Bangs: BIBLIOTHECA CURISA. CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY of W. H. KEMP, Esq., OF THIS CITY, Dramatic Literature, First Editions of Dickens' Works, Rowlandson's Illustrations, Lodge's Portraits, 4 Vols., Folio, &c., &c., &c, TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, WEDNESDA, Nov031886,

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 03, 1886 - November 03, 1886
Page Size: 802 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 A'BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT The Comic History of England Lond.

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2 A'BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT The Comic History of Home Lond.

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3 A'BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT The Comic Blackstone Chicago

1869

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4 ABELARD AND ELOISA ABELARD AND ELOISA. Letters of Lond.

1788

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5 ABBEY OF KILKHAMPTON Lond.

1788

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6 ACCEPTED ADDRESSES, or Praemium Poetarum; also Macbeth Trave Stie, and Miscellanies Lond.

1813

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7 (ADAMS) Woman. Sketches of the. . . Fair Sex Lond.

1790

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8 ADAMS, MRS. (wife of John Adams) ADAMS, MRS. (wife of John Adams). Letters

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9 ADDISON, JOSEPH ADDISON, JOSEPH. Miscellaneous Works of Lond.

1777

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10 ADVENTURER (THE) Lond.

1797

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11 ADVENTURES OF A POST CAPTAIN Lond.

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12 ADOLPHUS, JOHN Memoirs of John banister, comedian Lond.

1839

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13 AESCHYLUS Popular English Specimens of the Greek Dramatic Poets Lond.

1831

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14 AESCHYLUS The Seven Tragedies Oxford

1822

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15 AGNEL, H. R. Book of Chess N. Y.

1859

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16 AINSWORTH, W. H. Jack Sheppard Lond.

1839

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17 AINSWORTH, W. H. Windsor Castle Lond.

1843

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18 AINSWORTH, W. H. The Flitch of Bacon Lond.

1854

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19 AINSWORTH, W. H. Guy Fawkes Lond.

1857

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20 A'KEMPIS, THOMAS Imitation of Christ... Lond.

1698

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21 ALCIPHRON'S Epistles, in which are described the Domestic Manners Lond.

1791

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22 ALLAN, JOHN Library Catalogue. A Catalogue of the Books, Autographs, Engravings, &c, &c., of John Allan N. Y.

1864

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23 Henry J. Finn, editor AMERICAN COMIC ANNUAL (THE) Bost.

1831

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24 Lossing, editor AMERICAN HISTORICAL RECORD, and Repertory of Notes and Queries Phil.

1872

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25 AMERICAN SCENERY AND INDIAN PORTRAITURE

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26 Thomas Stanley ANACREON, BION AND MOSCHUS Lond.

1815

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27 AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of the Affair between Elizabeth Canning and Mary Squires Lond.

1754

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28 ANDRSON, C. J. Lake Ngami; or, Explorations und Discoveries in South Western Africa Lond.

1856

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29 ANDRE, MAJOR: JOHN The Cow Chace: a Poem Albany

1866

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30 ANECDOTES, Medical, Chemical and Chirurgical Lond.

1816

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31 Miss Benger ANNE BOLEYN. Memoirs of the Life of Phil.

1822

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32 ANTI-GALLICAN (THE): or Standard of British Loyalty, Religion and Liberty Lond.

1804

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33 A PLEASANT CONCEITED COMEDY, wherein is shewed how a Man May Chuse a Good Wife from a bad Lond.: reprinted, Lond.

1602: reprinted, 1824

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34 A PLEASANT CONCEITED COMEDY, wherein is shewed how a Man May Chuse a good Wife from a Bad Lond.

1602 (1824)

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35 APOLLONIUS OF TYANA APOLLONIUS OF TYANA. The Life of Lond.

1809

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36 Ripley and Dana, editors APPLETON's AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA: a Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge N. Y.

1874-7

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37 APULEIUS Metamorphoses: a Romance of the Second Century Lond.

1851

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38 ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS Lond.

1841

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39 ARCHERY AND ARCHNESS Lond.

1834

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40 ARIOSTO Orlando Furioso Lond.

1799

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41 AUBREY, JOHN Miscellanies. Contains curious accounts of Apparitions, Converse with Angels and Spirits, Corpse candles in Wales, Second-Sighted Persons, Discoveries of Murders by Apparitions, &c, &c. Lond.

1696

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42 BACON, LORD ERANCIS Verulamiana; or, Opinions on Men, Manners, Literature, Politics and Theology Lond.

1803

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43 BACON, LORD ERANCIS Sylva Sylvarum; or, a Naturall History, in ten Centuries. Portrait and engraved title Lond.

1631

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44 Mrs. Elizabeth Steele BADDELEY, MRS. SOPHIA (late of Drury-Lane Theatre) Lond.

1787

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45 BAILEY, P. J. Festus: a Poem Bost.

1860

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46 BAKER, D. E. Biographica Dramatica or, Companion to the Playhouse Dublin

1782

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47 Gustave Dore BALZAC'S Droll Stories, collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Lond.

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48 BAMPELYDE-MOORE CAREW, King of the Beggars. Life of Lond.

1775

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49 BARBER, J. W. Religions Events from commencement of Christian Era to the present time New Haven

1832

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50 BARBER, JONATHAN, Grammar of Elocution... N. Y.

1870

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51 (BARHAM). Ingoldsby Legends... Lond.

1870

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52 BARNUM, P. T. BARNUM, P. T. Life of N. Y.

1855

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53 BARNUM The Spy Unmasked; or, Memoirs of Enoch Crosby alias Harvey Birch, the hero of Cooper's Tale of the Neutral Ground N. Y.

1828

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54 Cipriani BARTOLOZZI. Beautiful Engraving, "Psyche Going to Dress"

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55 BATTLE OF BROOKLYN (THE). A Farce in Two ACTS N. Y.; reprinted, Brooklyn

1776; reprinted, 1873

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56 BEACONSFIELD CARTOONS from "Punch" Lond.

1878

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57 BEARD AND TAYLOR Theatre of God's Judgments, wherein is represented the admirable Justice of God against all notorious sinners Lond.

1648

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58 BEECHER, LYMAN Views on Theology Cinn.

1836

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59 BEHN, MRS. APHRA The Feigned Curtizans; or, A Night's Intrigue Lond.

1679

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60 BEHN, MRS. APHRA Complete Works. Novels... Lond.

1871

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61 BELLAMY, GEOROE ANNE BELLAMY, GEOROE ANNE. Memoirs of Lond.

1785

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62 BELL'S BRITISH THEATRE, complete Lond.

1791-7

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63 BELOE, WM. The Sexagenarian; or, The Recollections of a Literary Life Lond.

1818

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64 BELTZ, GEORGE FREDERICK Memorials of the Order of the Garter, with Biographical Notices of the Knights in the reigns of Edward III Lond.

1841

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65 BENNETT, C. H., and BROUGH, R. B. Substance and Shadow Lond.

1860

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66 BENSON, EGBERT Vindication of the Captors of Major Andre N. Y.

1817; reprint 1865

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67 BERKELEY, HON. GRANTLEY F. My Life and Recollections Lond.

1865-6

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68 BERNARD, JOHN, Manager of the American Theatres and Secretary of the Beef-Steak Club Lond.

1830

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69 BEWICK'S Select Fables of aesop and others Lond.

(1871)

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70 Canon F. C. Cook, editor BIBLE COMMENTARY N. Y.

1872-6

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71 BISSELL, E. C. Historic Origin of the Bible N. Y.

1873

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72 BOADEN, JAMES Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble Lond.

1825

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73 BOADEN, JAMES Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons, interspersed with Anecdotes of authors and actors Lond.

1831

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74 BOADEN, JAMES BOADEN, JAMES. MEMOIRS OF Mrs. Lond.

1833

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75 BOCCACCIO Il Deeamerone

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76 Dee Maizeaux BOILEAU-DESPBEAUX. Works. With Life Lond.

1711-13

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77 S. C. Hall., editor BOOK OF GEMS; or, the Poets and Artists of Great Britain Lond.

1837-38

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78 Collier, editor BOOK OF ROXBURGE BALLADS (Popular Ballads of the Reigns of Elizabeth, James and Charles) Lond.

1847

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79 BOOK OF BALLADS N. Y.

1861

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80 BORULAWSKI, COKNT JOSEPH Memoirs of the Celebrated Dwarf Lond.

1788

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81 BRADFORD, A. W. American Antiquities and Researches into the Origin and Antiquity of the Red Race N. Y.

1843

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82 BROWN, THOMAS. Works, in Prose and Verse, Serious, Comical and Moral, with his Character Lond.

1715-20

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83 BROWNING, ROBT. BROWNING, ROBT. Selections from the Poetical Works of Lond.

1872

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84 Captain Jesse BRUMMELL, GEORGE, "Beau." Life of Lond.

1844

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85 BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN. Poems N. Y.

(1854)

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86 BUCKINGHAM, J. S., DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, J. S., DUKE OF. Works Lond.

1740

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87 BUNGAY, GEORGE W. Off-Hand Takings; or, crayon Sketches of the Noticeable Men of the Age N. Y.

(1854)

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88 Dr. George Cheever BUNYAN, JOHN. The Pilgrim's Progressi With Memoir Lond.

1850

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89 BURKE, MASTER Biography of, The Irish Roscius, The Wonder of the World and the Paragon of Actors phil.

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90 BURKE, T. N. BURKE, T. N. Lectures and Sermons N. Y.

1873

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91 BURNET, BP. GILBERT Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale Lond.

1805

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92 BURNS, ROBERT Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Kilmarnock

1870

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93 BURNS, ROBERT Tam O'Shanter N. Y.

1868

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94 BURNS, ROBERT. BURNS, ROBERT. Poetical Works, complete Lond.

1834

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95 BURTON, JOHN HILL The Book Hunter Phil.

1881

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96 BURTON, JOHN HILL Catalogue of the Theatrical. . . Library of William E. Burton N. Y.

1860

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97 BUSK, HANS The Vestriad: a Poem Lond.

1819

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98 BUTLER Hudibras Lond.

1744

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99 BUTLER Hudibras

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100 BUTLER Hudibras Lond.

1847

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