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
1402 COCKBURN The Unfortunate Englishmen: A Faithful Narrative of the Distresses and Adventures of John Cockburn, T. Bounce, J. Holland, R. Banister, J. Balmain and T. Robinson Lond.

1794

 USD - 2.00
1403 COGHLAN'S (MRS.) Memoirs (Daughter of Major Moncrieffe) Lond.

1794

 USD - 5.75
1404 COLE, JOHN WM. Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean Lond.

1859

 USD - 3.75
1405 COLEMAN, ROBT. W. A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Waltonian Library of N. Y.

1866

 USD - 2.50
1406 COLLECTANEA ADAMANTEA. A Collection of Historical Documents... Edinburgh

1886

 USD - 1.50
1407 COLLECTANEA ADAMANTAEA. Ancient Popular Poetry, from Authentic Manuscripts and Old Printed Copies Edinburgh

1884

 USD - Unknown
1408 COLLECTANEA ADAMANTAEA. Chronicles of London... Edinburgh

1885-7

 USD - 1.13
1409 COLLECTANEA ADAMANMANTAEA. Cottoni Posthuma... Edinburgh

1884

 USD - Unknown
1410 COLLECTANEA ADAMANTAEA. Hermippus Redivivus... Edinburgh

1885

 USD - Unknown
1411 COLLECTANEA ADAMANTNAEA. History of the Devils of Londun... Edinburgh

1887

 USD - Unknown
1412 COLLECTANEA ADAMANTNAEA. Kempes Nine Daies Wonder... Edinburgh

1884

 USD - Unknown
1413 COLLECTANEA ADAMANTAEA. Lucina Sine Concubitu... Edinburgh

1885

 USD - Unknown
1414 COLLECTANEA ADAMANTAEA. Narrative of the Events of-' the Siege of Lyons... Edinburgh

1884-5

 USD - Unknown
1415 COLLECTANEA ADAMANTAEA. Odd Vols... Edinburgh

1884-88

 USD - Unknown
1416 COLLECTANEA ADAMANTAEA. The Field of Bloud; Pathomachia... Edinburgh

1887-8

 USD - Unknown
1417 COLLECTANEA ADAMANTAEA. Un-Natural History of Myths of Ancient Science, translated from the Latin by E. Goldsmid Edinburgh

1886

 USD - Unknown
1418 COLLEGE WORDS AND CUSTOMS. A Collection Cambridge

1851

 USD - 1.10
1419 COLLET, STEPHEN Relics of Literature Lond.

1823

 USD - Unknown
1420 G. L. N. Collingwood COLLINGWOOD. A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood N. Y.

1829

 USD - Unknown
1421 COLMAN, GEORGE (the Younger) Broad Grins. Comprising with new additional Tales in Verse Lond.

1819

 USD - Unknown
1422 COLMAN, GEORGE (the Younger) Broad Grins. My Nightgown and Slippers, and other Humorous Works, now first collected Lond.

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
1423 COLTON, CALVIN Life and Times of Henry Clay N. Y.

1846

 USD - 1.00
1424 Calvin, VERPLANCK Report of the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Wilderness... Albany

1874-1886

 USD - 1.86
1425 COMIC ARITHMETIC Lond.

1844

 USD - 2.25
1426 COMMENTARY (THE), Wholly Biblical: An Exposition in the very words of Scripture Lond.; N. Y.

n. d.

 USD - 3.00
1427 CONGREVE (WM.) Dramatic and Poetical Works Birmingham

1761

 USD - 18.00
1428 CONSETT, MATTHEW A Tour through Sweden, Swedish-Lapland, Finland and Denmark Lond.

1789

 USD - 2.62
1429 CONYBEARE AND HOWSON'S Life and Epistles of St. Paul Lond.

1856

 USD - 7.00
1430 COOK, MARC. The Wilderness Cure N. Y.

1881

 USD - Unknown
1431 COOKE, M. C. Fungi: Their Nature, Influence and Uses Lond.

1875

 USD - Unknown
1432 COOKE, M. C. Plain and Easy Account of British Fungi Lond.

1871

 USD - Unknown
1433 COOKE, M. C. Rust, Smut, Mildew and Mould. Study of Microscopic Fungi Lond.

1878

 USD - Unknown
1434 Tabella Cibaria COOKERY. The Bill of Fare: a Latin Poem, implicitly translated and fully explained in copious and interesting notes relating to the pleasures of Gastronomy and the Mysterious Art of Cookery Lond.

1820

 USD - 2.25
1435 COOLEY, T. M. Sketches of the Life and Character of Rev. Lemuel Haynes N. Y.

1837

 USD - Unknown
1436 COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE Novels N. Y.

1859-61

 USD - 156.80
1437 COOPER, JAS. FENIMORE History of the Navy of the United States of America Lond.

1839

 USD - 4.00
1438 COOPER, J. FENIMORE Recollections of Europe Paris

1837

 USD - 1.00
1439 COOPER, Miss. SUSAN FENIMORE Rural Hours N. Y.

1851

 USD - 1.13
1440 COOPER, THOS. Wise Saws and Modern Instances Lond.

1845

 USD - Unknown
1441 COOPER, T. SIDNEY My Life Lond.

1890

 USD - Unknown
1442 COOPER, REV. W. M. A History of the Rod in all Countries from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Lond.

1869

 USD - 3.25
1443 COPPINGER, R. W. Cruise of the Alert, Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian and Mascarene Waters (1878-82) Lond.

1883

 USD - Unknown
1444 CORBOLD, T. S. Entozoa: an Introduction to the Study of Helminthology, with reference to the Internal Parasites of Man Lond.

1864

 USD - 1.00
1445 CORDIER, F. S. Les Champignons de la France Histoire, Description, Culture, Usages Paris

1870

 USD - 2.55
1446 CORNWALL, BARRY Dramatic Scenes Lond.

1857

 USD - 2.13
1447 COSTELLO, LOUISA STUART Memoirs of Eminent Englishwomen Lond.

1844

 USD - 5.50
1448 COSTELLO, LOUISA STUART Specimens of the Early Poetry of France, from the Time of the Troubadours and Troureres to the Reign of Henry Quatre Lond.

1835

 USD - 2.50
1449 COTTIN, MADAME Elizabeth; or, the Exiles of Siberia: a Tale founded upon Facts Lond.

1822

 USD - Unknown
1450 COTTON, CHAS. Virgil Travestie: a Mock Poem on the First and Fourth Books of Virgil's AEneis, in English Literature Lond.

1807

 USD - 1.25
1451 COULTER, JOHN Adventures on the Western Coast of South America and the Interior of California Lond.

1847

 USD - Unknown
1452 COVERLEY, SIR ROGER DE Lond.

1884

 USD - Unknown
1453 COWLEY'S (A.) Works in Prose and Verse Lond.

1809

 USD - 2.25
1454 Cox, PALMER The Brownies, their Book N. Y.

1887

 USD - Unknown
1455 Cox, SAMUEL S. Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey N. Y.

1887

 USD - Unknown
1456 Cox, SAML. S. Search for Winter Sunbeams in Riviera, Corsica, Algiers and Spain N. Y.

1870

 USD - Unknown
1457 Cox, S. S. Why We Laugh N. Y.

1876

 USD - Unknown
1458 COXE, PETER Social Day (The): a Poem Lond.

1823

 USD - 4.50
1459 COZZENS, F. S. Sparrowgrass Papers, or Living in the Country... N. Y.

1870-1871

 USD - 2.00
1460 CRANE, WM. C. Life and Select Literary Remains of Sam Houston of Texas Phil.

1884

 USD - Unknown
1461 CRAUFURD, ALEX. H. General Craufurd and His Light Division Lond.

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
1462 CRAWHALL'S Chap-book Chaplets Lond.

1883

 USD - 1.60
1463 CREASY, E. S. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World, from Marathon to Waterloo Lond.

1859

 USD - 5.50
1464 CREECY, COL. J. R. Scenes in the South, and other Miscellaneous Pieces Wash

1860

 USD - Unknown
1465 P. F. Tytler CRICHTON. Life of the Admirable Crichton, with Original Papers by P. F. Tytler Edinburgh

1823

 USD - 1.75
1466 CRINGLE'S (TOM) LOG Edinburgh

1833

 USD - 3.25
1467 CRISWELL, R. W. New Shakespeare (The) and other Travesties N. Y.

1882

 USD - Unknown
1468 CROKER, T. CROFTON Legends of the Lakes; or. Sayings and Doings of Killarney. Collected Chiefly from the Manuscripts of R. A. Lynch Lond.

1829

 USD - 4.25
1469 CROKER, T. CROFTON Memoirs of Joseph Holt, General of the Irish Rebels in 1798 Lond.

1838

 USD - Unknown
1470 CROKER, T. CROFTON Popular Songs of Ireland Collected and Edited, with Introduction and Notes Lond.

1839

 USD - Unknown
1471 CROKER, T. CROFTON Researches in the South of Ireland. Its Scenery, Architectural Remains, Manners and Superstitions of the Peasantry, with a Private Narrative of the Rebellion of 1798 Lond.

1824

 USD - 1.63
1472 CROMWELL, THOS. Excursions Through Ireland... Lond.

1820

 USD - 6.60
1473 CRUDEN, ALEX A Complete Concordance of the Old and New Testament. With a Memoir by Wm. Young-man Lond.

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
1474 A'BECKETT, GILBERT A. The Comic Blackstone Lond.

1844

 USD - 1.30
1475 A'BECKETT, GILBERT A. The Comic Blackstone Lond.

1846

 USD - Unknown
1476 A'BECKETT, GILBERT A. Comic Blackstone Lond.

1868

 USD - 1.88
1477 Jack Sheppard AINSWORTH, W. H. A Romance Lond.

1839

 USD - 11.25
1478 ALLAN A New, Improved and Authentic Life of James Allan, the Celebrated Northumberland Piper, Detailing his Surprising Adventures Newcastle-on-Tyne

1828

 USD - 1.00
1479 ANECDOTES, Bon Mots, Traits, Stratagems and Biographical Sketches of the Most Remarkable Highwaymen, Swindlers and Other Daring Adventurers Lond.

1797

 USD - 11.00
1480 ANGELO'S Pic Nic; or, Table Talk, Including Numerous Recollections of Public Characters on the Stage of Life for Fifty Years Lond.

1834

 USD - 2.00
1481 ANGELO'S Pic Nic; or, Table Talk, Including Numerous Recollections of Public Characters who have figured on the Stage of Life for the Last Fifty Years Lond.

1834

 USD - 3.25
1482 BARKER, M. H. Land and Sea Tales, by the Old Sailor Lond.

1836

 USD - 4.00
1483 BARKER, M. H. Old Sailor's Jolly Boat, Laden with Tales and Yarns to Please all Hands, Pulled by Wit, Fun, Humour and Pathos Lond.

n. d.

 USD - 2.12
1484 BARKER, M. H. Tough Yarns: a Series of Naval Tales and Sketches, by the Old Sailor Lond.

1835

 USD - 1.63
1485 BARON MUNCHAUSEN'S Travels and Surprising Adventures Lond.

1869

 USD - 3.25
1486 BLAKEY, ROBT. Old Faces in New Masks Lond.

1859

 USD - 1.00
1487 BLEWITT, MRS. OCTAVIAN The Rose and the Lily. How they Became the Emblems of England and France Lond.

1877

 USD - Unknown
1488 BOWING, JOHN Minor Morals for Young People Illustrated in Tales and Travels Lond.

1834

 USD - 3.75
1489 BROUGH, R. B. The Life of Sir John Falstaff. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. With a Biography of the knight from authentic sources Lond.

1858

 USD - 13.00
1490 BRUCE, CARLTON Mirth and Morality. A collection of Original Tales Lond.

1834

 USD - 1.05
1491 BYRON, LORD Don Juan-Cantos 1 to 5. A correct copy from the Original Edition Lond.

1821

 USD - 4.25
1492 CHEMISTRY NO MYSTERY; or, A Lecturer's Bequest. A Course of Lectures delivered by an Old Philosopher Lond.

1839

 USD - Unknown
1493 CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL, H. Puck on Pegasus Lond.

1868

 USD - Unknown
1494 CHRISTMAS STORIES. Containing John Wildgoose, the Poacher; The Smuggler; and Good-Nature, or Parish Matters Lond.

1835

 USD - 1.10
1495 CLARKE, WM. Three Courses and a Dessert. The decorations of George Cruikshank Lond.

1830

 USD - 1.25
1496 COLLIER, JOHN Tim Bobbin's Lancashire Dialect, and Poems Lond.

1833

 USD - Unknown
1497 Edited by Louisa H. Sheridan COMIC OFFERING (THE); or, Ladies Melange of Literary Mirth for 1832 and 1835 Lond.

1832-5

 USD - 1.10
1498 CRUIKSHANK, GEO. A Comic Alphabet. Designed, Etched and. Published by Geo. Cruikshank Lond.

1837

 USD - 9.00
1499 CRUIKSHANK A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of George Cruikshank Lond.

1871

 USD - 58.50
1500 CRUIKSHANKIANA An Assemblage of the Most Celebrated Works of George Cruikshank Lond.

1835

 USD - 3.00
1501 CRUIKSHANK An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank Lond.

1840

 USD - 5.50
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    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: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
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