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
400 BRAYLEY (E. W.) LONDINIANA, or Reminiscences of the British Metropolis, historical, antiquarian, topographical, and anecdotal London

1828

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401 BRAYLEY (E. W.) THEATRES OF LONDON London

1833

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402 BRENTON (J. J.) VOICES FROM THE PRESS: a Collection of Sketches, Essays, and Poems N. Y.

1850

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403 BRIDGMAN (RICHARD W.) Short View of LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, containing some Critical Observations on the Authority of the Reporters and other Law Writers London

1807

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404 BRIDGMAN (T.) MEMORIALS OF THE DEAD in Boston Boston

1852

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405 BRIFFAULT (F. T.) PRISONER OF HAM; or, Captivity and Escape of Prince Napoleon Louis London

1846

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406 BRINTON (D. G.) NOTES ON THE FLORIDIAN PENINSULA, its Literary History, Indian Tribes, and Antiquities Phila.

1859

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407 BRITISH ESSAYISTS. Tatler, Connoisseur, Adventurer, and Lounger Boston

1856

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408 BRITISH ESSAYISTS (Select). Beautifully illustrated by Corbould, etc. London

1828

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409 BRITISH POETS. ALDINE EDITION, ON LARGE PAPER....

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410 BRITISH POETS. Poetical Works of Chatterton, Churchill, Gay, and Shelley; with Lives Boston

1854

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411 Johnson, etc. BRITISH POETS. WORKS of: with Memoirs London

1807

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412 BRITTON (JOHN) AUTOBIOGRAPHY, in Three Parts London

1850

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413 BRITTON (JOHN) AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Three Parts complete London

1850

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414 BRITTON BRITTON. AUTOBIOGRAPHY Lon.

1849

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415 BRITTON BRITTON. BRIEF MEMOIR of the Life and Writings of London

1825

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416 BRODHEAD (L. W.) DELAWARE WATER GAP, and its Scenery Phila.

1870

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417 BROMLEY (HENRY) CATALOGUE of Engraved British Portraits, from Egbert the Great to the present time Lon.

1793

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418 BELL (CURRER) BRONTE. Jane Eyre... N. Y.

1858-59

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419 BRONTE Tenant of Wildfell Hall, and Agnes Grey London

1858-9

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420 BROOKE (MRS.) ROSINA: a Comic Opera London

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421 BROOKE ROSINA London

1783

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422 BROOKE ROSINA Dublin

1783

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423 BROOKE ROSINA Belfast

1784

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424 BROOKE ROSINA London

1784

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425 BROOKE ROSINA London

1784

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426 BROOKE ROSINA London

1784

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427 BROOKE ROSINA London

1786

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428 BROOKE ROSINA London

1788

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429 BROOKE (MRS.) ROSINA London

1790

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430 BROOKE ROSINA London

1796

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431 BROOKE ROSINA London

1805

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432 BROOKE ROSINA London

1805

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433 BROOKE ROSINA London

1810

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434 BROOKE ROSINA Edinburgh

1811

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435 BROOKE ROSINA London

1815

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436 BROOKE (RICHD.) LIVERPOOL as it was during the last Quarter of the XVIIIth Century Liverpool

1853

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437 BROOKIANA London

1804

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438 BROOKS (SHIRLEY) ASPEN COURT: A Story of our own time N. Y.

1856

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439 BROTHERHEAD (WM.) Book OF THE SIGNERS Phila.

1861

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440 BROUGH (ROBERT B.) CRACKER BON-BON for Christmas Parties London

1852

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441 BROUGH (R. B.) LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, from authentic sources London

1858

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442 BROUGH (R. B.) MISS BROWN; and MARSTON LYNCH London

1860

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443 BROUGHAM (JOHN) HUMOROUS STORIES N. Y.

1859

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444 [BROUGHAM (LORD)] ALBERT LUNEL; or, the Chateau of Languedoc London

1844

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445 BROUGHAM (LORD) BROUGHAM (LORD). LIFE AND TIMES of Edinb.

1871

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446 BROWN (CHAS. BROCKDEN) BROWN (CHAS. BROCKDEN). NOVELS Boston, London

1827-1822

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447 BROWN ARTHUR MERVYN, JANE TALBOT, AND CLARA HOWARD Boston

1827

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448 BROWN (DAVID PAUL) SERTORIUS; or, the Roman Patriot: a Tragedy Phila.

1830

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449 BROWN (DAVID PAUL) THE FORUM; or, Forty Years' Full Practice at the Philadelphia Bar Phila.

1856

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450 BROWN (JAMES) BROWN (JAMES). MEMOIR of Boston

1856

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451 BROWN (T. ALLSTON) HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN STAGE, containing Biographical Sketches of nearly every member of the Profession that has appeared on the American Stage, from 1733 to 1870 N. Y.

1870

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452 BROWN (THOMAS) REMAINS, Serious and Comical, in Prose and Verse, with a Key London

1720

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453 BROWN BROWN. TOM BROWN'S WORKS London

1719-30

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454 BROWN UNIVERSITY. Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of, Sept., 1864 Providence

1865

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455 BROWN (W. H.) PORTRAIT GALLERY of Distinguished American Citizens Hartford

1845

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456 [BROWNE (C. F.)] ARTEMUS WARD'S PANORAMA N. Y.

1869

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457 BROWNE (IRVING) OUR BEST SOCIETY: a Parlor Comedy Troy

1868

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458 BROWNE (JAMES) HISTORY OF THE HIGHLANDS, and of the Highland Clans Glasgow

1838

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459 BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT) BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT). POEMS N. Y.

1858

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460 BROWNING (ROBERT) BROWNING (ROBERT). MEN AND WOMEN. Poems Boston

1856

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461 BRYANT (W. C.) DISCOURSE on the Life, Character, and Writings of GULIAN CROMMELIN VERPLANCK N. Y.

1870

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462 BRYANT FESTIVAL AT "THE CENTURY," NOV. 5, 1864 N. Y.

1865

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463 BRYANT (WM. CULLEN) BRYANT (WM. CULLEN). POEMS Cambridge

1821

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464 BRYANT (WM. CULLEN) BRYANT (WM. CULLEN). POEMS N. Y.

1857

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465 BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN) BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN). POEMS N. Y.

1854

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466 BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON) AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries London

1834

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467 BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON) BRIEF CHARACTER of Matthew, Lord Rokeby Kent

1817

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468 BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON) BRITISH BIBLIOGRAPHER. Beautiful portraits Lon.

1810-14

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469 BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON) CENSURA LITERARIA, containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English Books London

1815

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470 BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON) CONINGSBY: a Tragic Tale (London, 1819) Sir Ralph Willoughby, an Historical Tale, with the Dedicatory Sonnets of Edmund Spenser, (Florence, 1820)

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471 BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON) IMAGINATIVE BIOGRAPHY London

1834

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472 BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON) RECOLLECTIONS OF FOREIGN TRAVEL; on Life London

1825

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473 BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON) RESTITUTA; or Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature, revived London

1814

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474 BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON) BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON). SELECT POEMS Kent

1814

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475 BRYDGES BRYDGES. SELECT POEMS Kent

1814

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476 BUCKINGHAM (J. T.) PERSONAL MEMOIRS and Recollections of Editorial Life Boston

1852

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477 BUCKINGHAM (J. T.) SPECIMENS OF NEWSPAPER LITERATURE Boston

1850

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478 BUCKMINSTER (JOSEPH S.) BUCKMINSTER (JOSEPH S.) SERMONS Boston

1821

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479 BUCKSTONE (J. B.) POPULAR DRAMAS, as Performed at the Metropolitan Theatres London

1835

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480 BULFINCH (THOS.) OREGON AND ELDORADO; or, a Romance of the Rivers Boston

1866

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481 BULLOCK (H. A.) HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF MAN London

1816

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482 BULWER (SIR E. LYTTON) BULWER (SIR E. LYTTON). DRAMAS AND POEMS. Richelieu, The Lady of Lyons, etc. Boston

1858

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483 BULWER (SIR E. LYTTON) LEILA; or, the Siege of Granada; and Calderon the Courtier London

1857

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484 BULWER NOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM N. Y.

1851

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485 BULWER (E. LYTTON) BULWER (E. LYTTON). NOVELS London

1867

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486 BULWER (SIR E. LYTTON) BULWER (SIR E. LYTTON). POETICAL AND DRAMATIC WORKS London

1852-4

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487 BUNGAY (GEORGE W.) OFF-HAND TAKINGS; or, Crayon Sketches of the Noticeable Men of the Age N. Y.

[1854]

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488 BUNKER HILL MONUMENT. Panoramic view from Boston

1848

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489 BUNN (ALF.) OLD ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND Phila.

1853

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490 BUNN (ALFRED) THE STAGE: both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "Observations taken on the spot" London

1840

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491 "BUNTLINE (NED," i. e., E. Z. C. Judson) MYSTERIES AND MISERIES of New York N. Y.

1849

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492 BUNYAN (JOHN) PILGRIM'S PROGRESS; beautifully illustrated with engravings on steel after Stothard and others London

n. d.

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493 BUNYAN (JOHN) PILGRIM'S PROGRESS N. Y.

1865

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494 BURFORD COTTAGE, and its Robin Red Breast Lond.

1835

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495 BURGESS (ELIZ.) LIFE OF BETTY BOLAINE (the Canterbury Miser), her Avarice and Depravity Canterbury

1832

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496 BURGOYNE (LT.-GEN. JOHN) BURGOYNE (LT.-GEN. JOHN). DRAMATIC AND POETICAL WORKS London

1807

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497 BURGOYNE (LIEUT.-GEN. JOHN) STATE OF THE EXPEDITION from Canada, as laid before the House of Commons by Lt.-Gen. Burgoyne London

1780

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498 BURGOYNE (LIEUT.-GEN.) STATE OF THE EXPEDITION from Canada, as laid before the House of Commons by Lieut.-General Burgoyne, and verified by Evidence London

1780

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499 BURK (JOHN) HISTORY OF VIRGINIA from its First Settlement to the Present Day, etc. Petersburg

1804-16

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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
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