Unknown
65	Barnard, D. D.	A Discourse on the Life, Services and Character of Stephen Van Rensselaer; with an Historical Sketch of the Colony and Manor of Rensselaer, wyck	Albany	1839	USD -	Unknown
66	Bartlett, John R.	Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora and Chihuahua	New York	1854	USD -	Unknown
67	Barton, W. P. C.	Compendium Florae Philadelphiae	Philadelphia	1818	USD -	Unknown
68	Bastian, H. C.	The Beginnings of Life	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
69	Bayard, Martha Pintard	Bayard, Martha Pintard. The Journal, of	New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
70	Bayard, Samuel J.	The Life of George D. Bayard	New York	1874	USD -	Unknown
71	Beadle, J. H.	The Undeveloped West: or, Five Years in the Territories	Philadelphia	N. D.	USD -	Unknown
72		Bean's History and Directory of Nevada County, California	Nevada	1867	USD -	Unknown
73		Bean's History and Directory of Nevada County, California	Nevada	1867	USD -	Unknown
74	Bear, John W.	Bear, John W. The Life and Travels of	Baltimore	1873	USD -	Unknown
75	Beardsley, Levi	Reminiscences, Personal and other Incidents	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
76	Beecher, Rev. E.	Narrative of Riots at Alton in connection with the Death of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy	Alton	1838	USD -	Unknown
77	Bell, Andrew	History of Canada, from the Time of its Discovery until the Union Year 1840-41	Montreal	1865	USD -	Unknown
78	Bell, Major Horace	Reminiscences of a Ranger: or, Early Times in Southern California	Los Angeles	1881	USD -	Unknown
79	Bellegarde, M. De	Les Cinq Fabulistes ou les trois Cents Fables D'Esope, De Lockman, etc.	Paris	1802	USD -	Unknown
80	Benton, Thomas H.	Thirty Years' View: or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
81		Bering and Montgomery's History of the Forty-eighth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry	Hillsboro	1880	USD -	Unknown
82	Beschke, William	The Dreadful Sufferings and Thrilling Adventures of an Overland Party of Emigrants to California; their Terrible Conflicts with Savage Tribes of Indians, etc.	St. Louis	1850	USD -	Unknown
83	Bewick, William	Life and Letters of (Artist)	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
84		Biblia, Das ist Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft	Wittenburg	1665	USD -	Unknown
85		Biblia Pauperum, conteynynge Thirty and Eight Woode cuttes illustrating the Lief, Parables, and Miracles offe Oure Blessed Lord and Saviour Jhesus Crist	London	1885	USD -	Unknown
86		Bibliography. Public Libraries in the United States of America	Washington	1876	USD -	Unknown
87	Binney, Horace	An Inquiry into the Formation of Washington's Farewell Address	Philadelphia	1859	USD -	Unknown
88	Bishop, Anna	Bishop, Anna. Travels of	Philadelphia	1852	USD -	Unknown
89	Bishop, William H.	Old Mexico and its Lost Provinces	New York	1883	USD -	Unknown
90	Black, Alexander	The Story of Ohio	Boston	1888	USD -	Unknown
91	Blaine, James G.	Zachariah Chandler: An Outline Sketch of his Life and Public Services	Detroit	1880	USD -	Unknown
92	Blane, Louis	The History of Ten Years, 1830-1840	Philadelphia	1848	USD -	Unknown
93		Bohemian Life: or, The Autobiography of a Tramp	San Francisco	1884	USD -	Unknown
94	Bolton, William	A Narrative of the Last Cruise of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri, with an Account of the Conflagration	New York	1844	USD -	Unknown
95	Bonaparte, Napoleon	The Confidential Correspondence of, with his Brother, Joseph	New York	1856	USD -	Unknown
96	Bonner, T. D.	The Life and Adventures of James p. Beck wourth, Mountaineer, Scout and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
97		Bookplate. C. Julii Caesaris quae extant	Amsterdami	1675	USD -	Unknown
98		Bookplate. Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Judiciary	Philadelphia	1802	USD -	Unknown
99		Bookplate. Essays by Dr. Goldsmith	London	N. D.	USD -	Unknown
100		Bookplate. Every Man his own Physician	Philadelphia	1794	USD -	Unknown

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

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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.

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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.

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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.