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
1815 Knowles (J. S.) Virginius: a Tragedy London

1820

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1816 KNOWLES (JOHN) LIFE and Writings of HENRY FUSELI London

1831

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1817 KNOX (VICESIMUS) KNOX (VICESIMUS). ESSAYS Dublin

1786

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1818 KOHLRAUSCH (FRED.) HISTORY OF GERMANY, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time London

1844

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1819 KORNER (CARL T.) KORNER (CARL T.) LIFE of London

1827

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1820 KOSSUTH Report on the Reception of Louis Kossuth New York

1852

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1821 KOTZEBUE (A. VON) WILD-GOOSE CHACE: a Play New York

1800

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1822 LACKINGTON (JAMES) MEMOIRS of the Forty-Five First Years of J. Lackington, Bookseller London

1803

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1823 Lackington Memoirs of the Forty-Five First Years of a Bookseller's Life London

1827

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1824 LACKINGTON (J.) ODE TO THE HERO OF FINSBURY SQUARE London

1795

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1825 LAFOY (J. B. M. D.) COMPLETE COIFFEUR; or, an Essay on the Art of Adorning Natural, and of Creating Artificial Beauty New York

1817

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1826 LAKE (WILLIAM) PARNASSIAN PILGRIM; or, Posthumous Works Hudson

1807

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1827 LAMARTINE (ALPHONSE DE) HISTORY of the GIRONDISTRS, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution London

1847-8

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1828 LAMARTINE (ALPHONSE DE) MARY STUART Edinburgh

1859

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1829 LAMARTINE (A. DE) MEMOIRS of CELEBRATED CHARACTERS New York

1854

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1830 [LAMB (LADY CAROLINE)] GRAHAM HAMILTON London

1822

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1831 [LAMB (LADY CAROLINE)] GLENARVON London

1816

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1832 LAMB (CHARLES) ELIANA New York

1865

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1833 LAMB (CHARLES) SPECIMENS of ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS London

1854

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1834 LAMB (CHARLES) LAMB (CHARLES). WORKS London

1855

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1835 LAMB (CHARLES and MARY) LAMB (CHARLES and MARY). POEMS, Letters, and Remains New York (London)

1874

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1836 "Barry Cornwall" LAMB. Charles, Lamb Boston

1866

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1837 Percy Fitzgerald LAMB. CHARLES LAMB: his Friends, his Haunts, and his Books London

1866

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1838 LAMB (SIR J. B.) BIRTH AND TRIUMPH OF LOVE London

1823

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1839 LAMB (R.) An Original and Authentic JOURNAL OF OCCURRENCES during the late American War, from its Commencement to the Year 1783 Dublin

1809

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1840 LAMB (R.) MEMOIRS of His Own Life Dublin

1811

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1841 Laman Blanchard [LANDON]. LIFE AND'LITERARY REMAINS of L. E. L. London

1841

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1842 LANDSEER MONKEY-ANA; or, Men in Miniature London

1825

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1843 LANE (R. J.) THEATRICAL SKETCHES DRAWN FROM LIFE London

n. d.

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1844 LANGBAINE (GERARD) AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH DRAMATICK POETS; or, some Observations and Remarks on the Lives and Writings of all those that have Publish'd either Comedies, Tragedies, Tragi-Comedies, Pastorals, Masques, Interludes, Farces, or Operas in the English Tongue Oxford

1691

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1845 LANGDALE (HON. CHARLES) MEMOIRS OF MRS. FITZ HERBERT; with an Account of her Marriage with H. R. H. the Prince of Wales Lond.

1856

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1846 Langel (Aug.) The United States during the War London

1866

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1847 LARWOOD AND HOTTEN HISTORY OF SIGNBOARDS, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day London

1866

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1848 LATIMER (J.) LOCAL RECORDS; or, Historical Register of Remarkable Events which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed Newcastle

1857

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1849 LAUGH AND BE FAT; or, Merry Companion. Comical Stories, Curious Poems, Select Epitaphs, etc. London

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1850 Laurens (Henry) Laurens (Henry). Memoir, etc. Morrisania

1866

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1851 J. P. Wood LAW (JOHN). LIFE of, with an Account of the Mississippi Scheme Edinburgh

1824

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1852 LAW (WILLIAM) EXTRACT from a Treatise called The Spirit of Prayer; or, the Soul Rising out of the Vanity of Time, into the Riches of Eternity, etc. Phila.

1760

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1853 LAWRENCE (AMOS) EXTRACTS from his DIARY and Correspondence Boston

1856

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1854 D. E. Williams LAWRENCE. LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, President of the Royal Academy, etc. London

1831

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1855 R. Coates, editor LEAFLETS OF MEMORY Phila.

1845-8-50

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1856 LEDYARD (J.) LIFE AND TRAVELS, from his Journals and Correspondence London

1828

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1857 LEE (CHARLES) LEE (CHARLES). MEMOIRS of the Life of; with Political and Military Essays New York

1792

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1858 LEE (HARRIET AND SOPHIA) CANTERBURY TALES London

1804-5

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1859 LEE (H.) OBSERVATIONS on the Writings of THOMAS JEFFERSON New York

1832

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1860 E. C. Mead LEE FAMILY. GENEALOGICAL HISTORY of, from 1300 to 1866; with Notes, etc. New York

1868

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1861 LEECH (JOHN) PICTURES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER, from the Collection of Mr. Punch Lond.

1864, etc.

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1862 LEGENDARY BALLADS of England and Scotland London

1868

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1863 LEGGETT (WILLIAM) LEGGETT (WILLIAM). POLITICAL WRITINGS N. Y.

1840

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1864 LENNOX (LORD WILLIAM PITT) DRAFTS ON MY MEMORY: being Men I have known, Things I have seen, Places I have visited London

1866

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1865 LENNOX (LORD WM.) MERRIE ENGLAND: its Sports and Pastimes London

1857

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1866 LEICESTER GALLERY. Gallery of Pictures by British Artists, in the possession of Sir J. F. Leicester (now Lord de Tabley) London

1821

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1867 LEO (PROF. H.) TREATISE on the LOCAL NOMENCLATURE of the Anglo-Saxons London

1852

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1868 LE SAGE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS London

n. d.

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1869 LE SAGE BACHELOR OF SALAMANCA Philadelphia

1854

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1870 LESDERNIER (EMILY P.) HORTENSE. The Last of a Noble Name New York

1867

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1871 LESLIE (C. R.) AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RECOLLECTIONS London

1860

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1872 LESLIE (C. R., R.A.) AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RECOLLECTIONS London

1860

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1873 LESLIE (C. R.) MEMOIRS of the LIFE of JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. London

1843

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1874 LESLIE (C. R.) MEMOIRS of the LIFE of JOHN CONSTABLE, Esq. London

1845

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1875 LESTER (C. E.) ARTISTS OF AMERICA, Biographical Sketches of New York

1846

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1876 LESTER (C. E.) MY CONSULSHIP [at Genoa] New York

1853

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1877 LESTER (C. E.) THE ARTIST, Merchant and Statesman New York

1845

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1878 LETTER from HENRY WOODWARD, Comedian--the meanest of all characters--to Dr. John Hill--the greatest of all characters London

1752

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1879 LETTER, etc. Comedian--the meanest of all characters--to Dr. John Hill--the greatest of all characters London

1752

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1880 LETTERS to the Rt. Hon. EARL OF HILLSBOROUGH, from Governor Bernard, General Gage, and the Honorable His Majesty's Council for the Province of Massachusetts Bay; with Appendix, etc. Boston, London

1769; [1769]

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1881 LEVER (CHARLES) ARTHUR O'LEARY... London

1845

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1882 LEVER JACK HINTON, the Guardsman London

1857

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1883 LEWES (CHARLES LEE) COMIC SKETCHES; or, the Comedian his own Manager London

1804

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1884 LEWES (CHARLES LEE) LEWES (CHARLES LEE). MEMOIRS London

1805

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1885 LEWINS (WILLIAM) HER MAJESTY'S MAILS London

1865

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1886 LEWIS ORDERLY BOOK of the American Army stationed at or near Williamsburgh, Va, under the Command of Gen. Andrew Lewis, from March 18, 1776, to August 28, 1776 Richmond, Va.

1860

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1887 Lewis (Dio) New Gymnastics Boston

1862

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1888 LEWIS (JOHN) LIFE OF MAYSTER WYLLYAM CAXTON, of the Weald of Kent London

1737

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1889 LEWIS (MONK) LEWIS (MONK). LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE of London

1839

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1890 LEWIS (MONK) TALES OF WONDER (in verse); finely printed by Bulmer London

1801

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1891 Lord Byron, P. B. Shelley, Leigh Hunt, and others LIBERAL (THE); Verse and Prose from the South London

1822-3

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1892 LIFE AMONG THE NYMPHS: a New Excursion through the Empire of Venus New York

1867

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1893 LILLY (WILLIAM) HISTORY of his LIFE and Times, from the year 1602 to 1681 London

1822

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1894 LILLY (WILLIAM) INTRODUCTION TO ASTROLOGY... London

1835

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1895 BANCROFT (GEORGE) LINCOLN. MEMORIAL ADDRESS on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln, delivered at the request of Loth Houses of the Congress of America, in the House of Representatives at Washington, Feb. 12, 1866 Wash.

1866

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1896 RAYMOND (HENRY J.) LINCOLN. LIFE and PUBLIC SERVICES of ABRAHAM LINCOLN New York

1865

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1897 G. G. Foster LIND (JENNY). MEMOIR of New York

1850

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1898 LINGARD (JOHN) HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the First Invasion by the Romans London

1825-31

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1899 LINTON (E. LYNN) WITCH STORIES London

1861

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1900 LISLE (MAJOR SEMPLE) LISLE (MAJOR SEMPLE). LIFE of London

1799

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1901 LITTELL (JOHN) FAMILY RECORDS; or, Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Passaic Valley and Vicinity, etc. Feltville (N. J.)

1851

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1902 Rossiter Johnson, editor LITTLE CLASSICS Boston

1875

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1903 LIVERMORE (S. T.) CONDENSED HISTORY OF COOPERSTOWN Albany

1862

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1904 LIVERPOOL THEATRICAL INVESTIGATOR Liverpool

1821-2

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1905 LIVERSEEGE (HENRY) PAINTINGS. A series of 37 large and beautifully executed engravings in mezzotint by Bromley, Cousins, Ward, etc. London

1832

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1906 Lord King LOCKE (JOHN). LIFE of London

1829

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1907 [Lockhart (J. G.)] History of Matthew Wald New York

1824

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1908 [LOCKHART (J. G.)] PETER'S LETTERS to his Kinsfolk New York

1820

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1909 [Lockhart (J. G.)] Valerius: a Roman Story New York

1835

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1910 LODGE (EDMUND) PORTRAITS of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain London

1849-50

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1911 LODGE (E.) PORTRAITS (Cabinet edition) of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain London

1849

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1912 [LOGAN] THE ITALIAN BRIDE: a Play Savannah

1856

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1913 LOGAN (OLIVE) BEFORE THE FOOTLIGHTS and Behind the Scenes: a Book about "The Show Business," in all its Branches, etc. Phila.

1870

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1914 LOGAN (OLIVE) WOMEN AND THE THEATRES New York

1869

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