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
701 SMITH, JOHN The Compleat Fisher; or, The True Art of Angling: being a Clear and Speedy Way of Taking all sorts of Fresh-Water Fish Lond.

1725

 USD - 8.50
702 SMITH, JEROME V. C. Natural History of the Fishes of Massachusetts Bost.

1833

 USD - 1.75
703 SMITH Fishes of Massachusetts Bost.

1843

 USD - Unknown
704 SMITH The Compleat Fisher; or, The True Art of Angling Lond.

n. d.

 USD - 4.50
705 SONGS OF THE EDINBURGH ANGLING CLUB Edinburgh

1879

 USD - 3.00
706 SOUTH, THEOPHILUS The Illustrated Fly-Fisher's Text Book Lond.

-1841

 USD - 3.25
707 SOUTH, THEOPHILUS The Fly-Fisher's Text Book Lond.

1841

 USD - 1.25
708 SOUTH, THEOPHILUS The Illustrated Fly-Fisher's Text Book: a Complete Guide to the Science of Fly-Fishing for Salmon, Trout, Grayling, &c Lond.

1845

 USD - 1.00
709 STACY-WATSON, C. The Silvery Hosts of the North Sea Lond.

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
710 STEVENS, C. W. Fly-Fishing in Maine Lakes Bost.

1881

 USD - 1.20
711 STEVENS, CHAS. W. Fly-Fishing in Maine Lakes Bost.

1884

 USD - Unknown
712 STEWART, W. C. The Practical Angler Edinburgh

1857

 USD - Unknown
713 STEWART, W. C. The Practical Angler Edinburgh

1877

 USD - Unknown
714 STODDART, THOS. TOD An Angler's Rambles and Angling Songs Edinburgh

1866

 USD - Unknown
715 STODDART, THOS. T. Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland Edinburgh and Lond.

1847

 USD - 1.38
716 STODDART, T. T. Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland Edinburgh and Lond.

1847

 USD - 1.50
717 STODDART, T. T. Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland Edinburgh and Lond.

1847

 USD - Unknown
718 STODDART, T. T. Angling Reminiscences Edinburgh

1837

 USD - Unknown
719 STODDART, T. T. Angling Reminiscences Lond.

1848

 USD - Unknown
720 STODDART, T. T. Angling Reminiscences of the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland Lond.

1887

 USD - Unknown
721 STODDART, T. T. Art of Angling, as Practised in Scotland Edinburgh

1835

 USD - Unknown
722 STODDART, T. T. Art of Angling as Practised in Scotland Edinburgh

1836

 USD - Unknown
723 SWINBURNE, CAPTAIN, R. N. The Rig of Fishing Boats Edinburgh and Lond.

1883

 USD - Unknown
724 STODDART, T. T. Songs and Poems Edinburgh

1839

 USD - Unknown
725 TATTERSALL, GEORGE New Sporting Almanack Lond.

1844

 USD - 1.00
726 TAYLOR, SAML. Angling in all its Branches, reduced to a Complete Science Lond.

1800

 USD - 1.25
727 THEAKSTON, M. British Angling-Flies Lond.

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
728 THOMAS, H. S. The Rod in India: Hints How to Obtain Sport, &c Mangalore

1873

 USD - 2.00
729 THOMAS, HENRY S. The Rod in India: Flints How to Obtain Sport. Natural History of Fish, their Culture and Value Lond.

1881

 USD - 1.88
730 TOD, SUETONIUS M. Trout Fishing in the Isle of Man Lond.

-1865

 USD - 2.75
731 TODD, JOHN Long Lake Pittsfield, Mass.

1845

 USD - 10.25
732 TRAITTE DE TOUTE SORTE DE CHASSE ET DE PECHE A Amsterdam

1714

 USD - 4.50
733 TRAITTE De Toute Sorte de Chasse et de Peche A Amsterdam

1714

 USD - 1.25
734 TWEED AND DON; or, Recollections and Reflections of an Angler for the last fifty years Edinburgh and Lond.

1860

 USD - Unknown
735 USTONSON, ONESIMUS The True Art of Angling, being a a clear and speedy way of taking all sorts of freshwater fish Lond.

1770

 USD - 5.50
736 U. S. FISH COMMISSION. Report on Food Fishes for 1875-1880 Washington

1878-1883

 USD - 2.75
737 VANIER Fishing: a Translation from the Latin of Vanier. Book XV. upon Fish, by the late Rev. John Duncombe, with a brief introduction and passages from English writers Lond.

1809

 USD - Unknown
738 VENABLES, COL. ROBERT The Experienced Angler, with Memoir of Col. Robert Venables Lond.

1825

 USD - 1.12
739 VENABLES, COL. ROBERT The Experienced Angler. India proof plates of fish Lond.

1827

 USD - 2.38
740 VERMONT Reports of the Fish Commissioners of the State of Vermont, 1867-1874 v. p.

USD - 1.08
741 VIGNE, GODFREY T. Six Months in America Lond.

1832

 USD - 1.00
742 WADE, HENRY Rod-Fishing in Clear Waters by Fly, Minnow and Worm, and the Art of Dressing Flies Lond.

1860

 USD - Unknown
743 WADE, HENRY Halcyon; or, Rod-Fishing with Fly, Minnow and Worm Lond.

1861

 USD - Unknown
744 WAYTH, C. Trout Fishing; or, The River Darent, a Rural Poem Lond.

1845

 USD - Unknown
745 WAYTH, C. Trout Fishing; or, The River Darent Lond.

1845

 USD - Unknown
746 WALTON, IZAAK The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation...

1653

 USD - 1.00
747 WALTON, IZAAK The Compleat Angler; or, The Con templative Man's Recreation Lond.

1655

 USD - 210.00
748 WALTON, IZAAK The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing. To which is added the laws of Angling: with a new table of the particulars in this book Lond.

1661

 USD - 150.00
749 WALTON, IZAAK The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing Lond.

1668

 USD - 95.00
750 WALTON, IZAAK The Compleat Angler; or, The Comtemplative Man's Recreation. The first part, Part I. Being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing Lond.

1676

 USD - 90.00
751 WALTON, IZAAK The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing Lond.

1668

 USD - 100.00
752 WALTON, ISAAC Compleat Angler Lond.

1653

 USD - 7.00
753 WALTON, ISAAC Compleat Angler Lond.

1653

 USD - 4.00
754 WALTON (IZAAK) Compleat Angler Lond.

1653

 USD - 1.00
755 WALTON AND COTTON'S Universal Angler, made so by Three Books of Fishing by I. Walton, C. Cotton and Col. R. Venables Lond.

1676

 USD - 28.00
756 WALTON'S (IZAAK) Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and Sanderson Lond.

1825

 USD - 29.00
757 WALTON, IZAAK The Lives of Sir John Donne... Lond.

1866

 USD - Unknown
758 WALTOX'S (IZAAK) Compleat Angler (Reprint of the First Edition) Lond.

1872

 USD - Unknown
759 WALTON'S (IZAAK) Complete Angler Lond.

1876

 USD - 1.87
760 Izaak Walton WALTONIANA. lnedited Remains in Verse and Prose of Izaak Walton Lond.

1878

 USD - Unknown
761 WALTON, IZAAK His Wallett Booke. CIC.IC.CCC.LXXXV Lond.

1885

 USD - 2.00
762 WALTON (ISAAK) The Complete Angler (Cassell's National Library) N. Y.

-1886

 USD - 1.00
763 WALTON The Incompleat Angler, after Master Izaak Walton Lond.

1887

 USD - Unknown
764 Complete Angler, a Fac-simile Reprint of the First Edition...

USD - Unknown
765 WALTON, IZAAK Complete Angler Lond.

n. d.

 USD - 1.00
766 WALTON, IZAAK In Memoriam. Obit 15th December, 1683 Lond.

n. d.

 USD - 1.90
767 WALTON, IZAAK Compleat Angler Lond.

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
768 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler. With exact representations of the fish. Carefully and correctly published from the best editions Lond.

1750

 USD - 23.00
769 Moses Browne WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1759

 USD - 7.50
770 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1760

 USD - 8.00
771 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1760

 USD - 8.00
772 John Hawkins WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler. The Lives of the Authors, by John Hawkins Lond.

1766

 USD - 4.25
773 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler. Lives and Notes by Hawkins Lond.

1775

 USD - 3.50
774 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1784

 USD - 5.00
775 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1791

 USD - 5.50
776 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1792

 USD - 4.25
777 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1797

 USD - 1.50
778 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1808

 USD - 2.13
779 WALTON, ISAAC Compleat Angler Lond.

1810

 USD - 5.00
780 WALTON, ISAAC The Compleat Angler Lond.

1810

 USD - 3.50
781 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1815

 USD - 404.00
782 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1815

 USD - 3.25
783 Sir John Hawkins WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler. Lives of the Authors, and Notes by Sir John Hawkins Lond.

1822

 USD - 5.00
784 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1822

 USD - 2.00
785 Zouch, Thos. WALTON. The Life of Isaac Walton, Including Notices of his Contemporaries Lond.

1823

 USD - 5.00
786 Thos. Zouch WALTON. Life of Isaac Walton, by Thos. Zouch Lond.

1823

 USD - 6.50
787 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1824

 USD - 16.00
788 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Chiswick

1824

 USD - 4.00
789 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1825

 USD - 1.50
790 WALTON AND COTTON The Social Pipe; or, Gentleman's Recreation. Frontispiece Sir Walter Raleigh smoking Lond.

1826

 USD - 1.75
791 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Chiswick

1826

 USD - Unknown
792 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Chiswick

1826

 USD - 3.25
793 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Edinburgh

1833

 USD - 1.50
794 WALTON AND COTTON'S Complete Angler Lond.

1835

 USD - 2.25
795 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1835

 USD - 1.75
796 Sir John Hawkins WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Edinburgh

1836

 USD - 1.12
797 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler. PICKERING'S SPLENDID EDITION, handsomely printed on vellum paper by Whittingham Lond.

1836

 USD - 71.00
798 Edited with Original Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas WALTON AND COTTON'S Complete Angler Lond.

1836

 USD - 222.00
799 WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler Lond.

1836

 USD - 1.13
800 edited by Rennie WALTON AND COTTON'S Angler. With Lives and Notes by Sir John Hawkins, edited by Rennie Lond.

1836

 USD - 1.00
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