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
2415 POE (EDGAR A.) CONCHOLOGIST'S FIRST BOOK Phila.

1840

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2416 POE (EDGAR A.) POE (EDGAR A.) POETICAL WORKS New York (London)

1858

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2417 POE (EDGAR ALLAN) POE (EDGAR ALLAN). WORKS New York

1859

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2418 John Keese, editor POETS OF AMERICA New York

1840

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2419 POETS OF AMERICA Boston

[1842]

USD - Unknown
2420 POEMS, etc. Beggar's Opera, by Mr. Gay, with the Overture in Score, 1761... London

1761-84

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2421 POEMS. Miscellaneous Pieces (30), many very scarce and facetious London

v. d.

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2422 POEMS, ETC. The Corsair...

v. d.

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2423 POETICAL MAGAZINE (ACKERMANN'S). A complete set, from May, 1809, to April, 1811 London

1809-11

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2424 POETICAL WORKS of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok Phila.

1839

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2425 POETICAL WORKS of Milman, Bowles Paris

n. d.

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2426 POETRY OF THE ANTI-JACOBIN, comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, Parodies, and Jeaux London

1801

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2427 POLITE BEHAVIOUR, and Polite Philosophy London

1738-40

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2428 POLITICAL AND SATYRICAL HISTORY of the Years 1756 and 1757 London

1756-7

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2429 POLITICAL BALLADS of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries London

1860

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2430 POLKO (ELISE) MUSICAL SKETCHES Phila.

1864

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2431 POMPEY THE LITTLE; or, the Life and Adventures of a Lap Dog Dublin

1751

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2432 PONTE (L. L. DA) HISTORY of the FLORENTINE REPUBLIC New York

1833

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2433 PONTE (LORENZO DA) PONTE (LORENZO DA). MEMOIRS of New York

1829

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2434 POOLE (JOHN) COMIC SKETCH-BOOK; or, Sketches and Recollections London

1859

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2435 POOLE (JOHN) CROCHETS IN THE AIR; or, an (unscientific Account of a Balloon Trip London

1838

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2436 POOLE (JOHN) HAMLET TRAVESTIE: in Three Acts London

1811

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2437 POOLE (JOHN) HAMLET TRAVESTIE New York

1866

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2438 POOLE (JOHN) LITTLE PEDLINGTON and the Pedlingtonians New York

1852

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2439 POOLE (WILLIAM FRED.) INDEX TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE New York

1853

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2440 POPE (ALEX.) POPE (ALEX.) MEMOIRS of the Life and Writings of London

1745

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2441 POPE (ALEX.) POPE (ALEX.) POETICAL WORKS [and Translations] London

1824

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2442 POPE (ALEXANDER) POPE (ALEXANDER). WORKS London

1797

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2443 JOSEPH WARTON POPE. ESSAY on the GENIUS and WRITINGS of Pope London

1806

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2444 POPE (SIR THOS.) POPE (SIR THOS). LIFE of London

1780

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2445 POPULAR EDUCATOR London

1852-3

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2446 PORSON (RICHARD) PORSON (RICHARD). MISCELLANEOUS WORKS London

1815

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2447 PORSON. LETTERS to TRAVIS on the Three Heavenly Witnesses London

1790

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2448 PORTER (WM. T.) PORTER (WM. T.) LIFE of New York

1860

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2449 PORTRAITS. A collection of 44 portraits of English Divines, etc.

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2450 PORTRAITS. A collection of 86 fine portraits engraved on steel, and representing the principal personages in the history of England London

1839

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2451 PORTRAITS AND PLAY-BILLS London

v. d.

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2452 PORTRAITS and MONUMENTS of the Kings and celebrated Personages of England

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2453 PORTRAITS and SKETCHES New York

1858

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2454 PORTRAITS. BRITISH GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS London

1822

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2455 PORTRAITS (CABINET OF) London

1823

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2456 PORTRAITS. DRAWING-ROOM PORTRAIT GALLERY of Eminent Personages London

1860

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2457 PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED FEMALES London

1833

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2458 PORTRAITS. GALLERY of BRITISH and FOREIGN PORTRAITS London

1833-8

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2459 PORTRAITS. ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES of the XIXth Century New York

1853

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2460 PORTRAITS OF CHARACTERS ILLUSTRIOUS IN BRITISH HISTORY, from the Reign of Henry VIIIth to James II London

1813

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2461 PORTRAITS. NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY of DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS Philadelphia

1836

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2462 PORTRAITS OF EMINENT CONSERVATIVE STATESMEN London

n. d.

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2463 PORTRAITS OF REMARKABLE CHARACTERS. Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of Remarkable Persons, from 1688 to the Reign of George III London

1819

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2464 PORTRAITS OF THE BRITISH POETS, from Chaucer to Cowper and Beattie London

1824

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2465 PORTRAITS of the MARSHALS of FRANCE Paris

1839

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2466 PORTRAITS of the POPES

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2467 PORTRAITS of the whole of the ROYAL FAMILY (George III., etc.) London

1806

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2468 PORTRAITS. The most DISTINGUISHED SOLDIERS and Civilians of the Great Rebellion Philadelphia

1864

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2469 PORTRAITS. THE UNIQUE: a collection of exquisite steel portraits of eminent authors, etc. London

1824

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2470 PORTRAITS. WOODBURN'S GALLERY OF RARE PORTRAITS London

1816

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2471 PORTSMOUTH. POETS of Boston

1865

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2472 POTTER (ISRAEL R.) POTTER (ISRAEL R.) LIFE AND REMARKABLE ADVENTURES of Providence

1824

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2473 POTTER (JOHN) FESTIVOUS NOTES on the History and Adventures of DON QUIXOTE London

1771

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2474 Powel SECOND TALE OF A TUB; or, the History of Robert Powel, the Puppet-Show-Man London

1715

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2475 POWELL (JAMES A.) POWELL (JAMES A.) TRIBUTE to the MEMORY of New York

1829

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2476 POWER (TYRONE) IMPRESSIONS of AMERICA during the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835 London

1836

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2477 PRAED (W. M.) PRAED (W. M.) POETICAL WORKS New York

1844

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2478 PRAED (W. M.) PRAED (W. M.) POEMS New York

1865

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2479 PRATT (HON. ZADOCK) PRATT (HON. ZADOCK). CHRONOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY of New York

1868

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2480 PREBLE (GEO. HENRY) OUR FLAG. Origin and Progress of the Flag of the United States of America Albany

1872

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2481 PREGNANT WOMEN. Letters on the Force of Imagination London

1765

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2482 PRESCOTT (W. H.) PRESCOTT (W. H.) HISTORICAL WORKS complete Philadelphia

1869

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2483 PRICE (GEORGE) TREATISE ON FIRE and THIEF PROOF DEPOSITORIES and Locks and Keys London

1856

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2484 PRICHARD (T. J. L.) HEROINES OF WELSH HISTORY London

1854

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2485 PRIDEAUX (HUMPHREY) TRUE NATURE OF IMPOSTURE, fully displayed in the Life of Mahomet London

1697

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2486 PRIOR (MATTHEW) PRIOR (MATTHEW). POEMS London

1754

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2487 PRIZE LISTS on Public Exhibition Days, at the Edinburgh Academy Edinburgh

1830-46

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2488 PROCTER (ADELAIDE ANNE.) LEGENDS AND LYRICS. A Book of Verses New York

1858

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2489 PROCTER (ADELAIDE A.) PROCTER (ADELAIDE A.) POEMS Boston

1863

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2490 [PROCTER] MARCIAN COLONNA: an Italian Tale, etc. Philadelphia

1821

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2491 PROCTER (R. W.) LITERARY REMINISCENCES and Gleanings Manchester

1860

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2492 PSALMANAZAR (GEORGE) HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF FORMOSA London

1705

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2493 PSALMANAZAR (GEORGE) PSALMANAZAR (GEORGE). MEMOIRS of Dublin

1765

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2494 PUBLIC CHARACTERS, 1798 to 1810 London

1798-1810

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2495 PUBLIC CHARACTERS of the Present Age London

1831

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2496 PUBLISHERS' CIRCULAR (The), and Record of British and Foreign Literature, from December, 1865, to December, 1878

USD - Unknown
2497 PUCKLE CLUB (THE). A Dialogue between a Father and his Son [a curious and excellent moral Work, first printed in 1711] London

1817

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2498 PUCKLE CLUB. A Gray Cap for a Green Head London

1834

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2499 PUCKLE CLUB. ILLUSTRATIONS London

1820

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2500 HUMPHREYS (RICH.) PUGILISM. MEMOIRS OF JOHN SCROGGINS, the Pugilistic Hero, otherwise John Palmer: his Fights in the Prize-Ring, Sporting Anecdotes, Annals of Pugilism, from 1719 to 1824 London

1827

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2501 PUIGBLANCH (D. ANTONIO) INQUISITION UNMASKED: being an Historical and Philosophical Account of that Tremendous Tribunal, founded on Authentic Documents London

1816

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2502 PULASKI LOVE AND PATRIOTISM ! or, Extraordinary Adventures of M. DU PORTAIL, late Major-General in the Armies of the United States Boston

1799

USD - Unknown
2503 PUNCH COMPLETE LETTER-WRITER Phila.

1845

USD - Unknown
2504 PUNCH'S POCKET-BOOK of Fun, and Origin and Career of Mr. Punch London

1868

USD - Unknown
2505 PUNCHINELLO: a Comic Magazine, from April 2 to December 24th, 1870 New York

1870

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2506 PUNCHINELLO: a Comic Magazine, from April 2 to December 24th, 1870 New York

1870

USD - Unknown
2507 [PUTNAM (GEORGE P.)] POCKET MEMORANDUM-BOOK during a Ten Weeks New York

1848

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2508 PYE (G.) PATRONAGE of BRITISH ART: an Historical Sketch London

1845

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2509 PYNE (G.) RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON PERSPECTIVE London

1851

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2510 [PYNE (W. H.)] WINE AND WALNUTS... London

1824

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2511 Whirligig Bolus QUACKADE (THE). A Mock Heroic Poem in Five Cantos Lond.

1752

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2512 QUARLL THE HERMIT; or, the Unparallel'd Sufferings and Surprising Adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman London

1768

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2513 QUEEN CAROLINE AND GEORGE THE FOURTH An Extraordinary and Unique Collection of Rare Satirical Papers, Pamphlets, etc. London

1816-38

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2514 J. P. Huxstone [QUEENSBURY (DUKE OF)]. PICCADILLY AMBULATOR, or Old Q (ueensbury); containing Memoirs of the Private Life of that Ever Green Votary of Venus, with Anecdotes of his Contemporaries London

1808

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