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
2302	SHIELDS, G. O.	The Big Game of North America: its Habits, Habitat, Haunts	Chicago	1890	USD -	2.75
2303	SHIRLEY, EVELYN PHILIP	Some Account of English Deer Parks. With Notes on the Management of Deer	Lond.	1867	USD -	8.50
2304	SIMMS, JEPTHA R.	Trappers of New York; or, A Biography of Nicholas Stoner and Nathaniel Foster	Albany	1871	USD -	4.25
2305	SLEIGH, LIEUT.-COL	Pine Forests and Hacmatack Clearings; or, Travel, Life and Adventure in the British North American Provinces	Lond.	1853	USD -	Unknown
2306	SMITH, H. P.	The Modern Babes in the Wood; or, Summerings in the Wilderness	Hartford	1872	USD -	Unknown
2307	SMITH, REV. THOMAS	The Naturalist's Cabinet: containing interesting Sketches of Animal History	Lond.	1806	USD -	2.10
2308	SOMERVILLE, WILLIAM	The Chase: a Poem	Lond.	1802	USD -	15.00
2309		SONGS OF THE CHACE, &c. Containing an Extensive Collection relative to the Sports of the Field: Hunting Shooting, ANGLING, &c	Lond.	1811	USD -	1.25
2310		SONGS OF THE CHACE: a Collection relative to the Sports of the Field : Hunting, Shooting, Angling, &c	Lond.	1811	USD -	2.25
2311	SOUTHESK (EARL OF)	Saskatchewan and the Rocky Mountains: a Narrative of Travel, Sport and Adventure	Edinburgh	1875	USD -	Unknown
2312	SOWERBY, G. B.	Popular History of the Aquarium of Marine and Fresh-Water Animals and Plants	Lond.	1857	USD -	Unknown
2313	SPRINGER, J. S.	Forest Life and Forest Trees: Camp Life among Loggers, and Adventures	Lond.	1852	USD -	Unknown
2314		SPORTING ALPHABET (THE)	86 Fleet St., London		USD -	3.50
2315		SPORTSMAN'S ALMANAC. The Oracle of Rural Life, 1840-41 and '42	Lond.	1840-42	USD -	1.38
2316		SPORTSMAN'S (THE) CABINET; or, A Correct Delineation of the various Dogs used in the Sports of the Field	Lond.	1803	USD -	9.50
2317		SPORTSMAN'S CALENDAR (THE); or, Monthly Remembrancer of Field Diversions	Lond.	1818	USD -	1.12
2318		SPORTSMAN'S MAGAZINE (THE)	Lond.	1823-25	USD -	3.38
2319	STEELE, T. S.	Canoe and Camera: a Two Hundred Mile Tour through Maine Forests	N. Y.	1880	USD -	3.12
2320	STEELE, T. S.	Paddle and Portage from Moosehead Lake to the Aroostook River, Maine	Bost.	1882	USD -	1.25
2321		STEPHENS (C. A)., Lynx-Hunting, illustrated, Bost. 1873...			USD -	1.25
2322	Caveat Emptor	(STEPHEN, SIR GEORGE.) Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Horse	Lond.	1836	USD -	1.00
2323	STERLAND, W. J.	The Birds of Sherwood Forest, Notes of their Habits, &c	Lond.	1869	USD -	Unknown
2324	STEVENS, THOMAS	Around the World on a Bicycle	N. Y.	1887-8	USD -	2.00
2325	STRETTON, CHAS	Sport and Sportsmen: a Book of Recollections	Lond.	1866	USD -	2.38
2326	STRICKLAND, H. E., AND MELVILLE, A. G.	The Dodo and its Kindred ; or, The History, Affinities and Osteology of the Dodo and other Extinct Birds of the Mauritius, &c	Lond.	1848	USD -	7.00
2327	STRUTT, JOSEPH	Sports and Pastimes of the People of England	Lond.	1845	USD -	3.10
2328	STUART, J. S. AND C. E.	Lays of the Deer Forest	Edinburgh and Lond.	1848	USD -	2.50
2329	SURTEES, R. S.	Ask Mama; or, The Richest Commoner in England	Lond.	1858	USD -	18.00
2330	SURTEES, R. S.	Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrock's Hunt	Lond.	1854	USD -	22.00
2331	SURTEES, ROBT. S.	Hillingdon Hall; or, The Cockney Squire	Lond.	1888	USD -	5.00
2332	SURTEES, R. S.	Plain or Ringlets?	Lond.	1860	USD -	21.00
2333	SURTEES, R. S.	Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds	Lond.	1865	USD -	29.00
2334	SURTEES, R. S.	Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour	Lond.	1860	USD -	31.00
2335	SYMONDS, REV. B.	Suffolk Sportsman. Showing the Nature of Various Kinds of Dogs in Use for the Gun and Net	Lond.	1825	USD -	1.10
2336	TATTERSALL, GEORGE	Sporting Architecture	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
2337	TEGETMEIER, W. B.	Pigeons: their Structure, Varieties, Habits and Management	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	2.50
2338	TENNANT, T. O.	The Natural History of the Elephant	n.p.	1771	USD -	1.00
2339	THORPE, T. B.	Hive of the Bee-Hunter	N. Y.	1854	USD -	Unknown
2340	TOWNSHEND, J. K.	Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains, including a Journey to the Columbia River	Lond.	1840	USD -	5.25
2341		TRANSACTIONS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY	N. Y.	1882-4	USD -	1.00
2342	TRISTRAM, W. OUTRAM	Coaching Days and Coaching Ways	Lond.	1888	USD -	3.75
2343		TROLLOPE, A. British Sports and Pastimes, 1868...	v. p.		USD -	2.25
2344	TRUMBULL, GURDON	Names and Portraits of Birds which Interest Gunners	N. Y.	1888	USD -	Unknown
2345	UP DE GRAFF, THAD. S.	Bodines; or, Camping on the Lycoming	Phil.	1879	USD -	Unknown
2346	VANDYKE, THOS. S.	Southern California: Its'Valleys, Hills and Streams...	N. Y.	1886	USD -	Unknown
2347	VANDYKE, T. S.	Flirtation Camp. The Rifle, Rod and Gun in California	N. Y.	1881	USD -	Unknown
2348	VASEY, GEO	Natural History of Bulls, Bisons and Buffalo	Lond.	1857	USD -	1.00
2349	VIGNER, R. T.	Notitia Venatica. A Treatise on Fox-Hunting	Lond.	1842	USD -	6.50
2350	VYNER, R. T.	Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting, embracing the General Management of Hounds	Lond.	1892	USD -	3.25
2351		WALLACE, E. R., Guide to the Adirondacks, map and illustrations...	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	1.50
2352	Stonehenge	(WALSH, J. H.). The Greyhound: a Treatise on Breeding, Rearing and Training	Lond.	1853	USD -	1.00
2353	WALSH, J. H.	The Horse in the Stable and the Field	Lond.	1869	USD -	1.35
2354	WALSH.	The Shot-Gun and Sporting Rifle, and Dogs, Ponies, Ferrets, &c	Lond.	1862	USD -	Unknown
2355	W. H. Maxwell	WANDERINGS IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS	Lond.	1844	USD -	1.50
2356	WARBURTON, R. E. E.	Hunting Songs and Ballads	Lond.	1846	USD -	3.12
2357	WARREN, T. ROBINSON	Shooting, Boating and Fishing	N. Y.	1871	USD -	Unknown
2358	WATERHOUSE, G. R.	Natural History (A) of the Mammalia	Lond.	1848	USD -	2.00
2359	WATERTON, CHARLES	Wanderings in South America, with original instructions for the preservation of birds, &c	Lond.	1879	USD -	1.50
2360	WATKINS, REV. M. G.	Pictures of Bird Life in Pen and Pencil	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	1.50
2361	WATSON, JOHN	Poachers and Poaching	Lond.	1891	USD -	Unknown
2362	WATSON, B. A.	The Sportsman's Paradise; or, The Lake Lands of Canada	Phil.	1888	USD -	1.00
2363	WATSON, REV. J. S.	Reasoning Power in Animals	Lond.	1870	USD -	Unknown
2364	WEBBER, C. W.	Old Hicks, the Guide: Adventures in Search of a Gold Mine	N. Y.	1848	USD -	Unknown
2365	WEBBER, C. W.	Romance of Sporting	Phil.	1851	USD -	1.50
2366	WEBBER, C. W.	Romance of Sporting; or, Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters	Phil.	1852	USD -	2.13
2367	WEBBER, C. W.	Tales of the Southern Border	Phil.	1855	USD -	Unknown
2368	WEBBER, C. W.	Wild Scenes and Song Birds	N. Y.	1854	USD -	1.40
2369	WHITE, REV. GILBERT	The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne	Lond.	1837	USD -	1.75
2370	WHITE, REV. GILBERT	Natural History and Antiquities of Selbourne	Lond.	1853	USD -	Unknown
2371	WHITE, GILBERT	Natural History and Antiquity of Selborne	Lond.	1875	USD -	2.50
2372	WHITEHEAD, CHAS. E.	Wild Sports in the South; or, The Camp-fires of the Everglades	Lond.	1860	USD -	5.00
2373	WHITEHEAD, CHAS. E.	The Camp-fires of the Everglades; or, Wild Sports in the South	Edinburgh	1891	USD -	7.25
2374	WHYTE-MELVILLE, G. J.	Katerfelto: a Story of Exmoor	Lond.	1875	USD -	Unknown
2375		WILDWOOD'S MAGAZINE, an illustrated Monthly of OutDoor Recreation		May, 1888, June, 1889.	USD -	2.24
2376	WILMOT, SIR JOHN E. E.	Reminiscences of the Late Thomas Assheton Smith, Esq	Lond.	1862	USD -	1.25
2377	WILSON, ALEXANDER	American Ornithology, or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States			USD -	113.75
2378	George Ord	WILSON, ALEXANDER, American Ornithology, engraved and colored, from original drawings taken from nature, with a Sketch of the Author's Life, by George Ord	Phil.	1828-9	USD -	21.00
2379	WILSON, ALEXANDER	American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States, with Charles L. Bonaparte's addition	Edinburgh	1831	USD -	4.00
2380		WILSON AND BONAPARTE AND JARDINE'S American Ornithology; or, Natural History of the Birds of the United States	Edinburgh	1832	USD -	29.25
2381	WILSON, ALEXANDER	Poems and Literary Prose of, edited, with Memorial Introduction, Essay, Notes, Illustrations and Glossary, by Rev. Alex. B. Grossart	Paisley	1876	USD -	1.60
2382	WILSON, ALEXANDER	The Foresters: a Poem, descriptive of a Pedestrian Journey to the Falls of Niagara in 1804, by the author of American Ornithology	Westchester, Pa.	1838	USD -	2.50
2383	WILSON, JAS.	Rod and Gun, being two Treatises on Angling and Shooting	Edinburgh	1840	USD -	Unknown
2384	WILSON, SIR SAMUEL	The Californian Salmon, with an Account of its Introduction into Victoria	Melbourne	1878	USD -	2.00
2385	WILSON, SIR SAMUEL	Salmon at the Antipodes: the Successful Introductian of Salmon and Trout into Australian Waters	Lond.	1879	USD -	Unknown
2386		WILSON'S Sketches of Animal Life and Habits...	v. p.	v. y.	USD -	1.25
2387	WINTHROP, THEODORE	The Canoe and Saddle, Adventures Among the Northwestern Rivers and Forests	Bost.	1863	USD -	Unknown
2388	WINTHROP, THEODORE	Life and Poems of, edited by his Sister	N. Y.	1884	USD -	1.20
2389	Paul Pendril	WOLF-HUNTING AND WILD SPORT in Lower Brittany	Lond.	1875	USD -	Unknown
2390	WOOD, REV. J. G.	Insects at Home: Their Structure, Habits and Transformations	Lond.	1872	USD -	2.00
2391	WOOD, REV. J. G.	Strange Dwellings: a Description of the Habitations of Animals	Lond.	1871	USD -	4.50
2392	WOOD, J. G.	The Illustrated Natural History...	Lond.	1869-1876	USD -	11.00
2393	WOOD, WM.	The Bow-man's Glory; or, Archery Revived	Lond.	1682	USD -	18.00
2394		WOODLAND AND WILD: A Selection of Descriptive Poetry	N. Y. (Lond.)	1868	USD -	1.37
2395	WYNDHAM, FRANCIS M.	Wild Life on the Fjelds of Norway	Lond.	1861	USD -	Unknown
2396	YARRELL, WILLIAM	A History of British Birds	Lond.	1856	USD -	12.00
2397	YOUATT, WM.	The Dog	Phil.	1848	USD -	1.40

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