Leavitt & Co.: CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE PRIVATE LIBRARY, COMPRISING AN EXTENSIVE AND SELECT COLLECTION OF CHOICE BOOKS, IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE, Embracing Fine London Editions of the Best Standard Works, and an immense number of Rare, Curious, and Recherche Boo, 18590516,

Auction Details

Auction Date
May 16, 1859 - May 16, 1859
Page Size: 5010 items in 51 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2208 GOODRICH (S. A.) GIPSIES:--Gems of British poetry Phila.

1855

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2209 GOODRICH (F.) GIPSIES:--Man upon the sea; or, a history of maritime adventure, from the earliest ages to the present time Phila.

1858

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2210 GORTON'S (John) GIPSIES:--General biographical dictionary

1851

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2211 GOSSE (M.) GIPSIES:--Lovers of La Vendee Middletown, Conn.

1808

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2212 GIPSIES:--GRAHAM'S Magazine

1850

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2213 GRAHAME (James) GIPSIES:--The Sabbath N. Y.

1857

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2214 GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--Sixty views of endowed grammar schools Lond.

1827

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2215 GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GRANT'S beauties of modern British poetry Aberdeen

1850

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2216 GRANT (Mrs., of Laggan) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--Memoirs of an American lady Lond.

1817

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2217 GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GRANT, Random recollections of the house of commons Phila.

1836

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2218 GRATTAN (H.) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--Memoirs of the life and times of Hon. H. Grattan Lond.

1839

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2219 GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GRAYS Botany of the United States exploring expedition

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2220 GRAY'S (Thomas) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GRAY'S (Thomas) Poems N. Y.

1778

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2221 GRAY'S (Thomas) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GRAY'S (Thomas) Poems Lond.

1826

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2222 GRAY'S (Thomas) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GRAY'S (Thomas) Poems Lond.

1775

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2223 GRAY'S (Thomas) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GRAY'S (Thomas) Poetical works Eton

1845

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2224 GRAY'S (Thomas) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GRAY'S (Thomas) Poetical works Phila.

1851

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2225 GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GRAY, The Bard Lond.

1837

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2226 GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GREAT Britain illustrated Lond.

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2227 GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GREAT Exhibition, official description and illustrated catalogue of the

1852

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2228 GREELEY (H.) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--Hints towards reforms N.Y.

1850

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2229 GREELEY (H.) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--GREELEY (H.), Life of N. Y.

1855

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2230 GREGG (J.) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--Commerce of the prairies N. Y.

1845

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2231 GREY (Mrs.) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--Novels, various

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2232 GROSSI (P.) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--Marco Visconti Lond.

1844

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2233 GROTIUS (Hugo). GRAMMAR SCHOOLS:--The rights of War and Peace Lond.

1852

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2234 GREECE:--Athenian letters. Maps and numerous portraits Dublin

1792

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2235 Bossel (Lieut.-Col. C. P.De) GREECE:--Parza and the Ionian islands London

1822

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2236 Bulwer (E. L.) GREECE:--Athens, its rise and fall N. Y.

1838

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2237 Crowe (E. E.) GREECE:--Greek and the Turk Lond.

1853

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2238 GREECE:--Dodwell's views in Greece

USD - Unknown
2239 GREECE:--Drummond's Sparta and Athens Lond.

1794

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2240 Gordon (T.) GREECE:--History of the Greek revolution and the emancipation of Greece from the Turkish yoke

1844

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2240a GREECE:--History of Greece, from the earliest times to its final subjection to Rome Lond.

1829

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2241 GREECE:--Mitford's history of Greece Lond.

1835

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2242 GREECE:--Mitford's History of Greece Lond.

1789

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2243 GREECE:--Neihbuhr's tales of Greece Lond.

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2244 GREECE:--Pictorial history of Greece, Macedonia, and Syria Lond.

USD - Unknown
2245 Postello (G.) GREECE:--De magistratibus Atheniensium liber Venetiis

1541

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2246 GREECE:--Recherches sur l'origine, l'esprit et les propes des arts de la Grece sur leur connexion avec les arts et la religion des plus anciens peuples connus Lond.

1785

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2247 GREECE:--Sketches of modern Greece Lond.

1828

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2248 Smith (Dr.) GREECE:--History of Greece N. Y.

1854

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2249 Stanhope (Col.) GREECE:--Greece in 1823 and 1824 Lond.

1824

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2250 St. John (J. A.) GREECE:--History of the manners and customs of ancient Greece Lond.

1842

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2251 GREECE:--Stuart's and Revett's antiquities of Athens Lond.

1825

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2252 Tennent (Sir James Emerson) GREECE:--History of modern Greece, from its conquest by the Romans, B. C. 146

1835

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2253 Williams (H. W.) GREECE:--Select views in Greece Lond.

1829

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2254 GREEK LANGUAGE:--Arnold's Greek reading N. Y.

1848

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2255 GREEK LANGUAGE:--Arnold's First Greek lessons N. Y.

1846

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2256 GREEK LANGUAGE:--Arnold's Practical introduction to Greek prose composition, key to Lond.

1847

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2257 GREEK LANGUAGE:--Arnold's Greek accidence, key to Lond.

1849

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2258 Crosby's (N.) GREEK LANGUAGE:--Greek grammar Bost.

1855

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2259 Donnegan's (J.) GREEK LANGUAGE:--Greek and English lexicon Lond.

1826

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2260 Donnegan's (J.) GREEK LANGUAGE:--Greek and English lexicon Phila.

1852

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2261 Graves' (Rev. J.) GREEK LANGUAGE:--Greek and English dictionary Bost.

1841

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2262 Sophocles (E. A.) GREEK LANGUAGE:--History of the Greek alphabet Camb.

1848

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2263 Dunn (H.) GUATEMALA:--Guatemala in 1827 N. Y.

1828

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2264 Juarro (Don) GUATEMALA:--Statistical and commercial history of the kingdom of Guatemala, in Spanish America Lond.

1823

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2265 Montgomery (G. W.) GUATEMALA:--Narrative of a journey to Guatemala N. Y.

1839

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2266 Thompson (G. A.) GUATEMALA:--Narrative of a visit to Guatemala from Mexico Lond.

1829

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2267 J. P. Thomson GUATEMALA:--HALE (D.), Memoir of N. Y.

1850

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2268 GUATEMALA:--HALL'S Wilderness and war path, &c. N. Y.

USD - Unknown
2269 HALL (Mrs. James) GUATEMALA:--Phantasia and other poems N. Y.

1849

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2270 HALL (R.) GUATEMALA:--Apology for the freedom of the press Bost.

1827

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2271 HALLAM (H.) GUATEMALA:--HALLAM'S (H.), Works Paris

1841

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2272 HALLAM (H.) GUATEMALA:--View of the state of Europe during the middleages Lond.

1841

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2273 Nott (Dr. E.) HAMILTON:--Sermon on the death of General Hamilton Albany

1804

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2274 HAMILTON:--Coleman, Collection of tracts and documents relative to the death of Major-General Hamilton, together with orations, sermons, and eulogies N. Y.

1804

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2275 HAMILTON:--HAMILTON'S (all published) Lond.

1824

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2277 HAMILTON:--HAMILTON'S cottages of Glenburnie Lond.

USD - Unknown
2278 HAMILTON'S (Mrs.) HAMILTON:--Memoirs of modern philosophers Balt.

1801

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2279 HANWAY (M. A.) HAMILTON:--Elinor, or, the world as it is Lond.

1798

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2280 HAMILTON:--HAND books and other tracts

USD - Unknown
2281 HAMILTON:--HARPER'S observations on the dispute between the United States of America and France, and other historical tracts

USD - Unknown
2282 HAMILTON:--HARPER'S New monthly magazine N. Y.

1850

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2282a HAMILTON:--HARPER'S New monthly magazine

1854

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2283 HARRISON (W. H.) HAMILTON:--HARRISON (W. H.), Obsequies of Lond.

USD - Unknown
2284 HARPER (R. G.) HAMILTON:--HARPER (R. G.), Select works Balt.

1814

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2285 HARRISON (G.) HAMILTON:--Freighter's guide

1842

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2286 HANCOCK (J.) HAMILTON:--Oration at Boston in 1770

1824

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2287 HARRIOTT (J.) HAMILTON:--(resident magistrate of the Thames police)

1809

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2288 HAMILTON:--HARRY Coverdale's courtship, and what came of it N. Y.

USD - Unknown
2289 HART'S (J. S.) HAMILTON:--Female prose writers of America

USD - Unknown
2290 HATTON (Sir Christopher, chancellor to Queen Elizabeth) HAMILTON:--HATTON (Sir Christopher, chancellor to Queen Elizabeth), Memoirs of the life and times of Bent.

1847

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2291 HAWKESWORTH (Dr.) HAMILTON:--Adventurer Lond.

1793

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2292 HAYWARD (Mrs.) HAMILTON:--The turtle's inquiry after happiness, and the enchanted lovers Lond.

1819

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2293 HAWTHORNE (N.) HAMILTON:--Mosses from an old manse N. Y.

1856

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2294 HAMILTON:--HAZLITT'S Spirit of the age N. Y.

1851

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2295 HAMILTON:--HEADLEY'S Miscellaneous works N. Y.

1849

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2296 HAMILTON:--HEADLEY'S Miscellanies N. Y.

1850

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2297 HAMILTON:--HEADLONG Hall and nightmare abbey N. Y.

1848

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2298 HAMILTON:--HEARTS of steel

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2300 HAMILTON:--HAYLEY'S Select poems Phila.

1813

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2301 HAMILTON:--HAYWARD'S Quintescence of English poetry Lond.

1740

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2302 HAMILTON:--HAZARD'S United States commercial and statistical register Phila.

1840

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2303 HAMILTON:--HAZARD'S Register of Pennsylvania, devoted to the preservation of facts and documents and every kind of useful information respecting the State of Pennsylvania Phila.

USD - Unknown
2304 HAMILTON:--HENLEY'S Distinct claims of government, a sermon at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1772 Eng.

1772

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2305 HEMANS (Mrs.) HAMILTON:--HEMANS' (Mrs.), Poems Phila.

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2306 HERBERT (Hon. W.) HAMILTON:--Helga, a poem Lond.

1815

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2307 HERBERT (Hon. and Rev. W.) HAMILTON:--Attila, king of the Huns Lond.

1838

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    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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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
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