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
2202	MALET, CAPTAIN	Annals of the Road; or, Notes on Mail and Stage Coaching in Great Britain	Lond.	1876	USD -	7.00
2203	MANLEY, J. J.	Notes on Game and Game Shooting	Lond.	1880	USD -	Unknown
2204	MARKHAM, GERVASE	Hunger's Prevention; or, The Whole Art of Fowling, by water and land	Lond.	1655	USD -	6.00
2205	MARRYAT, CAPT.	Joseph Rushbrook ; or, The Poacher	Lond.	1841	USD -	1.80
2206	MARSTON, E.	Frank's Ranche; or, My Holiday in the Rockies	Bost.	1886	USD -	Unknown
2207	MARTINEAU, HARRIET	Forest and Game-Law Tales	Lond.	1845	USD -	1.80
2208	MAXWELL, W. H.	Highlands and Islands: being a Sequel to Wild Sports of the West.	Lond.	1852	USD -	1.50
2209	MAXWELL, W. H.	Wild Sports of the West, with Legendary Tales and Local Sketches by the author of Stories of Waterloo.	Lond.	1832	USD -	2.25
2210	MAYER, JOHN	The Sportsman's Directory; and Park and Game Keeper's Companion	Lond.	1845	USD -	Unknown
2211	MCCONNEL, J. L.	Western Characters. Types of Border Life in Western States	N. Y.	1853	USD -	Unknown
2212		MILLER'S The Poacher, illustrated...	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	1.00
2213	MILLS, JOHN	Life (The) of a Foxhound	Lond.	1861	USD -	7.25
2214	MILLS, JOHN	Sportsman's Library (The)	Edinburgh	1845	USD -	Unknown
2215	MINOT, H. D.	Land-Birds and Game Birds of New-England, with Descriptions of the Birds, their Nests and Eggs, &c	Salem, Mass.	1877	USD -	1.70
2216	MORGAN, LEWIS H.	American Beaver, and his Works	Phil.	1868	USD -	4.00
2217	MORRIS, BEVERLEY R.	British Game Birds and Wild Fowl	Lond.	1855	USD -	4.00
2218	MORRIS, REV. F. O.	A History of British Birds...	Lond.	1851-65	USD -	20.00
2219	MUDIE, ROBERT	The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands	Lond.	1834	USD -	2.60
2220	MUDIE, ROBERT	The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands	Lond.	1835	USD -	1.60
2221		MURPHY, JOHN M., American Game Bird Shooting, illustrated, N. Y. 1882...			USD -	2.62
2222	MURPHY, J. M.	Sporting Adventures in the Far West	Lond.	1879	USD -	Unknown
2223		MURRAY'S Adventures in the Wilderness...	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	1.20
2224	NAPIER, MAJOR E.	Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands	Lond.	1840	USD -	4.25
2225	NASH, JOS.	A Practical Treatise on British Song Birds	Lond.	1824	USD -	Unknown
2226	E. Emmons, M. D.	NATURAL HISTORY OF N. Y. The More Common and Injurious Species of Insects, by E. Emmons, M. D	Albany	1854	USD -	1.70
2227	NEWHOUSE, S.	The Trapper's Guide		1867	USD -	Unknown
2228	NEWMAN, EDWARD	Familiar Introduction to the History of Insects	Lond.	1841	USD -	Unknown
2229	NIMROD	The Chace, the Turf and the Road	Lond.	1870	USD -	Unknown
2230	NIMROD	The Road...			USD -	Unknown
2231	NORTON AND HABBERTON	Canoeing in Kanuckia; or, Haps and Mishaps Afloat and Ashore	N. Y.	1878	USD -	Unknown
2232	NORWAY.-Bowden, Rev. J.	Naturalist in Norway, colored engravings, Lond. 1869...			USD -	1.00
2233	NUTTALL, THOS.	A Manual of Ornithology of the United States and Canada: The Water Birds	Bost.	1834	USD -	9.50
2234	NUTTALL, THOS.	A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada: The Land Birds	Bost.	1840	USD -	7.50
2235	Thos. Oakleigh	OAKLEIGH SHOOTING CODE (THE). TWO hundred and twenty Chapters of Information relative to Shooting	Lond.	1836	USD -	Unknown
2236		OAKLEIGH SHOOTING CODE	Lond.	1837	USD -	Unknown
2237	Tom Oakleigh	OAKLEIGH SHOOTING CODE	Lond.	1838	USD -	Unknown
2238	OBER, FREDK. A.	Camps in the Caribbees: the Adventures of a Naturalist in the Lesser Antilles	Bost.	1880	USD -	1.10
2239	O'CONNOR, H.	An Introduction to the Field Sports of France: a Practical View of Hunting, Shooting and Fishing	Lond.	1846	USD -	Unknown
2240	OLDFIELD, H. G.	Anecdotes of Archery, Ancient and Modern	Lond.	1791	USD -	Unknown
2241	ORD, GEORGE	Sketch of the Life of Alexander Wilson, author of the American Ornithology	Phil.	1828	USD -	4.50
2242	Howitt and Williamson	ORIENTAL FIELD SPORTS	Lond.	1819	USD -	11.50
2243		ORNITHOLOGY. Curiosities of Ornithology...	Lond. and Salem	1874 &c.	USD -	1.60
2244		ORNITHOLOGY. Portraits of the Curious Exotic Birds which formerly composed the Osterly Menagerie, with Description by the late Wm. Hayes of Southall	Lond.	1817	USD -	5.00
2245	OSWOLD, F. L.	Zoological Sketches: a Contribution to the Out-Door Study of Natural History	Phil.	1883	USD -	Unknown
2246	OWEN, R.	On the Mammary and the Young of the Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus, plates...	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	Unknown
2247		PACIFIC RAIL ROAD REPORTS	Wash.	1857-59	USD -	3.60
2248	PALLISER, JOHN	Solitary Rambles and Adventures of a Hunter in the Prairies	Lond.	1853	USD -	Unknown
2249	PARDON, G. F.	Dogs, their Sagacity, Instinct and Uses	Lond.	1857	USD -	Unknown
2250	PAYNE-GALLWEY, SIR R.	Fowler (The) in Ireland. Notes on the Haunts of Wild Fowl and Sea Fowl	Lond.	1882	USD -	1.05
2251	PEEL, E. LENNOX	A Highland Gathering	Lond.	1885	USD -	Unknown
2252	PHILLIPS-WOLLEY, OLIVE	Sport in the Crimea and Caucasus	Lond.	1881	USD -	Unknown
2253	PHIPSON, EMMA	Animal-Lore (The) of Shakespeare's Time, including Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fish and Insects	Lond.	1883	USD -	Unknown
2254		PLINY'S Natural History. Bohn's Classical Library	Lond.	1855	USD -	4.20
2255	POLLOK (LIEUT.-COL.)	Sport in British Burmah, Assam, and the Cassyah and Jyntiah Hills	Lond.	1879	USD -	2.00
2256	POPE, A., Jr.	Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the United States	N. Y.	1878 &c.	USD -	13.00
2257	PORTER'S (WM. D.)	Spirit of the Times. A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage	N. Y.	Sept. 6, 1856, to Aug. 28, 1858.	USD -	4.00
2258	PORTER, WM. T. (Editor)	The Big Bear of Arkansas and other Sketches	Phil.	1845	USD -	2.38
2259	PRICHARD, J. C.	Natural History of Man	Lond.	1855	USD -	2.80
2260	RADCLIFFE, E. P. D.	Noble Science (The). A few general Ideas on Fox-Hunting	Lond.	1839	USD -	6.00
2261	RADCLIFFE, E. P. D.	Noble Science (The)		1839	USD -	4.25
2262	RADCLIFFE, E. P. D.	The Noble Science. A few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting	Lond.	1893	USD -	3.75
2263		RECREATIONS IN NATURAL HISTORY; or, Popular Sketches of British Quadrupeds	Lond.	1850	USD -	Unknown
2264		RECREATIONS IN SHOOTING: with some Account of the Game of the British Islands	Lond.	1846	USD -	Unknown
2265	REYNARDSON, C. T. S. BIRCH	Down the Road; or, Reminiscences of A Gentleman Coachman	Lond.	1875	USD -	7.00
2266	REYNARDSON, C. T. S. BIRCH	Sports and Anecdotes of Bygone Days	Lond.	1887	USD -	1.00
2267	REYNOLDS, JOHN H.	(REYNOLDS, JOHN H.) Life (The) of a Sportsman, by Nimrod	Lond.	1842	USD -	21.00
2268	REVOIL, B. H.	Shooting and Fishing in the Rivers, Prairies and Backwoods of North America	Lond.	1865	USD -	1.50
2269		RICHARDSON'S Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America	Lond.	1829-31	USD -	10.40
2270	ROBERTS, SIR RANDALL	Glenmahra; or, The Western Highlands	Lond.	1870	USD -	1.45
2271	ROBINSON, PHIL	The Poets' Birds	Lond.	1883	USD -	Unknown
2272	ROOSEVELT, R. B.	Florida and the Game Water-Birds	N. Y.	1884	USD -	Unknown
2273	ROOSEVELT, THEODORE	Hunting Trips of a Ranchman	N. Y.	1885	USD -	5.50
2274	ROSE AND AGLE	Apology Addressed to the Travellers' Club; or, Anecdotes of Monkeys	Lond.	1825	USD -	Unknown
2275	Ross, ALEXANDER	The Fur Hunters of the Far West	Lond.	1855	USD -	1.80
2276	RUXTON, GEO. F.	Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains	N. Y.	1848	USD -	1.40
2277		RURAL LIFE, Described and Illustrated in the Management of Horses, Dogs, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, &c	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	2.50
2278	ST. JOHN, CHAS	Natural History and Sport in Moray	Edinburgh	1882	USD -	4.50
2279	ST. JOHN, HON. F.	Rambles in Germany, France, Italy and Russia, in Search of Sport	Lond.	1853	USD -	Unknown
2280	ST. JOHN, CHAS	Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands	Lond.	1878	USD -	1.05
2281	ST. JOHN, CHAS	Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands	Lond.	1878	USD -	1.25
2282	SAMUELS, ED.	Ornithology and Oology of New England	Bost.	1868	USD -	4.25
2283	SANDERSON, G. P.	Thirteen Years Among the Wild Beasts of India	Lond.	1879	USD -	1.20
2284	SAY, THOS.	American Entomology; or, Descriptions of the Insects of North America	Phil.	1824-25	USD -	12.00
2285	SAY, THOS.	American Conchology; or, Descriptions of the Shells of North America	New-Harmony, Indiana	1830-1832	USD -	6.00
2286	SCHLEY, FRANK	American Partridge and Pheasant Shooting	Frederick, Md.	1877	USD -	2.62
2287	SCHWATKA, FREDK	Hunting and Fishing Adventures in the Arctic Regions	N. Y.	1885	USD -	1.60
2288	SCLATER, PHILIP L.	A Monograph of the Birds Forming the Tanegrine Genus Calliste	Lond.	1857	USD -	8.00
2289	SCLATER, PHILIP L.	Catalogue of a Collection of American Birds	Lond.	1862	USD -	4.75
2290	SCOTT, WM. H.	British Field Sports: Embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Cocking, Fishing, &c	Lond.	1818	USD -	4.25
2291	SCOTT, W. H.	British Field Sports	Lond.	1818	USD -	4.00
2292		SCRIBBLINGS AND SKETCHES : Diplomatic, Piscatory and Oceanic			USD -	Unknown
2293	SCROPE, WILLIAM	Art of Deer-Stalking, with an Account of the Nature and Habits of the Red Deer, and description of the Scotch Forests	Lond.	1839	USD -	17.00
2294	SCROPE, W.	Days of Deer-Stalking	Lond.	1847	USD -	4.50
2295	R. B. Peake	SEYMOUR'S Sketches. An Evening's Amusement; or, The Adventures of a Cockney Sportsman	Lond.	1846	USD -	5.00
2296	W. Gordon Stables	SHAW, VERO. The Illustrated Book of the Dog	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	4.50
2297	SHELLEY, G. E.	A Handbook of the Birds of Egypt	Lond.	1872	USD -	7.25
2298	SHELTON, F. W.	Up the River	N. Y.	1853	USD -	Unknown
2299	SHIELDS, G. O.	Cruisings in the Cascades: a Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Hunting and Fishing	Chicago	1889	USD -	Unknown
2300	SHIELDS, G. O.	Hunting and Fishing in the Great West	Chicago	1890	USD -	1.90
2301	SHIELDS, G. O.	Rustlings in the Rockies: Hunting and Fishing	Chicago	1883	USD -	Unknown

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