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
2315 PARAGREENS (THE)

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2316 PARDON (G. F.) TALES FROM THE OPERAS New York

1864

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2317 PARIS; or, the Book of the Hundred-and-One Boston

1833

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2318 PARKER (A. A.) TRIP to the West and Texas Concord

1836

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2319 PARKER (SIR PETER) PARKER (SIR PETER). BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR of Baltimore

Aug. 31, 1814

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2320 PARKYNS (G. J.) MONASTIC and BARONIAL REMAINS London

1816

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2321 PARLOUR MAGIC London

1857

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2322 PARLOUR REVIEW. Journal of Music, Literature, and the Fine Arts Philadelphia

1838

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2323 PARNELL and SHEFFIELD PARNELL and SHEFFIELD. POETICAL WORKS London

1798

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2324 PARRIANA; or, Notices of the Rev. S. Parr London

1828-29

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2325 PARSONS (JAMES) MECHANICAL and CRITICAL ENQUIRY into the NATURE of HERMAPHRODITES London

1741

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2326 PARSONS (THEOPHILUS, Chief-Justice of Mass.) PARSONS (THEOPHILUS, Chief-Justice of Mass.) MEMOIR of Boston

1859

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2327 PARSONS (USHER) LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM PEPPERELL, Bart., the only native of New England who was created a Baronet during our connection with the Mother Country Boston

1856

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2328 PARSONS LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM PEPPERELL, Bart., the only native of New England who was created a Baronet during our connection with the Mother Country Boston

1855

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2329 PARSONS (WILLIAM, the Comedian) TRAVELLING RECREATIONS London

1807

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2330 PARTON (JAS) LIFE AND TIMES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN New York

1865

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2331 PARTON (J.) LIFE OF JOHN JACOB ASTOR New York

1865

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2332 PASQUIN (ANTHONY) LIFE of the LATE EARL OF BARRYMORE London

1793

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2333 PASQUIN (ANTHONY) LIFE of the late EARL of BARRYMORE London

1793

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2334 PASQUIN (ANTHONY) PIN-BASKET to the CHILDREN of THESPIS London

1797

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2335 Sir W. Armstrong PATENTS. Discussions on the Abolition of London

1869

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2336 PATERSON. GLIMPSES OF REAL LIFE as seen in the Theatrical World and in Bohemia Edinburgh

1864

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2337 PATRIOT (THE). ESSAYS UPON GOVERNMENT Dublin

1792

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2338 PATTIE (JAMES O.) PATTIE (JAMES O.) PERSONAL NARRATIVE of Cincinnati

1833

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2339 PAULDING (J. K. and W. I.) AMERICAN COMEDIES Philadelphia

1847

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2340 PAULDING LITERARY Life of James K. Paulding New York

1867

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2341 PAUL JONES PAUL JONES. LIFE of Boston

1841

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2342 PAYNE (JOHN HOWARD) PAYNE (JOHN HOWARD). LIFE and WRITINGS of Albany

1875

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2343 PAYNE MEMOIRS of JOHN HOWARD PAYNE, the American Roscius London

1815

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2344 PAYNE (JOHN HOWARD) PAYNE (JOHN HOWARD). SKETCH of the LIFE of Boston

1833

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2345 PEABODY FAMILY GENEALOGY Boston

1867

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2346 PEABODY. ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS at the DINNER given by Mr. George Peabody to the Americans connected with the Great Exhibition, etc. London

1851

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2347 PEABODY (GEORGE) RECEPTION and DINNER at DANVERS. Account of the Proceedings Boston

1856

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2348 PEACOCK (T. L.) PEACOCK (T. L.) NOVELS London

1856

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2349 PEACOCK (T. L.) PEACOCK (T. L.) PALMYRA and other Poems London

1806

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2350 PEAKE (RICHARD BRINSLEY) MEMOIRS OF THE COLMAN FAMILY London

1841

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2351 PEAKE (R. B.) MEMOIRS OF THE COLMAN FAMILY London

-1841

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2352 PEALE (REMBRANDT) CATALOGUE of VALUABLE ORIGINAL PAINTINGS Philadelphia

1862

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2353 PEALE (REMBRANDT) NOTES ON ITALY written during a Tour in 1829-30 Phila.

1831

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2354 PECK (GEORGE) WYOMING: its History, Stirring Incidents, and Romantic Adventures New York

1858

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2355 PECKWELL (R. H.) CASES OF CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS London

1803-6

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2356 PELBY (W.) LETTERS ON THE TREMONT THEATRE Boston

1830

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2357 Pellico (Silvio) Mie Prigioni Londra

1850

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2358 PEMAQUID PAPERS. Papers Relating to Pemaquid and Parts Adjacent Albany

1856

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2359 PENN (JOHN) PENN (JOHN). POEMS. Original Works Lond.

1801

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2360 PENNANT (THOS.) HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF LONDON London

1813

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2361 PENNANT (THOS.) JOURNEY FROM CHESTER TO LONDON London

1811

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2362 PENNANT (THOS.) PENNANT (THOS.) LITERARY LIFE of London

1793

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2363 PENNANT (T.) LONDON: Antiquarian and Picturesque Account of London

1813

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2364 PENNELL (H. C.) FISHING GOSSIP; or, Stray Leaves from the Note-Books of Several Anglers Edinburgh

1866

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2365 PENNSYLVANIA HALL. HISTORY OF Pennsylvania Hall Phila.

1838

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2366 PENS, INKS, and INKSTANDS London

1858

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2367 PEPYS (SAMUEL) DIARY and Correspondence London

1858

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2368 PERCIVAL (J. G.) PERCIVAL (J. G.) POETICAL WORKS Boston

1859

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2369 PERCY (BISHOP) FOLIO MANUSCRIPT, BALLADS and ROMANCES London

1867-68

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2370 PERCY (BISHOP) MSS. LOOSE AND HUMOROUS SONGS London

1868

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2371 PERCY (BISHOP THOMAS) RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY Phila.

1856

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2372 PETERS (REV. SAMUEL) HISTORY OF REV. HUGH PETERS, Chaplain to Cromwell New York

1807

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2373 PETRARCH PETRARCH. ESSAYS on [the Love, the Poetry, and the Character of London

1823

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2374 PETTIGREW (THOS. J.) BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS of the most celebrated PHYSICIANS, Surgeons, etc., etc. London

1839-40

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2375 PETTIGREW (T. J.) SUPERSTITIONS connected with Medicine and Surgery London

1844

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2376 PEYSTER (J. W. DE) HISTORY OF CARAUSIUS, the Dutch Augustus, and Emperor of Britain Poughkeepsie

1858

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2377 PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY COMPANY. Charter, Laws, and Catalogue of Books Philadelphia

1764

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2378 Philadelphia. Charter, Laws, and Catalogue of Books of the Library Company of Philadelphia, with a short Account of the Library prefixed Philadelphia

1770

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2379 PHILADELPHIA. VIEWS of the Principal Buildings, etc. Philadelphia

1827-8

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2380 PHILIPS (JOHN) PHILIPS (JOHN). POEMS London

1744

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2381 PHILLIPS (CHARLES) CURRAN and his Contemporaries New York

1851

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2382 PHILLIPS (CHARLES) RECOLLECTIONS OF CURRAN and some of his Contemporaries London

1818

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2383 PHILLIPS (CHARLES) SPEECHES IN IRELAND and England London

1817

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2384 PHILLIPS (HENRY, JR.) HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE PAPER CURRENCY of the American Colonies Roxbury

1865

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2385 PHILLIPS (JONAS B.) ZAMIRA: a Dramatic Sketch, and other Poems New York

1835

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2386 PHILIPS (MRS.) PHILIPS (MRS.) POEMS London

1667

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2387 PHILLIPS (TERESA CONSTANTIA) PHILLIPS (TERESA CONSTANTIA). APOLOGY FOR THE CONDUCT OF London

1748-9

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2388 PHILLIPPS (HENRY) MUSICAL and PERSONAL RECOLLEC. TIONS during Half a Century London

1864

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2389 PHILLIPPS (HENRY) TRUE ENJOYMENT of ANGLING London

1843

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2390 PHILOBIBLION. A Monthly Bibliographical Journal New York

1862-3

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2391 PHYSIC AND PHYSICIANS. A Medical Sketch-Book Philadelphia

1845

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2392 PICKETT (A. J.) HISTORY of ALABAMA, and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the Earliest Period Charleston

1851

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2393 PICTURESQUE EUROPE: a Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Natural Features and the Picturesque and Historical Places of Great Britain and the Continent New York

1877, etc.

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2394 PIERCE (BENJ.) HISTORY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, from its Foundation Cambridge

1833

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2395 PIGGOTT (SOLOMON) SUICIDE and its Antidotes; a Series of Anecdotes and Actual Narratives London

1824

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2396 PIKE (Z. M.) ACCOUNT OF EXPEDITIONS to the Sources of the MISSISSIPPI, and through the Western Parts of Louisiana to the Sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Juan Rivers, 1805, 1807 Philadelphia

1810

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2397 PILKINGTON (JOHN CARTERET) PILKINGTON (JOHN CARTERET). REAL STORY of London

1760

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2398 PINDAR (PETER, Dr. J. Wolcott) PINDAR (PETER, Dr. J. Wolcott). COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS London

1787

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2399 PINDAR (PETER, Dr. J. Wolcott) PINDAR (PETER, Dr. J. Wolcott). COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS London

1802

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2400 PINDAR ODES, etc. Translated London

1753

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2401 PINDAR (PAUL) REMARKABLE BIOGRAPHY; or, the Peculiarities and Eccentricities of the Human Character Displayed. Striking Likeness of Charles Mackey, a colored man London

1821

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2402 Paul Pindar "PINDAR." REMARKABLE BIOGRAPHY; or, the Peculiarities and Eccentricities of Human Character Displayed London

1821

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2403 [PINKERTON]. SELECT SCOTTISH BALLADS London

1783

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2404 HAYWARD (A.) PIOZZI. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Letters, and literary Remains of MRS. PIOZZI (Thrale); with Notes, and Account of her Life and Writings London

1861

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2405 Piozzi (Hester Lynch) Letters to and from the late SAMUEL JOHNSON London

1788

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2406 PIOZZI (MRS.) LOVE-LETTERS, written when she was eighty, to William Augustus Conway London

1843

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2407 PIOZZIANA; or, Recollections of the late Mrs. Piozzi London

1833

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2408 PITT (RT. HON. WM.) PITT (RT. HON. WM.) HISTORY of the POLITICAL LIFE of London

1809

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2409 BLANCHE (J. R.) REGAL RECORDS: a Chronicle of the Coronations of the Queens of England London

1838

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2410 Play-Bills. A Collection of upwards of 5,000 Play-Bills London

1824-30

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2411 PLAYING-CARDS. A Collection of Fac-similes of Playing Cards

n. d.

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2412 PLEASURES OF HUMAN LIFE; or, Male, Female, and Neuter Pleasure London

1807

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2413 PLUTARCH'S LIVES. The Translation called Dryden's Boston

1865

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2414 Sarah H. Whitman POE EDGAR POE AND HIS CRITICS New York

1860

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