Leavitt, Strebeigh: LIBRARY OF J. H. V. Arnold. GEO. A. LEAVITT & CO., AUCTIONEERS. NEW YORK. 1879, 18790416,

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 16, 1879 - April 16, 1879

Page Size: 3451 items in 35 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ABBOT (ABIEL)	HISTORY OF ANDOVER from its Settlement to 1829	Andover	1829	USD -	Unknown
2	A'BECKETT (GILBERT A.)	COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND	London	1864	USD -	Unknown
3	A'BECKETT (GILBERT A.)	COMIC HISTORY OF ROME	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
4	A'BECKETT (G. A.)	QUIZZIOLOGY of the BRITISH DRAMA. Frontispiece, etc.	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
5	A'BECKETT (G. A.)	COMIC BLACKSTONE. Vignette and tailpiece	London	1864	USD -	Unknown
6	A'BECKETT	COMIC BLACKSTONE. Vignette and tailpiece	London	1866	USD -	Unknown
7	ABELARD and HELOISE	ABELARD and HELOISE. LETTERS	London	1783	USD -	Unknown
8	ABERCROMBIE (JOHN)	Inquiries concerning the INTELLECTUAL POWERS, and the Investigation of Truth	Edinburgh	1835	USD -	Unknown
9		ABERCROMBIE. Philosophy of the MORAL FEELINGS	London	1833	USD -	Unknown
10	ABINGDON (EARL OF)	THOUGHTS on the Letter of Edmund Burke to the Sheriffs of Bristol, on the Affairs of America	Oxford	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
11	ABINGDON	THOUGHTS, etc.	Oxford	[1777]	USD -	Unknown
12	ABOUT (EDMOND)	ABOUT (EDMOND). WORKS	New York and Boston	1861-67	USD -	Unknown
13		ACADEMY OF DESIGN (National). Ceremonies on the Occasion of Laying the Corner-Stone, etc.	N. Y.	1865	USD -	Unknown
14		ACCEPTED ADDRESSES; or, Proemium Poetarum, to which are added Macbeth Travestie, also the Irish Lover, Paddy's Courtship in London, etc.	London	1813	USD -	Unknown
15	ACKERMANN (R.)	POETICAL MAGAZINE; containing the Tour of Dr. Syntax, etc.	London	1809-11	USD -	Unknown
16	ACKERMANN (R.)	WESTMINSTER ABBEY: its History, Antiquities, and Monuments	London	1812	USD -	Unknown
17	ACOSTA (JOSEPH)	THE NATVRALL AND MORALE HISTORIE OF THE EAST AND WEST INDIES	London	1604	USD -	Unknown
18	ACRELIUS (ISRAEL)	SERMON explaining the Duties of Christian Subjects to their Sovereign, preached in Christiana Church, Newcastle County, 1755	Phila.	1756	USD -	Unknown
19		ACTORS AS THEY ARE; a Series of Sketches of the most Eminent Performers now on the Stage	N. Y.	1856	USD -	Unknown
20		ACTOR (THE). Treatise on the Art of Playing	London	1750	USD -	Unknown
21	ADAMS (MRS. HANNAH)	ADAMS (MRS. HANNAH). MEMOIR of	Boston	1832	USD -	Unknown
22	ADAMS (H. G.)	OUR FEATHERED FAMILIES; also, Game and Wild Birds	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
23	ADAMS (J. Q.)	EULOGY on the Life and Character of JAMES MADISON	Boston	1836	USD -	Unknown
24	ADAMS (J. Q.)	ORATION on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de LAFAYETTE	Wash.	1835	USD -	Unknown
25	ADAMS (MISS)	ADAMS (MISS). JOURNAL and Correspondence of	N. Y.	1841-42	USD -	Unknown
26	ADAMS (MOSES)	WHAT I DID WITH FIFTY MILLIONS	Phila.	1874	USD -	Unknown
27	ADAMS (NAT.)	ANNALS OF PORTSMOUTH, comprising a Period of 200 Years from its First Settlement	Portsmouth	1825	USD -	Unknown
28	ADAMSON (JOHN)	MEMOIRS of the Life and Writings of Luis DE CAMOENS	London	1820	USD -	Unknown
29	ADDISON (C. G.)	THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, a History of; from their Rise to the Abolition of the Order	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
30	ADDISON (C. G.)	KNIGHTS TEMPLARS (History of the)	London	1842	USD -	Unknown
31	ADDISON (JOSEPH)	ADDISON (JOSEPH). WORKS	London	1811	USD -	Unknown
32	Sir Richard Phillips	ADDISONIANA. [A Collection of Anecdotes and Facts connected with the Life of Joseph Addison	London	1804	USD -	Unknown
33	Lucy Aikin	ADDISON (JOSEPH). LIFE of	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
34	ADLARD (GEO.)	AMY ROBSART, and the Earl of Leycester, a Critical Inquiry, and a History of Kenilworth Castle, etc., etc.	London	1870	USD -	Unknown
35	ADLARD (GEO.)	SUTTON-DUDLEYS of England and the Dudleys of Mass., from the Norman Conquest	N. Y.	1872	USD -	Unknown
36	ADOLPHUS (JOHN)	MEMOIRS OF JOHN BANNISTER, Comedian	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
37	ADOLPHUS (JOHN)	MEMOIRS OF JOHN BANNISTER, Comedian	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
38	ADOLPHUS	MEMOIRS OF JOHN BANNISTER, Comedian	London	1838	USD -	Unknown
39	ADOLPHUS (JOHN)	HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the Accession to the Decease of King George the Third	London	1840-45	USD -	Unknown
40	ADOLPHUS (J.)	HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the Accession of George III	London	1802	USD -	Unknown
41		ADVENTURES OF AN ACTOR, in the Characters of a Merry Andrew, a Methodist Preacher, and a Fortune-Teller	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
42		ADVENTURES OF A HACKNEY COACH, as related by the Coachman, containing a great variety of Curious Occurrences taken chiefly from the Present times	London	1813	USD -	Unknown
43	AIKIN (JOHN)	BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS of Medicine in Great Britain	London	1780	USD -	Unknown
44	AIKIN (LUCY)	MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF KING CHARLES THE FIRST	London	1833	USD -	Unknown
45	AIKIN (LUCY)	MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF KING JAMES THE FIRST	London	1822	USD -	Unknown
46	AIKIN	MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF KING JAMES THE FIRST	London	1822	USD -	Unknown
47	AIKIN	MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH	London	1823	USD -	Unknown
48	AIKIN	MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH	London	1818	USD -	Unknown
49	AINSLIE (W.)	CLEMENZA; or, the Tuscan Orphan: a Tragic Drama	Bath	1822	USD -	Unknown
50	AINSWORTH (W. H.)	BALLADS	London	1855	USD -	Unknown
51	AINSWORTH (WILLIAM HARRISON)	HISTORICAL ROMANCES AND NOVELS	London	1853-60	USD -	Unknown
52	AINSWORTH (W. H.)	JOHN LAW, the Projector	London	1866	USD -	Unknown
53		AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. Complete from its Commencement to 1844	London	1842--4	USD -	Unknown
54	William Harrison Ainsworth, editor	AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE	London	1842-54	USD -	Unknown
55		ALBANY DIRECTORY for 1834--5. Compiled by Loomis and Wait	Albany	1834	USD -	Unknown
56	ALBIN (ELEAZER)	HISTORY OF ESCULENT FISH, and an Essay on Breeding of Fish, and Construction of Fish-Ponds, by the Hon. Roger North	London	1794	USD -	Unknown
57	[ALBIN (J.)]	HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, from the Earliest Times to the Present Period	Newport (I. of W.)	1795	USD -	Unknown
58		ALBUM OF ERNRICUS STAUFFER....			USD -	Unknown
59		ALBUM. Blank Leaves			USD -	Unknown
60	ALDEN (T.)	COLLECTION OF AMERICAN EPITAPHS and Inscriptions	N. Y.	1814	USD -	Unknown
61	H. C. Alexander	ALEXANDER (J. A.) LIFE OF	N. Y.	1870	USD -	Unknown
62	ALFIERI (VICTOR)	ALFIERI (VICTOR). MEMOIRS of the Life and Writings of	London	1810	USD -	Unknown
63	ALFORD (HENRY)	Plea for the QUEEN'S ENGLISH; also the DEAN'S ENGLISH, or Answer to Alford by MOON	London	1865	USD -	Unknown
64	ALDRIDGE	MEMOIR and Theatrical Career of Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
65	ALGER (W. R.)	POETRY OF THE EAST	Boston	1856	USD -	Unknown
66	ALISON (ARCHIBALD)	ESSAYS on the Nature and Principles of Taste	Edinburgh	1811	USD -	Unknown
67	ALLAN	CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS, Autographs, Engravings, etc.	N. Y.	1864	USD -	Unknown
68	ALLAN (JOHN)	CATALOGUE OF THE "SILVER CABINET"	N. Y.	1870	USD -	Unknown
69	ALLEN (ETHAN)	NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTURE OF TICONDEROGA, and of the Author's Captivity and Treatment by the British	Burlington	1849	USD -	Unknown
70	ALLEN (GEORGE)	LIFE OF PHILIDOR, Musician and Chess Player	Phila.	1863	USD -	Unknown
71	[ALLEN (IRA)]	PARTICULARS of the Capture of the Ship OLIVE BRANCH in Nov., 1796	London	1797	USD -	Unknown
72	James Sherman	ALLEN (WM.) MEMOIR OF	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
73		ALLIGATOR (THE). Stephen H. Branch's, from April 24 to October 2, 1858	N. Y.	1858	USD -	Unknown
74	ALLOM (THOS.)	ILLUSTRATIONS of the Counties of Chester, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Rutland, and Lincoln	London	1836	USD -	Unknown
75		[ALLSTON (WASHINGTON)]. MONALDI: a Tale			USD -	Unknown
76		ALMACK'S: a Novel	London	1826	USD -	Unknown
77	T. K. Hervey, editor	AMARANTH (THE); a Miscellany of Original Prose and Verse	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
78		AMATORY WORKS of TOM SHUFFLETON of the Middle Temple	London	1815	USD -	Unknown
79	C. De F. Burns, editor	AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN	New York	1870-4	USD -	Unknown
80		AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST (Sabin's), complete from its commencement in 1869 to April, 1877, since which time it has not been issued	New York	1869-77	USD -	Unknown
81	B. J. Lossing, editor	AMERICAN HISTORICAL RECORD, and Repertory of Notes and Queries concerning the History and Antiquities of America and Biography of Americans	Phila.	1872-4	USD -	Unknown
82		AMERICAN CYCLOPS (The), the Hero of New Orleans, and Spoiler of Silver Spoons, dubbed LL.D.	Baltimore	1868	USD -	Unknown
83		AMERICAN ELOQUENCE: a Collection of Speeches, etc.	New York	1864	USD -	Unknown
84	AMES (FISHER)	AMES (FISHER). WORKS	Boston	1809	USD -	Unknown
85	AMES (J.)	CATALOGUE OF ENGLISH HEADS [Portraits]	London	1748	USD -	Unknown
86	AMES (JOSEPH)	TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES, or History of Printing in Great Britain and Ireland	London	1785-90	USD -	Unknown
87	[AMES (SAMUEL), etc.]	THE DORRIAD, and the Great Slocum Dinner	Providence	1870	USD -	Unknown
88	AMORY (THOMAS)	LIFE OF JOHN BUNCLE	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
89	ANACREON	ODES	Phila.	1804	USD -	Unknown
90		ANASTATIC DRAWING SOCIETY	London	1863	USD -	Unknown
91	[ANBURY, THOMAS]	TRAVELS through the Interior Parts of America	London	1791	USD -	Unknown
92		ANCIENT CORNISH DRAMA	Oxford	1859	USD -	Unknown
93	ANDERSON (CHRISTOPHER)	ANNALS OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE, from A.D. 1525 to 1848	London	1845	USD -	Unknown
94		ANDERSON. ANNALS OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE	London	1845	USD -	Unknown
95	ANDRE	AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of the causes which led to the Death of Major Andre	London	1808	USD -	Unknown
96	ANDRE	AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE	London	1808	USD -	Unknown
97	ANDRE	LIFE AND CAREER of Major John Andre, Adjutant General of the British Army in America	Boston	1861	USD -	Unknown
98		ANDREANA: containing the Trial, Execution, and various matters connected with the History of Major John Andre	Phila.	1865	USD -	Unknown
99	ANDREWES (BISHOP)	DEVOTIONS	Oxford	1848	USD -	Unknown
100	ANGELO (H.)	PIC-NIC; or, Table-Talk, including numerous Recollections of Public Characters, etc., etc.	London	1834	USD -	Unknown

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