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

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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
1615 HUGO LES MISERABLES New York

1862

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1616 HUISH (ROBERT) MEMOIRS of the late WILLIAM COBBETT, ESQ. London

1836

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1617 HULL (GEN. WM.) REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES and Civil Life New York

1848

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1618 HUMBOLDT (ALEXANDER VON) COSMOS: a Physical Description of the Universe London

1849-52

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1619 HUMBOLDT (ALEX. VON) COSMOS: a Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe New York

1859

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1620 HUMBOLDT (ALEX. VON) POLITICAL ESSAY on the Kingdom of NEW SPAIN London

1811

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1621 HUME (REV. A.) LEARNED SOCIETIES and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom Lond.

1853

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1622 HUME LEARNED SOCIETIES and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom London

1853

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1623 HUME (DAVID) HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 Boston

1854

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1624 HUME BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX to Hume's England Alton

1854

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1625 HUME (SOPHIA) EPISTLE to the INHABITANTS of SOUTH CAROLINA London

1754

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1626 HUME AND SMOLLETT HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George II London

1812

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1627 HUMPHREYS (COL. DAVID) HUMPHREYS (COL. DAVID). MISCELLANEOUS WORKS New York

1790

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1628 HUMPHREYS (H. NOEL) HISTORY OF THE ART OF PRINTING; Its Invention, and Progress to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century London

1868

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1629 HUNT GENEALOGY of the Name and Family of Hunt Boston

1862-3

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1630 HUNT (CHARLES HAVENS) LIFE OF EDWARD LIVINGSTON New York

1864

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1631 HUNT (F. KNIGHT) FOURTH ESTATE: Contributions towards a History of Newspapers and of the Liberty of the Press London

1850

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1632 HUNT (FREEMAN) LIVES OF AMERICAN MERCHANTS New York

1858

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1633 HUNT (J. H. LEIGH) JUVENILIA: a Collection of Poems London

1801

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1634 HUNT (J. H. LEIGH) JUVENILIA London

1803

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1635 HUNT (LEIGH) HUNT (LEIGH). AUTOBIOGRAPHY New York

1850

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1636 HUNT (LEIGH) CRITICAL ESSAYS on the Performers of the Loudon Theatres. Vignette London

1807

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1637 [HUNT (LEIGH)] CRITICAL ESSAYS ON THE PERFORMERS OF THE LONDON THEATRES, etc. London

1807

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1638 [HUNT (LEIGH)] CRITICAL ESSAYS on the Performers of the London Theatres London

1807

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1639 HUNT (LEIGH) LONDON JOURNAL London

1834-5

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1640 HUNT (LEIGH) LORD BYRON, and some of his Contemporaries London

1828

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1641 HUNT (LEIGH) OLD COURT SUBURB; or, Memorials of Kensington: Regal, Critical, and Anecdotal London

1855

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1642 [HUNT (LEIGH)] THE LIBERAL. Verse and Prose from the South London

1822-23

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1643 HUNT (LEIGH) HUNT (LEIGH). WORKS New York

1857

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1644 HUNT (R.) POPULAR ROMANCES of the West of England; or, the Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall London

1865

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1645 HUNTER (JOSEPH) FOUNDERS OF NEW-PLYMOUTH London

1854

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1646 HUSK (W. H.) Account of the MUSICAL CELEBRATION of ST. CECILIA'S DAY in the XVI., XVII., and XVIII. Centuries London

1857

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1647 HUTCHINS (LEVI) HUTCHINS (LEVI). AUTOBIOGRAPHY of Cambridge

1865

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1648 HUTCHINSON (PETER ORLANDO) CHRONICLES OF GRETNA GREEN London

1844

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1649 W. H. Whitmore HUTCHINSON (Wm.) and OLIVER (Thos.) BRIEF GENEALOGY of the Descendants of Boston

1865

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1650 HUTTON (R. H.) STUDIES IN PARLIAMENT London

1866

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1651 HUTTON (LAURENCE) PLAYS and PLAYERS New York

1875

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1652 HUTTON (WM.) JOURNEY TO LONDON London

1818

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1653 HUTTON (WILLIAM) HUTTON (WILLIAM). LIFE London

1817

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1654 INCHIQUIN, the JESUIT'S, LETTERS New York

1810

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1655 INDIAN AFFAIRS. Proceedings of the Commissioners of, etc., etc. Albany

1861

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1656 INGELOW (JEAN) SONGS OF SEVEN Boston

1866

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1657 [INGRAHAM (E. D.)] SKETCH OF THE EVENTS which preceded the Capture of Washington by the British on the 24th of August, 1814. Map, etc. Phila.

1849

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1658 IRELAND (JOHN AND SAMUEL) IRELAND (JOHN AND SAMUEL). WORKS

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1659 IRELAND (JOSEPH N.) RECORDS OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, from 1750 to 1860 New York

1866-67

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1660 IRELAND RECORDS OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, from 1750 to 1860 New York

1866-67

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1661 IRELAND (JOSEPH N.) RECORDS OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, from 1750 to 1860 New York

1866-67

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1662 IRELAND (SAMUEL) INNS OF COURT London

1800

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1663 IRELAND (W. H.) MEMOIRS OF A YOUNG GREEK LADY, Madame Pauline A. A. Panam London

1823

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1664 IRELAND (W. H.) RHAPSODIES London

1803

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1665 [IRELAND (W. H.)] SCRIBBLEOMANIA; or, the Printer's Devil's Polichronicon London

1815

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1666 IRISH MINSTRELSY, or Bardic Remains of Ireland London

1831

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1667 IRISH ORATORY. Select Speeches Dublin

1865

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1668 The Hon. Chas. Gavan Duffy IRISH POETRY. Ballad Poetry of Ireland Dublin

1866

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1669 IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW Dublin

1857

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1670 IRISH STAGE. FAMILIAR EPISTLES to Frederick J-----s, Esq. Dublin

1804

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1671 IRVING (DAVID) LIVES OF THE SCOTTISH POETS Edinburgh

n. d.

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1672 IRVING (PIERRE M.) LIFE AND LETTERS OF WASHINGTON IRVING New York

1863-4

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1673 IRVING (WASHINGTON) BRACEBRIDGE HALL New York

1858

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1674 IRVING (WASHINGTON) LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON New York

1855-9

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1675 IRVING (WASHINGTON) SELECTIONS front his Works Leipzig

1856

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1676 IRVING (WASHINGTON) STRATFORD-ON-AVON. From the Sketch-Book New York

1865

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1677 IRVING (WASHINGTON) IRVING (WASHINGTON). WORKS New York

1860-3

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1678 IRVINGIANIA. A Memorial of Washington Irving New York

1860

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1679 JACK KETCH AUTOBIOGRAPHY of a Notorious Legal Functionary London

1835

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1680 JACK KETCH AUTOBIOGRAPHY of a Notorious Legal Functionary Lond.

1838

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1681 JACKSON (J.) TREATISE ON WOOD ENGRAVING, Historical and Practical London

1839

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1682 JACKSON TREATISE ON WOOD ENGRAVING, Historical and Practical London

1839

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1683 JACKSON & CHATTO TREATISE ON WOOD ENGRAVING, Historical and Practical London

1861

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1684 JACKSON (JOHN) HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH STAGE, from its First Establishment to the Present Time Edinburgh

1793

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1685 JAMAICA. NEW HISTORY of Jamaica, from the Earliest Accounts to the taking of Porto Bello by Vice-Admiral Vernon London

1740

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1686 JAMES (E.) CAMILLO SIVORI, [the Eminent Violinist]. A Sketch of his Life, Talent, Travels, and Successes London

1845

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1687 JAMES (G. P. R.) ARABELLA STUART London

1849

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1688 JAMES THIRTY YEARS SINCE; or, the Ruined Family London

1848

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1689 JAMES (G. P. R.) JAMES (G. P. R.) WORKS London

1847

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1690 JAMESON (MRS.) CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN, Moral, Poetical, and Historical London

1832

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1691 JAMESON (MRS.) PRIVATE PICTURE GALLERIES OF LONDON London

1844

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1692 Frederick Janes JANES. THE JANES FAMILY: a Genealogy and Brief History of the Descendants of William Janes New York

1868

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1693 JEAFFRESON (J. CORDY) NOVELS AND NOVELISTS, from Elizabeth to Victoria London

1858

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1694 AEsculapius non Vinctus JEANNETTE. The WIFE, the WIDOW, and the WANTON New York

1857

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1695 JEFFERSON AND CABELL EARLY HISTORY of the UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA Richmond

1856

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1696 JEFFERY (LORD) JEFFERY (LORD). LIFE Phila.

1857

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1697 JEFFRIES (D.) TREATISE on DIAMOMDS and PEARLS, in which their importance is considered, and plain rules are exhibited for ascertaining the value of both, and the true method of manufacturing Diamonds London

1751

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1698 JEFFRIES (DOCTOR JOHN) NARRATIVE of Two AERIAL VOYAGES with Mons London

1786

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1699 JEKYLL (J.) LETTERS of the late IGNATIUS SANCHO London

1803

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1700 JENKINS (J. S.) HEROINES OF HISTORY Hartford

n. d.

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1701 JENKINS (RICHARD) MEMOIRS OF THE BRISTOL STAGE Bristol

1826

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1702 JENNINGS (H.) THE ROSICRUCIANS: their Rites and Mysteries London

1870

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1703 C. G. Rosenberg JENNY LIND IN AMERICA New York

1851

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1704 JERDAN (WILLIAM) JERDAN (WILLIAM). AUTOBIOGRAPHY of, with Literary and Social Reminiscences, etc. London

1852

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1705 JERDAN (WILLIAM) MEN I HAVE KNOWN. Facsimile Autographs London

1866

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1706 BLANCHARD JERROLD JERROLD (DOUGLAS). LIFE AND REMAINS of London

1859

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1707 Blanchard Jerrold JERROLD. LIFE AND REMAINS of Boston

1859

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1708 JERROLD (DOUGLAS) JERROLD (DOUGLAS). COLLECTED WORKS London

1851

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1709 JERROLD SHILLING MAGAZINE London

1845

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1710 Jerrold (Douglas) Specimens of the Wit of Boston

1859

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1711 JERROLD (DOUGLAS) JERROLD (DOUGLAS). WORKS London

1851

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1712 JERROLD (W. B.) TRAVELS and ADVENTURES in Sweden and Norway London

1854

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1713 JESSE (JOHN H.) HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS, COMPLETE London

1840-67

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1714 JOE MILLER'S JESTS; or, the Wit's Vade-Mecum London

1739; 1865

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