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
2915	SMITH (SOL)	THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT in the West and South for Thirty Years	New York	1868	USD -	Unknown
2916	SMITH (SYDNEY)	SMITH (SYDNEY). MEMOIR of	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
2917	SMITH (SYDNEY)	SMITH (SYDNEY). WORKS	New York	1844	USD -	Unknown
2918	SMITH (T. MARSHALL)	LEGENDS OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, and of the Earlier Settlements of the West	Louisville, Ky.	1855	USD -	Unknown
2919	SMITH (WILLIAM)	ORATION in MEMORY of GENERAL MONTGOMERY, and of the Officers and Soldiers who Fell with him, December 31, 1775, before Quebec	Philadelphia	1776	USD -	Unknown
2920	John Barrow	SMITH (SIR WM. SYDNEY, Admiral). LIFE and Correspondence	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
2921	SMOLLETT (TOBIAS)	HISTORY OF ENGLAND from the Descent of Julius Caesar to 1748	London	1758-61	USD -	Unknown
2922	SMOLLETT (TOBIAS)	SMOLLETT (TOBIAS). MISCELLANEOUS WORKS	Edinburgh	1790	USD -	Unknown
2923	SMUCKER (S. M.)	CATHERINE II. of Russia. Memoirs of the Court and Reign of	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
2924	SMYTH (GEO. LEWIS)	MONUMENTS AND GENII OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, and of Westminster Abbey	London	1826	USD -	Unknown
2925	SNART (JOHN)	THESAURUS OF HORROR; or, the Charnel House Explored!! and the Extreme Criminality of Hasty Funerals	London	1817	USD -	Unknown
2926	SNOWDEN (JAMES ROSS)	MEDALLIC MEMORIALS of WASHINGTON, in the Mint of the United States	Philadelphia	1861	USD -	Unknown
2927	SNOWE (JOSEPH)	THE RHINE; Legends, Traditions, History, from Cologne to Mainz	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
2928	SOANE (GEO.)	NEW CURIOSITIES of LITERATURE and Book of the Months	London	1849	USD -	Unknown
2929		SOLDIERS' NATIONAL CEMETERY	Harrisburg	1865	USD -	Unknown
2930		SOMERSET HOUSE GAZETTE, and Literary Museum; a Miscellany of Fine Arts, Antiquities, Literary Chit-Chat, etc.	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
2931		SONGS and BALLADS of the American Revolution	New York	1856	USD -	Unknown
2932	SOTHEBY (SAMUEL LEIGH)	PRINCIPIA TYPOGRAPHICA: the Block-Books, or Xylographic Delineations of Scripture History	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
2933	SOTHEBY (SAMUEL LEIGH)	RAMBLINGS IN THE ELUCIDATION OF THE AUTOGRAPH OF MILTON	London	1861	USD -	Unknown
2934		SOUTH SEA BUBBLE, and the numerous Fraudulent Projects to which it gave rise in 1720	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
2935	SOUTHEY (ROBT.)	HISTORY of the PENINSULAR WAR in Spain and Portugal	London	1823-32	USD -	Unknown
2936	SOUTHEY (ROBT.)	LETTERS from Spain and Portugal	Bristol	1799	USD -	Unknown
2937		SPAIN and PORTUGAL. HISTORY of	New York	1844	USD -	Unknown
2938	SPARKS	LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY	Boston	1844	USD -	Unknown
2939	SPARKS (JARED)	LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON	Boston	1844	USD -	Unknown
2940		SPIRIT OF THE FAIR, from its Commencement	New York	1864	USD -	Unknown
2941	SPOONER (S.)	ANECDOTES OF PAINTERS, Engravers, Sculptors, and Architects, and Curiosities of Art	New York	1865	USD -	Unknown
2942	SPOONER (S.)	BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS; or, Memoirs of the Lives and Works of Eminent Painters, Engravers, Sculptors, and Architects, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time	N. Y.	1865	USD -	Unknown
2943		SPRUGGINS' GALLERY	London	1829	USD -	Unknown
2944	SPRING (GARDNER)	SPRING (GARDNER). PERSONAL REMINISCENCES of the Life and Times of	New York	1866	USD -	Unknown
2945		SQUIB ANNUAL of Poetry, Politics, and Personalities	London	1836	USD -	Unknown
2946	STAEL (MAD. DE)	LETTERS AND REFLECTIONS of the Prince de Ligne	Phila.	1809	USD -	Unknown
2947	ST. ALBANS	SECRET MEMOIRS of HARRIOTT PUMPKIN; or, the Birth, Parentage, and Education of an Actress, her Private Acquaintance for Many Years, etc.	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
2948		STAGE (THE). A Weekly Magazine of Generalities, and a Special Guide to the Sights of London	London	1849	USD -	Unknown
2949		STAGE REMINISCENCES: being Recollections, chiefly Personal	Glasgow	1866	USD -	Unknown
2950	STANHOPE (EARL)	TRACT'S relating to Caspar Hauser (the Wild Boy)	London	1836	USD -	Unknown
2951	STANHOPE (LADY HESTER)	STANHOPE (LADY HESTER). MEMOIRS	Lond.	1846	USD -	Unknown
2952	STANSBURY (JOSEPH) and ODELL (DR. JON.)	LOYAL VERSES relating to the American Revolution	Albany	1860	USD -	Unknown
2953	STAPLETON (A. G.)	GEORGE CANNING and his Times	London	1859	USD -	Unknown
2954	STARK (CALEB)	MEMOIR and OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE of GEN. JOHN STARK	Concord	1860	USD -	Unknown
2955	STAUNTON (HOWARD)	GREAT SCHOOLS of ENGLAND: their Foundation, Endowments, and Discipline	London	1865	USD -	Unknown
2956	STAUNTON (HOWARD)	CHESS-PLAYER'S HAND-BOOK	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
2957	STEBBING (REV. H.)	LIVES OF THE ITALIAN POETS	London	1832	USD -	Unknown
2958	STEDMAN (E. C.)	THE PRINCE'S BALL: a Brochure	New York	1860	USD -	Unknown
2959	STEELE (MRS. ELIZABETH)	MEMOIRS of MRS. SOPHIA BADDELEY, late of Drury Lane Theatre	London	1787	USD -	Unknown
2960	[STEELE (SIR RICHARD)]	THE THEATRE, by Sir John Edgar	London	1720	USD -	Unknown
2961	STEELE (SIR RICHARD)	THE THEATRE, Anti-Theatre, etc.	London	1791	USD -	Unknown
2962	STEELE (SIR RICHARD)	STEELE (SIR RICHARD). MEMOIRS of the Life and Writings of	Edinburgh	1865	USD -	Unknown
2963	STEINMETZ (ANDREW)	ROMANCE OF DUELLING in all Times and Countries	London	1868	USD -	Unknown
2964	STEPHENS (ANN S.)	RUBY GRAY'S STRATEGY	Phila.	1869	USD -	Unknown
2965	STEPHENS (HENRY L.)	COMIC HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE	Phila.	1851	USD -	Unknown
2966	FITZGERALD (PERCY)	STERNE. LIFE OF LAURENCE STERNE	London	1864	USD -	Unknown
2967	STERNE (LAURENCE)	STERNE (LAURENCE). WORKS	London	1768, etc.	USD -	Unknown
2968	STERNE (LAURENCE)	STERNE (LAURENCE). WORKS; with Autobiography	Phila.	1859	USD -	Unknown
2969	STERNE (LAURENCE)	YORICK'S SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY through France and Italy, etc.	London	1791	USD -	Unknown
2970	STEVENS (GEO. ALEXANDER)	DRAMATIC HISTORY OF MASTER EDWARD (SHUTER), Miss Ann (Cately), and others, the Extraordinaries of these times; with Memoir of the Author	London	1786	USD -	Unknown
2971	STEVENS (GEO. ALEX)	LECTURE ON HEADS	London	1802	USD -	Unknown
2972	STEVENS (HENRY)	AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHER	Chiswick	1854	USD -	Unknown
2973	STEVENS (HENRY)	CATALOGUE OF MY ENGLISH LIBRARY	London	1853	USD -	Unknown
2974	STEVENS (HENRY)	HISTORICAL NUGGETS. Bibliotheca Americana; or, a Descriptive Account of my collection of Rare Books relating to America	London	MDCCCLXII	USD -	Unknown
2975	STEVENS (JOHN AUSTIN)	COLONIAL RECORDS of the New York Chamber of Commerce (1768-1784)	New York	1867	USD -	Unknown
2976	STEVENS (W. B.)	PAST AND PRESENT of St. Andrew's Church, in Philadelphia	Phila.	1858	USD -	Unknown
2977	STEVENSON (JOHN HALL)	CRAZY TALES. Anthony's Tale, or the Boarding-School Tale...	London	1785	USD -	Unknown
2978	[STEVENSON (JOHN HALL)]	Makarony Fables for Grown Gentlemen	Dublin	1772	USD -	Unknown
2979	STEVENSON (JOHN HALL)	STEVENSON (JOHN HALL). WORKS	London	1795	USD -	Unknown
2980	[STEVENSON (W. G.)]	Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army	New York	1862	USD -	Unknown
2981	STILES (EZRA)	ACCOUNT of the INTERMENT of the REMAINS OF AMERICAN PATRIOTS who perished on board the BRITISH PRISON-SHIPS during the American Revolution	New York	1865	USD -	Unknown
2982	STILES (EZRA)	HISTORY OF THREE OF THE JUDGES OF KING CHARLES I	Hartford	1794	USD -	Unknown
2983	HOLMES (ABIEL)	STILES. LIFE OF EZRA STILES, D.D., LL.D, a Fellow of the American Philosophical Society, President of Yale College, etc., etc.	Boston	1798	USD -	Unknown
2984	STILES (H. R.)	BUNDLING: its Origin, Progress, and Decline in America	Albany	1869	USD -	Unknown
2985	STILES (H. R.)	HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR, Connecticut, including East and South Windsor, and Ellington, prior to 1768	New York	1859	USD -	Unknown
2986	STILLE (CHAS. J.)	MEMORIAL of the GREAT CENTRAL FAIR for the United States Sanitary Commission	Philadelphia	1864	USD -	Unknown
2987	ST. JOHN (PERCY B.)	PAUL PEABODY; or, the Apprentice of the World	London	1865	USD -	Unknown
2988	ST. MEMIN	COLLECTION OF PORTRAITS, consisting of 760 Medallion Portraits	New York	1862	USD -	Unknown
2989		ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY. Discourses on Gen. J. Johnson...	v. d.		USD -	Unknown
2990	STODDARD (R. H.)	PERSONAL REMINISCENCES of BARHAM, Harness, and Hodder	New York	1875	USD -	Unknown
2991	STONE (E. M.)	HISTORY OF BEVERLY, Mass., from its Settlement, 1630, to 1842	Boston	1843	USD -	Unknown
2992	STONE (H. D.)	PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS of the DRAMA; or, Theatrical Reminiscences	Albany	1873	USD -	Unknown
2993	STONE (MRS.)	CHRONICLES OF FASHION, from the Time of Elizabeth to the Early Part of the XIXth Century, in Manners, Amusements, Costumes, etc.	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
2994	STONE (WILLIAM L.)	Poetry and History of Wyoming...	New York	1841	USD -	Unknown
2995	STONE (WILLIAM L.)	POETRY AND HISTORY OF WYOMING	Albany	1864	USD -	Unknown
2996	STONE	Another (3d) Edition	Albany	1864	USD -	Unknown
2997	STONE (WILLIAM L.)	LETTERS ON MASONRY and AntiMasonry, addressed to John Quincy Adams	New York	1832	USD -	Unknown
2998	STONE (W. L.)	HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY, from its Discovery to the Present Day	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
2999	STONE (W. L.)	REMINISCENCES OF SARATOGA and Ballston	New York	1875	USD -	Unknown
3000	STONE (W. L.)	TALES AND SKETCHES--such as they are	New York	1834	USD -	Unknown
3001	STONE (W. L.)	LIFE and TIMES of SA-GO-YE-WAT-HA, or Red Jacket	Albany	1866	USD -	Unknown
3002	STORY (JOSEPH)	POWER OF SOLITUDE: a Poem in Two Parts	Salem	1804	USD -	Unknown
3003	STOTHARD (C. A.)	STOTHARD (C. A.) MEMOIRS	London	1823	USD -	Unknown
3004	STOTHARD	LIFE OF THOMAS STOTHARD, R.A.	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
3005	STOTHARD	LIFE OF THOMAS STOTHARD	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
3006	STOWE	A DESCRIPTION of the House and Gardens of the Marquis of Buckingham	London	1797	USD -	Unknown
3007	H. R. Forster	STOWE CATALOGUE, priced and annotated	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
3008	STOWE (HARRIET B.)	UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; or, Life among the Lowly	Boston	1852	USD -	Unknown
3009	STRAUSS (DR. DAVID F.)	LIFE OF JESUS, critically examined	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
3010		STRAWBERRY HILL. A DESCRIPTION OF THE VILLA OF HORACE WALPOLE	Strawberry-Hill	1772	USD -	Unknown
3011		STRAWBERRY HILL. CATALOGUE of the Collection of Engraved Portraits, Prints, Books of Prints, and Drawings	London	1842	USD -	Unknown
3012	STROBEL (P. A.)	THE SALZBURGERS and their Descendants	Baltimore	1855	USD -	Unknown
3013	Alden Bradford	STRONG (HON. CALEB). BIOGRAPHY of	Boston	1820	USD -	Unknown
3014	STRONG (T. M.)	HISTORY of the Town of FLATBUSH, L. I.	N. Y.	1842	USD -	Unknown

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December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

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