Swann Galleries: SWANN GALLERIES, INC., AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS OF Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 1964, AT 2 P. M., Exhibition From September 14th To Time of Sale. IMPORTANT AMERICAN MAPS, AMERICANA AND , 652,

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Auction Date
September 17, 1964 - September 17, 1964
Page Size: 338 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 JOHNSON, HARRISON Johnson's History of Nebraska Omaha

1880

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202 JOHNSON, THEODORE T. Sights in the Gold Region, and Scenes by the Way New York

1850

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203 JONES, DAVID A Journal of Two Visits made to Some Nations of Indians on the West Side of the River Ohio New York

1865

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204 JOURNAL OF PRISON DISCIPLINE and Philanthropy Philadelphia

1862

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205 JUDAICA. Lewy. Feast of the 14th Day of Adar...

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206 JUVENILES. Howitt. The Two Apprentices...

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207 KANSAS. Hale, E. E. Kanzas and Nebraska . . . and Directions to Emigrants...

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208 KENDERDINE, T. S. A California Tramp and Later Footprints, or Life on the Plains and in the Golden State Thirty Years Ago Newtown, Pa.

1888

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209 KENDERDINE, T. S. California Revisited, 1858-97 Newtown, Pa.

1898

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210 Spalding, Martin J. KENTUCKY. Sketches of the Early Catholic Missions in Kentucky, from 1787 to 1826-7 Louisville

1844

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211 Young, Col. Bennett H. KENTUCKY. The Prehistoric Men of Kentucky Louisville

1910

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212 KIPLING, RUDYARD. Sea and Sussex Garden City

1926

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213 KIPLING, RUDYARD Sea and Sussex Garden City

1926

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214 KORAN. The Alcoran of Mahomet London

1649

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215 KORAN. Alcorani Textus Universus, ex Correctioribus Arabum Exemplaribus Summa Fide Patavii

1698

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216 KUNZ, GEORGE FREDERICK; and Stevenson, C. H. The Book of the Pearl: the History, Art Science, and Industry of the Queen of Gems

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217 KUNZ, GEORGE FREDERICK The Curious Lore of Precious Stones Philadelphia

1913

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218 KUNZ, GEORGE FREDERICK Rings for the Finger, from the Earliest Known Time to the Present Philadelphia

1917

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219 LAMBERT, EDWARD R. History of the Colony of New Haven, before and after the Union with Connecticut New Haven

1838

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220 LANMAN, CHARLES A Summer i nthe Wilderness, embracing a Canoe Voyage up the Mississippi and around Lake Superior New-York

1847

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221 LAPHAM, INCREASE A. Wisconsin: its Geography and Topography, History, Geology, and Mineralogy Milwaukee

1846

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222 LEE, DANIEL; and FROST, J. H. Ten Years in Oregon New-York

1844

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223 LINDESTROM, PETER, Geographia Americae, with an Account of the Delaware Indians, based on Surveys and Notes made in 1654-56 Philadelphia

1925

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224 Herrick, Francis Hobart LOBSTERS. Natural History of the American Lobster Washington

1911

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225 LONGEVITY: being an Account of Various Persons who have lived to an Extraordinary Age New-York

1798

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226 LORD, JOHN Frontier Dust Hartford

1926

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227 LUTHER, MARTIN Colloquia Mensalia, or the Familiar Discourses London

1791

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228 M'CLUNG, JOHN A. Sketches of Western Adventure: the Most Interesting Incidents connected with the Settlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794 Cincinnati

1839

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229 McCLURE, A. K. Three Thousand Miles through the Rocky Mountains Philadelphia

1869

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230 McKENNEY, THOMAS L. McKENNEY, THOMAS L. Memoirs New York

1846

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231 McKNIGHT, CHARLES Our Western Border: its Life Philadelphia

1876

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232 Bres, Onorato MALTA. Malta Antica Illustrata co' Monumenti e coll' Istoria Roma

1816

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233 MAPS. Group of 7 very early, charming hand-colored maps...

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234 MAPS. Paraquaria, vulgo Paraguay, cum adjacentibus...

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235 MAPS. Group of 4 large double-folio maps in color, as below... Amsterdam

1680

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236 MAPS. Group of 4 large double-folio maps...

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237 MAPS. Group of 4 large double-folio maps, all in color, as below...

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238 Blewitt, Mary MARINE. Surveys of the Seas: a Brief History of British Hydrography London

1957

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239 MARINER'S NEW CALENDAR: containing the Principles of Arithmetic and Practical Geometry London

1783

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240 MARROU, H. I. A History of Education in Antiquity New York

1956

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241 METALLURGICAL REVIEW. Volumes I and II New York

1877

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242 Prieto, Alejandro MEXICO. Historia, Geografia y Estadistica del Estado de Tamaulipas Mexico

1873

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243 MILNER, JOE E.; and FORREST, E. R. California Joe, Noted Scout and Indian Fighter Caldwell, Idaho

1935

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244 Williams, J. Fletcher MINNESOTA. A History of the City of Saint Paul, and of the County of Ramsey, Minnesota Saint Paul

1876

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245 Hilgard, Eugene W. MISSISSIPPI. Report on the Geology and Agriculture of the State of Mississippi Jackson

1860

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246 MORSE, JEDIDIAH Annals of the American Revolution . . . and Biography of the Principal Military Officers Hartford

1824

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247 MORTON, THOMAS The New English Canaan Boston

1883

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248 Stratton, John F. MUSIC. Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Musical Merchandise New York

1895

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249 MUSIC. Collection of 5 scrapbooks containing hundreds of programs for the Metropolitan Opera House New York, etc.

1907

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250 NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK...

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251 Larison, C. W., M.D. NEGRO. Silvia Dubois (now 116 Yers Old.) A Biografy of te Slav who Whipt her Mistres and Gand her Fredom Ringos, N. J.

1883

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252 NEW JERSEY. Bound volume containing 15 pamphlets relating to the PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Elizabethtown and Philadelphia

1816

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253 J. H. Lant NEW JERSEY. Burlington County Directory for 1872 Burlington

1872

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254 Raum, John O. NEW JERSEY. History of the City of Trenton, embracing a Period of Nearly Two Hundred Years Trenton

1871

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255 NEWTON, A. EDWARD The Christmas Spirit Daylesford

1930

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256 NEWTON, A. EDWARD. A Thomas Hardy Memorial...

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257 Pemberton, Henry (NEWTON, SIR ISAAC). A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy

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258 L. Anson NUMISMATA GRAECA: Greek Coin-Types Classified for Immediate Identification London

1911

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259 Herzfeld, Ernst NUMISMATICS. Kushano-Sasanian Coins Calcutta

1930

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260 NUMISMATICS. Tresor de Numismatique et de Glyptique...

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261 NUMISMATICS. Sceaux des Rois et Reines de France Paris

1834

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262 OCCULT. Dictionnaire des Sciences Occultes; publie sous la direction de Frederic Boutet Paris

1937

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263 OHIO. Historical Account of Bouquet's Expedition against the Ohio Indians in 1764...

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264 OHIO RAILROAD GUIDE Illustrated

1854

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265 OLMSTEAD, FREDERICK LAW. A Journey through Texas, or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier. Frontispiece New York

1859

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266 ORIENTAL ALBUM: Characters London

1848

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267 Spiegel, Fr. PARSEES. Die Traditionelle Literatur der Parsen, in ihrem Zusammenhange mit den Angraenzenden Literaturen Wien

1860

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268 PECK, JOHN M. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West, containing Sketches of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, with the Territories of Wisconsin and Arkansas, and the Adjacent Parts Boston

1836

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269 PENNANT, THOMAS Introduction to Arctic Zoology... London

1792

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270 Dejean, Ferdinand PERFUMES. Traite des Odeurs, suite du Traite de la Distillation Paris

1764

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271 Hoeck. K. F. C. PERSIA. Veteris Mediae et Persiae Monumenta: Commentatio Historico-Philologica Gottingae

1818

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272 Reed, George S. PIRATES. Silver Shoes: a Tale of Old Panama: Adventures that befell one Rodney Marley under Captain H. Morgan in the Year 1669-70

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273 PIRATICAL BARBARITY, or the Female Captive, comprising the Particulars of the Capture of the English Sloop Eliza-Ann New-York

1825

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274 G. Ciuti PISA VIEWS. Album of 10 fine copperplate views of Pisa Pisa

1810

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275 PLINY. Historia Naturale, tradotta per Lodovico Domenichi Venetia

1589

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276 POSNANSKY, ARTHUR Tihuanacu: the Cradle of American Man New York

1945

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277 PRINTING HISTORY. Leven van Lourens Jansz Koster Haarlemmer, Eerste Vinder der Drukkunst

1730

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278 PRITTS, JOSEPH Mirror of Olden Time Border Life Abingdon, Va.

1849

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279 Niessen, Carl PUPPETS. Das Rheinische Puppenspiel: ein Theatergeschichtlicher Beitrag zur Volkskunde Bonn

1928

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280 QUAKERS. A Collection of Memorials concerning divers Deceased Ministers and others of the People called Quakers, in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, and Parts Adjacent Philadelphia

1788

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281 Tosi, F. M. RENAISSANCE SEPULCHRES. Raccolta di Monumenti Sacri e Sepolcrali scolpiti in Roma nei Secoli XV e XVI Rome

1853

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282 RICHMOND, C. W.; and VALLETTE, H. F. A History of the County of Du Page, Illinois, containing an Account of its Early Settlement and Present Advantages, a Separate History of the Several Towns . . . Chicago

1857

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283 Anstey, Henry ROLLS SERIES. Munimenta Academica, or Documents Illustrative of Academical Life and Studies at Oxford London

1868

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284 ROYAL MILITARY CHRONICLE, or British Officer's Monthly Register and Mentor London

1811

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285 ROYAL MILITARY PANORAMA, or Officer's Companion London

1812

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286 RUMFORD, BENJAMIN THOMPSON, COUNT. Essays Boston

1798

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287 RUSSELL, CHARLES M. The Cowboy Artist Pasadena

1948

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288 Custine, Marquis de RUSSIA. Russland im Jahre 1839. Aus dem Franzoesischen von A. Diezmann Leipzig

1844

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289 RUSSIAN MAPS. Two double-folio maps, as below Amsterdam

1680

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290 Wylde, James, Editor SCIENCE. The Circle of the Sciences. Numerous steel-engraved plates, and many hundreds of text wood-engravings

1870

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291 Holberg, Ludvig SCIENCE FICTION. Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground Boston

1845

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292 SCOTT, JOSEPH The United States Gazetteer, containing an Authentic Description of the Several States Philadelphia

1795

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293 SCOTT, SIR WALTER The Waverley Novels Edinburgh

1860

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294 SEVIGNE, MADAME de SEVIGNE, MADAME de. Letters Philadelphia

1927

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295 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Poems Oxford

1905

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296 SHOOTING JOURNAL of George Henry Mackay, 1865-1922 Cambridge, Mass.

1929

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297 SLAVERY CARICATURE. Black-and-white lithographed caricature

1850

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298 SLAVERY CARICATURE. Colored lithograph caricature New York

1856

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299 Egerton, William STAGE. Faithful Memoirs of the Life, Amours and Performances of that London

1731

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300 STAUNTON, SIR GEORGE An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China Philadelphia

1799

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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.
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    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.
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    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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    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.
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