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
2015 MARLBOROUGH (DUCHESS OF) AN ACCOUNT of the CONDUCT of, from her first coming to Court to 1710 London

1742

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2016 MARLBOROUGH The Other Side of the Question; or, an Attempt to refute the Characters of Queen Mary and Queen Anne London

1742

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2017 MARMONTEL (JEAN) MARMONTEL (JEAN). MEMOIRS of London

1827

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2018 MARSH (GEO. P.) ORIGIN and HISTORY of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE and of the Early Literature it embodies N. Y.

1867

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2019 MARSHALL PASSAGES from the REMEMBRANCER of Christopher Marshall, Member of the Provincial Conference, etc. Phila.

1839

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2020 MARSHALL (THOMAS) LIVES of the most celebrated ACTORS and ACTRESSES London

n. d.

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2021 MARSHALL (W. H.) OLD VAUXHALL: a Romance London

1862

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2022 MARTIN (FREDERICK) STORIES OF BANKS and Bankers London

1865

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2023 MARTIN (JOHN) BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRIVATELY PRINTED London

1834

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2024 MARYLAND. RELATION to the successful beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Maryland Albany

1865

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2025 George Chalmers MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS. Life of London

1818

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2026 J. F. N MARY STUART and the Casket Letters Edinburgh

1870

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2027 MARY STUART MARY STUART. LETTERS of London

1845

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2028 MASON (J. MONCK) COMMENTS on the PLAYS of BEAUMONT and FLETCHER London

1798

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2029 MASON (MONCK) AERONAUTICA; or, Sketches illustrative of the Theory and Practice of AErostation London

1838

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2030 MASON (WILLIAM) MASON (WILLIAM). WORKS of London

1811

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2031 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Proceedings of the, from 1855 to 1865 Boston

1859-1866

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2032 MASSETT (STEPHEN C.) MASSETT (STEPHEN C.) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of New York

1858

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2033 MASSETT (S. C.) "DRIFTING ABOUT;" or, what Jeems Pipes of Pipesville Saw and Did New York

1863

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2034 MASSETT "DRIFTING ABOUT" N. Y.

1863

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2035 MASSI (C. DE), ETC. HISTORY OF DUELLING in France and England; with Anecdotes Lond.

1770

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2036 MASSINGER (PHILIP) MASSINGER (PHILIP). PLAYS Baltimore

1856

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2037 MASSON (DAVID) BRITISH NOVELISTS and their Styles Cambridge

1859

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2038 MATHER (INCREASE). EARLY HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND... Boston

1864

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2039 MATHER. HISTORY OF KING PHILIP'S WARS... Albany

1862

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2040 MATHER (INCREASE AND COTTON) HISTORY OF KING PHILIP'S WARS Boston

1862

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2041 MATHEWS (MRS.) ANECDOTES OF ACTORS London

1844

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2042 MATHEWS (MRS.) ANECDOTES OF ACTORS; with other Desultory Recollections, etc., etc. London

1844

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2043 MATHEWS (MRS.) ANECDOTES OF ACTORS London

1844

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2044 MATHEWS CATALOGUE RAISONNEE OF MR. MATHEWS'S GALLERY OF THEATRICAL PORTRAITS, forming a nearly complete Dramatic Record from 1659 to 1833 London

1833

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2045 MATHEWS FORGOTTEN FACTS in the Memoirs of Charles Mathews, recalled by S. J. Arnold London

1839

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2046 MATHEWS (MRS.) FRIENDS FOR THE FIRESIDE, Recollections, Anecdote and Joke, Notings, etc. London

1860

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2047 Mrs. Mathews MATHEWS (MRS.) MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MATHEWS, Comedian London

1838-44

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2048 MATHEWS (MRS.) MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MATHEWS, Comedian London

1839

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2049 MATHEWS (MRS.) MEMOIRS of CHARLES MATHEWS, Comedian London

1839

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2050 MATHEWS (MRS.) LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of CHARLES MATHEWS, the Elder, Comedian London

1860

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2051 MATHEWS (MRS.) TEA-TABLE TALK London

1857

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2052 MATHEWS AT HOME; or, Travels in Air, on Earth, and on Water New York

1822

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2053 MATHEWS SKETCHES of Mr. (Charles) Mathews's Celebrated Trip to America London

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2054 MATHEWS VARIOUS ENTERTAINMENTS, viz.: Mathews at Home... London

1825, etc.

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2055 MATHEWS MEMORANDUM BOOK... Lond.

1820, etc.

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2056 MATHEWIANA. VARIOUS ENTERTAINMENTS: a Collection consisting of, MATHEWS AT HOME... London

1823, etc.

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2057 MATHEWS YOUTHFUL DAYS... London

1825

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2058 MATHEWS (CHARLES) A most interesting COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS to the Life of CHARLES MATHEWS

v. y.

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2059 MATHEWS (CORNELIUS) THE PROMPTER New York

1850

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2060 MATHEWS (WM.) GREAT CONVERSERS, and other Essays Chicago

1874

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2061 MATHEWS (W.) GREAT CONVERSERS, and other Essays Chicago

1876

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2062 MATHEWS (WM.) WORDS: their Use and Abuse Chicago

1876

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2063 [MATHIAS (T. J.)] PURSUITS of LITERATURE: a Satirical Poem, in Four Dialogues London

1798

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2064 [MATHIAS (T. J.)] THE PURSUITS OF LITERATURE: a Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues, to which are added an Appendix London

1812

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2065 MATINEE (THE), complete from Dec. 3d, 1869, to May 6th, 1870 New York

1870

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2066 MAVOR (WILLIAM) BRITISH NEPOS London

1802

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2067 MAXWELL (W. H.) ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BLAKE; or, My Life London

1856

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2068 MAXWELL (W. H.) FORTUNES OF HECTOR O'HALLORAN London

1856

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2069 MAXWELL (W. H.) HISTORY of the IRISH REBELLION of 1798 London

1866

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2070 MAYER (BRANTZ) JOURNAL OF CHARLES CARROLL of Carrollton during his Visit to Canada in 1776 as one of the Commissioners from Congress Baltimore

1845

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2071 MAYER (BRANTZ) TAH-GAH-JUTE; or, Logan and Cresap, an Historical Essay Albany

1867

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2072 Mayhew (Aug.) Finest Girl in Bloomsbury London

1861

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2073 MAYHEW (AUGUSTUS) PAVED WITH GOLD; or, the Romance and Reality of the London Streets London

1858

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2074 MAYHEW (BROTHERS) MAYHEW (BROTHERS). WORKS. Plague of Life, Whom to Marry, Image of his Father, etc. New York

1848, etc.

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2075 MAYHEW and BINNY CRIMINAL PRISONS OF LONDON, and Scenes of Prison Life London

1862

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2076 MCCLELLAN (GEO. B.) CAMPAIGNS of the Army of the Potomac New York

1864

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2077 MCCLEOD (M.) HISTORY OF WITCHES: the Majesty of Darkness discovered Albany

1814

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2078 MCCORMICK (R. C.) ST. PAUL'S to St. Sophia; or, Sketchings in Europe New York

1860

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2079 M'DOWALL (REV. J. R.) M'DOWALL (REV. J. R.) MEMOIR and Select Remains of New York

1838

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2080 MCGEE (T. D'ARCY.) HISTORY of the IRISH SETTLERS in North America, from the Earliest Period to 1850 Boston

1855

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2081 MCSHERRY (JAMES) HISTORY OF MARYLAND, from its First Settlement, 1634, to 1848 Baltimore

1849

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2082 MEADE (BP.) OLD CHURCHES, Ministers, and Families of VIRGINIA Philadelphia

1861

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2083 MEADOWS (KENNY) HEADS OF THE PEOPLE; or, Portraits of the English, drawn by Kenny Meadows London

n. d.

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2084 Meek (A. B.) Songs and Poems of the South Mobile

1857

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2085 MELINE (J. F.) TWO THOUSAND MILES on Horseback New York

1867

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2086 MELMOTH the Wanderer: a Tale Edinburgh

1820

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2087 MELTON (H.) HINTS ON HATS London

1865

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2088 MELTON (H.) HINTS ON HATS... London

1865

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2089 H. W. Fitz-George MEMOIRS OF THE LATE "MRS. KING," with Biographical Anecdotes London

1819

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2090 MENGS (A. RAPHAEL) MENGS (A. RAPHAEL). LIFE AND WORKS of London

1796

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2091 MENIN (M.) DESCRIPTION of the CORONATION of the KINGS and QUEENS of FRANCE, etc. London

1775

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2092 MENKEN (ADAH ISAACS) INFELICIA: a Collection of Poems London

1868

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2093 MENKEN (ADAH ISAACS) INFELICIA: a Collection of Poems New York

1868

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2094 MENKEN (ADAH ISAACS) MENKEN (ADAH ISAACS). LIFE and Remarkable Career of Philadelphia

1868

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2095 MERIMEE (PROSPER) 1592: a Chronicle of the Times of Charles IX New York

1830

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2096 MERRY MUSICIAN; or, a Cure for the Spleen: being a Collection of Songs and Ballads, etc. London

1730

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2097 MERRYWEATHER (F. S.) BIBLIOMANIA in the Middle Ages, or Sketches of Bookworms, Collectors, Bible Students, Scribes and Illuminators London

1849

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2098 MERRYWEATHER. BIBLIOMANIA in the Middle Ages London

1849

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2099 MILES PUGILISTICA: the History of British Boxing, containing Lives of the most celebrated Pugilists, full Reports of their Battles, Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the P. R., etc. London

1866

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2100 Miller (J. W.) Poems and Sketches Boston

1830

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2101 MILLER LIFE OF A SHOWMAN: to which is added Managerial Struggles Leeds

1849

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2102 MILLER (S. F.) BENCH and BAR of GEORGIA: Memoirs and Sketches from 1790 to 1857 Philadelphia

1858

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2103 MILLER (THOS.) GODFREY MALVERN London

n. d.

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2104 MILLER (THOS.) HISTORY of the ANGLO-SAXONS, from the Earliest Period London

1848

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2105 MILLER (THOS.) PICTURESQUE SKETCHES OF LONDON, Past and Present London

1852

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2106 MILLER (WM.) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of British Characters, deceased since the Accession of George IV London

1826

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2107 MILLINGEN (J. G.) CURIOSITIES OF MEDICAL EXPERIENCE London

1837

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2108 MILLS POETIC TRIFLES Baltimore

1808

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2109 MILLS. (L. E.) GLIMPSES of Southern France and Spain Cincinnati

1867

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2110 MILMAN (HENRY HART) ANNALS OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL London

1868

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2111 MILTON (JOHN) MILTON (JOHN). POETICAL WORKS London

1794

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2112 MINUTES OF A CONSPIRACY against the Liberties of America Philadelphia

1865

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2113 MIRABEAU (COUNT) LIFE HISTORY of his Trial and Triumph Lond.

1848

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2114 MIRROR OF TASTE and Dramatic Censor Philadelphia

1810

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