OShaughnessy: Catalogue of An Interesting Collection of Books and Pamphlets on American History. To Be Sold At Auction Tuesday Afternoon and Wednesday Morning and Afternoon, March 14th and 15th, 1916, 18,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 14, 1916 - March 14, 1916

Page Size: 958 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
200	COTTON (HENRY)	A Typographical Gazetteer Attempted	Oxford	1831	USD -	Unknown
201	CURWEN (HENRY)	A History of Booksellers: the Old and the New	London	(1874)	USD -	Unknown
202	DELEPIERRE (OCTAVE)	Analyse des Travaux de la Societe des Philobiblon de Londres	Londres	1862	USD -	Unknown
203	ELTON ( CHARLES I. and M. A.)	The Great Book-Collectors	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
204	FIELDING (MANTLE)	Catalogue of the Engraved Work of David Edwin	Phil.	1905	USD -	Unknown
205	GREEN (SAMUEL A.)	A List of Early American Imprints belonging to the Massachusetts Historical Society	Cambridge	1895	USD -	Unknown
206	GREEN (SAMUEL A.)	A Supplementary List of Early American Imprints (1646-1693)	Cambridge	1898	USD -	Unknown
207	GREEN (SAMUEL A.)	A Third Supplementary List of Early American Imprints: 1668-1700; with Notes	Cambridge	1903	USD -	Unknown
208	GREPPO (J. G. H.)	Essay on the Hieroglyphic System of M. Champollion	Boston	1830	USD -	Unknown
209	GROWOLL (A.) and EAMES (W.)	Three Centuries of English Booktrade Bibliography, etc	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
210	HORNE (T. H.)	Introduction to the Study of Bibliography	London	1814	USD -	Unknown
211	LANG (ANDREW)	The Library. With a Chapter on Modern English Books by Austin Dobson	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
212	[LENOX (JAMES)]	The Early Editions of King James' Bible in Folio	New York	(1861)	USD -	Unknown
213		LITERATURE (LA) CANADIENNE: de 1850-1860	Quebec	1863	USD -	Unknown
214	LUCOMBE (P.)	History and Art of Printing	London	1771	USD -	Unknown
215	MADAN (FALCONER)	Books in Manuscript: a short Introduction to their Study and Use, with a chapter on Records	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
216	[MATTHEWS (ALBERT)]	List of New England Magazines: 1743-1800	Cambridge	1910	USD -	Unknown
217	Paul Lacroix	MOLIERE. Bibliographie Molieresque (1663-1865)	Paris		USD -	Unknown
218		NEWARK, N. J. Books, Pamphlets and Newspapers printed at Newark: 1776-1900. Compiled by F. P. Hill and V. L. Collins		1902	USD -	Unknown
219	OLDCASTLE (JOHN)	Journals and Journalism: with a Guide for Literary Beginners	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
220	PALMER (S.)	A General History of Printing from the First Invention of it in the City of Mentz With the Characters of famous Printers, etc	London	1733	USD -	Unknown
221	RINGWALTER (J. L.)	American Encyclopedia of Printing	Phil.	1871	USD -	Unknown
222	RODEN (ROBERT F.)	The Cambridge Press, 1638-1692	New York	1905	USD -	Unknown
223	SLATER (J. H.)	Book Collecting: a Guide for Amateurs	London	1892	USD -	Unknown
224	THACKERAY (W. M.)	Bibliography of: 1829-1880, arranged in Chronological Order	London	(1880)	USD -	Unknown
225	BIGELOW (JACOB)	Florula Bostoniensis. A Collection of Plants of Boston and its Vicinity, etc	Boston	1824	USD -	Unknown
226		BILLERICA, Mass. Historical Memoir of (Farmer), Amherst...			USD -	Unknown
227		BLUNT'S Edition of the National Almanac, for 1818	New York	1816	USD -	Unknown
228	BODGE (GEORGE M.)	The Narragansett Fort Fight, Dec. 19, 1675	Boston	1886	USD -	Unknown
228A	BODGE (GEORGE M.)	A Brief History of King Philip's War: 1675-1677	Boston	1891	USD -	Unknown
229	A. C. Goodell	BOSTON MASSACRE (THE), by A. C. Goodell, 1887;-The Boston Masacre, March 5, 1770 (S. A. Green), 1900	Boston and Worcester		USD -	Unknown
230		BOSTON. Historical View of the Public Celebrations of the Washington Society, and those of the Young Republicans	Boston	1823	USD -	Unknown
231		BOSTON. Poems (8) delivered [1837-42] before the Mechanic Apprentices' Library Association, by Members of the Institution	Boston	1842	USD -	Unknown
232		BOSTON THEATRE. The Ray	Boston	1871-72	USD -	Unknown
233	BOWDITCH (N. I.)	Suffolk Surnames	Boston	1857	USD -	Unknown
234	BRACKENRIDGE (H. M.)	Views of Louisiana; containing Geographical, Statistical and Historical Notices	Baltimore	1817	USD -	Unknown
235	BRADFORD (ALDEN)	Memoir of the Life and Writings of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew (his activities in the Stamp Act agitation, and other movements of his time. etc.)	Boston	1838	USD -	Unknown
236	BRISBANE (ALBERT)	Social Destiny of Man: or Association and Reorganization of Industry	Phil.	1840	USD -	Unknown
237		BROOKLYN, N. Y. Discourse, Plymouth Church, Nov. 25, 1847 (Henry Ward Beecher)...			USD -	Unknown
238		BROOKLYN, N. Y. J. S. Stoddard's Proposed Canal	Brooklyn	(1856)	USD -	Unknown
239		BROOKLYN, N. Y. The Double Suicide...	N. Y.	(1855)	USD -	Unknown
240		BROOKLYN Collegiate Institute, for Young Ladies	Brooklyn	(1830)	USD -	Unknown
241	BROWN (JOHN, Invasion, etc.)	Anderson (O. P.: One of Brown's Men). A Voice from Harper's Ferry: a Narrative of Events at Harper's Ferry	Bost.	1861	USD -	Unknown
242	BROWN (JOHN, Invasion, etc.)	John Brown Invasion (The); History of the Harper's Ferry Tragedy; with full Details of the Capture, Trial and Execution of the Invaders	Bost.	1860	USD -	Unknown
243	BROWN (JOHN, Invasion, etc.)	Sanborn (F. B.). Memoirs of John Brown (written for Orcutt's History of Torrington, Ct.)	Mass.	1878	USD -	Unknown
244	BROWN (JOHN, Invasion, etc.)	Anti-Slavery Standard: nos. 1011-1021 (wanting 1013). 10 nos			USD -	Unknown
245	BROWN (JOHN, Invasion, etc.)	Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Va. (also letter to John Brown, and his reply)	Boston	1860	USD -	Unknown
246	BROWN (JOHN, Invasion, etc.)	Broadside. John Brown. Respectfully dedicated to the Young Monkey Crazy, by C. A. Boggs	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
247	BROWN (JOHN, Invasion, etc.)	Wait (P.: of Danvers, Mass.). A Descriptive Poem of the Calamity at Lawrence, Jan. 10, 1860. Also [pp. 14, 15, 16] Lines to the Memory of John Brown	Danvers	(1860)	USD -	Unknown
248	BROWN (JOHN, Invasion, etc.)	The Anti-Slavery Cause in America and its Martyrs	London	1863	USD -	Unknown
249		BUFFALO, N. Y			USD -	Unknown
250	[BURGESS (GEORGE)]	Pages from the Ecclesiastical History of New England: 1740-1840	Boston	1847	USD -	Unknown
251	BURKE (WM.)	The Mineral Springs of Western Virginia: their use, etc	New York	1842	USD -	Unknown
252		BURLINGTON, N. J. IMPRINT. Rural Economy, or Essays on the Practical Arts of Husbandry ... To which is added the Rural Socrates, being Memoirs of a Country Philosopher	Burlington	1793	USD -	Unknown
253	J. Parton	BURR (AARON). Life and Times of	N. Y.	1858	USD -	Unknown
254	J. Parton	Message from the President of the United States transmitting a Copy of the Proceedings and of the Evidence Exhibited on the Arraignment of Aaron Burr and others	Washington	1807	USD -	Unknown
255	BURR (GEORGE)	Historical Address, relating to the County of Broome, N. Y	Binghamton	1876	USD -	Unknown
256		BURR'S Map of New York, with Guide, including Steamboat Stage and Canal Register (pp. 36)	New York	1834	USD -	Unknown
257		BYINGTON (E. H.). The Puritan in England and New England	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
258		CALHOUN. Measures, not Men	New York	1823	USD -	Unknown
259	L. R. Paige.	CAMBRIDGE, Mass. History of: 1630-1877; with Genealogical Register	Boston	1877	USD -	Unknown
260	W. J. Stillman, editor	CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Poetical Localities	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
261		CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Procedings, July 3, 1875. Centennial Anniversary of Washington's Taking Command of the Continental Army, on Cambridge Common. Plates	Cambridge	1875	USD -	Unknown
262	Holmes, Lowell and others.	CAMBRIDGE, Mass. 250th Anniversary of the Settlement of (with addresses, etc., by Holmes, Lowell and others)	Cambridge	1881	USD -	Unknown
263		CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Cambridge 50 Years a City: 1846-96	Cambridge	1896	USD -	Unknown
264	Arthur Gilman, editor	CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Cambridge of 1896: fifty Years after its Incorporation; done by Divers Hands (John Fiske, Charles W. Eliot, W. J. Rolfe and others)	Cambridge	1896	USD -	Unknown
265	CAMPBELL (A.)	A Voyage round the World...	Roxbury, Mass.	1825	USD -	Unknown
266		CAPE COD Centennial Celebration, pp. 92, Barnstable, 1840...			USD -	Unknown
267	Richard M. Hunt.	CENTRAL PARK (N. Y.). Designs for the Gateways of the Southern Entrances	N. Y.	1866	USD -	Unknown
268	Clarence C. Cook.	CENTRAL PARK (N. Y.). Description of the New York Central Park	New York <1869.		USD -	Unknown
269	J. N. Cardozo.	CHARLESTON, S. C. Reminiscences of	Charleston	1866	USD -	Unknown
270	Wm. Gilmore Simms.	CHARLESTON, S. C.The Charleston Book: a Miscellany in Prose and Verse	Charleston	1845	USD -	Unknown
271	Buchan (Wm.)	Imprint. Domestic Medicine, etc	Charleston	1807	USD -	Unknown
272	H. W. Swinnerton	CHERRY VALLEY, N. Y. Historical Account of the Presbyterian Church at: 1752-1876 (with sketches of the place, its people, etc.)	Cherry Valley	1876	USD -	Unknown
273	CHILD (LYDIA M.)	The Progress of Religious Ideas, through Successive Ages	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
274	CHILD (LYDIA M.)	Letters from New York...	New York and Boston	1845-83	USD -	Unknown
275	CLINTON (DE WITT)	Introductory Discourse, before the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York, May 4, 1815 (with notes, etc	New York	1815	USD -	Unknown
276	[CLYME (JAMES)]	Pocahontas; a Proclamation	(Hartford	(1820)	USD -	Unknown
277	COBBETT (WM.)	A Year's Residence in the United States	1818-19.		USD -	Unknown
278	COGGESHALL (GEORGE)	Thirty-six Voyages to Various Parts of the World, made between 1799 and 1841	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
279	Bakewell (R.)	COLORED PLATES. Travels in the Tarentaise and various Parts of the Grecian and Pennine Alps	London	1823	USD -	Unknown
280	Bertin and Breton	COLORED PLATES. China: its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, etc	London	1813	USD -	Unknown
281		CONFEDERATE. Suggestions relative to the Picket Guard at Charleston Bridge		Jan. 10th, 1863	USD -	Unknown
282		CONFEDERATE. Virginia Laws. Acts of the General Assembly, Wheeling, Dec. 2, 1861	Wheeling	1862	USD -	Unknown
283		CONFEDERATE. Chaudron's Spelling Book, carefully prepared for Family and School Use	Mobile	1865	USD -	Unknown
284	Clap (Thomas)	CONNECTICUT. An Essay on the Nature and Foundation of Moral Virtue and Obligation; being a Short Introduction to the Study of Ethics for the Use of Students of Yale College	New Haven	1765	USD -	Unknown
285		CONNECTICUT. Outline History of New Haven: 1638-1884...			USD -	Unknown
286	COOPER (SAMUEL)	A Sermon before His Excellency, Thomas Pownall, Captain-General and Governor in Chief . . . of the Massachusetts Bay, October 16th, 1759	Boston	(1759)	USD -	Unknown
287	COOPER (SAMUEL)	Sermon, Oct. 25, 1780	Boston	(1780)	USD -	Unknown
288	COPCUTT (FRANCIS)	Leaves from a Bachelor's Book of Life	New York	1860	USD -	Unknown
289	COREY (ALLEN)	Gazetteer of the County of Washington, N. Y.: a correct Statistical and Miscellaneous History of the County and several Towns from their Organization to the present Time	N. Y.	1849-50	USD -	Unknown
290		COSTUME. The Mirror of the Graces: the English Lady's Costume, etc	New York	1815	USD -	Unknown
291		CURIOUS. Mrs. Gurney's Apology (for her adultery). In Justification of Mrs. H.'s Friendship	Phil.	1860	USD -	Unknown
292		ACTS (The) of Incorporation, Bye-Laws, Rules and Regulations of the Bank of the United States	Phil.	(1791)	USD -	Unknown
293	BANNISTER (S.)	William Paterson, the Merchant Statesman, and Founder of the Bank of England: his Life and Trials	Edinburgh	1858	USD -	Unknown
294	[BARKER (JACOB)]	Disclosure of the real parties to the purchase and sale of the Tradesmen's Bank (N. Y.), 1826	New York,	(1826)	USD -	Unknown
295	[CAMBRELING (C. C.)]	An Examination of the New Tariff proposed by Hon. Henry Baldwin	New York	1821	USD -	Unknown
296	CAREY (MATTHEW)	Examination of the Pretensions of New England to Commercial Pre-Eminence	Phil.	1814	USD -	Unknown
297	CAREY (MATTHEW)	Autobiographical Sketches	Phil.	(1829)	USD -	Unknown
298		COMMERCIAL CONDUCT (The) of the United States of America considered, and the true Interest thereof, attempted to be shown by a Citizen of New York	N. Y.	1786	USD -	Unknown

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