American Itinerant Ministers and their Odd Works from Garrett Scott, Bookseller
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Item 146 is a more serious piece: A Sermon on the Death of Jeremiah Everts, delivered by Leonard Woods on July 31, 1831. Everts was a significant religious leader and political thinker, but he is most noted for his opposition to Andrew Jackson's policy of removal of the Cherokees from their ancestral homeland in Georgia. His was a strong voice in opposition to one of the uglier incidents in American history. $40.
James Hall Brookes asks the age-old question, May Christians Dance? Sure, as long as they don't mind having sons with "the mincing tread of a brainless fop," or daughters with "the brazen effrontery of a pert miss, who is trained by a foreign dancing master not to blush." Or, as we might point out, all that disco dancing turned John Travolta into a Scientologist. Item 16. $125.
For those interested in a debate over baptism, there is A Debate Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. L Rice, on the Action, Subject, Design and Administrator of Christian Baptism... This was a series of debates between the founder of the Disciples of Christ and a Presbyterian held at Lexington, Kentucky, in late 1843. The moderator was none other than the Great Compromiser himself, Henry Clay, who would make his most serious (though still unsuccessful) run for the presidency the following year. It is not clear whether he got these two clergymen to reach a compromise, but probably not. Item 20. $200.
For a view of the future from 1892, there is The Church Republic: A Romance of Methodism. By Brother Jonathan. D.D. (pseudonym for Zerelda Pierce). Pierce foresaw Methodism spreading all over the world, but this was not a united Methodist Church. This one was strictly segregated racially. "Crass elements and perfected, the rough and the polished, the charcoal and the diamond do not assimilate into one likeness, even in the presence of the Mercy-seat. The one is made repellent to the other." Pierce was probably too dense to realize who the crass person was. Item 100. $75.
Garrett Scott, Bookseller, may be found online at www.GSBbooks.com, telephone 734-741-8605.
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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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.
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