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
601 John Kirkbride NORTHERN (THE) ANGLER; or, Fly-Fisher's Companion Lond.

1840

 USD - Unknown
602 OGDEN on Fly Tying Cheltenham

1879

 USD - Unknown
603 O'GORMAN'S Practice of Angling, particularly as regards Ireland Dublin

1845

 USD - 2.00
604 OLDFELLOW, ALFRED Uncle Nat; Trapping, Fishing, Camping Out, &c N. Y.

1865

 USD - 1.00
605 OLIVER, STEPHEN Scenes and Recollections of FlyFishing in Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland Lond.

1834

 USD - Unknown
606 OPPIANE POETAE. Alievticon, Sive De Piscibvs, C. Plinii Secvndi Natvralis Historiae libri duo inquorum priori quiden tractal de Naturis piscium, in altero uero de medicinis ex aquatilibus Siue Piscibus Argentorati

Anno M.D.XXXIIII

 USD - 2.50
607 OPPIAN'S Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients. In V. books Oxford

1722

 USD - 9.50
608 OPPIAN'S Halieutics of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients, in five books Oxford

MDCCXXII

 USD - 11.00
609 ORVIS AND CHENEY'S Fishing with the Fly Manchester, Vt.

1883

 USD - 1.75
610 ORVIS AND CHENEY Fishing with the Fly Manchester, Vt.

1883

 USD - 3.25
611 ORVIS AND CHENEY Fishing with the Fly Manchester, Vt.

1883

 USD - 1.10
612 ORVIS AND CHENEY Fishing with the Fly Troy

1885

 USD - Unknown
613 OTTER'S Complete Guide to Spinning and Trolling

1878

 USD - Unknown
614 OYSTER (THE): Where, How, and When to Find, Breed, Cook, and Eat It Lond.

1863

 USD - Unknown
615 PARNELL, RICH'D Prize Essay on the Fishes of the District of the Firth of Forth Edinburgh

1838

 USD - 1.38
616 PAVLI IOVII Novocomensis DE PISCIBVS MARINIS Mense

M.D.XXVII

 USD - 3.25
617 PEACHAM, HENRY The Compleat Gentleman Lond.

1634

 USD - 1.75
618 PEARD, W. A Year of Liberty: Salmon Angling in Ireland Lond.

1867

 USD - Unknown
619 PEARD, WM. Practical Water-Farming Edinburgh

1868

 USD - Unknown
620 PENN, RICH'D. Maxims and Hints for an Angler and Chess-Player, and Miseries of Fishing Lond.

1833

 USD - 6.50
621 PENN, RICHARD Maxims and Hints for an Angler and Miseries of Fishing, to which are added Maxims and Hints for a Chess-Player Lond.

1833

 USD - 3.75
622 PENN. Maxims and Hints for an Angler Lond.

1839

 USD - Unknown
623 PENN, RICH'D Maxims and Hints on Angling, Chess, Shooting, also Miseries of Fishing Lond.

1842

 USD - 1.75
624 PENN. Maxims and Hints on Angling, Chess, Shooting, &c Lond.

1855

 USD - Unknown
625 PENNELL, H. C. Angler-Naturalist: History of British Fresh-Water Fish Lond.

1863

 USD - Unknown
626 PENNELL, H. C. Fishing Gossip: Stray Leaves from the Note Books of Several Anglers Edinburgh

1866

 USD - Unknown
627 PENNELL, H. C. How to Spin for Pike, illustrated, Lond...

USD - Unknown
628 PENNELL, H. C. Modern Improvements in Fishing Tackle and Fish Hooks Lond.

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
629 PESSON-MAISONNEUVE ET MORICEAU. Nouveau Manuel Complet du Pecheur ou Traite General de Toutes les Peches D'Eau Douce et De Mer Paris

1864

 USD - Unknown
630 PHELPS, ELIZABETH S. Jack the Fisherman Bost. and N. Y.

1887

 USD - Unknown
631 PHILLIPS, HENRY The True Enjoyment of Angling Lond.

1843

 USD - 1.00
632 PHILLIPS. HENRY The True Enjoyment of Angling Lond.

1843

 USD - Unknown
633 PISCICEPTOLOGIE, OU L'Art de la Peche, aux Lignes Volantes et Flottantes... Paris

1828-29

 USD - Unknown
634 PRACTICAL FISHERMAN (THE). Natural History, Legendary Lore and Capture of Fresh Water Fish Lond.

n. d.

 USD - 2.00
635 PRIME, WM. C. I Go A-Fishing N. Y.

1873

 USD - 1.87
636 PRIME, W. C. I Go A-Fishing N. Y.

1873

 USD - 1.88
637 PRITT, T. E. North Country Flies Lond.

1886

 USD - Unknown
638 PRITT, T. E. The Book of the Grayling: a Description of the Fish and the Art of Angling for Him Leeds

1888

 USD - Unknown
639 PRITT, T. E. Yorkshire Trout Flies Leeds

1885

 USD - 5.50
640 PROCTOR, GEO. H. The Fishermen's Memorial and Record Book Gloucester

1873

 USD - 1.25
641 PROUTY, LORENZO Fish, their Habits and Haunts Bost.

1883

 USD - Unknown
642 PULMAN, G. P. R. Rustic Sketches: being Rhymes on Angling, with Notes and Glossary Lond.

1853

 USD - Unknown
643 PULMAN, G. P. R. The Book of the Axe, containing a Piscatorial Description of that Stream, also a History of all the Parishes, &c., on its Banks Lond.

1854

 USD - Unknown
644 PULMAN, G. P. R. The Vade-Mecum of Fly-Fishing for Trout, and Instructions for Manufacturing Artificial Flies Lond.

1851

 USD - Unknown
645 RAFINESQUE, C. S. A Monograph of the Fluviatile Bivalve Shells of the River Ohio, containing Twelve Genera and Sixty-eight Species Phil.

1832

 USD - 11.00
646 RAFINESQUE, C. S. Ichthyologia Ohiensis; or, Natural History of the Fishes Inhabiting the River Ohio and its Tributary Streams Lexington, Ky.

1820

 USD - 17.00
647 RAFINESQUE, C. S. Monographie des Coquilles Bivalves et Fluviatiles de la Rivere Ohio Bruxelles

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
648 RAMSBOTTOM, ROBT. The Salmon, and Its Artificial Propagation Lond.

1854

 USD - Unknown
649 RAU, CHAS. Prehistoric Fishing in Europe and North America Wash.

1884

 USD - Unknown
650 RAYMOND, REV. OLIVER The Art of Fishing on the principle of Avoiding Cruelty Lond.

1866

 USD - Unknown
651 RENNIE, JAS. Alphabet of Scientific Angling Lond.

1833

 USD - Unknown
652 RENNIE Alphabet of Angling

1849

 USD - Unknown
653 RICHARDSON, JOHN Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America Lond.

1836

 USD - 3.75
654 ROBERTS, SIR RANDALL The River Side; or, The Trout and Grayling, and How to Take Them Lond.

1866

 USD - Unknown
655 ROBERTS, SIR RANDALL The River's Side Lond.

1866

 USD - 1.63
656 ROD (THE) AND LINE; or, Practical Hints and Dainty Devices for the Sure Taking of Trout, Grayling, &c Lond.

1849

 USD - Unknown
657 RONALDS, ALFRED The Fly-Fisher's Entomology Lond.

1844

 USD - 1.10
658 RONALDS, ALFRED Fly-Fisher's Entomology Lond.

1839

 USD - 1.10
659 RONALDS, ALFRED Fly-Fisher's Entomology Lond.

1862

 USD - 1.10
660 ROOPER, GEO. The Autobiography of the Late Salmo Idlar, Esq. Narrative of the Life, Personal Adventures and Death of a Tweed Salmon Lond.

1867

 USD - 1.25
661 ROOPER, GEORGE Thames and Tweed Lond.

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
662 ROOSEVELT, R. B. Game Fish of the North N. Y.

1866

 USD - Unknown
663 ROOSEVELT, R. B. Game Fish of the Northern States and British Provinces N. Y.

1884

 USD - 1.40
664 ROOSEVELT, R. B. Superior Fishing. Striped Bass, Trout and Black Bass of the Northern States N. Y.

1865

 USD - 1.00
665 ROOSEVELT AND GREEN Fish Hatching and Fish Catching Rochester

1879

 USD - Unknown
666 ROSCOE Rambles with a Fishing Rod Lond.

1883

 USD - Unknown
667 RUSSELL, ALEX The Salmon Edinburgh

1864

 USD - Unknown
668 SABIN, JOSEPH A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Waltonian Library, belonging to the Estate of Robt. W. Coleman N. Y. (Bradstreet)

1866

 USD - 3.00
669 SALTER, T. F. The Troller's Guide Lond.

1820

 USD - Unknown
670 SALTER, T. F. The Troller's Guide Lond.

1830

 USD - Unknown
671 SALTER'S Angler's Guide Lond.

1815

 USD - 1.25
672 SALTER, T. F. Angler's Guide. Being a Complete Practical Treatise on Angling Lond.

1815

 USD - 2.75
673 SALTER, T. F. Angler's Guide. A Complete Practical Treatise on Angling Lond.

1815

 USD - 1.00
674 SALTER, T. F. The Angler's Guide Lond.

n. d.

 USD - 1.25
675 SALTER'S (T. F.) Angler's Guide Lond.

1815

 USD - Unknown
676 SALTER, T. F. The Angler's Guide Lond.

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
677 SALTER'S Angler's Guide Lond.

1825

 USD - 1.00
678 SALTER, T. F. The Angler's Guide Lond.

1825

 USD - Unknown
679 SALTER, T. F. The Angler's Guide Lond.

1830

 USD - Unknown
680 SALTER, T. F. Angler's Guide Lond.

1830

 USD - Unknown
681 SALTER, T. F. Angler's Guide Lond.

1841

 USD - 1.50
682 SALTER, T. F. Troller's Guide. Treatise on the Art of Trolling Lond.

1841

 USD - Unknown
683 SAMUELS, EDWARD A. With Fly-Rod and Camera N. Y.

1890

 USD - 1.50
684 SANDEMAN, FRASER By Hook and By Crook Lond.

1892

 USD - 3.00
685 SAUNDERS, JAMES The Compleat Fisherman. More particularly Calculated for the Sport of Angling Lond.

1724

 USD - 2.75
686 SCHRIENER'S (WM. H.) Sporting Manual. A Complete Treatise on Fishing, Fowling and Hunting Phil.

1841

 USD - 3.50
687 Black Palmer. SCOTCH LOCH-FISHING Edinburgh and Lond.

1882

 USD - Unknown
688 SCOTT, GENIO C. Fishing in American Waters N. Y.

1869

 USD - 1.25
689 Richard Franck (SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Editor.) Northern Memoirs, Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland; to which is added the Contemplative and Practical Angler Edinburgh

1821

 USD - 1.37
690 SCROPE, WM. Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed Lond.

1843

 USD - 35.00
691 SCROPE, WM. Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing

1854

 USD - 3.25
692 SEELEY, H. G. Fresh-Water Fishes of Europe Lond.

1886

 USD - Unknown
693 SENIOR, WM. By Stream and Sea. A Book for Wanderers and Anglers Lond.

1877

 USD - Unknown
694 SENIOR, WILLIAM Travel and Trout in the Antipodes. An Angler's Sketches in Tasmania and New Zealand Lond.

1880

 USD - Unknown
695 SENIOR, WM. Water Side Sketches. A Book for Wanderers and Anglers Lond.

1875

 USD - Unknown
696 SHIPLEY, WM. A True Treatise on the Art of FlyFishing, Trolling, &c Lond.

1838

 USD - 1.10
697 SHIPLEY, WM. True Treatise on Fly Fishing

1838

 USD - Unknown
698 SHIRLEY, THOS. Angler's Museum; or, The Whole Art of Float and Fly Fishing Lond.

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
699 SIMEON, CORNWALL Stray Notes on Fishing and Natural History Cambridge and Lond.

1860

 USD - Unknown
700 SMITH, ARTHUR The Thames Angler Lond.

1860

 USD - Unknown
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