Bangs: Catalogue of Large and Valuable Library of L. D. Alexander, Esq. Part the First. To Be Sold At Auction, Monday and Five Following Days, March, 25-30, 1895 By Bangs & Co. 91 & 93 Fifth Avenue, New York, 25Mar1895,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 25, 1895 - March 25, 1895

Page Size: 2396 items in 24 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ABBOTT, CHAS. C.	Recent Rambles; or, In Touch with Nature	Phil.	1892	USD -	Unknown
2	ABBOTT, J. S. C.	History of Frederick the Second, called Frederick the Great	Lond.	1871	USD -	1.50
3	A'BECKETT, G. A.	The Quizziology of the British Drama. Comprising Stage Passions, Characters and Plays	Lond.	1846	USD -	2.00
4	ACTON, WM.	Prostitution, considered by its Moral, Social and Sanitary Aspects	Lond.	1857	USD -	1.50
5	Edited by his Grandson, C. F. Adams	ADAMS'S (JOHN) Letters, addressed to his Wife	Bost.	1841	USD -	Unknown
6	ADAMS	Letters of Mrs. Adams, the wife of John Adams	Bost.	1840	USD -	Unknown
7	ADDINGTON, JOHN F.	Poetical Quotations: being a Complete Dictionary of most elegant Moral, Sublime and Humorous Passages in the British Poets	Phil.	1829	USD -	1.00
8	ADDISON, CHAS. G.	History (The) of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church and The Temple	Lond.	1842	USD -	Unknown
9	ADDISON, Jos.	ADDISON, Jos. Works, collected by Mr. Tickell			USD -	3.00
10	ADDISON, JOSEPH	Sir Roger de Coverley, by The Spectator	Lond.	1850	USD -	2.75
11	ADELER, MAX	Out of the Hurly-Burly; or, Life in an Odd Corner	Phil., N. Y., &c.	1874	USD -	Unknown
12	ADSHEAD, JOSEPH	Prisons and Prisoners	Lond.	1845	USD -	1.60
13		ADVENTURE SERIES: Madagascar...	Lond.	1890-91	USD -	2.40
14		AEsop's FABLES. With a Life of the Author, and embellished with 112 plates	Lond.	1793	USD -	16.00
15	AESOP	AESOP'S FABLES	N. Y.	1868	USD -	2.75
16	AGAR, HON. GEO.	True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask	Lond.	1827	USD -	1.12
17	AIKIN, JOHN	Essays on Song-Writing. With a Collection of English Songs as are most eminent for Poetical Merit	Lond.	1810	USD -	Unknown
18	AINSWORTH, WM. H.	Flitch of Bacon; or, The Custom of Donmow	Lond.	1854	USD -	2.50
19	AINSWORTH, W. H.	Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason	Lond.	1857	USD -	2.25
20		AINSWORTH'S Latin Dictionary. Revised and Corrected by William Ellis	Lond.	1878	USD -	1.63
21	AINSWORTH, W. H. (Editor)	Nick of the Woods: a Story of Kentucky. By the author of Spartacus, &c	Lond.	1837	USD -	1.95
22	ALDRICH, H. L.	Arctic Alaska and Siberia: Eight Months with the Arctic Whalemen	N.Y.	1889	USD -	Unknown
23	ALDRICH, T. B.	From Ponkapog to Pesth	N.Y.	1883	USD -	1.10
24	ALDRICH, THOS. B.	Marjorie Daw and other Stories (Riverside Aldine Series)	Bost.	1885	USD -	Unknown
25	ALDRICH, THOS. B.	Mercedes and Later Lyrics	Bost.	1884	USD -	Unknown
26	ALDRICH, THOS. BAILEY	Poems	Bost. and N.Y.	1882	USD -	1.50
27	Edited by John Howell	ALEXANDER. The Life of Alexander Alexander, written by himself	Edinburgh and Lond.	1830	USD -	Unknown
28	ALEXANDER, JAS. W., D. D.	Discourses on Common Topics of Christian Faith and Practice	N.Y.	1858	USD -	Unknown
29		ALEXANDER, J. W., D.D. Forty Years' Familiar Letters, constituting...	N. Y.	1853-1860	USD -	1.05
30	ALEXANDER, JAS. W.	The Life of Archibald Alexander, D.D	Phil.	1857	USD -	Unknown
31	ALEXANDER, WM.	Avrora: Containing the First Fancies of the authors youth, William Alexander of Menstrie	Lond.	1604	USD -	11.00
32	ALEXANDER'S (WM.)	Poetical Works. Including his Christiad, Dramas and Minor Poems	Phil.	1847	USD -	Unknown
33	ALEXANDER, SIR WILLIAM	ALEXANDER, SIR WILLIAM. The Poetical Works of	Glasgow	1870	USD -	Unknown
34	ALFORD, HENRY	A Plea for the Queen's English	Lond.	1864	USD -	Unknown
35	ALISON, ARCHIBALD	Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste	Edinburgh	1825	USD -	Unknown
36	ALISON, ARCHIBALD	History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815	Edinburgh and Lond.	1849-50	USD -	5.25
37	ALISON, SIR ARCHIBALD	History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in 1852	Edinburgh and Lond.	1852-59	USD -	4.05
38	ALISON, SIR ARCHIBALD	Some Account of My Life and Writings. An Autobiography, edited by his daughter-in-law, Lady Alison	Edinburgh and Lond.	1883	USD -	1.00
39	ALLAN, JOHN	Memorial. Printed for the Bradford Club	N. Y.	1864	USD -	Unknown
40	ALLEN, GRANT	Colin Clout's Calendar	Lond.	1883	USD -	Unknown
41	ALLEN, GRANT	Falling in Love, with other Essays on more exact Branches of Science	N.Y.	1890	USD -	Unknown
42	ALLIBONE, S. AUSTIN	A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors	Phil.	1870-1871	USD -	12.75
43	ALLIBONE, S. AUSTIN	Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson	Phil.	1874	USD -	4.35
44	ALLIBONE, S. AUSTIN	Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay	Phil.	1876	USD -	4.25
45	Edward Giddings, &c	ALMANACS. Anti-Masonic Almanac, for 1829, '30, '31,'32, '33, '34	v. p.		USD -	1.50
46		ALMANACS. Anti-Masonic, 1831 and 1833...	v. p.		USD -	Unknown
47		ALMANACS, &c. Harrison Almanac, 1841 (2) one an Improved Edition...			USD -	Unknown
48		ALMANACKS. Josh Billings' Farmers' Allminax, for 1873-75-76...	v. s.		USD -	Unknown
49		ALMANACS. Know Nothing Almanac, for 1855 (2, different), 1856-1857...			USD -	2.10
50		ALMANACS. Nast's Almanac, for the years 1871-2-3-4-5			USD -	Unknown
51		ALMANACS. Political. Democrats' Almanac, 1840-41, N. Y....			USD -	4.48
52		ALMANAC. Poor Roger, 1769...	N. Y.		USD -	4.50
53		ALMANACK. Shakespeare Almanack and Companion, containing nearly Two Thousand Quotations from Shakespeare	Lond.	1875	USD -	Unknown
54	Edited by E. De V. Vermont	AMERICA HERALDICA: a Compilation of Coats-of-Arms, Crests and Mottoes of Prominent American Families settled in this country before 1800	N. Y.	n.d.	USD -	3.00
55	Edited by A. S. Packard, Jr., E. S. Morse, A. Hyatt, and F. W. Putnam	AMERICAN (THE) NATURALIST: a Popular Illustrated Magazine of Natural History	Salem, Mass.	1868-1882	USD -	22.00
56	ABBOTT, J. S. C.	Lives of the Presidents of the United States	Bost.	1867	USD -	Unknown
57		ABBOT AND SMITH'S Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia	Lond.	1797	USD -	32.00
58	ADAIR, JAS. T.	he History of the American Indians; particularly those nations adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia: Containing an Account of their Origin, Language, Manners, &c	Lond.	1775	USD -	21.00
59		ALABAMA. Wild Shrubs of Alabama; or, Rhapsodies of Restless Hours	N.Y.	1852	USD -	Unknown
60	John C. Stockbridge	AMERICAN POETRY. The Anthony Memorial. A Catalogue of the Harris Collection of American Poetry, with Biographical and Bibliographical Notes	Providence	1886	USD -	2.00
61	ANDRE	Vindication of the Captors of Major Andre	N. Y.	1817	USD -	1.12
62	Maj.-Gen. Jackson	ARBUTHNOT AND AMBRISTER. An Official Account of the Trial and Execution of	n. p.	1825	USD -	20.00
63	ATHERTON, WM. N.	arrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army under General Winchester	Frankfort, Ky.	1842	USD -	1.38
64	AVERY, I. W.	History of the State of Georgia, from 1850 to 1881. Embracing three Important Epochs-The Decade before the War of 1861-5; The War; The Period of Reconstruction	N.Y.	1881	USD -	2.75
65	BANCROFT, GEORGE	History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent	Bost.	1861-1875	USD -	51.00
66	BANCROFT, H. H.	Native Races of the Pacific States of North America	N. Y.	1875-76	USD -	8.50
67	BARTRAM, WM.	Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, The Cherokee Country, &c	Lond.	1794	USD -	4.50
68	BAYLES, RICHARD M.	History of Richmond County (Staten Island), New York	N.Y.	1887	USD -	6.50
69	T. D. Bonner	BECKWOURTH, JAS. P. Life and Adventures of. Mountaineer, Scout and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians	Lond.	1856	USD -	Unknown
70		BIBLIOTHECA CURIOSA and Col. Ad. Lamartine's Life and Times of Christopher Columbus...	Edin.	1885-8	USD -	1.00
71	BIRKBECK, MORRIS	Letters from Illinois	Lond.	1818	USD -	Unknown
72	BIRKBECK, MORRIS	Notes on a Journey from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois	Lond.	1818	USD -	Unknown
73	BOLTON, REV. ROBERT	The History of the Several Towns, Manors and Patents of the County of Westchester	N.Y.	1881	USD -	1.00
74	BOZMAN, JOHN L.	The History of Maryland from its First Settlement in 1633 to the Restoration in 1660, with a Copious Introduction and Notes, and illustrations	Balt.	1837	USD -	4.00
75	BRACKANRIDGE, H. M.	History of the Western Pennsylvania, commonly called the Whiskey, Insurrection, 1794	Pittsburgh	1859	USD -	1.87
76	BRINTON, DANIEL G. N.	otes on the Floridian Peninsula, its Literary History, Indian Tribes and Antiquities	Phil.	1859	USD -	1.50
77	BROWN, ALEXANDER	The Genesis of the United States. A Series of Historical Manuscripts now First Printed	Bost.	1890	USD -	8.50
78	BULFINCH, THOS.	Oregon and Eldorado; or, Romance of the Rivers	Bost.	1866	USD -	Unknown
79	BURKE (EDMUND)	Speech on American Taxation, Apl. 19, 1774	Lond.	1775	USD -	Unknown
80	BURR	A Letter to Aaron Burr, Vice-President of the U. S. of America, on the Barbarous Origin, the Criminal Nature and the Baneful Effects of Duels, occasioned by his late fatal Interview with the Deceased and much lamented General Alexander Hamilton	N. Y.	1804	USD -	1.70
81	BURR, AARON	Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr for Treason and for a Misdemeanor. With an Appendix containing the Arguments and Evidence. Taken in shorthand by David Robertson	Phil.	1808	USD -	22.00
82	BUTTERFIELD, C. W.	The Official Letters which passed between Washington and Brig.-Gen. Wm. Irvine	Madison	1882	USD -	Unknown
83		CATESBY'S Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, French and English	Lond.	1771	USD -	38.00
84		CATLIN'S North American Indian Portfolio	Lond.	1844	USD -	52.00
85	COLDEN, CADWALLADER D.	The Life of Robert Fulton, comprising some account of the invention, progress and establishment of steamboats	N. Y.	1817	USD -	4.00
86		COLUMBIAN MUSE (THE). A Selection of American Poetry from various Authors of Established Reputation	N. Y.	1794	USD -	3.25
87	COOKE, JOHN ESTEN	Virginia: a History of the People	Bost.	1883	USD -	Unknown
88	COZZENS, ISSACHAR, JR.	A Geological History of Manhattan or New York Island, together with a map of the island, and a suite of Sections, Tables and Columns for the Study of Geology	N. Y.	1843	USD -	3.50
89	DAVIS, M. L.	Memoirs of Aaron Burr, with Selections from his Correspondence	N.Y.	1836	USD -	3.50
90	DAVIS, REUBEN	Recollection of Mississippi and Mississippians	Bost.	1889	USD -	1.50
91	DAWSON, HENRY B. B.	attles of the United States by Sea and Land	N.Y.	1858	USD -	1.75
92	DE SMET, REV. P. J.	New Indian Sketches	N. Y.	1865	USD -	2.50
93	DE SMET, REV. P. J.	New Indian Sketches	N. Y.	n.d.	USD -	Unknown
94	DE SMET, REV. P. J.	Western Missions and Missionaries: a Series of Letters	N.Y.	1863	USD -	3.50
95	DE TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS	Democracy in America	Cambridge	1862	USD -	3.50
96	DE VERE, M. SCHELE	Americanisms, the English of the New World	N.Y.	1872	USD -	Unknown
97	DILWORTH, H. W. T.	The History of the Bucaniers of America	Lond.	1759	USD -	Unknown
98	DODDRIDGE, REV. DR. Jos. N.	Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the western parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania, from the year 1763 to 1783, inclusive	Wellsburgh, Va.	1824	USD -	6.00
99	DOMENECH, ABBE. M.	Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico	Lond.	1858	USD -	2.00
100	DOMENECH, ABBE EM.	Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America	Lond.	1860	USD -	3.50

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