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
201	SIMPSON, JAS. H.	Journal of a Military Reconnaissance from Sante Fe, New Mexico, to the Navajo Country	Phil.	1852	USD -	3.50
202	SMITH, CAPTAIN JOHN	A True Relation of Virginia	Bost.	1866	USD -	3.25
203	SMITH, CAPT. JOHN	Sometime Governor of Virginia and Admiral of New England. A Study of his Life and Writings, by Chas. Dudley Warner	N. Y.	1881	USD -	Unknown
204	SNEAD, THOMAS L.	The Fight for Missouri. From the Election of Lincoln to the Death of Lyon	N. Y.	1886	USD -	Unknown
205	SNELLING, WM. J.	A Brief and Impartial History of the Life and Actions of Andrew Jackson	Bost.	1831	USD -	1.00
206	SPARKS, JARED	Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold	Bost.	1835	USD -	Unknown
207	SPRAGUE, JOHN T.	Origin, Progress and Conclusion of the Florida War	N. Y.	1848	USD -	3.75
208	SQUIER, E. G.	Travels in Central America, Particularly in Nicaragua. With a Description of Its Aboriginal Monuments, Scenery and People	N. Y.	1853	USD -	5.50
209	SQUIER, E. G. and DAVIS, E. H.	Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley	N. Y. and Cinn.	1848	USD -	14.00
210	SYLVESTER, NATHANIEL B.	History of Northern New York and the Adirondack Wilderness. Including Traditions of the Indians, Early Explorers, Pioneer Settlers, Hermit Hunters, &c	Troy	1877	USD -	1.05
211	THATCHER, BENJN. BUSSEY	Traits of the Tea Party, Being a Memoir of George R. T. Hewes, with a History of that Transaction	N. Y.	1835	USD -	Unknown
212	TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS DE	Democracy in America	Lond.	1836	USD -	10.00
213	TROLLOPE, MRS.	Domestic Manners of the Americans	Lond.	1832	USD -	6.00
214		VIRGINIA. History of the Dividing Line, and other Tracts. From the papers of William Byrd, of Westover, in Virginia, Esquire	Richmond, Va.	1866	USD -	13.00
215	Wills De Hass	VIRGINIA. History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia	Wheeling and Phil.	1851	USD -	7.25
216	Peregrine Prolix	VIRGINIA. Letters descriptive of the Virginia Springs	Phil.	1837	USD -	Unknown
217		VIRGINIA SPRINGS. A Trip to the Virginia Springs, or, the Belles and Beaux...	v. s.		USD -	3.90
218		VIRGINIA. The Commodities of the Hand Called Manati Ore Long Ile which is in the Continent of Virginia		n.d.	USD -	Unknown
219	WARD, NATHANIEL	The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America. Willing to help mend his native Country, lamentably tattered, both in the upper-leather and sole, with all the honest stiches he can take	Lond.	1647	USD -	27.00
220		WASHINGTON. A Sketch of the Events which preceded the Capture of Washington by the British, on the Twenty-fourth of August, 1814	Phil.	1849	USD -	Unknown
221	WASHINGTON	Irvine Correspondence. The Official Letters which passed between Washington and Brig.-Gen. William Irvine	Madison	1882	USD -	Unknown
222		WASHINGTON'S MONUMENTS OF PATRIOTISM. Being a Collection of the most interesting Documents connected with the Military Command and Civil Administration of the American Hero and Patriot	Phil.	1800	USD -	5.25
223	WELBY, ADLARD	A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a Winter Residence at Philadelphia	Lond.	1821	USD -	3.70
224	WHITE, JOHN	Sketches from America	Lond.	1870	USD -	Unknown
225	WHITEFIELD, GEORGE	Three Letters: I. (and II.) to a Friend in London concerning...	Phil.	1740	USD -	14.00
226	WHITEFIELD, GEORGE	The two First Parts of his Life with his Journals. Revised, corrected and abridged	Lond.	1756	USD -	Unknown
227	WILKINSON, GEN. JAMES	Memoirs of my own Times	Phil.	1809-1816	USD -	21.00
228	WILKINSON, GENERAL JAMES	Memoirs of my Own Times	Phil.	1816	USD -	21.00
229	WISE, LIEUT., U. S. N.	Los Gringos; or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili and Polynesia	N. Y.	1857	USD -	Unknown
230	WOOD, JOHN	A full Statement of the Trial and Acquittal of Aaron Burr, Esq. Containing all the Proceedings and Debates that took place before the Federal Court at Frankfort, Kentucky, Nov. 28, 1806	Alexandria	1807	USD -	13.00
231	AMES, MARY C.	A Memorial of Alice and Phoebe Carey, with some of their later Poems	N. Y.	1873	USD -	Unknown
232		AMMEN, REAR-ADMIRAL DANIEL. The Old Navy and the New. With an Appendix of Personal Letters from General Grant	Phil.	1891	USD -	Unknown
233		ANACREONTIS ODARIA, ad Textus Barnesiani Fidem Emendata. Accedunt Variae Lectiones cura Edvardi Foster	Londini	1802	USD -	1.10
234	ANDERSEN, HANS C.	The Improvisatore	N. Y.	1869	USD -	Unknown
235	ANDERSON, CHRISTOPHER	The Annals of the English Bible	Lond.	1845	USD -	5.00
236	ANDERSON, CHRISTOPHER	The Annals of the English Bible	Lond.	1845	USD -	2.25
237	ANDERSON, CAPT. LINDSAY	Among Typhoons and Pirate Craft	Lond.	1892	USD -	Unknown
238	ANDERSON, WM.	Genealogy of Surnames, with some Heraldic and Biographical Notices	Edinburgh	1865	USD -	Unknown
239	ANDREWS, WM. P.	Poems. By Jones Very, with a Memoir	Bost. and N. Y.	1883	USD -	Unknown
240	ADAMS, H. G.	Sea-Side Lesson Book. Conveying a knowledge of the Common Things of the Sea Coast	Lond.	1856	USD -	Unknown
241		ADVENTURES (THE) OF A SALMON IN THE RIVER DEE. By a Friend of the Family (i.e., Wm. Ayrton). Together with Notes for a Fly-Fisher in North Wales	Lond.	1853	USD -	3.25
242		A FAMILIAR HISTORY OF BRITISH FISHES	Lond.	n.d.	USD -	Unknown
243	AGASSIZ, L.	Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons D'Eau Douce De L'Europe Centrale...	Neuchatel	1842	USD -	2.75
244	AGASSIZ	Histoire Natural des Poissons D'Eau Douce De L'Europe Centrale; par Ls Agassiz	Neuchatel	1859	USD -	2.75
245		A HISTORY of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill, 1732-1888	Phil.	1889	USD -	3.75
246	AKERMAN, JOHN Y.	Spring-Tide; or, The Angler and His Friends	Lond.	1850	USD -	Unknown
247	AKERMAN, JOHN Y.	Spring Tide	Lond.	1852	USD -	Unknown
248	ALDAM, W. H.	A Quaint Treatise on Flees and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making.	Lond.	1876	USD -	9.00
249	ALEXANDER, COL. SIR J. E.	Salmon Fishing in Canada	Lond.	1860	USD -	Unknown
250	ALFRED, H. J.	A Complete Guide to Spinning and Trolling, by Otter	Lond.	1859	USD -	Unknown
251	ALLERTON, R. G.	Brook Trout Fishing: an Account of a Trip of the Oquossoc Association to Northern Maine	N. Y.	1869	USD -	1.50
252	Edited by W. C. Harris	AMERICAN (THE) ANGLER. Angling-Brook, River, Lake and Sea-Fish Culture	N. Y.	Oct. 15, 1881, to Dec. 27, 1884	USD -	2.40
253		AMERICAN ANGLER. Vols. 7-8-9-10, from Jan. 3, 1885, to Dec. 26, 1886			USD -	2.40
254	Edited by W. C. Harris	AMERICAN ANGLER. Vol 7, Jany. 3, 1885, to June 27, 1885			USD -	Unknown
255		AMERICAN ANGLER. Nature: a Weekly Journal for the Gentleman Sportsman and Naturalist			USD -	Unknown
256		AMERICAN FISH AND How TO CATCH THEM. By an Old Angler	N. Y.	1885	USD -	1.10
257		AMERICAN GAME FISHES: their Habits, Habitat and Peculiarities.How, when and where to Angle for them	Chicago	1892	USD -	4.50
258		AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS		1893	USD -	Unknown
259	ANDERDON, JOHN L.	The River Dove. With some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling	Lond.	1847	USD -	2.13
260		ANGLER (THE). Containing a Complete Description of all Fresh-water Fish, and the Most Approved Method of Catching them. Cuts of fish	Lond.	n.d.	USD -	2.00
261		ANGLER (THE). Containing a Complete Description of all Fresh-water Fish. Together with useful hints to anglers in general	Lond.	n.d.	USD -	2.00
262		ANGLER'S (THE) ASSISTANT; or, A New and Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling	Lond.	n.d.	USD -	2.25
263		ANGLER'S EVENINGS. Papers by Members of the Manchester Angler's Association		1880-82	USD -	1.20
264		ANGLER'S GARLAND AND FISHER'S DELIGHT for 1870-1871	Westminster	1870-71	USD -	2.00
265	ANGLER'S GUIDE	Containing Easy Instructions for the Youthful Beginner, with several observations on Fishing	Lond.	1828	USD -	1.75
266		ANGLER'S (THE) HAND BOOK. Containing concise instructions of the Art	Lond.	1840	USD -	1.75
267		ANGLER'S (THE) NOTE-BOOK AND NATURALIST'S RECORD. The Green and Yellow Series Complete	Lond.	1880-1888	USD -	2.00
268		ANGLER'S (THE) NOTE-BOOK AND NATURALIST'S RECORD. Yellow Series Complete	Lond.	1888	USD -	Unknown
269		ANGLER'S (THE) POCKET BOOK; or, Compleat English Angler; Also Nobbe's Trolling	Lond.	1805	USD -	Unknown
270	Paul Fisher (i. e., W. A. Chatto)	ANGLER'S (THE) SOUVENIR	Lond.	1835	USD -	6.00
271		ANGLING. Cassell's Hand-Book of Fishing	Lond.	n.d.	USD -	Unknown
272		ANGLING. Gentleman (The) Angler. Containing Short, Plain, and Easy Instructions in the Art of Angling	Lond.	1726	USD -	1.50
273		ANGLING. Gentleman (The) Angler. Containing Short, Plain and Easy Instructions how to become a perfect Artist in Angling for Salmon	Lond.	n.d.	USD -	1.87
274		ANGLING. How to Catch Trout, by Three Anglers	Edinburgh	1889	USD -	1.10
275		ANGLING ILLUSTRATIONS. Ninety-five Superior Illustrations, mostly India proofs, suitable for extra-illustrating Walton and Cotton's Angler, including a few on sporting subjects			USD -	27.00
276		ANGLING. Illustrirtes Handbuch der Angelfischerei. Aus Brund der Neusten Ersahrungen in Deutschland England und Amerika bearbeitet Von Max von dem Borne. Mit 195 den text gedruckten Abbildungen von Fischen, etc	Berlin	1875	USD -	1.60
277	Mudie, R.	ANGLING. Summer; or, The Causes, Appearances and Effects of the Grand Nuptials of Nature in all its Departments	Lond.	n.d.	USD -	2.10
278	Hon. R. Boyle	ANGLING. Occasional Reflections Upon Several Subjects, &c., by Hon. R. Boyle (including chapters on angling)	Lond.	MDCLXV	USD -	1.75
279		ANGLING. 1001 Books on Angling, being the description of a most remarkably complete collection (known as the Grego Collection)	Lond.	1882	USD -	Unknown
280	R. H.	ANGLING. School of Recreation; or, A Guide to the Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Angling, &c	Lond.	1701	USD -	3.00
281		ANGLING. Silver Grayling, 1883...	v. p.	v.y.	USD -	4.00
282		ANGLING AND SPORTING. A Series of 168 Engravings of Fish, Birds, Animals, Insects, &c			USD -	19.00
283	ARMSTRONG, JAS.	Waving Blossoms: A New Book of Border Songs and Ballads, with a brief Treatise on Fishing	Carlisle	1876	USD -	1.50
284	ARMSTRONG	Waving Blossoms	Carlisle	1876	USD -	1.63
285		ART (THE) OF ANGLING; or, Perfect Instructor in that Useful and Pleasing Recreation	Lond.	n.d.(1825?)	USD -	4.25
286	AYRTON, WILLIAM	Adventures (The) of a Salmon in the River Dee, by a Friend of the Family	Lond.	1853	USD -	3.25
287	BADDELEY, JOHN	London Angler's Book; or, Waltonian Chronicle, containing much original information to anglers generally, with amusing songs and anecdotes of Fish and Fishing	Lond.	1834	USD -	1.37
288	BADDELEY	London Angler's Book	Lond.	1834	USD -	1.00
289	BADHAM, REV. C. D.	Prose Halieutics; or, Ancient and Modern Fish Tattle	Lond.	1854	USD -	Unknown
290	H. Cholmondeley-Pennell	BADMINTON LIBRARY. Fishing: Salmon and Trout, Pike and other Coarse Fish	Lond.	1885	USD -	16.00
291	BAGNALL, GEORGE	Piscatoria Rambles; or, The Fisherman's Pocket Companion	Lond.	1865	USD -	Unknown
292	BAINBRIDGE, GEO. C.	Fly-Fisher's Guide	Liverpool	1816	USD -	2.50
293	BARKER, THOS.	The Art of Angling. Wherein are discovered many rare Secrets, very necessary to be known by all that delight in that Recreation	Lond.	1653	USD -	10.50
294	BARKER	The Art of Angling. Wherein are discovered many rare Secrets, very necessary to be knowne by all that delight in that Recreation	Lond. Printed; Reprinted Leeds	Printed in the yeare 1653; Reprinted 1817	USD -	1.25
295	Thomas Barker	BARKER'S DELIGHT; or, The Art of Angling. The Second Edition, much enlarged	Lond.	1657	USD -	2.75
296	BARKER, THOS.	The Art of Angling	Lond.	(1651, Reprinted 1820)	USD -	2.50
297	BARKER, THOS.	The Art of Angling	Lond.	1651	USD -	1.12
298	BARNES, GREVILLE F.	The Rail and the Rod; or, Tourist-Angler's Guide	Lond.	1867-1869	USD -	1.25
299	BATHURST, REV. CHAS.	Notes on Nets: The Quincunx Practically Considered	Lond.	n.d.	USD -	25.00
300	BARKETT, JOHN	Catalogue of Books on Angling. From the Library of a Practitioner of Fifty Years' Experience in the Art of Angling	Cambridge	1882	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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