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
2409 Shew (J.) HYDROPATHY:--Hand-book of hydropathy N. Y.

1845

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2410 Smethurst (T.) HYDROPATHY:--Hydrotherapia; or, the water cure Lond.

1843

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2411 HYDROPATHY:--Thatcher's (James) Observations on hydrophobia Plymouth

1812

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2412 HYGIENE:--Allcott's Library of health

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2413 HYGIENE:--Aikin's Art of preserving health Philad.

1804

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2414 Armstrong (J.) HYGIENE:--Art of preserving health Lond.

1803

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2415 Blackwell (E.) HYGIENE:--Laws of life with reference to the physical education of girls N. Y.

1852

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2416 Brigham (A.) HYGIENE:--Influence of religion upon the health Bost.

1835

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2417 Bull (S.) HYGIENE:--Hints to mothers for the management of health during the period of pregnancy N. Y.

1848

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2418 Coles (E. W. D.) HYGIENE:--Hints on health, skin, hair, teeth, and eyes Bost.

1858

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2419 Combe (A.) HYGIENE:--On the management of infancy Philad.

1844

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2420 HYGIENE:--Combe, Physiology of digestion and dietetics Edinb.

1836

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2421 Cazenave (M.) HYGIENE:--Diseases of the human hair

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2422 Griscom (J. H.) HYGIENE:--Uses and abuses of air N. Y.

1850

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2423 Gove (M. S.) HYGIENE:--Lectures to women on anatomy and physiology N. Y.

1846

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2424 Graham (Sylvester) HYGIENE:--Lectures on the science of human life Bost.

1839

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2425 Hollick (F.) HYGIENE:--Origin of life N. Y.

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2426 Hollick (F.) HYGIENE:--Outlines of anatomy and physiology Philad.

1844

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2427 Mead (Dr.) HYGIENE:--On the power and influence of the sun and moon on diseases N. Y.

1852

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2428 Parker's (Ed.) HYGIENE:--Handbook for mothers N. Y.

1857

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2429 HYGIENE:--Local reports on the sanitary condition of the laboring population of Great Britain Lond.

1842

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2430 Parry (Thos.) HYGIENE:--On diet Lond.

1844

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2431 HYGIENE:--Ticknor's Philosophy of living N. Y.

1840

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2432 HYGIENE:--Tracy (Stephen), Mother and offspring N.Y.

1853

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2433 HYGIENE:--Warren on the preservation of health Bost.

1846

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2434 Masters (Tho.) ICE:--The ice book; a concise history of everything connected with it Lond.

1844

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2435 Horrebow (N.) ICELAND:--Natural history of Iceland Lond.

1758

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2436 Pfeiffer's (Madam Ida) ICELAND:--Journey to Iceland, and travels in Sweden and Norway

1852

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2437 ICELAND:--ICONOGKAPHIC encyclopedia of science, literature, and art N. Y.

1850

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2438 ILLINOIS:--Beck's Gazetteer of States of Illinois and Missouri Albany

1823

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2439 Birkbeck (M.) ILLINOIS:--Letters from Illinois Lond.

1818

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2440 Brown (H.) ILLINOIS:--History of Illinois from its first discovery N. Y.

1844

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2441 ILLINOIS:--Wood's Illinois country, two years' residence in Lond.

1822

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2442 ILLINOIS:--ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, from the commencement, 1842, to 1857

1842

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2443 INGEMANN (B. S.) ILLINOIS:--Waldemar, from the Danish Lond.

1841

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2444 Andrada (J. F.) INDIA:--Life of Don John de Castro, Viceroy of India Lond.

1664

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2445 Auber (Peter) INDIA:--History of the rise and progress of British power in India, from authentic accounts Lond.

1846

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2446 INDIA:--Capper's Three presidencies of India; rise and progress of British Indian possessions Lond.

1853

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2447 Crawford (S.) INDIA:--Journal of an embassy from the governor general of India to the courts of Ava Lond.

1834

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2448 INDIA:--, Embassy to the courts of Siam and Cochin China Lond.

1830

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2449 Davis (H. W.) INDIA:--War of Ormuzd and Ahriman in the 19th century

1852

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2450 Doyley (Charles) INDIA:--Costume and Customs of modern India Lond.

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2451 Earl (G. W.) INDIA:--The eastern seas; or, voyages in the Indian Archipelago Lond.

1857

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2452 Fergusson (J.) INDIA:--Hindostan, picturesque illustrations of ancient architecture in

1847

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2453 INDIA:--Ferishta's History of the Dekkan, from the first Mahomedan conquests, and history of Bengal. Translated from the Persian, with continuation, &c. Shrewsbury

1794

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2454 Forbes (James) INDIA:--Oriental memoirs; a narrative of seventeen years' residence in India Lond.

1834

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2455 Forrest (Lieut. Colonel) INDIA:--Picturesque tour along the rivers Ganges and Jumna Lond.

1822

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2456 Grindlay (Capt.) INDIA:--Views in India; scenery, costume, and architecture, chiefly on the western side of India Lond.

1830

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2457 INDIA:--History of the military transactions in Indostan from 1745 Lond.

1786

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2458a Johnson (G. W., of the supreme court) INDIA:--Stranger in India, or three years in Calcutta

1843

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2458 Jackson (Sir Keith A.) INDIA:--Views in Afghanistan Lond.

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2459 Le Gentil (M.) INDIA:--Voyage dans les Mers de l'Inde, a l'occasion du passage de Venus Par. (Imp. Roy ale)

1779

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2460 Martin (Montgomery) INDIA:--History, antiquities, topography, and statistics of Eastern India in relation to their geology, botany, manufactures, arts, religion, &c. Lond.

1838

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2461 Mill's (James) INDIA:--History of British India

1848

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2462 INDIA:--Mohan Lal's life of Amir Dost Mohammed Khan of Kabul

1846

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2463 Murray (Hugh) INDIA:--History of British India Lond.

1858

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2464 Oliphant's (L.) INDIA:--Journey to Katmander (the capital of Nepaul), with the camp of Jung Bahadoor, &c. N. Y.

1852

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2465 INDIA:--Overland route to India Lond.

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2466 INDIA:--PALMERSTON. Exposition of transactions in Central Asia Lond.

1841

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2467 INDIA:--Price's Mahommedan history, from the death of the Arabian legislator to the accession of the emperor Akbar, and the establishment of the Mogul empire in Hindostan Lond.

1821

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2468 Princep (H. F.) INDIA:--History of the civil and military transactions in India, 1813-23 Lond.

1825

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2468a INDIA:--Savigny and Correard, Narrative of a voyage to Senegal in 1816 Lond.

1818

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2469 Spry's (Dr. H.) INDIA:--Modern India

1837

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2470 Sleeman (W. H.) INDIA:--The Thugs of India Phila.

1839

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2471 Teignmouth's (Lord) INDIA:--Life and correspondence

1842

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2472 Thomas (Capt.) INDIA:--Simla

1846

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2473 INDIA:--Valentia's (Lord) Voyages and travels in India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, from 1802 to 1806

1809

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2474 Vigne (G. T.) INDIA:--Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo, &c. Lond.

1846

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2475 INDIA:--Warren Hastings' Debates in the House of Lords on the trial of Lond.

1797

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2476 INDIA:--tarren Hastings' Gleig's memoirs of

1841

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2477 Wellesley (Marquis) INDIA:--Memoirs and correspondence

1846

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2478 INDIA:--Wilson's History of British India, from 1805 to 1835, and copious notes and illustrations Lond.

1848

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2479 Wright (Caleb) INDIA:--Lectures on India Bost.

1857

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2480 Dillon (J. B.) INDIANA:--History of Indiana

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2481 Ellsworth (H. W.) INDIANA:--Valley of the Upper Wabash N. Y.

1888

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2482 Adair's (James) INDIANS:--History of the American Indians adjoining the Mississippi, E. and W. Florida, Georgia, &c. Lond.

1775

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2483 Apes' (W.) INDIANS:--Indian nullification of the unconstitutional laws of Massachusetts, relative to the "Marshpee Tribe," or the pretended riot explained Bost.

1835

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2484 Blood (W.) INDIANS:--Visit to the Indians of Orialla Lond.

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2485 Blunt (Jos.) INDIANS:--Historical sketch of the formation of the confederacy N. Y.

1826

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2486 Catlin (Geo.) INDIANS:--Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians Lond.

1848

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2487 Church (T.) INDIANS:--History of the great Indian war of 1675 and '76, also the old French and Indian wars of 1689 to 1704 Hartford

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2488 Colden (C.) INDIANS:--History of the five Indian nations of Canada Lond.

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2489 INDIANS:--Copway's history of the Ojibway nation

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2490 De Forest (J. W.) INDIANS:--History of the Indians of Connecticut, from the earliest known periods to 1850 Hartford

1850

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2491 Davis (J.) INDIANS:--Pokahantas

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2492 Drake (B.) INDIANS:--Life of Tecumseh Cinn.

1850

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2493 INDIANS:--DuPonceau, Systeme grammatical des languesde quelques nations Indiennes de l'Amerique du Nord Paris

1838

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2494 Gordon (Dr. Bentley) INDIANS:--Historical and geographical memoir of the North American continent Dub.

1820

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2495 Jones (J. A.) INDIANS:--Tecumseh, and the prophet of the west Lond.

1844

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2496 INDIANS:--Lewis, Aboriginal portfolio

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2497 INDIANS:--M'Kenny & Hall's history of the Indian tribes of North America Phila.

1838

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2498 Parkman (F.) INDIANS:--History of the conspiracy of Pontiac, and the war of the North American Indians against the English colonies after the conquest of Canada Bost.

1851

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2499 Pidgeon (Wm.) Traditions of De-Coo-Dah, and antiquarian researches

1853

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2500 Schoolcraft (H. R.) Information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States Phila.

1853

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2501 Schoolcraft (H. R.) The myth of Hiawatha

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2502 Schoolcraft (H. R.) Notes on the Iroquois; or, contributions to American ethnology, chiefly in relation to the aboriginal history, population, and antiquities in Western New York Albany

1847

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2503 Schoolcraft (H. R.) Algic researches; or, inquiries respecting the mental characteristics of the Indians N. Y.

1836

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2504 Schoolcraft (H. R.) Personal memoirs of a residence of forty years with the Indian tribes on the American frontiers Phila.

1851

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2505 Seneca language--Christ's sermon on the mount, in the Seneca tongue, Seneca and English on opposite pages, with hymns N. Y.

1826

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2506 Sketches of aboriginal life N. Y.

1846

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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.
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