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
1902		SEPULCHRAL MOTTOES (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX). Consisting of Original Verses Composed for Public Adoption as Epitaphs on Tombs and Gravestones	Lond.	1819	USD -	Unknown
1903	SIMPSON, JOSEPH	A Collection of Curious, Interesting, Quaint and Facetious Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions	Lond.	1861	USD -	Unknown
1904	SNOW, JOSEPH	Original Epitaphs and Churchyard Thoughts, in Verse	Lond.	1847	USD -	1.13
1905	STONE, MRS.	God's Acre; or, Historical Notices relating to Churchyards	Lond.	1858	USD -	Unknown
1906	TEGG, WM.	Epitaphs: Witty, Grotesque, Elegant, &c	Lond.	1875	USD -	Unknown
1907	TISSINGTON, SILVESTER	A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions on the most Illustrious Persons of all Ages and Countries	Lond.	1857	USD -	Unknown
1908	TOLDERRY, W.	Select Epitaphs, collected by W. T	Lond.	1755	USD -	2.40
1909	TURBERVILE, GEORGE	Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonnets, with a Discourse of the Friendly Affections of Tymetes to Pyndara		1567	USD -	10.50
1910		USE OF THE DEAD TO THE LIVING	Albany	1827	USD -	Unknown
1911	WALKER, G. A.	Gatherings from Grave Yards, particularly those of London	Lond.	1839	USD -	Unknown
1912	WHITMORE, WM. H.	The Graveyards of Boston	Albany	1878	USD -	1.00
1913	WILLIAMS, REV. MORGAN	Collectaneous Epitaphs, chiefly designed to assist surviving relations in fixing upon suitable inscriptions for tombs and grave-stones	Carmarthen	1823	USD -	1.70
1914	Wm. Conant Church	ERICSSON, JOHN. The Life of	Lond.	1890	USD -	2.20
1915	ESQUIROS, ALPHONSE	English Seaman and Divers	Lond.	1868	USD -	Unknown
1916	EVANS, ELIZABETH EDSON	The Abuse of Maternity	Phil.	1875	USD -	Unknown
1917	E(VELYN), J(OHN)	The Golden Book of St. John Chrysostom, concerning the Education of Children	Lond.	1659	USD -	2.00
1918	EVEREST, REV. CHAS. W.	Poets of Connecticut, with Biographical Sketches	Phil.	1851	USD -	Unknown
1919	EVERETT	A Memorial of Edward Everett, from the City of Boston	Bost.	1865	USD -	Unknown
1920	EVERETT	Tribute to the Memory of Edward Everett, by the New-England Historic-Genealogical Society	Bost.	1865	USD -	Unknown
1921		FABLIAUX; or, Tales from French MSS. of the Xllth and XIIIth Centuries, by Le. Grand	Lond.	1800	USD -	3.25
1922	Edidit J. Bailey	FACCIOLATI, JACOBI, ET FORCELLINI	Londini	1828	USD -	3.20
1923	Edited by W. Oldyo, Author of the British Librarian.	FACETIAE. A Collection of Epigrams	Lond.	1727	USD -	2.20
1924	FAIRHOLT, F. W. Gog and Magog	The Giants of Guildhall	Lond.	1859	USD -	Unknown
1925	FAIRHOLT, F. W.	Tobacco: Its History and Associations	Lond.	1859	USD -	Unknown
1926	FALCONER, THOS.	On Surnames and the Rules of Law Affecting their Change	Lond.	1863	USD -	1.10
1927		FAMILIAR FRENCH QUOTATIONS AND PROVERBS, n. d...	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	Unknown
1928	FANE, VIOLET	Poems	Lond.	1892	USD -	1.50
1929	FARMER, JOHN S.	Americanisms, Old and New	Lond.	1889	USD -	4.75
1930	FARMER, JOHN S.	Slang and Its Analogues, Past and Present; Historical and Comparative Dictionary of the Heterodox Speech of all Classes of Society for Three Hundred Years	Lond.	1890-93	USD -	27.00
1931	FARNHAM, LUTHER	A Glance at Private Libraries	Bost.	1855	USD -	Unknown
1932	FARRAR, F. W.	Darkness and Dawn...	Lond.	1891	USD -	4.20
1933	FARRAR, F. W., D.D.	The Life of Christ	N. Y.	1874	USD -	2.60
1934		FARRAR'S Life of Christ	N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	4.80
1935	FARRAR, REV. F. W.	Seekers After God	Lond.	1875	USD -	1.75
1936	FARRAR, F. W., D.D.	The Life and Works of St. Paul	Lond.	1879	USD -	6.25
1937	FERGUSON, R.	English Surnames and their Place in the Teutonic Family	Lond.	1858	USD -	1.62
1938	FIELD, HENRY M.	Bright Skies and Dark Shadows	N. Y.	1890	USD -	Unknown
1939	FIELD, H. M.	From Egypt to Japan	N. Y.	1877	USD -	Unknown
1940	ADAMS, A. L.	Field and Forest Rambles, with Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern Canada	Lond.	1873	USD -	1.00
1941	ADAMS, W. H. D. and H. Giacomelli	The Bird World Described with Pen and Pencil	Lond.	1880	USD -	1.10
1942		ADVICE TO SPORTSMEN, Noviciates or Grown Persons, with Anecdotes	Lond.	1809	USD -	1.30
1943	ALKEN'S (HENRY)	Sketches. The Stable, The Road, The Park, The Field		1824-1854	USD -	31.00
1944		AMERICAN SHOOTER'S MANUAL	Phil.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1945		AMERICAN SHOOTER'S MANUAL	Phil.	1827	USD -	Unknown
1946		AMERICAN TURF REGISTER AND SPORTING MAGAZINE	Phil.	1830-1834	USD -	20.00
1947	Edited by Wm. T. Porter	AMERICAN TURF REGISTER AND SPORTING MAGAZINE	N. Y.	1840	USD -	3.50
1948		ANALYSIS (THE) of The Hunting Field: A Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters that Compose One	Lond.	1846	USD -	20.50
1949	ANDERSON, CHAS. J.	The Lion and Elephant	Lond.	1873	USD -	Unknown
1950		ANECDOTES of the Origin and Antiquity of Horse-Racing, from the Earliest Times	Lond.	1825	USD -	1.60
1951		AN ESSAY ON SHOOTING	Lond.	1791	USD -	Unknown
1952		A NEW BOOK OF SPORTS. Reprinted from the Saturday Review.	Lond.	1885	USD -	Unknown
1953	John D. Caton	ANTELOPE AND DEER OF AMERICA (THE)	N. Y.	1877	USD -	1.63
1954	Nimrod	(APPERLEY, CHAS. J.). The Chace; The Turf, and The Road	Lond.	1843	USD -	1.50
1955	Robin Hood	ARCHERY AND ARCHNESS	Lond.	1834	USD -	Unknown
1956		ARIAN on Coursing	Lond.	1831	USD -	2.25
1957	ARMIGER, CHARLES	Sportsman's Vocal Cabinet	Lond.	1831	USD -	Unknown
1958	AUDUBON, JAS. A.	A Synopsis of the Birds of North America	Edinburgh and Lond.	1839	USD -	1.75
1959	AUDUBON'S (J. J.)	Life and Adventures	Lond.	1869	USD -	2.60
1960	AUDUBON, J. J.	Ornithological Biography; or, an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America, accompanied by descriptions of the Objects represented in the Work entitled The Birds of America	Edinburgh	1831-1839	USD -	26.50
1961		BADEN-POWELL, WARINGTON. Canoe Traveling: Log of a Cruise on the Baltic	Lond.	1871	USD -	Unknown
1962		BADMINTON LIBRARY. Cycling, by Viscount Bury and C. Lacy Hillier	Lond.	1887	USD -	6.25
1963		BADMINTON LIBRARY. Golf, by Horace G. Hutchinson	Lond.	1890	USD -	7.00
1964		BADMINTON LIBRARY. Hunting, by the Duke of Beaufort and Mowbray Morri.s	Lond.	1885	USD -	1.25
1965		BADMINTON LIBRARY. Riding, by Captain Robert Weir, and Polo, by J. Moray Brown	Lond.	1891	USD -	7.25
1966		BADMINTON LIBRARY. Tennis and Lawn Tennis, by J. M. Heathcote; Rackets, by E. O. P. Bouverie; Fives, by A. C. Ainger	Lond.	1890	USD -	5.25
1967		BAIRD, BREWER, AND RIDGEWAY. A History of North American (Land) Birds	Bost.	1875	USD -	30.00
1968		BAKER, SIR S. W., Rifle and Hound in Ceylon, illustrated, Lond. 1874...			USD -	1.10
1969	BAKER, SIR S. W.	Wild Beasts and their Ways. Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America	Lond.	1890	USD -	Unknown
1970	BALDWIN, CAPT. J. H.	The Large and Small Game of Bengal and Northwestern Provinces of India	Lond.	1876	USD -	1.00
1971	BALL, V.	Jungle Life in India; or, the Journeys and Journals of an Indian Geologist	Lond.	1880	USD -	1.30
1972	BARNARD, REV. M. R.	Sport in Norway and Where to Find It	Lond.	1834	USD -	Unknown
1973	BATES, H. W.	The Naturalist on the River Amazon	Lond.	1863	USD -	5.00
1974	BECKFORD	Thoughts on Hunting, in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend	Lond.	1781	USD -	1.00
1975	BECKFORD, PETER	Thoughts on Hunting, in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend	Lond.	1820	USD -	Unknown
1976	BELANY, JAS. C.	A Treatise upon Falconry, in two parts		1841	USD -	Unknown
1977	BELL, THOS.	A History of British Reptiles	Lond.	1849	USD -	Unknown
1978	BERKELEY, HON. GRANTLEY F.	A Month in the Forests of France	Lond.	1857	USD -	1.60
1979	BERKELEY, HON. GRANTLEY F.	English (The) Sportsman in the Western Prairies	Lond.	1861	USD -	1.50
1980	BERKELEY, HON. GRANTLEY F.	Fact against Fiction. The Habits and Treatment of Animals Practically Considered	Lond.	1874	USD -	Unknown
1981	BERKELEY, HON. GRANTLEY F.	Reminiscences of a Huntsman	Lond.	1854	USD -	5.00
1982	BERENGER (BARON DE)	Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property	Lond.	1835	USD -	Unknown
1983	BERNERS, DAME JULIANA	Boke (The) of Saint Albans, containing Treatises on Hawking, Hunting, and Cote Armour	Lond.	1881	USD -	1.75
1984	BEWICK, THOS.	A Description of More than Three Hundred Animals, Interspersed with Anecdotes	Lond.	1829	USD -	3.10
1985	BIGSBY, JOHN J.	The Shoe and Canoe...	Lond.	1850	USD -	Unknown
1986	BISHOP, N. H.	Four Months in a Sneak Boat	Bost.	1879	USD -	Unknown
1987	BISHOP, N. H.	Four Months in a Sneak-Box	Bost.	1879	USD -	Unknown
1988	BODDAM-WHETHAM, J. W.	Western Wanderings. A Record of Travel in the Evening Land	Lond.	1874	USD -	Unknown
1989	BONER, CHAS	Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria	Lond.	1853	USD -	1.20
1990	BONER, CHAS	Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria	Lond.	1853	USD -	1.10
1991	BONER, CHAS	Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol	Lond.	1860	USD -	Unknown
1992	BONER, CHAS	Forest Creatures	Lond.	1861	USD -	Unknown
1993	BOWDEN, REV. J.	The Naturalist in Norway; or, Notes on the Wild Animals, Birds, Fishes, &c	Lond.	1869	USD -	Unknown
1994	BREES, C. R.	History of the Birds of Europe not observed in the British Isles	Lond.	1866-67	USD -	9.00
1995	BRODERIP, W. J.	Zoological Recreations	Lond.	1847	USD -	Unknown
1996		BROMLEY-DAVENPORT, W. Sport: Fox-Hunting, Salmon Fishing, Covert-Shooting and Deer-Stalking	Lond.	1885	USD -	1.30
1997	BROWN, JOHN, M. D.	Rab and His Friends	Edinburgh	1878	USD -	Unknown
1998		BROWN, MR. PISISTRATUS, In the Highlands, frontispiece..	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	Unknown
1999	BUCKLAND, FRANCIS T.	Curiosities of Natural History	Lond.	1867-8	USD -	1.40
2000	BULGER, GEO. E.	Leaves from the Records of St. Hubert's Club; Reminiscences of Sporting Expeditions in Many Lands	Lond.	1864	USD -	Unknown
2001		BUMSTEAD. Shooting on the Wing and the Art of Loading to Kill	N. Y.	1873	USD -	Unknown

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Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

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