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
1200 FALCONER (WILLIAM) THE SHIPWRECK: a Poem London

1808

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1201 FALCONER (WILLIAM) SHIPWRECK: a Poem London

1811

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1202 FAMILY LIBRARY of Biography, Voyages, History, etc. New York

1830, etc.

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1203 FARNHAM (LUTHER) GLANCE AT PRIVATE LIBRARIES Boston

1855

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1204 J. G. Holland, editor FAVORITE SONG. ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF N. Y.

1873

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1205 FAY (H. A.) COLLECTION of the OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS in detail of all the Battles fought by Sea and Land N. Y.

1817

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1206 FAY (THEODORE S.) CRAYON SKETCHES by an Amateur N. Y.

1833

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1207 FELLOWES (W. D.) HISTORICAL SKETCHES of CHARLES THE FIRST, Cromwell, Charles the Second, and the Principal Personages of that Period, including the King's Trial and Execution, etc. [Printed at Paris], London

1828

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1208 FELLOWES (W. D.) VISIT to the MONASTERY OF LA TRAPPE, with a Tour through Normandy, Anjou-Poitou, etc., etc. London

1818

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1209 FELLOWES (JOHN) THE VEIL REMOVED; or, Reflections on David Humphrey's Essay on the Life of Israel Putnam, etc. New York

1843

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1210 FENELON (LA MOTHE) ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS London

1768

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1211 FENELON ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS N. Y.

1859

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1212 FENNELL APOLOGY for the Life of James Fennell Phila.

1814

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1213 FENNELL APOLOGY for the Life of James Fennell Phila.

1814

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1214 FENNELL APOLOGY for the Life of James Fennell Phila.

1814

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1215 FENNELL APOLOGY for the Life of Phila.

1814

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1216 FERGUSON (ROBT.) FERGUSON (ROBT.) POETICAL WORKS, with Life Alnwick

-1812

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1217 Charles Ollier FERRERS FAMILY. Ferrers: a Romance of the Reign of George the Second London

1842

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1218 FERRIAR (DR. J.) ILLUSTRATIONS OF STERNE London

1812

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1219 FERRIS (BENJ.) History of the ORIGINAL SETTLEMENTS on the DELAWARE, and a History of Wilmington Wilmington

1846

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1220 FIELD (D. D.) BRIEF MEMOIRS of the Members of the Class Graduated at Yale College Sept., 1802 New Haven

1863

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1221 FIELD (H. M.) IRISH CONFEDERATES, and the Rebellion of 1798 New York

1851

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1222 FIELD (MAUNSELL B.) MEMORIES of Many Men and Some Women New York

1874

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1223 FIELDING (HENRY) FIELDING (HENRY). COMPLETE WORKS Lond.

1857

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1224 F. Lawrence FIELDING (HENRY). LIFE of, with Notices of his Times Lond.

1855

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1225 FIGARO IN LONDON, complete from its commencement in Dec., 1831, to Jan., 1838 London

1831-8

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1226 FINDEN'S GALLERY OF THE GRACES London

1834

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1227 FISHER (C.) DRAWING-ROOM SCRAP-BOOK for 1844-5 London

1844-5

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1228 FISHER (THOS.) DIAL OF THE SEASONS; or, a Portraiture of Nature Philadelphia

1845

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1229 FITZBALL (EDWARD) THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF A DRAMATIC AUTHOR'S LIFE London

1859

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1230 TOM MOORE FITZGERALD (LORD EDWARD). LIFE AND DEATH of N. Y.

1855

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1231 FITZGERALD (PERCY) CHARLES TOWNSHEND, Wit and Statesman London

1866

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1232 FITZGERALD (PERCY) LIFE OF DAVID GARRICK, from Original Family Papers and other Sources London

1868

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1233 FITZGERALD (P.) LOVES OF FAMOUS MEN PHILADELPHIA

1839

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1234 FITZGERALD (PERCY) THE KEMBLES London

(1869?)

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1235 FITZGERALD (PERCY) THE ROMANCE OF THE ENGLISH STAGE Philadelphia

1875

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1236 FITZ-GEORGE (H. W.) MEMOIRS OF THE LATE MRS. KING, otherwise "The Diamond Queen!!" with Anecdotes London

n. d.

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1237 FITZ-PATRICK (W. J.) THE SHAM SQUIRE and the Informers of 1798 Dublin

1866

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1238 FLAGELLATION. RARE TRACTS ON FLAGELLATION London

1777

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1239 FLAG PRESENTATION of New York Volunteer Regiments, etc., to Governor Fenton, July 4th, 1865 Albany

1865

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1240 FLEMING (MAY A.) GUY EARLSCOURT'S WIFE New York

1873

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1241 [FLINT (TIMOTHY)] LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ARTHUR CLENNING Phila.

1828

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1242 [FLINT (TIMOTHY)] ROMANCE OF THE SHOSHONEE VALLEY Cincinnati

1830

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1243 [FLINT] FRANCIS BERRIAN; or, the Mexican Patriot Phila.

1834

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1244 [FLINT] GEORGE MASON, the Young Backwoodsman Boston

1829

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1245 FLINT INDIAN WARS of the West; containing Biographical Sketches of the Pioneers, etc. Cincinnati

1833

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1246 FONBLANQUE, JR. (ALBANY) HECTOR MAINWARING; or, a Lease for Lives London

1860

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1247 FOOT (JESSE) LIVES OF ANDREW ROBINSON BOWES AND THE COUNTESS OF STRATHMORE London

1810

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1248 FOOTE (SAMUEL) FOOTE (SAMUEL). DRAMATIC WORKS; with a Life of the Author London

[1781-95]

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1249 FORBES (SIR W.) MEMOIRS of a Banking-house London

1860

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1250 FORD (JOHN) FORD (JOHN). DRAMATIC WORKS Edinburgh

1811

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1251 [FORD (TOM.)] PEEP BEHIND THE CURTAIN Boston

1850

USD - Unknown
1252 FORDYCE (JAMES) FORDYCE (JAMES). POEMS London

1786

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1253 FORREST (EDWIN) AND CATHERINE N. SINCLAIR. A Collection of Newspaper Criticisms, etc. Phila.

1857

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1254 W. R. Alger FORREST (EDWIN). LIFE of Phila.

1877

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1255 FORSYTH (WILLIAM) LIFE OF MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO New York

1866

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1256 FORTUNE'S FAVORITE: containing Memoirs of the many Hardships and Sufferings, together with the Surprising Deliverance, etc., of Jacobo Anglicano, a young Nobleman London

1744

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1257 FOSS (JOHN) JOURNAL of his Captivity and Sufferings at Algiers Newburyport

-1798

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1258 FOSTER (G. G.) NEW YORK by Gas-Light New York

1850

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1259 FOSTER (N. L.) LAST OF HIS FAMILY, and other Poems Phila.

1850

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1260 "Philopatris Varvicensis" [Dr. Sami. Parr] FOX (CHAS. JAS.) CHARACTERS of. Selected, etc. London

1809

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1261 FOX (CHAS. J.) HISTORY OF THE OLD TOWNSHIP OF DUNSTABLE Nashua

1846

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1262 FOUQUE (LAMOTTE) PETER SCHLEMIHL Boston

1824

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1263 FOWLER (O. S.) PRACTICAL PHRENOLOGY New York

1857

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1264 FOWLER (W. W.) TEN YEARS IN WALL STREET Hartford

1870

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1265 FOX (SIR STEPHEN) FOX (SIR STEPHEN). MEMOIRS of the Life of London

1717

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1266 FRASER SCRAP-BOOK. THE ORIGINAL SCRAP-BOOK FORMED BY JAMES FRASER

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1267 FRANCIS (J. W.) NEW YORK during the last Half Century New York

1857

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1268 FRANCIS (JOHN W.) OLD NEW YORK; or, Reminiscences of the Past Sixty Years New York

1865

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1269 FRANCIS (JOHN W.) NEW YORK DURING THE LAST HALF CENTURY: a Discourse in Commemoration of the Fifty-third Anniversary of the New York Historical Society, and of the Dedication of their New Edifice (November 17, 1857) N. Y.

1857

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1270 FRANCIS (JOHN W.) OLD NEW YORK; or, Reminiscences of the Past Sixty Years New York

1865

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1271 FRANKLIN LETTERS to Benjamin Franklin, from his Family and Friends, 1751-90 New York

1859

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1272 FRANKLIN. PARTON (JAS.) LIFE and TIMES of Benjamin Franklin N. Y.

1865

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1273 FRANKLIN STATUE MEMORIAL. Inaugural Speeches, etc. Boston

1857

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1274 FRASER'S MAGAZINE, from January, 1840, to December, 1842 London

1840-2

USD - Unknown
1275 FREEMAN (FREDERICK) HISTORY OF CAPE COD, the Annals of Barnstable County Boston

1858

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1276 FREEMANTLE (LIEUT.-COL.) THREE MONTHS in the SOUTHERN STATES. April to June, 1863 New York

1864

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1277 FRENCH (G. R.) GENEALOGICAL and BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of ENGLAND London

1841

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1278 FRENEAU (PHILIP) POEMS written between the Years 1768 and 1794 Monmouth, N. J.

1795

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1279 FRENEAU (PHILIP) POEMS relating to the American Revolution N. Y.

1865

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1280 Freytag (Gustav) Debit and Credit; a Novel London

1858

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1281 FROISSART (SIR JOHN) CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, and the adjoining Countries, from the latter part of the Reign of Edward II. to the Coronation of Henry IV London

1862

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1282 FROST (JOHN) HISTORY of the UNITED STATES of North America London

1838

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1283 FROST (THOMAS) CIRCUS LIFE, and Circus Celebrities London

1875

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1284 [FRY (JOHN)] LEGEND OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, and other Ancient Poems London

1810

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1285 FROTHINGHAM (RICHARD, JR.) HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF BOSTON, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, etc. Boston

1851

USD - Unknown
1286 "RUSTICUS," Gent. [FURMAN (GABRIEL)]. LONG ISLAND MISCELLANIES N. Y.

1847

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1287 FURMAN (GABRIEL) NOTES, Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of BROOKLYN, Long Island Brooklyn

1865

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1288 FURMAN NOTES, Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of BROOKLYN, Long Island Brooklyn

1865

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1289 G.W. Fulcher GAINSBOROUGH (THOS.) LIFE of

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1290 GALINDO (MRS.) LETTER TO MRS. SIDDONS: being a Circumstantial Detail of Mrs. Siddons' Life for the Iasi Seven Years London

1809

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1291 [GALLATIN] COMMUNICATION from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee appointee to investigate the State of the Treasury Washington City

1802

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1292 GALLERY OF MODERN BRITISH ARTISTS: consisting of a series of engravings on steel from pictures by Turner Roberts, Stanfield, Harding, Fielding, Cox, Prout, etc. Lond.

1834

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1293 GALLERY. VERNON GALLERY OF BRITISH ART edited by S. C. Hall London

1850

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1294 GALT (JOHN) AUTOBIOGRAPHY London

1833

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1295 GALT (JOHN) GALT (JOHN). LITERARY LIFE, and Miscellanies Edinburgh

1834

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1296 [GALLOWAY (JOSEPH)] LETTERS TO A NOBLEMAN, on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies London

1779

USD - Unknown
1297 GALT (JOHN) LIVES OF THE PLAYERS London

1831

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1298 GALT (JOHN) LIVES OF THE PLAYERS Boston

1831

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1299 GALT (JOHN) LAST OF THE LAIRDS New York

1827

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