Grays Auctioneers: A Library of Curiosities - Part 2, 20948, Cleveland,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 08, 2025 - November 08, 2025

Page Size: 99 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
48	MACKENZIE, Colin (1795-1854).	Five Thousand Receipts in all the Useful and Domestic Arts	London	1824	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 62.50
49	MARTIN, Benjamin, 1705-1782.	Philosophia Britannica : or a new and comprehensive system of the Newtonian philosophy, astronomy and geography...	London	MDCCLIX. [1759].	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
50	MAYALL, John, 1842-1891.	Cantor Lectures on the Microscope, by John Mayall ; delivered before the society, Nov. 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14 and 21, 1885.	London	1886	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 250.00
51	MOORE, John Hamilton (1738-1807).	Moore's Voyages. First Edition.	London	[1785?]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,000.00
52	MULLALY, John.	The Laying of the Cable, or The Ocean Telegraph	New York	1858	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 175.00
53	MURRAY, John, 1786?-1851.	A Treatise on Atmospherical Electricity; including lightning rods, and paragreles.	London	1830	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 62.50
54	MUSPRATT, Sheridan, 1821-1871.	Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical : as applied and relating to the arts and manufactures.			USD 750.00 - 950.00	Not Sold
55	NANSEN, Fridtjof, 1861-1930.	Farthest North	New York	1897	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
56	NICHOLSON, John.	The Operative Mechanic and British Machinist	London ed.		USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 87.50
57	NORTHROP, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909.	Indian Horrors : or, Massacres by the Red men ; being a thrilling narrative of bloody wars with ... savages, including a full account of the daring deeds and tragic death of ... Sitting Bull, with startling descriptions of fantastic ghost dances ; mysteri	Augusta, Me.	[1891?].	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
58	NORTON, Robert (d. 1635).	The Gvnner Shewing The Whole Practise Of Artillery.	London	1628	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 281.25
59	ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598).	[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]. Latin Edition. Uncolored.			USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	Not Sold
60	PALLISER, Edward (1828-1907).	United States Artillery, by Edward Palliser.	London	1879	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 125.00
61	PAPACINO d'Antoni, Alessandro Vittorio, 1714-1786.	A Treatise on Gun-Powder	London	MDCCLXXXIX [1789].	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 531.25
62	PARKER, Samuel, 1779-1866.	Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains	Ithaca, N.Y.	1844	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 137.50
63	PAYNE, John, active 1800.	A new and complete system of universal geography;	New-York	1798[-1800].	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 1,625.00
64	PEACHAM, Henry, approximately 1576-approximately 1643.	The Compleat Gentleman:	London	1634	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 2,500.00
65	PENNANT, Thomas, 1726-1798.	British Zoology. Illustrated by plates and brief explanations. Volume 4.	Chester	MDCCLXX. [1770]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00
66	PERRY, John, 1670-1732.	The State of Russia, under the present Czar	London	1716	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 281.25
67	PHILLIPS, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767-1840.	The Universal Preceptor	Philadelphia, Pa.	1822	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
68	PRIESTLEY, Joseph, 1733-1804.	A History and Present State of Electricity : with original experiments, by Joseph Priestley. Spine tile: History of Electricity	London	1794	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 312.50
69	PRIESTLEY, Joseph, 1733-1804.	Experiments and observations on different kinds of air, by Joseph Priestley.	London	1775-1779.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 468.75
69A	PURCHAS, Samuel, 1577?-1626.	Purchas his pilgrimes : In fiue bookes.	London	1625-1626.	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
70	RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista (1485-1557).	Delle Navigationi et Viaggi.	In Venetia	l'anno MDLXV [1565].	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 9,375.00
71	ROHAULT, Jacques, 1618-1672.	Rohault's system of natural philosophy, Jacques Rohault	London	1728-1729.	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 62.50

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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