Parke Bernet: The Celebrated Collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter, 1969yr,

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 21, 1969 - October 21, 1969

Page Size: 1094 items in 11 pages

Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
MOORE, THOMAS	An Essay on the Most Eligible Construction of Ice-Houses. Also, a Description of the Newly Invented Machine Called the Refrigerator. By Thomas Moore. 22 cm., uncut. Stitched, as issued. Title dampstained; light foxing.	Baltimore	1803	USD -	175.00
PERKINS, JACOB	Perkins' Bank Bill Tests; consisting of Original Impressions from the Permanent Stereotype Steel Plates of Massachusetts Paper Currency, executed in conformity to an Act of the Legislature, passed March 3, 1809: together with the Standard Check Plate, whi	Newburyport, Mass.	1809	USD -	350.00
NOAH, MORDECAI MANUEL	An Address delivered before the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New-York, on the Opening of the Mechanic Institution; by M. M. Noah, Esq. ... To which is added, the remarks made at the request of the Mechanics' Society, on Laying	New York	1822	USD -	90.00
SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF FAITHFUL DOMESTIC SERVANTS	First Annual Report of the Society for the Encouragement of Faithful Domestic Servants in New-York. [-Second Annual Report of the Managers of the Society for the Encouragement of Faithful Domestic Servants in New-York.] Together two volumes, 22 cm. and 23	New York	1826--27	USD -	110.00
NORTH AMERICAN COAL COMPANY	A Brief Sketch of the Property belonging to the North American Coal Company, with some General Remarks on the Subject of Coal and Coal Mines. 23 cm., untrimmed. Contemporary plain paper wrapper. Edges frayed, back cover detached; foxed.	New York	Jun., 1827	USD -	60.00
ROBERTS, ROBERT	The House Servant's Directory, or a Monitor for Private Families: comprising Hints on the Arrangement and Performance of Servants' Work ... the Art of Waiting ... with full instructions for cleaning Plate, Brass, Steel Glass, Mahogany. ... Observations on	Boston	1827	USD -	80.00
SOCIETY OF JOURNEYMEN TIN-PLATE WORKERS	List of Prices established by the Society of Journeymen Tin-Plate Workers, of the City of Cincinnati, on the 26th of January, 1830. 14.8 cm. Contemporary plain blue wrapper. Foxed, 1.5 cm. tear through all outside margins at center (once folded).	[Cincinnati]	1830	USD -	300.00
AMERICAN ADVERTISING DIRECTORY	The American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods. For the Year 1831. 18 cm. Leather-backed boards, printed paper label on cover. Backstrip and inner hinges reinforced (and stained) with cellophane tape, covers stained; f	New York	1831	USD -	110.00
MIDDLESEX COMPANY, Lowell, Massachusetts.	Regulations to be observed by all persons employed in the factories of the Middlesex Company. [Signed and dated:] Samuel Lawrence, Agent. Lowell, July 1, 1846. Broadside, 25.2 x 19.3 cm.	[Lowell]	[1846]	USD -	40.00
ALLEN, ZACHARIAH	On the Dangerous Explosibility of Petrolium [sic], Coal Oils, Camphene, Salt-Petre, &c. (From the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1861--2.) By Zachariah Allen. 18 cm. Printed grey paper wrapper.	Providence	1862	USD -	50.00
MANHATTAN GOLD MINING COMPANY OF COLORADO	Manhattan Gold Mining Company, of Colorado. Organized Jan., 1864, under the Laws of the State of New York. Capital Stock, $1,000,000, in 100,000 Shares of $10 each. 90 per cent. ($9) paid. Works at Black Hawk, Gregory District, Colorado. Treasurer's Offic	[New York]	[1864]	USD -	600.00
BONE, J. H. A.	Petroleum, and Petroleum Wells. What petroleum is, where it is found, and what it is used for; where to sink petroleum wells, and how to sink them. With a Complete Guide Book and Description of the Oil Regions of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. By J	New York	1865	USD -	50.00
DAWSON'S RUN OIL COMPANY	Dawson's Run Oil Co., Harmony Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Organized under the Act of 1854. Full Paid Stock. Capital, $1,000,000. Shares, 100,000. ... Working Capital, $26,000. Officers: Matthew Baird, Prest. ... Directors: Matthew Baird, D. P.	[Philadelphia]	[1865]	USD -	50.00
GILLELEN, F. M. L.	The Oil Regions of Pennsylvania: with Maps and Charts of Oil Creek, Allegheny River, etc. A Thoroughly Reliable Work, Carefully Compiled. By F. M. L. Gillelen. 21.5 cm. Modern half morocco and cloth. Some light foxing.	Pittsburgh[sic]	[1865?]	USD -	175.00
THE GLOBE, Toronto.	The Petroleum District of Canada West. The only complete account of the region ever issued. Special correspondence of the Toronto "Globe." 16.7 cm. Printed paper wrapper. Covers and lower corner of title soiled, small tear in margin of front cover.	Toronto	1865	USD -	325.00
MILLERN, ALEXANDER VON	All About Petroleum, and the Great Oil Districts of Crawford and Venango Counties, Pa. The most complete and most reliable description of this remarkable region ever issued. By Alexander von Millern, LL.D. Professor of Mineralogy and Geology. ... [Wrapper	New York	1865	USD -	70.00
MCKEAN COAL, IRON AND OIL COMPANY	The McKean Coal, Iron and Oil Company, township of Lafayette, Pennsylvania. Capital, $750,000. Shares, $100. Organized under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania, September, 1865. Office, No. 80 Broadway, New York. 22.7 cm. Green printed paper wrapper. C	Buffalo	1865	USD -	30.00
LEONARD, CHARLES C.	The History of Pithole: by "Crocus," (Chas. C. Leonard.) [Two line quotation.] 17.7 cm. Original dark green cloth with brief title in gilt on front. Covers stained; front free endpaper nearly detached, foxed; owner's inked inscription on title.	Pithole City, Pa.	1867	USD -	275.00
FREAMONT, JOHN CHARLES	A.L.s. 1 p., 25.3 cm; Pocaho near Tarrytown, N.Y., April 16th [18]71. To General Daniel Ruggles. Fredericksburg, Virginia.			USD -	80.00
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.	Catalogue, No. 17, Fall and Winter, 1876. Montgomery Ward & Co., Original Wholesale Grange Supply House, [Wood-engraving of the store.] 227 & 229 Wabash Ave., opp. Matteson House, Chicago, Ill., Dry Goods Clothing Hats, Caps, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Etc.,	Chicago	[1876]	USD -	80.00
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.	No. 35 Spring and Summer Catalogue 1884 Montgomery Ward & Co. Wholesale Grabge Supply House. 227 & 229. Wabash Av. Chicago. Ill. [Wrapper title, surrounded by five wood-engravings showing the store and four departments.] 28.5 cm. Original printed pictoria	Chicago	[1884]	USD -	140.00
HARTWELL, HENRY, & BLAIR, JAMES & CHILTON, EDWARD	The Present State of Virginia, and the College: By Messieurs Hartwell, Blair, and Chilton. To which is added, The Charter for Erecting the said College, granted by their late Majesties King William and Queen Mary of Ever Glorious and Pious Memory. 17.5 cm	London	1727	USD -	800.00
PRINCE, NATHAN	The Constitution and Government of Harvard-College. 25.5 cm. New calf. Title stained; light foxing; ms. notes on title and final blank, and corrections of text [possibly by Prince, since in same hand as those in copy at Boston Athenaeum---TWS].	[Boston]	[1742]	USD -	225.00
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN	Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. 19.5 cm., bottom edge untrimmed. Disbound. Top edge shaved close, affecting some page numbers.	Philadelphia	1749	USD -	1,200.00
SMITH, WILLIAM (1727--1803)	Some Thoughts on Education: With Reasons for Erecting a College in this Province, and fixing the same at the City of New-York: To which is added, A Scheme for employing Masters or Teachers in the mean Time: And also for raising and endowing an Edifice in	New York	1752	USD -	1,900.00
SMITH, WILLIAM (1727--1803)	A General Idea of the College of Mirania; With A Sketch of the Method of teaching Science and Religion, in the several Classes: and Some Account of its Rise, Establishment and Buildings. Address'd more immediately to the Consideration of the Trustees nomi	New York	1753	USD -	900.00
CLAP, THOMAS	The Religious Constitution of Colleges, Especially of Yale-College In New-Haven In the Colony of Connecticut. By Thomas Clap, A. M. President of Yale-College. 19 cm. Stitched. Title and last leaf browned, title stained and inside margin torn.	New London [Conn.]	1754	USD -	60.00
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. CHARTER	The Charter of the College of New-York, in America. Published vy Order of His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, in Council. [Royal arms] 32 cm. New half cloth and boards; original [?] marbled paper wrappers bound in. Early ink ms. margin notes on pp. 5--6 i	New York	1754	USD -	550.00
CLAP, THOMAS	The Answer of The Friend in the West, to A Letter from A Gentleman in the East, entitled, The present State of the Colony of Connecticut considered. N. B. This Answer happened to fall into the Hands of a Gentleman, who though it best that it should be com	New Haven	1755	USD -	100.00
HOBART, NOAH	A Congratulatory Letter from A Gentleman in the West to His Friend in the East; upon The Success of his Letter, Entituled, The present State of the Colony of Connecticut considered. 19.5 cm. Disbound. Light foxing, early ink ms. notes on title.	New Haven	1755	USD -	70.00
SMITH, WILLIAM, and JAY, JAMES	To all the Worthy and Reverend, The Clergy and Ministers of the Gospel, into Whose Hands His Majesty's Royal Brief, For the Colleges of New York and Philadelphia, shall come. An Humble Representation, By William Smith, D.D. and James Jay, M.D. in Behalf o	[London]	[1762]	USD -	300.00
WATSON, DANIEL	/book_records/17990	Newcastle	1763	USD -	110.00
REDWOOD LIBRARY COMPANY, Newport, Rhode Island	Laws of the Redwood-Library Company. 19.3 cm. Disbound, title browned and with 3 cm. tear from inside margin; top edges shaved, affecting only page numbers.	Newport	1764	USD -	275.00
WHEELOCK, ELEAZAR. (Nine items)	A plain and faithful Narrative of the Original Design, Rise, Progress and present State of the Indian Charity-School At Lebanon, in Connecticut. By Eleazar Wheelock, A.M. Paster of a Church in Lebanon. [Four lines of quotation.] 21 cm., top edges trimmed.	Boston	1763	USD -	700.00
CLAPS, THOMAS	The Annals or History of Yale-College, In New-Haven, In the Colony of Connecticut, from The first Founding thereof, in the Year 1700, to the Year 1766: With An Appendix, Containing the Present State of the College, the Method of Instruction and Government	New Haven	1766	USD -	400.00
JAY, JAMES	Letter to the Governors of the College of New York; Respecting the Collection That was made in this Kingdom in 1762 and 1763, for the Colleges of Philadelphia and New York, to which are Added, Explanatory Notes; and an Appendix, Containing the Letters Whi	London	1771	USD -	50.00
JAY, JAMES	A Letter to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, &c. In respect to the Collection that was made for the Colleges of New York and Philadelphia. By Sir James Jay, Knt. M.D. Being A Vindication of the Author, occasioned by the groundless Insinuations, a	London	1774	USD -	80.00
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. CHARTER	The Charter of Dartmouth-College. [Caption title. Text begins:] George the third, by the grace of God of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. 19 cm. Disbound. Some inside m	[Dresden, Vt. (now Hanover, N.H.)]	[1779]	USD -	500.00
WITHERSPOON, JOHN	Address to the Inhabitants of Jamaica, and other West-India Islands, In Behalf of the College of New-Jersey. 19.5 cm., top edge trimmed. Half calf; covers worn, front hinge cracked at top.	Philadelphia	1782	USD -	450.00
M'CLURE, DAVID	An Oration on the Advantages of an Early Education, Delivered at Exeter, in the State of New-Hampshire, May 1, 1783, at the Opening of the Phillips Exeter Academy Founded by the Hon. John Phillips, L.L.D. By David M'Clure, A.M. Pastor of the Church at Nor	Exeter, N.H.	1783	USD -	250.00
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE	Catalogus Eorum qui in Collegio-Dartmuthensi (a Reverendo Eleazaro Wheelock S.T.D. instituto) Nov-Hantoniae, ab anno M.DCC.LXXI, ad annum M.DCC.LXXXVI, alicujus gradus Laurea donati sunt. Broadside, 48.5 x 39 cm., top edge trimmed. Folded twice; light fox	N.p.	[1786]	USD -	175.00
CORAM, ROBERT	Political Inquiries: to which is added, a Plan for the General Establishment of Schools throughout the United States. By Robert Coram, Author of some late Pieces in the Delaware Gazette, under the Signiture [sic] of Brutus. [Five-line quotation from Rayna	Wilmington	1791	USD -	400.00
YALE COLLEGE. LIBRARY	Catalogue of Books in the Library of Yale-College, New-Haven. 21 cm. Stitched. Half title detached, two final blanks torn, early owner's signature on half-title.	[New Haven]	1791	USD -	60.00
MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE, Boston	The Massachusetts Magazine: or Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment. No. II.---For February, 1793.---Vol. V. 21.4 cm. Disbound; some signatures loose; moderately foxed. In a folding stiff paper case.	Boston	1793	USD -	15.00
UNITED STATES. CONGRESS. Library of Congress	Report of the Joint Committee appointed to take into Consideration the Arrangement of Books and Maps belonging to Congress. December 18, 1801. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. 20.8 cm. Disbound; stain on inside margin of first leaf, tw	[Washington City]	[1801]	USD -	140.00
UNITED STATES. CONGRESS. Library of Congress	Catalogue of Books, Maps, and Charts, belonging to the Library of the Two Houses of Congress. April, 1802. 21.7 cm. Disbound, leaves nearly detached, offsetting and some foxing.	Washington City	[1802]	USD -	275.00
UNITED STATES. CONGRESS. Library of Congress	Supplemental Catalogue of Books, Maps, and Charts, belonging to the Library of the Two Houses of Congress. October, 1803. 20.7 cm. Disbound, leaves loose, light foxing.	Washington City	[1803]	USD -	200.00
UNITED STATES. CONGRESS. Library of Congress	Catalogue of Books, Maps, and Charts, belonging to The Library of the Two Houses of Congress. 1804. 20.1 cm. Disbound, ms. pagination of 7 to 20.	[Washington City]	[1804]	USD -	250.00
HALL, SAMUEL REED	Lectures to Female Teachers on School-Keeping. By S. R. Hall. 14.7 cm. Original cloth-backed boards with paper label on spine. Corners of covers rubbed, foxed throughout, free endpapers cut out.	Boston	1832	USD -	50.00
SMITH, DELAZON	A History of Oberlin, or New Lights of the West. Embracing the Conduct and Character of the Officers and Students of the Institution; Together with the Colonists, from the Founding of the Institution. By Delazon Smith, A Student. 17.5 cm. Original printed	Cleveland	1837	USD -	200.00
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky. BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Ordinances, and Rules and Regulations respecting the Public Schools, in the City of Louisville. 18.1 cm. Printed paper wrapper (front cover only); disbound, stapled. Presentation inscription by one board member on front cover.	Louisville	1840	USD -	15.00
ARGOTE DE MOLINA, GONZALO	Libro, de la Monteria Que Mando Eschrevier el Muy Alto y Muy Poderoso Rey Don Alonso de Sastilla, y de Leon, Ultimo deste nombre. Acrecentado por Goncalo Argote de Molina. Dirigido A la S. C. R. M. del Rey Don Philipe Segundo. Nuestro Senor. [Coat of arms	Seville	1582	USD -	500.00
MASSACHUSETTS BAY. GENERAL ASSEMBLY	Acts and Laws, Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and Held at Boston, upon Wednesday the Thirty-first Day of May, 1727. And continued by Adjournment to the Sixteenth D	[Boston]	[1727]	USD -	60.00
SECCOMBE, JOSEPH	Business and Diversion inoffensive to God, and necessary for the Comfort and Support of human Society. A Discourse utter'd in Part at Ammauskeeg-Falls, in the Fishing-Season. 1739. [Eight-line quotation from "I. W."] [Dedication signed on p. ii by "Fluvia	Boston	1743	USD -	1,400.00
MARKHAM, GERVASE, and others	The Citizen and Countryman's Experienced Farrier. Containing, I. The most best approved Method of Ordering, Dieting, Exercising, Purging, Scouring, and Cleansing of Horses....To all which is added, A valuable and fine Collection of the surest and best Rec	Wilmington	1764	USD -	130.00
KESTER, DR. JESSE Y., supposed author	The American Shooter's Manual, comprising, Such Plain and Simple Rules, as are necessary to introduce The inexperienced into a Full Knowledge of all that relates to the Dog, and the Correct Use of the Gun; also a Description of the Game of this Country, b	Philadelphia	1827	USD -	150.00
HAWES, WILLIAM P., possible author	Nixon's Creek, or A Fisherman's Tale. 21 cm., untrimmed. Stitched, as issued. Title dust-soiled. In a morocco-backed cloth folder.	[N.p.]	[ca. 1840]	USD -	400.00
EAGLE BALL CLUB, New York	By-Laws and Rules of the Eagle Ball Club. Organized, 1840. 13.8 cm. Original printed light blue paper wrappers. Light staining.	New York	1852	USD -	150.00
KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON	The Blackwater Chronicle A Narrative of an Expedition into the Land of Canaan, in Randolph County, Virginia, a County Flowing with Wild Animals, such as Panthers, Bears, Wolves, Elk, Dear, Otter, Badger, &c., &c., with Innumerable Trout---by Five Adventur	New York	1853	USD -	100.00
TOME, PHILIP	Pioneer Life; or, Thirty Years a Hunter. Being Scenes and Adventures in the life of Philip Tome, fifteen years Interpreter for Cornplanter and Gov. Blacksnake, Chiefs on the Allegany River. 19 cm. Original lavender cloth with title in gilt on front. Faded	Buffalo	1854	USD -	200.00
BASE BALL PLAYER'S POCKET COMPANION	The Base Ball Player's Pocket Companion: Containing Rules and Regulations for Forming Clubs, Directions for Playing the "Massachusetts Game," and the "New York Game," from Official Reports. Illustrated, cloth. 14 cm. Original limp cloth covers, title and	Boston	1859	USD -	60.00
CHADWICK, HENRY, Editor	Beadle's Dime [Vignette] Base-Ball Player, Comprising the Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Base-Ball Convention, Together with the New Rules Adopted; Rules for the Formation of Clubs, etc. Also, the Base-Ball Averages for 1865. Edited by Henry Chadwick. [A	New York	[1866]	USD -	120.00
EDWARDS, SAMUEL E.	The Ohio Hunter: Or a Brief Sketch of the Frontier Life of Samuel E. Edwards, the Great Bear and Deer Hunter of the State of Ohio. [Circular vignette] 16.9 cm. Original purple cloth with title in gilt on spine. Spine faded; head and heel rubbed; slight fo	Battle Creek, Mich.	1866	USD -	350.00
BALL PLAYERS' CHRONICLE, New York	The Ball Player's Chronicle: A Weekly Journal Devoted to the Interests of the American Game of Base Ball and Kindred Sports of the Field. Henry Chadwick, Editor. Volume I. 39.5 cm. Original half leather. Piece missing from bottom of spine, hinges and corn	New York	1867	USD -	275.00
CHADWICK, HENRY	The Base Ball Player's Book of Reference. Containing The Revised Rules of the Game for 1867, with an Explanatory Appendix to each Rule, Together with Full Instructions for Umpires and Scorers, and also for Pitching, Batting and Fielding. The Whole Forming	New York	1867	USD -	100.00
VAN CAMPEN, S.	Base Ball. As viewed [Vignette] by a Muffin. Illustrated by S. Van Campen. [Single line quotation.] [Wrapper title]. 14.5 cm. (oblong). Original lithographed wrapper. Spine perishing.	New Bedford, Mass.	[1867]	USD -	250.00
LAURENCE, HENRY BUCKTON	Sketches of Canadian Sports and Pastimes dedicated by kind permission to H. R. H. Lieutenant Prince Arthur K.P. &c. Rifle Bricade[sic]. [Vignette of royal arms] Moose Shooting Wild Goose Shooting Indian Camp Coasting Through the Ice Rink at Halifax Sailin	London	July 28th 1870	USD -	200.00
GAUSE, HARRY TAYLOR	A Detailed Description of The Scenes and Incidents connected with A Trip through the Mountains and Parks of Colorado, as accomplished by H. B. B. Stapler, and Harry T. Gause. July 21-August 20, 1871. 19.1 cm. Original green cloth with title in gilt on fro	[Wilmington, Del.]	[1871?]	USD -	40.00
DAVIES, HENRY EUGENE	Ten Days on the Plains By * * 23.6 cm. Original cloth-backed red glazed boards with title in gilt on spine. Edges worn, pencilled identifications of eleven of the photo portraits and of author on title.	New York	[1872]	USD -	350.00
TUCKER, WILLIAM W.	His Imperial Highness The Grand Duke Alexis in the United States of America during the Winter of 1871--72 [Two-line quotation] by William W. Tucker For Private Distribution. 25.4 cm. Gilt-stamped full russia, gilt edges. Ink stains on lower edges (stained	Cambridge	1872	USD -	700.00
BOUTCHER, C. S.	Notes of A Western Hunting Trip. A Series of Letters of A Hunting Expedition in Missouri, Kansas, and the Indian Territory, in the Winter of 1874. Published in the Easton Free Press, December 1874, and January 1875. 19.8 cm. Half morocco and speckled boar	[Easton, Penna.]	[1875]	USD -	575.00
BOUTCHER, C. S.	Hunting Notes. The Southwest Revisited. A Series of Letters of the Second Annual Hunting Expedition to Missouri, Kansas and the Indian Territory in November and December, 1875, with a Buffalo and Antelope Hunt in Colorado. 19.8 cm. Half roan and speckled	Easton	[1876]	USD -	225.00
STRONG, WILLIAM EMERSON	A Trip to the Yellowstone National Park in July, August, and September, 1875. From the Journal of General W. E. Strong. 27.2 cm. Brown morocco with title in gilt on front, edges gilt. Edges of covers rubbed, small splint at upper front hinge, inside hinge	Washington	1876	USD -	250.00
WOELMONT, ARNOLD, Baron de	Ma Vie Nomade aux Montagnes Rocheuses par le Baron Arnold de Woelmont "Westward, ho!".	Paris	1878	USD -	40.00
WILLIAMSON, ANDREW	Sport and Photography in the Rocky Mountains By A. Williamson [Large view.] 42 cm. Pictorial cloth. Covers stained; typed paper label on backstrip, inside hinges cracked; half title soiled.	Edinburgh	1880	USD -	130.00
JENKS, JOHN WHIPPLE POTTER	Hunting in Florida in 1874. Copyright, 1884, by J. W. P. Jenks. All rights reserved. [At head:] With the Compliments of J. W. P. Jenks. [Wrapper title.] 23 cm. Printed buff paper wrapper. Covers soiled, top and bottom of backstrip torn; "Prof. Packard" in	[Providence? R.I.]	[1884]	USD -	175.00
NOTES OF A HUNTING TRIP	Notes of a Hunting Trip with the Dwight-Wiman Club in the Muskoka District, Canada. [Monogram.] October, 1884. 18 cm. Printed grey paper wrapper. Wrapper fragile, with several splits and pieces chipped off.	[Toronto]	[1884]	USD -	130.00
CANOVA, ANDREW P.	Life and Adventures in South Florida. By Andrew P. Canova, of Palatka, Assisted by L. S. Perkins, with an Introduction by Hon. R. W. Davis. 21 cm. Printed light green paper wrapper (front cover only). Cover soiled and chipped. In a cloth folding case.	Palatka, Fla	1885	USD -	80.00
CARSON, STEPHEN W.	Sportman's Manual and Sketch Book of Frontier Life in South Florida. By the author Stephen W. Carson. A Particular Description of All Kinds of Game of South Florida, and How to Capture it. Every Mode of Hunting Described. Some Exciting Incidents with Pant	Bartow, Fla.	[1886]	USD -	130.00
BRASSEY, T. A.	Diary of a Hunting Trip, 1888. T. A. Brassey. 21.5 cm. Printed stiff paper wrapper. Covers dust-soiled, vertical fold in each.	Battle, [England]	1889	USD -	175.00
COOK, DARIUS B.	Six Months Among Indians, Wolves and Other Wild Animals, in the Forests of Allegan County, Mich., in the Winter of 1839 and 1840. Interesting Stories of Forest Life. The Exploits of Tecumseh and other Chiefs. Their Cruelty to Captives. How Tecumseh was Ki	Niles, Mich.	1889	USD -	125.00
FRANCIS, CHARLES SPENCER	Sport among the Rockies. The Record of a Fishing and Hunting Trip in North-Western Montana, by the Scribe. 23 cm. Black morocco with title in gilt on spine. A few leaves lightly soiled, text slightly warped; leaves weak at inside margin; 1934 letter by W.	Troy, N.Y.	1889	USD -	600.00
TAYLOR, JOSEPH HENRY	Twenty Years on the Trap Line. Being a Collection of Revised Camp Notes Written at Intervals During a Twenty Years Experience in Trapping, Wolfing and Hunting, on the Great Northwestern Plains. By Joseph Henry Taylor. Author of "Frontier and Indian Life,"	Bismarck, N.D. and Avondale, Pa.	1891	USD -	70.00
MCSHEEHY, H. J.	A Hunt in the Rockies, or The Adventures of a Lazy Man in Quest of Large Game. With a Description of the Country Passed Over from Logansport, Indiana, to Pagoda Peak, Colorado. By H.J. McSheehy, Editor Logansport, Indiana, Chronicle. 18.5 cm. Original pri	Logansport, Ind.	1893	USD -	160.00
TUTTLE, JAMES H.	Wam-Dus-Ky. A Descriptive Record of A Hunting Trip to North Dakota. 1892. [Cut of dog.] 22.5 cm. Original cloth, title stamped in gilt on front. Corners rubbed; shaken.	Minneapolis	1893	USD -	200.00
ELLIS, C. C.	Globe-Trotting in Shooting Boots. [---Globe-Trotting in Shooting Boots. By Major C. C. Ellis, R. E.] [Caption titles. At head:] From The Royal Engineers Journal. Two volumes, 20.5 cm. Bound together in contemporary brown cloth with title stamped in gilt o	N.p.	[ca. 1894]	USD -	40.00
GRAHAM, FREDERICK ULRIC	Notes of a Sporting Expedition in the Far West of Canada 1847 by Frederick Ulrick Graham Explanatory Footnotes by Jane Hermione Graham. 32.5 cm., top edges trimmed and gilt. Full morocco extra by Hatchards. Very lightly foxed, one plate offset.	London	1898	USD -	650.00
PERRY, OLIVER HAZARD	Hunting Expeditions of Oliver Hazard Perry of Cleveland Verbatim from his Diaries Embellished with Tailpieces Engraved about 1800 by Dr. Alexander Anderson and Others and Printed from the Original Wood. 23 cm., untrimmed. Original decorated cloth.	Cleveland	1899	USD -	250.00
EMMET, WILLIAM TEMPLE	Good Hunting!	New York	1901	USD -	100.00
ISBELL, F. A.	1852--1870. Mining and Hunting in the Far West. by F.A. Isbell, Stevenson, Conn. 23 cm. Original boards, title stamped in gilt on front. Covers rubbed; leaves yellowing.	[Middletown, Conn.]	[n.d.]	USD -	200.00
THAYER, ERNEST	Casey at the Bat. By Ernest Thayer. [Vignettes.] 20 cm. Original green pictorial paper wrapper, small tear along spine, affecting wrapper and first leaf of gathering; stamped on front cover: "Book Department, Lit Brothers".	New York	[1901]	USD -	140.00
PERCY, ALGERNON HEBER and PERCY, ALICE	Journal of Two Excursions in the British North West Territory of North America by Algernon Heber Percy and Mrs. Heber Percy, 1877 & 1878. 27.5 cm. Original full morocco, title stamped in gilt on front, g.e. Covers worn, front cover partially detached, hea	Shropshire	n.d.	USD -	275.00
TURRILL, GARDNER STILSON	A Tale of the Yellowstone or In a Wagon through Western Wyoming and Wonderland. By Gardner Stilson Turrill. Compiled from Letters Furnished "The Souvenir", of Jefferson, Iowa, by the Author, During the Summer of 1898---About One Hundred Views Given of Sce	Jefferson, Iowa	1901	USD -	190.00
BRADLEY, J. R.	Hunting Big Game in Far Northwest British Columbia. By J.R. Bradley. [Cut of mountain goat.] 20.2 cm. Original cloth decorated in gilt.	New York	1904	USD -	90.00
SCHMIDT, CARL E.	A Western Trip By Carl E. Schmidt. 22.5 cm. Original russia; decorated in gilt, t.e.g. Edges lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded; offseting.	[Detroit]	[ca. 1904]	USD -	80.00
ADDISON, JOSEPH A.	A Colorado Outing. [Photographic vignette.] 19.1 cm. Original leather, title stamped in gilt on front. Spine chipped top and bottom.	Denver	1905	USD -	60.00
CORDIER, ALBERT HAWES	A Wyoming Big Game Hunt By A. H. Cordier, M.D. Kansas City, Mo. Illustrations by Author. 17.2 cm. Original photographic wrappers, "stitched" with cord. Covers lightly soiled.	[Kansas City, Mo.]	1907	USD -	120.00
BANNON, ARTHUR H.	A Hunters Summer in Yukon Territory Arthur H. Bannon 18.9 cm. Original cloth, title stamped in gilt on front, red edges. Covers lightly soiled, spine rubbed top and bottom; small paper tape repair in margin of one leaf.	Columbus, Ohio	1911	USD -	70.00
WALDON, SIDNEY DUNN	When a Dude Goes Into Jackson's Hole. Being S. D. Waldon's Own Diary of the Adventures of a Party of Tenderfeet who Sought Six-Cylinder Elk-Horns in the Lee of Seven Mountain Ranges. 29 cm. Original full morocco, decorative title stamped in gilt on front,	Detroit	1911	USD -	325.00
MC ALEENAN, JOSEPH, Probable author	Through Yellowstone Park and Elk Hunting in Wyoming. 19.5 cm. Original half morocco and cloth, g.e. Covers lightly soiled; margins browning.	[New York]	[ca. 1913]	USD -	250.00

Heritage Auctions
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.

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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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.