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
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
501 HANSARD, GEO. A. Trout and Salmon Fishing in Wales Lond.

1834

USD - Unknown
502 HARRIS, WM. C. The Fishes of North America N. Y.

n. d.

USD - 2.40
503 HARRIS' Angler's Guide N. Y.

1885

USD - Unknown
504 HARRISON, GEORGE TWO Months in Brittany with my Knapsack and Fly-Rod Lond.

1868

USD - Unknown
505 HARVEY, W. H. The Sea Side Book: Being an Introduction to the Natural History of the British Coast Lond.

1849

USD - Unknown
506 HARVEY, W. H. The Sea-Side Book. Natural History of the British Coast Lond.

1849

USD - Unknown
507 HASSELL, J. Excursions of Pleasure and Sports on the Thames Lond.

1823

USD - 3.25
508 HENDERSON, WM. My Life as an Angler Lond.

1879

USD - 3.75
509 HENDERSON, WM. My Life as an Angler Lond.

1880

USD - 1.00
510 HENSHALL, JAS. A. Book of the Black Bass Cinn.

1881

USD - 1.00
511 HENSHALL, JAS. A. Book of the Black Bass. Comprising its complete Scientific and Life History. Together with a practical Treatise on Angling and Fly Fishing Cinn.

1889

USD - 6.25
512 HENSHALL, JAS. A. More About the Black Bass Cinn.

1889

USD - 2.50
513 HERBERT, H. W. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing Lond.

1849

USD - 3.00
514 HERBERT, H. W. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America N. Y.

1850

USD - 1.70
515 HERBERT, H. W. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States N. Y.

1855

USD - Unknown
516 HERBERT Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing N. Y.

1866

USD - 1.55
517 HICKS, J. Wanderings by the Lochs and Streams of Assynt and the North Highlands of Scotland Lond.

1855

USD - Unknown
518 HILL, GEORGIANA HOW to Cook Fish in a Hundred Different Ways Lond.

n. d.

USD - 2.25
519 Palmer Hackle HINTS ON ANGLING. With suggestions for angling excursions in France and Belgium, by Palmer Hackle Lond.

1846

USD - Unknown
520 HOFLAND, T. C. British Angler's Manual; or, The Art of Angling Lond.

1839

USD - 1.75
521 HOFLAND, T. C. British Angler's Manual; or, Art of Angling Lond.

1839

USD - 4.50
522 HOFLAND, T. C. British Angler's Manual Lond.

1848

USD - Unknown
523 HOLBERTON, W. The Art of Angling N. Y.

1887

USD - Unknown
524 HOLBERTON, WAKEMAN The Art of Angling, how and where to catch fish N. Y.

1887

USD - 2.38
525 HOLBROOK, JOHN E. Ichthyology of South Carolina Charleston, S. C.

1860

USD - 10.50
526 HOLDBROOK, JOHN E. Ichthyology of South Carolina Charleston

1860

USD - 9.00
527 HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS OF A NATURALIST (Fish, &c.) Lond.

1867

USD - 1.00
528 HOUGHTON, REV. W. British Fresh-Water Fishes Lond.

1879

USD - 3.25
529 HOWITT, S. The Angler's Manual; or, Concise Lessons of Experience Liverpool

1808

USD - 2.63
530 HUGHES, WM. The Practical Angler, by Piscator Lond.

1842

USD - 1.50
531 H. C. Esquire (IRELAND, S. W. H.) The Fisher Boy: A Poem, comprising his several avocations during the four seasons of the year Lond.

-1808

USD - 2.62
532 ISYS, COTSWOLD An Angler's Strange Experiences: A Whimsical Medley and An Of-Fish-all Record without A-Bridge-Ment Lond.

1883

USD - 1.20
533 JACKSON, JOHN Practical Fly-Fisher, more particularly for Grayling or Umber Lond.

1880

USD - 1.50
534 JACKSON, JOHN The Practical Fly-Fisher, more particularly for Grayling or Umber Lond.

1880

USD - 1.10
535 JACKSON, JOHN Practical Fly-Fisher. For Grayling and Umber Lond.

1880

USD - Unknown
536 JAPANESE BOOKS ON FISH AND FISHING, &C n. p.

n. d. (as far as I know)

USD - 2.40
537 JARDINE, SIR WM. British Salmonidae; atlas folio, comprising 12 large and splendidly colored plates of the salmon species, and three beautiful vignettes, with descriptive letterpress, in a portfolio

1839-41

USD - 10.50
538 JARDINE, SIR W. The Perch Family Edinburgh

1835

USD - 1.10
539 JESSE, EDWARD An Angler's Rambles Lond.

1836

USD - 3.00
540 KEENE, J. H. The Practical Fisherman, Dealing with Natural History, Capture of Fresh Water Fish, &c Lond.

1881

USD - 1.20
541 KEENE, J. H. Fly-Fishing and Fly-Making for Trout, &c N. Y.

1887

USD - 1.25
542 KING, JOHN LYLE Trouting on the Brule River, in the Northern Wilderness N. Y.

1880

USD - 1.00
543 KINGSLEY, CHARLES Glaucus; or, The Wonders of the Shore Cambridge

1855

USD - Unknown
544 KIRKBRIDE, JOHN The Northern Angler; or, FlyFisher's Companion Carlisle

1837

USD - 1.30
545 KIRKBRIDE, JOHN The Northern Angler; or, FlyFisher's Companion Carlisle

1837

USD - 1.25
546 KNOX, DR. Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland Lond.

1854

USD - Unknown
547 KREYSIG, GEORGE CHRISTOPH Bibliotheca Scriptorum Venaticorum Continens Avctores, Qvi De Venatione, Sylvis, Avcvpio Piscatvra et Aliis eo Spectantibus commentati Svnt Altenbvrgi

1750

USD - 2.00
548 LAKELAND, R. The Teesdale Angler Barnard Castle

1858

USD - Unknown
549 LAMBERT, OSMUND Angling Literature in England, and descriptions of Fishing by the Ancients Lond.

1881

USD - Unknown
550 LANG, ANDREW Angling Sketches Lond.

1891

USD - 2.63
551 LANG, ANDREW Angling Sketches Lond.

1891

USD - 5.75
552 LANMAN, CHAS. Adventures of an Angler in Canada, Nova Scotia and the United States Lond.

1848

USD - 1.25
553 LATHY, T. P. The Angler: a Poem Lond.

1820

USD - 2.50
554 LATHY Angler (The): a Poem Lond.

1822

USD - Unknown
555 L'HISTOIRE ENTIERE DES POISSONS, Composee premierement en Latin par Maistre Guilaume Rondelet Docteur regent en Medecine en l'universite de Montpelier

M.D.LVIII

USD - 3.25
556 LITTLE, G. Angler's Complete Guide and Companion Lond.

n. d.

USD - Unknown
557 LOVELL, M. S. The Edible Mollusks of Great Britain and Ireland, with Recipes for Cooking them Lond.

1867

USD - Unknown
558 LOWER (THE) ST. LAWRENCE; or, Quebec to Halifax via Gaspe and Pictou Quebec

1862

USD - 4.00
559 MACKINTOSH, ALEXANDER The Driffield Angler, in two parts, to which are added Instructions on Shooting Gainsborough and Lond.

n. d.

USD - 1.13
560 MAC VINE, JOHN Sixty-three Years' Angling Lond.

1891

USD - Unknown
561 MANLEY, J. J. Notes on Fish and Fishing Lond.

1877

USD - Unknown
562 MANS, PIERRE BELON DU La Nature & diuersite des Poissons A Paris

M.D.LV.

USD - 2.50
563 MARCH, JAMES The Young Angler's Companion, giving a description of all the different Methods of Angling Lond.

n. d.

USD - 2.50
564 MARCH, J. The Jolly Angler Lond., n. p.

USD - Unknown
565 MARCH, J. Jolly Angler Lond., n. p.

USD - Unknown
566 MARSTON, E. An Amateur Angler's Days in Dovedale Lond.

1884

USD - Unknown
567 MARSTON, E. An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale Lond.

1884

USD - Unknown
568 MARSTON, E. Days in Clover Lond.

1892

USD - Unknown
569 MARSTON, E. Fresh Woods and Pastures New Lond.

1887

USD - 1.75
570 MARTIN, J. W. Float Fishing and Spinning in the Nottingham Style, including a Chapter on Pike Fishing Lond.

1882

USD - Unknown
571 MARTIN Float Fishing and Spinning

1885

USD - Unknown
572 MARTIN, REV. JAS. The Angler's Guide Lond.

1854

USD - Unknown
573 MARTIN, REV. JAS. The Angler's Guide Lond.

1854

USD - Unknown
574 M.[ASCALL] L.[EONARD] A Booke of Fishing with Hooke and Line Lond.

1884

USD - Unknown
575 MASS. Reports on the Fishes, Reptiles and Birds of Massachusetts Bost.

1839

USD - 1.05
576 MCALPINE, D. Zoological Atlas (including Comparative Anatomy) Edinburgh and Lond.

1881

USD - 2.50
577 MCLELLAN, ISAAC Poems of the Rod and Gun; or, Sports by Flood and Field, with Memoir by Will Wildwood N. Y.

1886

USD - 1.00
578 MEDWIN, THOS. Angler in Wales; or, Days and Nights of Sportsmen Lond.

1834

USD - 1.50
579 MEMOIRS of the Wernerian Natural History Society for the Years 1831-7, being Vol. 7 of the Series, containing Dr. Parnell's Essay on the Fishes of the District of the Forth Edinburgh

1838

USD - Unknown
580 E. M. E. (MILLARD, E. M.) Random Casts; or, Odds and Ends from an Angler's Note Book N. Y.

1878

USD - 3.00
581 MILFORD, JOHN Norway and Her Laplanders in 1841, with a few Hints to the Salmon Fisher Lond.

1842

USD - 1.30
582 MILNOR, WILLIAM An Authentic Historical Memoir of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill, from its Establishment on the Romantic Stream near Philadelphia in the Year 1732 to the Present Time Phil.

1830

USD - 15.00
583 MITCHELL, J. M. The Herring Edinburgh and Lond.

1864

USD - Unknown
584 MOFFAT, A. S. The Secrets of Angling Edinburgh

1865

USD - Unknown
585 MOULE, THOMAS Heraldry of Fish, notices of the principal families bearing fish in their arms Lond.

1842

USD - 2.75
586 MOULE, THOS. Heraldry of Fish Lond.

1842

USD - 4.25
587 James E. De Kay NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK. Reptiles and Amphibia, by James E. De Kay Albany

1842

USD - 5.75
588 NEIL'S Complete Angler, Fifteenth Edition... Lond.

n. d.

USD - 1.30
589 NETTLE, RICHD. The Salmon Fisheries of the St. Lawrence and its Tributaries Montreal

1857

USD - Unknown
590 NEWLAND, REV. HENRY The Erne, its Legends and its Fly-Fishing Lond.

1851

USD - 1.38
591 NEWLAND,'REV. H. The Erne, its Legends and its FlyFishing Lond.

1851

USD - 2.12
592 NEWLAND, REV. HENRY Forest Scenes in Norway and Sweden... Lond.

1856

USD - Unknown
593 NEW YORK. Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries for 1874, 1877, 1881, 1886, 1887, 1888

USD - Unknown
594 NEW YORK. Report of Commissioners of Fisheries for 1889-91, inclusive. Numerous plates of fish, &c Albany

1890-92

USD - 1.50
595 NICOLS, ARTHUR The Acclimatisation of the Salmonidae at the Antipodes Lond.

1882

USD - Unknown
596 NOBBES, Ro. The Compleat Troller; or, The Art of Trolling; also a Brief Account of most of the principal rivers of England Lond.

1682

USD - 9.50
597 NORRIS, THAD. American Angler's Book Phil.

1865

USD - 1.75
598 NORRIS, THAD. American Angler's Book Phil.

n. d.

USD - 1.25
599 NORRIS, THAD. American Fish-Culture; Artificial Breeding and Rearing of Trout, Salmon, Shad, &c Phil.

1868

USD - Unknown
600 NORTH (THE) COUNTRY ANGLER; or, The Art of Angling, as practised in the Northern Counties of England Lond.

1817

USD - 1.25
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