Mennonite Life: Rare and Used Book Auction, 71423, Lancaster

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 14, 2023 - July 14, 2023

Page Size: 399 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
152	King, Ruth Shrigley	An Ancestral History Comprising Ancestral Lines in the Shrigley, Simonson, Marlolw and Cantine Families.		1968	Not Available	Unknown
153	[Sensenig, Keller]	A Pleasant View of Martindale.	[Martindale, Pa.	1994	Not Available	Unknown
154	Bell, Herbert C.	History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Including Its Aboriginal History; the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods; Early Settlement and Subsequent Growth.	Chicago, Ill.; reprint ed., Evansville, Ind.	1891; 1975	Not Available	Unknown
155	Hemsing, William S.	Diaries of William Souder Hemsing: An Intimate Look at Souderton, Pennsylvania, 1885-1888, 1902-1906, 1918.	Souderton, Pa.	1987	Not Available	Unknown
156	Stallone, Albert A.	History and Biographical Annals of Italian-Americans of Berks County, Pennsylvnia, Embrcing a Concise Historyand a Biographical Record of Representative Families. Vol. 2 only: Biographical Annals.	Reading, Pa.	2007	Not Available	Unknown
157	Edited by Harold S. Bender and C. Henry Smith.	The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement. Vols. 1-4.	Hillsboro, Kan.	1955-59.	Not Available	Unknown
158		The Bloody Theater, or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith, and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus, Their Savior, from the Time of Christ to the Year A.D. 1660	Scottdale, Pa.	1992	Not Available	Unknown
159	Horsch, John	Mennonies in Europe. Mennonite History vol. 1	Scottdale, Pa.	1950	Not Available	Unknown
160	Reschly, Steven D.	The Amish on the Iowa Prairie, 1840 to 1910. Center Books in Anabaptist Studies.	Baltimore	2000	Not Available	Unknown
161		Minutes of the East Pennsylvania Conference, Church of the United Brethren in Christ.	Dayton, Ohio	1929-31	Not Available	Unknown
162	Seitz, Ruth Hoover	Susquehanna Heartland. Photography by Blair Seitz.	Harrisburg, Pa.	1992	Not Available	Unknown
163	Messer, David W.	Triumph IV: Harrisburg to Altoona, 1846-2001 [Pennsylvania Railroad].	Baltimore, Md.	2001	Not Available	Unknown
164	Jacobs, Timothy	The History of the Pennsylvania Railroad.	[New York]	1988	Not Available	Unknown
165		Juniata: A County for All Seasons, Sesquicentennial Year, 1831-1981.	[Mifflintown, Pa.]	1981	Not Available	Unknown
166	Robacker, Earl F.	Old Stuff in Up-Country Pennsylvania.	South Brunswick and New York	1973	Not Available	Unknown
167		Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage.	Lancaster, Pa.	2021	Not Available	Unknown
168	Hessler, John W., [et al.]	Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges: 1502, the Claiming of a New World.	Delray Beach, Fla.	2014	Not Available	Unknown
169	McCullough, David	John Adams.	New York	2001	Not Available	Unknown
170	Shelley, Bruce	Church History in Plain Language.	Waco, Tex.	1982	Not Available	Unknown
171	Meier, John P.	A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. Vol. 1: The Roots of the Problem and the Person ; Vol. 2: Mentor, Message, and Miracles.	New York	1991-94.	Not Available	Unknown
172		Crossan, John Dominic The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant.	SanFrancisco	1991	Not Available	Unknown
173		Scott, Bernard Brandon Hear Then the Parable: A Commentary on the Parables of Jesus.	Minneapolis	1989	Not Available	Unknown
174	Tiffany, Frederick C.	Biblical Interpretation: A Roadmap.	Nashville	1996	Not Available	Unknown
175	Pardes, Ilana	Countertraditions in the Bible: A Feminist Approach.	Cambridge, Mass.	1992	Not Available	Unknown
176	Bright, John	A History of Israel.	Philadelphia	1981	Not Available	Unknown

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.
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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