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
4602 Gage (Thomas) WEST INDIES:--Nouvelle relation Amst.

1720

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4603 WEST INDIES:--Madden's Twelve months' residence in the West Indies during the transition from slavery to apprenticeship Lond.

1835

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4603a WEST INDIES:--Pinckard's Notes on the West Indies Lond.

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4603b WEST INDIES:--Southey's Chronological history of the West Indies Lond.

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4604 Raynal (Abbe) WEST INDIES:--A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies Lond.

1788

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4605 Riland (J.) WEST INDIES:--Memoir of a West India planter Lond.

1837

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4606 Sloane (Sir Hans) WEST INDIES:--Voyage to the islands of Madeira, Barbadoes, Nevis, St. Christopher's, and Jamaica Lond.

1707

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4607 Tertre (J. B. de) WEST INDIES:--Histoire generale des Isles de Christophe Par.

1654

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4608 Young (Sir W.) WEST INDIES:--West Indies. Common place book, from parliamentary documents Lond.

1807

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4609 WEST INDIES:--WESTERN Review Columbus, Ohio

1846

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4610 WEST INDIES:--WESTMINSTER ABBEY, Smyth's Biographical illustrations of Lond.

1843

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4611 WEST INDIES:--WESTMINSTER Review

1858

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4612 WESTWOOD (J. O.) WEST INDIES:--Paleographia sacra pictoriae Lond.

1846

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4613 WHARTON'S (F.) WEST INDIES:--State trials of the United States Phila.

1849

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4614 WHEATON (H.) WEST INDIES:--History of the Northmen or Danes and Normans Lond.

1831

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4615 WHEATON (H.) WEST INDIES:--Some account of the life, writings, and speeches of Wm. Pinkney N. Y.

1826

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4616 WHEATON (H.) WEST INDIES:--Address at the N. Y. Athenaeum N. Y.

1825

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4617 WEST INDIES:--WHEATSHEAF (The) Phila.

1857

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4618 WHITE (Henry Kirke) WEST INDIES:--WHITE (Henry Kirke), Remains of Lond.

1826

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4619 WHITE (Dr. W.) WEST INDIES:--Sermon before the convention at Philadelphia, 1786 Lond.

1786

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4620 WEST INDIES:--WIDE AWAKE gift, Know-Nothing token N. Y.

1855

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4621 WEST INDIES:--WIFE Hunter Phila.

1838

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4622 WIGHT (G. W.) WEST INDIES:--Romance of Abelard and Heloise N. Y.

1853

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4623 WIKOFF (H.) WEST INDIES:--My courtship and its consequences N. Y.

1855

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4624 WILD (Chas.) WEST INDIES:--Specimens of the Ecclesiastical Architecture of the middle ages... Lond.

1828

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4625 Foreign Cathedrals WEST INDIES:--A selection of choice examples of the Ecclesiastical Architecture of the middle ages, chiefly in France

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4626 WILKES (John) WEST INDIES:--North Briton, from No. I. to No. XLVI. inclusive

1719

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4627 WILKES (Chas.) WEST INDIES:--United States exploring expedition, during the years 1838, '39, '40, '41, '42 Phila.

1850

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4628 WILKINSON and BURR WEST INDIES:--Clark (D.), Proofs of the corruption of Gen. Wilkinson and his connection with Burr Phila.

1809

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4629 WEST INDIES:--WILKINSON'S Murdaugh's trial at Louisville

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4629a WILLIAMS'S (H. W.) WEST INDIES:--Select views in Greece Lond.

1829

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4630 WILLIS (N. P.) WEST INDIES:--People I have met N. Y.

1850

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4631 WILLIS (N. P.) WEST INDIES:--Out doors at Idlewild N. Y.

1855

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4632 WILLIS (N. P.) WEST INDIES:--Poems, sacred, passionate, and humorous N. Y.

1848

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4633 Brady (J. H.) WEST INDIES:--WILLS. Plain advice on the making of wills Lond.

1839

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4634 WEST INDIES:--WILSON'S Hudson River, &c.

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4635 WILLYAMS (Rev. C.) WEST INDIES:--Voyage up the Mediterranean under Admiral Nelson Lond.

1802

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4636 WEST INDIES:--WINKLE, Cathedrals

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4637 J. P. Kennedy WEST INDIES:--WIRT (William), Memoirs of Phila.

1850

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4638 Cavendish (G.) WOLSEY:--Life of Cardinal Wolsey Chiswick

1825

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4639 Fiddes (Richard, D. D.) WOLSEY:--The life of Cardinal Wolsey Lond.

1724

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4640 Sir E. Brydges, editor WOMAN:--Breton's Praises of virtuous ladies Lee Priory

1815

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4641 WOMAN:--Dialogues concerning the ladies Lond.

1785

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4642 WOMAN:--English House-wife. Containing the inward and outward virtues which ought to be in a complete woman Lond.

1651

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4643 Gisborne (Thos.) WOMAN:--On the duties of women

1747

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4644 Hale's (Mrs. S. J.) WOMAN:--Distinguished women of every age Phila.

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4645 Jamieson's (Mrs.) WOMAN:--Characteristic of women, moral, poetical, and historical Bost.

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4646 Junot (Mme.) WOMAN:--Memoirs of celebrated women of all countries Phila.

1835

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4647 Meiners (C.) WOMAN:--History of the female sex Lond.

1808

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4648 Parsons (B.) WOMAN:--Mental and moral dignity of woman Lond.

1842

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4649 Starling's (Miss) WOMAN:--Noble deeds of woman, or examples of female courage, fortitude, and virtue Lond.

1857

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4650 Th. Smith, editor WOMAN:--WONDERS of nature and art Lond.

1803

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4651 WOOD (J. P.) WOMAN:--Memoirs of John Law. Including an account of the Mississippi scheme Edin.

1824

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4652 WOMAN:--WOOD'S Meetings for amusing knowledge Lond.

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4653 WOODWORTH (S.) WOMAN:--Champions of freedom; a romance, founded on the war of 1812 N. Y.

1816

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4654 WORDSWORTH (William) WOMAN:--WORDSWORTH (William), Poetical works Phila.

1854

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4656 WORDSWORTH (Dr. William) WOMAN:--WORDSWORTH (Dr. William), Memoirs of Bost.

1851

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4657 WORDSWORTH (W.) WOMAN:--The excursion N. Y.

1849

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4658 WORTLEY WOMAN:--WORTLEY'S Poems Lond.

1835

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4659 WOMAN:--WYLD'S Map of the world on Mercator's projection Lond.

1841

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4660 YOUNG WOMAN:--YOUNG'S Poetical works Phila.

1805

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4661 YOUNG (Dr.) WOMAN:--Night thoughts Lond.

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4662 YOUNG (Dr.) WOMAN:--The Centaur not fabulous Newburyport

1806

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4664 Norman (B. M.) YUCATAN:--Rambles in Yucatan N. Y.

1843

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4665 Stephens (J. L.) YUCATAN:--Incidents of travels in Yucatan N. Y.

1843

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4666 YUCATAN:--ZAHN'S Les plus beaux ornemens et Ies tableaux les plus remarkables de Pompeii, d'Herculaneum, et de Stabiae Berlin

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4667 YUCATAN:--ZIMMERMAN on Solitude Wilm.

1797

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4667a AMERICAN State Papers, Documents, legislative, and executive, of the Congress of the United States, from the first session commencing March 3, 1823 Wash.

1832

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4668 CABINET Gallery of pictures. With biographical and critical descriptions by Allan Cunningham

1834

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4669 PARKER (Theo.) Critical and miscellaneous writings Bost.

1843

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4670 Baron Von Muffling PASSAGES FROM MY LIFE. TO which are added memoirs of the campaigns of 1813 and 1814

1853

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4671 PUGIN'S New work on floreated ornaments

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4672 JOURNAL of a Cruise in the U. S. Ship Delaware, 74, in the Mediterranean in 1833-'34; and a journey to Jerusalem Mahon

1835

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4673 MACHIAVELLI (N.) Florentine histories N. Y.

1845

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4674 LATINI Pacata Drepanii panegyricus, cum notis Puteani Jureli, &c., cum animadversiones Wopkensii curante arntzenio Amstel.

1753

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4675 MAXWELL (W. H.) Legends of the Cheviots and the Lammermuir; a companion to the wild sports of the west Lond.

1849

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4676 BANDINI, Epitalamium on Leopold II

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4677 THOMAS CAMPBELL'S Life of Mrs. Siddon's

1834

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4678 STEUBEN (Baron de) Letter on the subject of an established militia, addressed to the inhabitants of the United States N. Y.

1784

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4679 SMITH (William D. D.) Some account of the charitable corporation lately erected for the relief of the widows and children of clergymen, &c., in America Phila.

1769

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4680 AN ADDRESS to the people of the State of New York on the subject of the constitution agreed upon at Philadelphia, Sept. 17, 1787 N. Y.

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4681 THE INSTRUCTOR, a weekly paper N. Y.

1755

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4682 THE GLORY OF AMERICA; or, Peace triumphant over war Phila.

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4683 MINUTES of the Baptist Association held at New York Oct. 1787 N. Y.

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4684 LIVINGSTON (R. R.) Orations before the Society of Cincinnati, 4th of July N. Y.

1787

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4685 REPORT of an action of assault, &c., between Thomas Forsey pl'ff, and Waddel Cunningham, d'ft. Wants last leaf N. Y.

1764

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4686 OSGOOD (Samuel, and Walter Livingston) Report on the establishment of a mint

1786

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4686a OBSERVATIONS on the justificative memorial of the Courts of London and Paris Phila.

1781

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4686b BRIEF narrative of the case and trial of Peter Zenger, printer of the New York Weekly Journal, for libel N. Y.

1770

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4687 BURKE (Edmund) Speech on moving his resolutions for conciliation with the Colonies, Mar. 22, 1775 Lond.

1775

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4688 SHORT ADDRESS to the government, the merchants, manufacturers, and colonists in America, and the Sugar Islands Lond.

1775

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4689 INTEREST (The), Of the merchants and manufacturers of Great Britain in the present contest with the colonies stated and considered Lond.

1776

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4690 Dr. Samuel Johnson THOUGHTS on the late transactions respecting Falkland's Islands Lond.

1771

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4691 Dr. Samuel Johnson PATRIOT (The), Addressed to the electors of Great Britain Lond.

1774

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4692 Dr. Samuel Johnson TAXATION no tyranny. An answer to the resolutions and address of the American Congress Lond.

1775

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4693 LETTERS from a farmer in Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the British colonies Philad.

1774

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4694 LETTERS of Governor Hutchinson and Lieutenant-Governor Oliver, &c. Lond.

1774

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4695 ADAMS (Amos) Concise historical view of the difficulties, hardships, and perils which attended the planting and progressive improvements of New England Lond.

1770

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4696 MASSACHUSETTENSIS: a series of letters containing a faithful statement of many important facts, &c. Lond.

1776

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4697 FRIENDLY ADDRESS to all reasonable Americans, on the subject of political confusions, &c. Lond.

1774

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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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