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
2215 NEW FOUNDLING HOSPITAL for Wit; a Collection of Satyrical and Humorous Pieces in Prose and Verse London

1771

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2216 NEW MISCELLANY of Songs, etc. London

1730

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2217 NEWNHAM (W.) ESSAY ON SUPERSTITION; being an Inquiry into the Effects of Physical Influence on the Mind in the Production of Dreams, Visions, Ghosts, etc. London

1830

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2218 NEWPORT and its Vicinity. Sketches of New York

1842

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2219 NEW TESTAMENT New York

1867

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2220 NEWTON. GEMS OF GILBERT STUART NEWTON, R.A. London

1842

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2221 NEW YORK DRAMA. Theatrical Budget; or, Actor's Regalio New York

1823

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2222 NEW YORK MARRIAGES. Names of Persons for whom Marriage Licenses were issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York Albany

1860

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2223 NEW YORK MIRROR New York

1833-41

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2224 NEW YORK. REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD YORKER. By the late WILLIAM A. DUER, LL.D., President of Columbia College, etc. New York

1867

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2225 NEW YORK. OLD BREWERY (The) New York

1854

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2226 NEW YORK SONGSTER; a choice Collection of the most New and Popular American, English, Irish, Scotch, Comic, Hunting, Love, Bacchanalian, and Sea Songs, for 1836 New York

1836

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2227 NEW YORK SPORTING MAGAZINE, and Annals of the American and English Turf, from March to September, 1833 New York

1833

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2228 NEW YORK TRACTS. Old New York... New York

v. d.

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2229 NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS from Mexico. Obsequies, Medals, and Reception New York

1848

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2230 NEW YORK. THE BATTERY, Its Past and Present New York

1866

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2231 NEW YORK VISITOR, from July, 1839, to June, 1840 N. Y.

1839, etc.

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2232 NICHOLS (JOHN) LITERARY ANECDOTES of the EIGHTEENTH CENTURY... London

1812-59

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2233 NICHOLSON (J. B.) MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING Phila.

1856

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2234 NOAH (MAJOR M. M.) TRAVELS IN ENGLAND, France, Spain, and the Barbary States, in 1813-15 New York

1819

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2235 NOLLEKENS (J.) HINTS to; on his Modelling a Bust of Lord G******le [Grenville] London

1808

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2236 NOLLEKENS (J., the Sculptor) and HIS TIMES London

1829

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2237 NORFOLK (HORATIO E.) GLEANINGS IN GRAVEYARDS: a collection of curious Epitaphs Lond.

1866

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2238 NORTHALL (W. K.) BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN; or, Fifteen Years among the Theatres of New York New York

1851

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2239 NORTHALL (W. K.) BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN; or, Fifteen Years' Observations among the Theatres of New York New York

1851

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2240 NORTHALL (W. K.) LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS OF YANKEE HILL New York

1850

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2241 NORTHALL (DR. W. K.) LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS OF YANKEE HILL New York

1850

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2242 NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW Boston

1877-8

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2243 NORTH BRITON (THE) London

1762-3

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2244 NORTON (CAROLINE E.) NORTON (CAROLINE E.) POEMS New York

1857

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2245 NORTON (CHARLES B.) LITERARY LETTER, comprising American Papers of Interest, and a Catalogue of Rare and Valuable Books relative to America New York

1857-60

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2246 [NOTHINGS !!!] Nothing to Wear... New York

1857

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2247 NOTT (CAPT. C. C., now Judge) SKETCHES of the [American Civil] WAR N. Y.

1865

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2248 NOVELS by Bulwer, Dickens, Reade, Collins, Yates, Mrs. Wood, Miss Braddon, etc. New York

v. d.

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2249 NOVELS. Prairie Bird, Joe Grimaldi, Wyoming, and the Gambler's Wife New York

1845

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2250 NOVELS. Selby's Maximumsand Speciments London

v. d.

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2251 Marryat, Ainsworth, Habberton, etc. NOVELS

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2252 OCKLEY (SIMON) HISTORY OF THE SARACENS London

1848

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2253 O'CONNELL and SHEIL SPEECHES on the Catholic Question Dublin

1828

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2254 OGLETHORPE (GEN. JAMES) OGLETHORPE (GEN. JAMES). MEMOIR of London

1867

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2255 O'KEEFFE (JOHN) O'KEEFFE (JOHN). DRAMATIC WORKS London

1798

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2256 O'KEEFFE (JOHN) LEGACY to his Daughter: being his Poetical Works London

1834

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2257 O'KEEFFE (JOHN) O'KEEFFE (JOHN). Recollections of his Life London

1826

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2258 O'KEEFFE (JOHN) RECOLLECTIONS of his Life London

1826

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2259 C. Hindley OLD BOOK COLLECTOR'S MISCELLANY; or, a Collection of Readable Reprints of Literary Rarities London

1871-3

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2260 OLD ENGLAND WORTHIES. Being full and original Biographies of the most Eminent Statesmen, Lawyers, Warriors, Men of Letters, Science, and Artists of England London

1853

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2261 OLDFIELD (ANNE) FAITHFUL MEMOIRS of the Life, Amours, etc. London

1731

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2262 OLDHAM (JOHN) OLDHAM (JOHN). WORKS London

1686

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2263 OLIO (THE); or, Museum of Entertainment, from January, 1829 to 1830 Lond.

1829-30

USD - Unknown
2264 OLIVER (GEO.) HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY from 1829 to 1841 New York

1855

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2265 OLIVER (S.) OLD ENGLISH SQUIRE London

1832

USD - Unknown
2266 OLD MAIDS: a Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Essay on Old Maids Dublin

1786

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2267 [OLDMIXON (JOHN)] COURT TALES in a History of the Amours of the Present Nobility, to which is added a Complete Key, minus Frontispiece London

1720

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2268 OLDYS. BRITISH LIBRARIAN; exhibiting a Compendious Review or Abstract of our most Scarce, Useful, and Valuable Books in all Sciences as well in MSS. as in Print London

1738

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2269 Mary Midnight OLD WOMAN'S DUNCIAD; or, Midwife's Masterpiece London

1751

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2270 O'NEALL (J. B.) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of the Bench and Bar of South Carolina Charleston

1859

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2271 ONDERDONK (HENRY) DOCUMENTS and Letters intended to Illustrate the Revolutionary Incidents of Queens County New York

1846

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2272 O. P. RIOTS. ACCOUNTS of, comprising: The Rebellion, or All in the Wrong, 1809 London

1808-9

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2273 O. P. RIOTS HISTORICAL AND SUCCINCT ACCOUNT of the late Riots and the Theatres of Drury Lane and Covent Garden London

1763

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2274 OPERA-GLASS (THE). SERIES OF CRITICISMS on the Performances of the Glasgow Stage Glasgow

1830

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2275 OPERAS. Artaxerxes... London

1765

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2276 ORCHARD (R.) Select Collection of EPITAPHS, etc. London

1827

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2277 ORIGIN OF COMMERCE: an Historical and Chronological Deduction of Lond.

1787

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2278 E. Budgell ORRERY (EARL OF). MEMOIRS of the Life and Character of, and of the Family of the Boyles London

1732

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2279 OSGOOD (DR. SAMUEL) THOMAS CRAWFORD, AND ART IN AMERICA New York

1875

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2280 OSSIAN OSSIAN. POEMS Boston

1858

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2281 OTIS (H. G.) LETTERS in Defense of the Hartford Convention and the People of Massachusetts Boston

1824

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2282 OTIS (JAMES, of Massachusetts) OTIS (JAMES, of Massachusetts). LIFE of Boston

1823

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2283 OTTLEY (W. Y.) INQUIRY CONCERNING THE INVENTION OF PRINTING London

1863

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2284 OTWAY (THOMAS) OTWAY (THOMAS). WORKS London

1812

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2285 OULTON (W. C.) BARKER'S CONTINUATION of Egerton's Theatrical Remembrancer, Baker's Biographia Dramatica, etc. London

[1801]

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2286 [OULTON (W. C.)] COMPLETE LIST OF PLAYS, from the Commencement of Theatrical Performances to 1803, etc. London

[1803]

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2287 OULTON (W. C.) HISTORY OF THE THEATRES OF LONDON London

1796-1818

USD - Unknown
2288 OULTON (W. C.) HISTORY OF THE THEATRES OF LONDON London

1818

USD - Unknown
2289 OUTINIAN SOCIETY. Origin and Proceedings, founded for Securing the Advantages of Benevolence and Justice, to Lessen the Evils Incident to the Pursuit of Happiness by Marriage, etc. London

1822

USD - Unknown
2290 OWEN (R. DALE) FOOTFALLS ON THE BOUNDARY OF ANOTHER WORLD Phila.

1865

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2291 OWLGLASS (MASTER TYLL) MARVELLOUS ADVENTURES, and Rare Conceits Boston (London)

1860

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2292 OXBERRY (W.) ACTOR'S BUDGET of Wit and Merriment London

n. d.

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2293 OXBERRY (W.) ACTOR'S BUDGET: consisting of Monologues, Prologues, Epilogues, and Tales, Serious and Comic London

1820

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2294 OXBERRY DRAMATIC BIOGRAPHY, and Histrionic Anecdotes London

1825

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2295 OXBERRY DRAMATIC MIRROR: containing Biographies of Eminent Performers London

1827

USD - Unknown
2296 OXBERRY (WILLIAM) MEMOIRS OF CELEBRATED PERFORMERS: Madame Feron, Mr. Charles John Kean, Master Burke, and others New York

[1828]

USD - Unknown
2297 OXENFORD (JOHN) BOOK of French Songs London

1855

USD - Unknown
2298 OXFORD ENGLISH PRIZE ESSAYS Oxford

1830

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2299 OXFORD SAUSAGE; or, Select Poetical Pieces Oxford

1777

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2300 PABODIE (W. J.) CALIDORE: a Legendary Poem Boston

1839

USD - Unknown
2301 PADDOCK (JUDAH) NARRATIVE of the Shipwreck of the Ship "Oswego," on the Coast of South Barbary New York

1819

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2302 PAINE (R. TREAT) PAINE (R. TREAT). WORKS in Verse and Prose, with Notes, and Sketches of his Life, etc. Boston

1812

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2303 PAINE (R. TREAT) PAINE (R. TREAT). WORKS in Verse and Prose, without the Portrait Boston

1812

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2304 PAINE (ROBERT TROUP). MEMOIR of New York

1852

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2305 PAINE (THOMAS) AMERICAN CRISIS, and a Letter to Sir Guy Carleton, on the Murder of Captain Huddy and the intended Retaliation of Captain Asgill London

n. d.

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2306 [PAINE]. COMMON SENSE; addressed to the Inhabitants of America London

1776

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2307 PAINE (THOMAS) LETTER to GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States of America, on Affairs Public and Private Dublin

1797

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2308 PAINE TOM PAINE'S JESTS: a Collection of Patriotic Bon Mots, Repartees, Anecdotes, etc. Philadelphia

1796

USD - Unknown
2309 James Cheetham PAINE (THOMAS). LIFE of New York

1809

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2310 PAINE (THOMAS) PAINE (THOMAS). LIFE of New York

1841

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2311 PALFREY (JOHN G.) HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND during the Stuart Dynasty Boston

1865

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2312 PALMER (JOHN) LIKE MASTER LIKE MAN: a Novel London

1811

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2313 PALMER (PETER S.) HISTORY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, from its first Exploration by the French in 1609 Albany

1866

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2314 PALMER LAKE CHAMPLAIN Albany

1866

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