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
1715	"John Paul"	JOHN PAUL'S BOOK: moral and instructive, consisting of Travels, Tales, Poetry, and similar Fabrications	Hartford	1874	USD -	Unknown
1716	[JOHNSON (ABRAHAM)]	LUCINA SINE CONCUBITA. A Letter humbly address'd to the Royal Society	London	1750	USD -	Unknown
1717	BOSWELL (JAMES)	JOHNSON. LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.	London	1831	USD -	Unknown
1718	James Boswell, Esq.	JOHNSON (SAMUEL). LIFE of	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
1719	JOHNSON	JOURNEY to the Western Islands of Scotland	London	1775	USD -	Unknown
1720	JOHNSON	LIVES OF THE BRITISH POETS	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
1721	JOHNSON	LIVES OF THE BRITISH POETS	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
1722	JOHNSON	THE RAMBLER	New York	1800	USD -	Unknown
1723	JOHNSON	GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS of the Life and Times of	London	1837	USD -	Unknown
1724	JOHNSON	JOHNSON. WORKS	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
1725	JOHNSON (J.)	TYPOGRAPHIA, or the Printer's Instructor	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
1726	S. R. Johnson	JOHNSON (GEN. JEREMIAH). MEMORIAL DISCOURSE on the Life of	Brooklyn	1854	USD -	Unknown
1727	JOHNSON (WILTJAM)	SKETCHES OF THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF NATHANIEL GREENE, Major-General of the Armies of the United States in the War of the Revolution	Charleston	1822	USD -	Unknown
1728	Wm. L. Stone	JOHNSON (SIR WILLIAM). LIFE AND TIMES of	Albany	1865	USD -	Unknown
1729	[JOHNSTON (CHARLES)]	CHRYSAL; or, the Adventures of a Guinea	London	1797	USD -	Unknown
1730	[JOHNSTON (CHARLES)]	HISTORY OF JOHN JUNIPER, ESQ., alias Juniper Jack	London	1781	USD -	Unknown
1731	JOHNSTON (CHARLES)	NARRATIVE of the Incidents attending the Capture of, etc.	New York	1827	USD -	Unknown
1732	JONES (C. C.)	MONUMENTAL REMAINS OF GEORGIA	Savannah	1861	USD -	Unknown
1733	JONES (HON. DAVID S.)	JONES (HON. DAVID S.) MEMORIAL of	New York	1849	USD -	Unknown
1734	Jones (Harry)	Regular Swiss Round	London	1865	USD -	Unknown
1735	J. H. Sherburne	JONES (JOHN PAUL). LIFE and Character of	Washington	1825	USD -	Unknown
1736	JONES	LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE of John Paul Jones	New York	1830	USD -	Unknown
1737	JONES (T. PERCY)	FIRMILIAN, THE STUDENT of Badajoz. A "Spasmodic" Tragedy	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
1738	Lord Teignmouth	JONES (SIR WILLIAM). MEMOIRS of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence of	London	1804	USD -	Unknown
1739	JONES (GEORGE)	TECUMSEH and the Prophet of the West: an Historical Israel-Indian Tragedy	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
1740	JONES (GEORGE)	ORIGINAL HISTORY of ANCIENT AMERICA...	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
1741	JONES	ORIGINAL HISTORY of ANCIENT AMERICA...	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
1742	JONSON (BEN.)	JONSON (BEN.) WORKS of	Boston	1853	USD -	Unknown
1743	JORDAN	The GREAT ILLEGITIMATES!! Public and Private Life of that Celebrated Actress, Miss Bland, otherwise Mrs. Ford, or Mrs. Jordan...	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1744	JOSSELYN (JOHN)	An ACCOUNT OF TWO VOYAGES TO NEW-ENGLAND. A Description of the Countrey, Natives and Creatures	London	1674	USD -	Unknown
1745	[JOUY (M.)]	PARIS SPECTATOR	London	1815	USD -	Unknown
1746	[JUDAH (S. B. H.)]	GOTHAM and the GOTHAMITES	New York	1823	USD -	Unknown
1747	JUNIUS	JUNIUS. LETTERS	London	1797	USD -	Unknown
1748	JUNIUS	JUNIUS. LETTERS of	London	1812	USD -	Unknown
1749	JUNIUS	A LETTER to an Honourable Brigadier-General, Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Forces in Canada, 1760	London	1841	USD -	Unknown
1750	BRITTON (JOHN)	JUNIUS. The AUTHORSHIP of JUNIUS ELUCIDATED	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
1751	COVENTRY (GEORGE)	JUNIUS. CRITICAL ENQUIRY regarding the real Author of the Letters of Junius	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
1752	George Coventry	JUNIUS. CRITICAL INQUIRY regarding the real Author of the Letters of Junius	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
1753	William Dowe	JUNIUS. LORD CHATHAM. A Biography	London	1857	USD -	Unknown
1754	JUNIUS. GRAHAM (JOHN A.)	MEMOIRS OF JOHN HORNE TOOKE	New York	1828	USD -	Unknown
1755	[TAYLOR (JOHN)]	JUNIUS. THE IDENTITY OF JUNIUS with a distinguished Living Character (Sir Philip Francis) Established	London	1818	USD -	Unknown
1756	John Taylor	JUNIUS. IDENTITY OF JUNIUS with a distinguished Living Character Established, with Supplement	London	1816-17	USD -	Unknown
1757	J. Falconer, Jr.	JUNIUS. THE SECRET REVEALED of the Authorship of Junius's Letters, [Daniel Wray]	London	1830	USD -	Unknown
1758	JUNIUS	AN INQUIRY concerning the Author of the Letters of Junius	London	1814	USD -	Unknown
1759	JUNIUS	MEMOIRS of a celebrated Literary and Political Character from 1742 to 1757	London	1814	USD -	Unknown
1760	KAPP (FRIEDRICH)	The Life of FREDERICK WILLIAM VON STEUBEN, Major-General in the Revolutionary Army	New York	1859	USD -	Unknown
1761	KARR (A.)	THE ALAIN FAMILY: a Tale of the Norman Coast	London	1853	USD -	Unknown
1762	KARR (A.)	TOUR ROUND MY GARDEN	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
1763	KAY (J.)	PORTRAITS AND CARICATURE ETCHINGS of EMINENT SCOTCH CHARACTERS	Edinburgh	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1764	Barry Cornwall	KEAN (EDMUND). LIFE of	London	1835	USD -	Unknown
1765	[CORNWALL (BARRY)]	KEAN. LIFE of Edmund Kean, the Tragedian	New York	1835	USD -	Unknown
1766	[BARRY CORNWALL]	KEAN. LIFE OF EDMUND KEAN	London	1835	USD -	Unknown
1767	COLE (JOHN W.)	KEAN. LIFE AND THEATRICAL TIMES OF CHARLES KEAN, F.S.A.	London	1859	USD -	Unknown
1768	COLE (JOHN WILLIAM)	KEAN. LIFE AND THEATRICAL TIMES OF CHARLES KEAN, F.S.A.	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
1769	HAWKINS (F. W.)	KEAN. LIFE of Edmund Kean	London	1869	USD -	Unknown
1770	KEAN	THE ASSAILANT ASSAILED: being a Vindication of Mr. (Edmund) Kean	Lond.	1819	USD -	Unknown
1771	Lord Houghton	KEATS (JOHN). LIFE AND LETTERS of	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
1772	KEATS (JOHN)	KEATS (JOHN). POETICAL WORKS	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
1773	KEATS	KEATS. POETICAL WORKS	Phila.	1855	USD -	Unknown
1774	KEENAN (S.)	DOCTRINAL CATECHISM, wherein Divers Points of Catholic Faith, etc.	New York	1848	USD -	Unknown
1775	KELLY (HUGH)	KELLY (HUGH). WORKS of; with Life	London	1778	USD -	Unknown
1776	KELLY (MICHAEL)	REMINISCENCES	London	1826	USD -	Unknown
1777	KELLY (MICHAEL)	REMINISCENCES of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane	London	1826	USD -	Unknown
1778	KEMBLE	PORTRAITS OF CHARLES KEMBLE	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
1779	KEMBLE (FRANCES ANNE)	FRANCIS THE FIRST: an Historical Drama	London	1832	USD -	Unknown
1780	KEMBLE (JOHN P.)	AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of Mr. Kemble's Retirement from the Stage	London	1817	USD -	Unknown
1781	KEMBLE (J. P.)	AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of J. p. Kemble's Retirement from the Stage	London	1817	USD -	Unknown
1782	KEMBLE (J. P.)	AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of Mr. Kemble's Retirement from the Stage	London	1817	USD -	Unknown
1783	KEMBLE (J. P.)	MACBETH, AND KING RICHARD THE THIRD: an Essay, in answer to Remarks on some of the Characters of Shakespeare	London	1817	USD -	Unknown
1784	J. A. Williams	KEMBLE (J. P.) MEMOIRS of	London	1817	USD -	Unknown
1785		KEMBLEIANA: being a Collection of the Jeu D'Esprits, etc.	London	1804	USD -	Unknown
1786	KEMBLE	CATALOGUE of the Valuable and Extensive Miscellaneous Library, Choice Prints, and Theatrical Portraits of John Philip Kemble, Esq.	London	1821	USD -	Unknown
1787	KEMBLE	FANNY THIMBLE CUTLER'S JOURNAL	Philadelphia	1835	USD -	Unknown
1788	KEMBLE (STEPHEN GEORGE)	ODES, Lyrical Ballads, and Poems on various occasions	Edinburgh	1809	USD -	Unknown
1789	KENDALL (AMOS)	KENDALL (AMOS). AUTOBIOGRAPHY of	Boston	1872	USD -	Unknown
1790	KENEALY (EDWARD)	GOETHE: a New Pantomime	London	1850	USD -	Unknown
1791	Kercheval (S.)	History of the Valley of Virginia	Winchester	1833	USD -	Unknown
1792	KEY (F. S.)	KEY (F. S.) POEMS. Star Spangled Banner, etc.	New York	1857	USD -	Unknown
1793	KILLIGREW (T.)	CHIT-CHAT: a Comedy	Dublin	1719	USD -	Unknown
1794	KING (CHAS.)	PROGRESS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK during the last Fifty Years	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
1795	KING (DAVID)	Historical Sketch of the REDWOOD LIBRARY and Athenaeum, Newport, R. I.	Boston	1860	USD -	Unknown
1796	KING (DR. WILLIAM)	OPERA	London	1736	USD -	Unknown
1797	KING (DR. W.)	POLITICAL AND LITERARY ANECDOTES of his Own Times	London	1819	USD -	Unknown
1798	KING (DR. W.)	THE TOAST: an Heroic Poem	London	1736	USD -	Unknown
1799	Kingsley (Charles)	Glaucus	Boston	1855	USD -	Unknown
1800	KINNERSLEY (T. A.)	SELECTION OF SEPULCHRAL CURIOSITIES	New York	1823	USD -	Unknown
1801	[KIP (RT. REV. W. INGRAHAM)]	OLDEN TIME IN NEW YORK...	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
1802		KIRBY'S WONDERFUL AND ECCENTRIC MUSEUM; or, Magazine of Remarkable Characters	London	1803-20	USD -	Unknown
1803	KIRKLAND (MRS.)	BOOK OF HOME BEAUTY	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
1804	Dr. Peters	KIT CARSON. Life of	New York	1860	USD -	Unknown
1805		KIT CAT CLUB	London	1735	USD -	Unknown
1806	[KITCHENER (DR.)]	OBSERVATIONS on SINGING, Invitations to Dance, and Peristaltic Persuaders		n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1807		KNICKERBOCKER GALLERV: a Testimonial to the Editor of the "Knickerbocker Magazine" from its Contributors	New York	1857	USD -	Unknown
1808		KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE	New York	1849-58	USD -	Unknown
1809	KNIGHT (CHARLES)	SHADOWS OF THE OLD BOOKSELLERS	London	1865	USD -	Unknown
1810	KNIGHT (C.)	PICTORIAL HISTORY OF LONDON, Ancient and Modern	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
1811	KNIGHT (HENRY C.)	KNIGHT (HENRY C.) POEMS	Boston	1821	USD -	Unknown
1812	KNIGHT (MADAME) AND BUCKINGHAM (REV. MR.)	JOURNALS of, from the Original Manuscripts, written in 1704 and 1710	New York	1825	USD -	Unknown
1813	KNOWLES (JAS. SHERIDAN)	KNOWLES (JAS. SHERIDAN). DRAMATIC WORKS	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
1814	KNOWLES (J. SHERIDAN)	GEORGE LOVELL: a Novel	London	1847	USD -	Unknown

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