Bangs: First Editions of American Authors from the Library of a Private Collector. To Be Sold At Auction, Wednesday and Thursday, January, 22d and 23d, 1902. By Bangs & Co. 91 & 93 Fifth Ave., New York, 22Jan1902,

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Auction Date
January 22, 1902 - January 22, 1902
Page Size: 500 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
401 [Cobbett (William)] PENNSYLVANIA. The Democratic Judge; Philadelphia

1798

USD - 0.88
402 PENNSYLVANIA. The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as Established by the General Convention... Philadelphia

1784

USD - 2.50
403 PENNSYLVANIA. The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as Altered and Amended by the Convention for that Purpose freely chosen and assembled, and by them Proposed for the Consideration of their Constituents Philadelphia

1790

USD - 3.25
404 PENNSYLVANIA. The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Philadelphia

1790

USD - 1.25
405 PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT. One hundred and seventeen leaves, each page with ruled border of gold and colors, and with occasional characters written in gold

USD - 1.00
406 PHILADELPHIA. State of the Accounts of Edward Bartholomew, Collector of Excise for the City and County of Philadelphia, from the Time of his Appointment, Nov. 21, 1782, to the 22d of Nov., 1783 Philadelphia

1774 [1784]

USD - 5.00
407 (Cornelius William) PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY. Stafford . The Philadelphia Directory for 1797 Philadelphia

1797

USD - 4.50
408 PIRKEYMER (B.) Germaniae ex Variis Scriptoribus perbreuis explicatio Norimbergae

1532

USD - 11.00
409 POE (EDGAR ALLAN) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, of Nantucket London

1838

USD - 5.50
410 Edited by Miss Leslie POE. The Gift, 1840 Philadelphia

[1839]

USD - 2.25
411 POE The Raven, and other Poems London

1846

USD - 15.00
412 POOLE (HENRY WARD) Exercises in English Reading, selected for his Pupils in The National College of Mineria Mexico

1862

USD - 0.50
413 POPE (ALEXANDER) The Dunciad, Variorum. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus London

1729

USD - 4.50
414 POPE Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and several of his Friends London

1737

USD - 1.50
415 POPULAR PREJUDICES against the Convention and Treaty with Spain, Examin'd and Answer'd London

1739

USD - 1.50
416 PRESCOTT (WILLIAM H.) Biographical and Critical Miscellanies New York

1845

USD - 4.75
417 PRESCOTT History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas. Portraits New York

1847

USD - 3.00
418 PRICE (RICHARD) Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty ... to which is added an Appendix Philadelphia

1776

USD - 0.95
419 Sir T. D. Lauder PRICE (U.) Sir Uvedale Price on the Picturesque, with an Essay on the Origin of Taste, by Sir T. D. Lauder Edinburgh

1842

USD - 0.10
420 PRINCE (THOMAS) A Sermon delivered at the South- Church in Boston, New England, August 14, 1746. London, 1747

USD - 0.50
421 Mynshul (Geffray) PRISONS OF THE 17TH CENTURY. Essays and Characters of a Prison and Prisoners London

1638

USD - 10.00
422 PYNSON IMPRINT Noue narrationes [London]

[about 1510]

USD - 7.00
423 Penn (William) QUAKERS. Continued Cry (The) of the Oppressed for Justice... By the Author of England's Present Interest, etc

Printed in the year 1675

USD - 1.50
424 Penn QUAKERS. The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience once more briefly Debated & Defended, by the Authority of Reason, Scripture, and Antiquity

Printed in the year, 1670

USD - 1.00
425 Penn QUAKERS. The Skirmisher Defeated and Truth Defended:...

Printed in the year, 1676

USD - 2.00
426 Lyttelton (T.) QUEBEC BILL. A Letter from Thomas Lord Lyttelton to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, on the Quebec Bill Boston

1774

USD - 4.00
427 Marriot QUEBEC BILL. The Singular and Diverting Behaviour of Dr. Marriot, His Majesty's Advocate General, who was Examined concerning the Religion and Laws of Quebec by Mr. Burke, Colonel Barre, and other Members, and found Means,...

USD - 6.50
428 [Johnson (Samuel)] QUEBEC BILL. Hypocrisy Un- masked; or, A Short Inquiry into the Religious Complaints of our American Colonies London

1176

USD - 5.00
429 [Knox (William)] QUEBEC BILL. The Justice and Policy of the Late Act of Parliament for Making more Effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec Asserted and Proved,... London

1774

USD - 4.00
430 REBELLION. Chaplain's (A) Campaign with Gen. Butler New York

1865

USD - 0.50
431 Fitch (John) REBELLION. Annals of the Army of the Cumberland Philadelphia

1864

USD - 0.15
432 Varnum (James M.) RHODE ISLAND. The Case, Trevett against Weeden Providence

1787

USD - 4.00
433 Man (Thomas) RHODE ISLAND. A Picture of Woon-socket; or, The Truth in its Nudity

Printed for the Author, 1835

USD - 0.30
434 REED (THE) CONTROVERSY. Further Facts with Reference to the Character of Joseph Reed, Adjutant General on the Staff of General Washington Trenton, N. J.

1876

USD - 0.05
435 ROSSETTA STONE. Report of the Committee Appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania to Translate the Inscription on the Rosetta Stone Philadelphia

[1857]

USD - 3.75
436 [ROWLANDS (SAMUEL)] 'Tis Merry When Gossips Meet London

1818

USD - 6.00
437 ROWLANDSON Twenty Plates to Illustrate Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides London

1786

USD - 4.50
438 ROWLANDSON Poetical Magazine. Dedicated to the Lovers of the Muse by the Agent of the Goddess London

1809-10

USD - 3.75
439 RUMP; or, An Exact Collection of the Choycest Poems and Songs Relating to the Late Times London

1662

USD - 21.00
440 SANDERSON (JOHN) Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence Philadelphia

1823-27

USD - 2.50
441 SHELLEY (PERCY BYSSHE) Queen Mab: a Philosophical Poem New York

1821

USD - 3.50
442 SHERWOOD (JOHN D.) The Comic History of the United States Boston

1870

USD - 0.80
443 SIMMS (W. GILMORE) Norman Maurice; or, The Man of the People Charleston

1852

USD - 2.12
444 SLAVERY. Pocahontas: a Proclamation n. p.

1820

USD - 3.50
445 SLAVERY. The Crisis No. 1; or, Thoughts on Slavery, occasioned by the Missouri Question New Haven

1820

USD - 0.10
446 SLAVERY. A Collection of Books and Pamphlets relating to Slavery: Slavery at Washington.... v. p. and d.

USD - 0.15
447 SOLINUS Ioannis Camertis Minoritani, Artivm, et Sacrae Theologiae Doctoris, In. C. IVLII Solini Polyhistora Enarrationes Vienna

1520

USD - 72.00
448 [Leigh (Sir Egerton)] SOUTH CAROLINA. Considerations on certain Political Transactions of the Province of South Carolina: containing a View of the Colony Legislatures . . . with Observations, shewing their Resemblance to the British Model London

1774

USD - 10.00
449 SPORTING. The Analysis of The Hunting Field: being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters that compose one London

1846

USD - 49.00
450 Scott (William Henry) SPORTING. British Field Sports London

1818

USD - 2.50
451 Chauncy (Charles) STAMP ACT. A Discourse on The good News from a Far Country. Boston

1766

USD - 16.00
452 STEDMAN (EDMUND CLARENCE) Songs and Ballads New York

1884

USD - 8.00
453 STEPHENS (JOHN L.) Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan London

1842

USD - 1.50
454 STEVENSON (MATHEW) Occasions Off-spring: or Poems upon Severall Occasions London

1654

USD - 4.50
455 STILES (HENRY REED) Bundling: its Origin, Progress and Decline in America Albany

1871

USD - 3.00
456 STOCKTON (FRANK R.) STOCKTON (FRANK R.) Poems, with Autobiographic and other Notes Philadelphia

1862

USD - 3.25
457 STOWE (HARRIET BEECHER) Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly Boston

1852

USD - 13.50
458 SWINBURNE (ALGERNON CHARLES) Under the Microscope London

1872

USD - 16.50
459 TAYLOR (BAYARD) Poems of Home and Travel Boston

1855

USD - 0.88
460 TAYLOR The Poet's Journal Boston

1863

USD - 2.50
461 TAYLOR (JOHN) Superbioe Flagellum; or, The Whip of Pride London

1621

USD - 4.50
462 TAYLOR All the Workes of John Taylor the WaterPoet London

1630

USD - 3.50
463 TENNYSON (ALFRED) The Passing of Arthur London

1884

USD - 27.00
464 VAN BUREN (MARTIN) Speech of Mr. Van Buren, of New York, delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the Mission to Panama, March, 1826 Washington City

1826

USD - 0.25
465 VAUGHAN (SIR WILLIAM) The Golden Fleece London

1626

USD - 35.00
466 VERMONT Mystery Developed; or, Russell Colvin (Supposed to be Murdered) In Full Life, and Stephen and Jesse Boorne (his Convicted Murderers) by Wonderful Discoveries Hartford

1820

USD - 0.80
467 Addison (Alexander) VIRGINIA. Analysis of the Report of the Committee of the Virginia Assembly, on the Proceedings of sundry of the other States in Answer to their Resolutions Philadelphia

1800

USD - 3.00
468 WALKER (GEORGE) The Three Spaniards: a Romance Baltimore

1833

USD - 0.88
469 WALLER (EDMUND) Poems, etc. Written by Mr. Ed. Waller of Beckonsfield, Esquire; Lately a Member of the Honourable House of Commons. And Printed by a Copy of his own handwriting London

1645

USD - 49.00
470 WALPOLE (HORACE) The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford London

1861

USD - 2.50
471 WALTON (IZAAK) The Life of John Donne, Dr in Divinity, and Late Dean of Saint Pauls Church, London London

1658

USD - 10.50
472 Alsop (Richard) WASHINGTON. A Poem; Sacred to the Memory of George Washington Hartford

1800

USD - 1.00
473 WASHINGTON The Legacy of the Father of his Country Boston

1796

USD - 0.60
474 Miles (Noah) WASHINGTON. A Sermon, Delivered At Temple, February 22, 1800, On The Death of George Washington .. . To which is prefixed, An Account of the Proceedings of the Town on the Melancholy Occasion Amherst

1800

USD - 0.50
475 Minot (George Richards) WASHINGTON. An Eulogy on George Washington, Late Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, Who Died December 14, 1799 Boston

[1800]

USD - 0.60
476 West (Samuel) WASHINGTON. Greatness the Result of Goodness Boston

1800

USD - 0.50
477 Weems (Mason L.) WASHINGTON. The Life of Gen. Washington, with Curious Anecdotes, equally honourable to himself and exemplary to his Young Countrymen Philadelphia

1809

USD - 2.50
478 WASHINGTON The Will of General George Washington, to which is annexed, A Schedule of his Property, Directed to Be Sold

USD - 10.00
479 WEEMS (M. L.) The Bad Wife's Looking Glass; or, God's Revenge against Cruelty to Husbands Charleston

1823

USD - 2.00
480 WEEMS God's Revenge against Adultery Philadelphia

1818

USD - 0.60
481 WEEMS God's Revenge Against Murder; or, The Drowned Wife: a Tragedy Philadelphia

1808

USD - 0.15
482 WEEMS God's Revenge Against Gambling Philadelphia

1822

USD - 2.00
483 Charles Westmacott WESTMACOTT (CHARLES). Points of Misery; or, Fables for Mankind London

1823

USD - 5.00
484 Phillis Wheatley WHEATLEY (PHILLIS). Poems on various Subjects- Religious and Moral London

1723

USD - 4.25
485 Edited by James Brenton WHITMAN (WALT). Voices from the Press: a Collection of Sketches, Essays, and Poems by Practical Printers New York

1850

USD - 4.00
486 WHITMAN Leaves of Grass Brooklyn

1855

USD - 62.00
487 WHITMAN Leaves of Grass Boston

1860-61

USD - 3.00
488 WHITMAN Drum-Taps New York

1865

USD - 2.00
489 WHITMAN Passage to India Washington

1871

USD - 8.50
490 WHITMAN Specimen Days and Collect Glasgow

1883

USD - 1.75
491 WHITMAN YOU Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me. 1 leaf

USD - 2.50
492 WHITMAN Of that Blithe Throat of Thine

USD - 2.25
493 WHITMAN The Voice of the Rain

USD - 3.25
494 WHITTIER (JOHN G.) Legends of New-England Hartford

1831

USD - 26.00
495 WILDE (OSCAR) An Ideal Husband London

1899

USD - 15.50
496 WILLIS (N. P.) Pencillings by the Way London

1835

USD - 0.85
497 WILLIS Loiterings of Travel London

1840

USD - 0.80
498 WOOD (WILLIAM) New England's Prospect. A true, lively and experimental description of that part of America commonly called New England

USD - 90.00
499 WOODRUFF (HIRAM) The Trotting Horse of America: How to Train and Drive Him New York

1868

USD - 0.15
500 WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE Lyrical Ballads, with a few other Poems London

1798

USD - 13.00
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