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
300 BETTY TRIBUTE to the Genius of the Young Roscius Wisbech

1808

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301 [BEVERLY (RICHARD)] HISTORY of VIRGINIA. In Four Parts London

1705

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302 BEWICK COLLECTOR (THE). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick, including Cuts, in various states, for books and pamphlets, private gentlemen, public companies, newspapers, etc. London

1866

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303 HOLY BIBLE. Containing the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha Cambridge

1762

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304 BIBLIOTHECA ANGLO POETICA; or, a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry London

1815

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305 BIGELOW (L. J.) BENCH AND BAR. Wit, Humor, etc. New York

1867

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306 BIGELOW (WM.) HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF NATICK, Mass., from the Days of the Apostolic Eliot (1650), to the Present Time (1830) Boston

1830

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307 BILLINGTON (MRS.) BILLINGTON (MRS.) MEMOIRS of London

1792

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308 BILLINGTON (MRS.) BILLINGTON (MRS.) MEMOIRS

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309 BIOGRAPHIA DRAMATICA; or, a Companion to the Playhouse; containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes of British and Irish Dramatic writers London

1812

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310 BIOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH STAGE: being correct Narratives of the Lives of all the principal Actors and Actresses at Drury-Lane, Covent-Garden, the Haymarket, and other Theatres London

1824

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311 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of Eccentric Characters Boston

1832

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312 BISHOP (MADAME ANNA) TRAVELS in Mexico in 1849 Phila.

1852

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313 BLACKBEARD A Page from the Colonial History of Philadelphia N. Y.

1835

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314 BLACKBURN (HENRY) TRAVELLING IN SPAIN in the Present Day London

1866

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315 BLACKMANTLE (BERNARD) FITZALLEYNE OF BERKELEY. A Romance of the Present Times London

1825

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316 BLACKWELL (A. B.) SEXES THROUGHOUT NATURE N. Y.

1875

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317 BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE Edinburgh

1855

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318 BLADES (W.) HOW TO TELL A CAXTON London

1870

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319 BLAKE (CHARLES) HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the PROVIDENCE STAGE Providence, R. I.

1868

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320 BLAIR (ROBT.) BLAKE. THE GRAVE: A Poem London

1813

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321 BLAIR BLAKE. THE GRAVE: A Poem London

1813

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322 A. Gilchrist BLAKE (W.) LIFE of, with Selections from his Poems, and other Writings London

1863

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323 YOUNG (EDWARD) BLAKE. NIGHT THOUGHTS: the Complaint and Consolation London

1797

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324 Geo. Cruikshank BLAKEY (ROBERT). OLD FACES AND NEW MASKS. Frontispiece and vignette London

1859

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325 Sir E. Bulwer Lytton BLANCHARD (LAMAN). SKETCHES FROM LIFE, with a Memoir London

1849

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326 Sir E. Bulwer Lytton BLANCHARD (LAMAN). SKETCHES FROM LIFE New York

1846

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327 BLASIS (C.) NOTES UPON DANCING, Historical and Practical, with Passages on Theatrical Art, etc. London

1847

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328 Margaretta V. Faugeres BLEECKER (ANN ELIZA). POSTHUMOUS WORKS of, in Prose and Verse, with a collection of Essays, Prose and Poetical New York

1793

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329 R. R. Madden BLESSINGTON (COUNTESS OF). LITERARY LIFE and Correspondence London

1855

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330 BLIGH (WM.) NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE "BOUNTY"; and the subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew in the Ship's Boat from Tofoa to Timor London

1790

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331 BLITZ (SIGNOR) FIFTY YEARS in the Magic Circle Hartford

1871

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332 BLITZ (SIGNOR) BLITZ (SIGNOR). LIFE and Adventures of Hartford

1872

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333 BLOODGOOD (S. DE W.) SEXAGENARY; or, Reminiscences of the American Revolution Albany

1866

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334 BLOODGOOD SEXAGENARY Albany

1866

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335 BLOOMFIELD (ROBERT) BLOOMFIELD (ROBERT). POETICAL WORKS London

1857

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336 BLUNT (JOSEPH) SPEECHES, Reviews, Reports, etc. N. Y.

1843

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337 BOADEN (JAMES) MEMOIRS OF MRS. INCHBALD London

1833

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338 BOADEN (JAMES) MEMOIRS OF MRS. INCHBALD London

1833

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339 BOADEN (JAMES) LIFE OF MRS. JORDAN London

1831

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340 BOADEN (JAMES) LIFE OF MRS. JORDAN London

1831

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341 BOADEN (JAMES) LIFE OF MRS. JORDAN London

1831

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342 BOADEN (JAMES) MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE London

1825

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343 BOADEN (JAMES) MEMOIRS of the LIFE of JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE London

1825

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344 BOBBIN. (TIM.) [i.e. John Collier] BOBBIN. (TIM.) [i.e. John Collier]. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS London

1806

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345 BOBBIN (TIM) BOBBIN (TIM). WORKS, in Prose and Verse Rochdale

1819

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346 BOCCACCIO DECAMERON; or, Ten Days' Entertainment London

1820

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347 BOCCACCIO. DECAMERON N. Y.

1858

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348 BOESE (THOMAS) PUBLIC EDUCATION in the City of New York N. Y.

1869

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349 BOISGELIN (CHEV. LOUIS DE) ANCIENT AND MODERN MALTA, with the History of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and the Conquest of the Island by the English London

1804

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350 BOISMONT (A. B. DE) ON HALLUCINATIONS

1860

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351 BOLTON (R.) HISTORY of the PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH in WESTCHESTER CO., from 1693 to 1853 N. Y.

1855

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352 BOMBET (L. A. C.) LIVES of HAYDN and MOZART; with Observations on Metastasio, and on the Present State of Music in France and Italy London

1818

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353 BOND (HENRY) GENEALOGIES of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Mass., including Waltham and Weston Boston

1855

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354 BON GAULTIER BOOK OF BALLADS Edinburgh

1864

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355 BONNEY (REV. H. K.) HISTORIC NOTICES in reference to Fotheringhay Oundle

1821

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356 Collier, editor BOOK OF ROXBURGHE BALLADS (Popular Ballads of the Reigns of Elizabeth, James, and Charles) London

1847

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357 BOOKSELLER (THE). A Handbook of British and Foreign literature, from 1866 to December, 1878 London

1866-78

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358 BOOTH (BARTON) LIFE of that Excellent Tragedian, BARTON BOOTH, ESQ. London

1733

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359 BOOTH (EDWIN) PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS of his Characters in Tragedy and Comedy Boston

1872

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360 [BOOTH (J.)] BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR of the much lamented Princess Charlotte Augusta of WALES and Saxe Coburg London

1818

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361 BOOTH (J. B.) THE ACTOR; or, a Peep behind the Curtain: being passages in the Lives of Booth and some of his Contemporaries N. Y.

1846

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362 BOOTH THE ACTOR; or, a Peep behind the Curtain: being passages in the Lives of Booth and some of his Contemporaries N. Y.

1846

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363 BOOTH MEMORIAL Passages, Incidents, and Anecdotes in the Life of Junius Brutus Booth (the elder) New York

1866

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364 BOOTH (MARY L.) HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time New York

1860

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365 BORROW (GEORGE) BORROW (GEORGE). WORKS London

1843--62

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366 BORUWLASKI (COUNT JOSEPH) MEMOIRS of the celebrated Dwarf. Text in French and English London

1788

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367 BORUWLASKI (COUNT) BORUWLASKI (COUNT). MEMOIRS of Durham

1820

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368 BOSTON BOOK (The); or, Specimens of Metropolitan Literature Boston

1837-50

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369 BOSTON BOOK. (1850) Boston

1850

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370 BOSTON RAILROAD JUBILEE Boston

1852

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371 BOSTON TEA-PARTY. Retrospect of New York

1834

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372 BOSTON TEA-PARTY. Traits of the Tea-Party: being a Memoir of George R. T. Hewes, one of the last survivors New York

1835

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373 BOSWELL (JAMES) ACCOUNT OF CORSICA Glasgow

1768

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374 BOSWELL (JAMES) LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. London

1831

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375 BOTFIELD GALLERY. CATALOGUE of Pictures in the possession of Beriah Botfield, Esq. London

1848

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376 BOUDINOT (ELIAS) STAR IN THE WEST; or, a Humble Attempt to Discover the long lost Ten Tribes of Israel, preparatory to their Return to their Beloved City, Jerusalem Trenton, N. J.

1816

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377 BOURNE (VINCENT) BOURNE (VINCENT). POETICAL WORKS Oxford

1808

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378 BOWDITCH (N. I.) SUFFOLK SURNAMES Boston

1861

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379 BOWER (J.) DESCRIPTION of the ABBEYS of MELROSE and Old Melrose Kelso

1813

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380 BOWLES (SAMUEL) OUR NEW WEST Hartford

1869

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381 BOWMAN and IRWIN SHERMAN and his Campaigns New York

1865

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382 BOWYER (WM., Printer) MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS and Literary Correspondence London

1785

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383 BOXIANA; or, SKETCHES of PUGILISM London

n. d.

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384 BOYNTON (CAPT. E. C.) HISTORY OF WEST POINT, its Military Importance during the American Revolution; and the Origin and Progress of the United States Military Academy New York

1864

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385 BOYNTON (CAPT. E. C.) HISTORY OF WEST POINT, its Military Importance during the American Revolution; and the Origin and Progress of the United States Military Academy N. Y.

1864

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386 [BROWNE] ARTEMUS WARD: His Book New York

1862

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387 BRACCIOLINI (POGGIO) BRACCIOLINI (POGGIO). LIFE OF Liverpool

1837

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388 BRACKENRIDGE (HUGH H.) INCIDENTS OF THE INSURRECTION in the Western Parts of Pennsylvania, in the year 1794 Phila.

1795

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389 BRADBURY (C.) HISTORY OF KENNEBUNK PORT, from its first discovery by Bart. Gosnold, 1602, to 1837 Kennebunk

1837

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390 BRADDOCK (MAJ.-GEN. E.) EXPEDITION against Fort Du Quesne in 1755 Phila.

1856

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391 BRADFORD (ALEXANDER W.) AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES and Researches into the Origin and History of the Red Race New York

1841

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392 BRADFORD (ALDEN) HISTORY of MASSACHUSETTS, from 1764 to July, 1775 Boston

1822

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393 BRADISH (LUTHER) BRADISH (LUTHER). PROCEEDINGS of the New York Historical Society oh the Death of New York

1865

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394 BRADY (J. H.) DISSERTATION on the NAMES of Persons London

1822

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395 BRAHAM A COLLECTION of old PLAY-BILLS, Portraits, etc. Braham

1830

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396 D. D. Field BRAINERD FAMILY in the United States. Genealogy of N. Y.

1857

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397 [BRAITHWAITE (RICHARD)] BARNABA ITINERARIUM; or, Barnabee's Journal London

1818

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398 BRANNON (A. AND P.) Graphic Delineations of the ISLE OF WIGHT Wootton

1839

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399 BRAY (MRS.) LIFE OF THOMAS STOTHARD, R.A. London

1851

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