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
201 DICKENS, CHARLES Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Lond.

1839

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202 DICKENS, CHARLES Nicholas Nickleby Lond.

1839

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203 DICKENS, CHARLES Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress Lond.

1839

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204 DICKENS, CHARLES Master Humphrey's Clock, by "Boz " (Old Curiosity Shop; Barnaby Rudge) Lond.

1840-41

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205 DICKENS, CHARLES A Christmas Carol Lond.

1844

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206 DICKENS, CHARLES The Battle of Life Lond.

1846

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207 DICKENS, CHARLES Cricket on the Hearth Lond.

1846

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208 DICKENS, CHARLES Pictures from Italy Lond.

1846

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209 DICKENS, CHARLES Cricket on the Hearth Lond.

1846

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210 DICKENS, CHARLES Haunted Man Lond.

1848

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211 DICKENS, CHARLES David Coppcrfield Lond.

1850

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212 DICKENS, CHARLES Bleak House Lond.

1853

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213 DICKENS, CHARLES Hard Times Lond.

1854

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214 DICKENS, CHARLES Little Dorrit Lond.

1857

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215 DICKENS, CHARLES Tale of Two Cities Lond.

1866

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216 DICKENS, CHARLES Our Mutual Friend Lond.

1865

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217 DICKENS, CHARLES Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of N. Y.

1872

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218 John Forster DICKENS, CHARLES. Life of Bost.

1875

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219 DICKENS, CHARLES The Lamplighter: a Farce. (1838) Lond.

1879

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220 DIGBY, SIR KENELM Private Memoirs Lond.

1827

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221 DISOSWAY, G. P. Earliest Churches of New York N. Y.

1865

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222 D'ISRAELI, I. Calamities of Authors Lond.

1812

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223 DISRAELI, BENJ. Contarini Fleming Leipzig

1846

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224 D'ISRAELI, ISAAC Curiosities of Literature Lond.

1849

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225 DIXON Her Majesty's Tower Lond.

1869

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226 DIXON, W.H. Spiritual Wives Lond.

1868

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227 (DODSLEY) A Select Collection of Old Plays Lond.

1825

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228 DOESTICKS What he Says N. Y.

1855

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229 DORAN History of Court Fools Lond.

1858

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230 DORAN, DR. Annals of the English Stage N. Y.

1865

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231 Dow's Patent Sermons and Machine Poetry Phil.

USD - Unknown
232 DRAKE, S. G. Indians of North America Bost.

1834

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233 DRING, CAPT. THOS. Recollections of the Jersey Prison Ship N. Y.

1805

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234 DRYDEN, JOHN Fables, Ancient and Modern, translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer Lond.

1700

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235 DRYDEN, JOHN The Satires of Juvenal and Flaccus Lond.

1702

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236 DRYDEN, JOHN All for Love, or the World well Lost Lond.

1728

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237 DRYDEN, JOHN Amphytrion, or the Two Socia's Lond.

1732

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238 DUMAS, ALEX. Count of Monte Cristo Lond.

1846

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239 DUNLOP, JOHN History of Fiction Lond.

1845

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240 DURER, ALBERT Five fine Old Engravings, neatly mounted on cardboard

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241 DYER, GEORGE History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge Lond.

1814

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242 DYER'S AND COLOUR MAKER'S COMPANION Phil.

1850

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243 EBERS, JOHN Seven Years of the King's Theatre Lond.

1828

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244 EDGEWORTH, MARIA AND RICHARD L. Essay on Irish Bulls Lond.

1815

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245 EDWIN, JOHN Eccentricities. Collected from his Manuscripts, and enriched with several hundred Original Anecdotes Lond.

(1791)

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246 EDWARDS, GEORGE Natural History of Birds and other rare and undescribed Animals, Quadrupeds Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c... Lond.

1802-6

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247 EDWARDS, FREDERICK Prayer: a Poem Lond.

1830

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248 EGAN Life in and out of London; or, Finish to the Ad ventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic Lond.

n. d.

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249 EGAN Life in London; or, Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Corinthian Tom, and Hob Logic, through the Metropolis Lond.

1823

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250 EGAN Sporting Anecdotes Lond.

1825

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251 EKINS, REV. JEFFREY EKINS, REV. JEFFREY. Poems Lond.

1810

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252 ELOISA en Dishabille: being a New Version of that Lady's Celebrated Epistle to Abelard Lond.

1822

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253 ELLIOT, FRANCES Old Court Life in France N. Y.

1877

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254 ENGLAND'S WORTHIES under whom all the Civill and Bloudy Warres since Anno 1642 to Anno 1647 are related, &c... Lond. reprinted Lond.

1845: reprinted 1647

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255 Epics of the Ton; or, The Glories of the Great World Lond.

1807

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256 ETHEREGE, SIR GEORGE The Man of Mode, or Sir Fopling Flutter: a Comedy acted the Duke's Theatre Lond.

1684

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257 ETON LATIN GRAMMAR Eton.

1861

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258 EUPHROKYNE; or, Amusements on the Road of Life Lond.

1783

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259 EUSEBIUS Ecclesiastical History of Phil.

1833

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260 EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, from 1861 to 1864 Lond.

1861-4

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261 EVANS, JOHN The Progress of Human Life

1823

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262 EVANSON, E. Dissonance of the Four Evangelists Ipswich

1792

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263 EVELYN, JOHN Life of Mrs. Godolphin Lond.

1848

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264 EVERARD, EDWARD CAPE (comedian) Memoirs of an Unfortunate Son of Thespia, Pupil of the late David Garrick, &c... Edinburgh

1818

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265 EXTRAORDINARY BLACK BOOK. An Exposition of Abuses. in Church and State, Courts of Law. Municipal Bodies, &C, &c... Lond.

1832

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266 (Moore) FABLES for the Female Sex Lond.

1744

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267 FABLES of Pilpay, an Ancient Indian Philosopher Lond.

1789

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268 FACETIAE CANTABRIENSES Lond.

1836

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269 FAERNO, GABRIEL Fables in English and French Verso Lond.

1741

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270 FASHIONABLE BIOGRAPHY; or, Specimens of Public Characters Lond.

1808

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271 FENELON Adventures of Telemachus Lond.

1735

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272 FIELD, NATH. Amends for Ladies Lond.

1639

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273 FIGUIER, LOUIS The Human Race N.Y.

1873

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274 FIGUIER, Louis FIGUIER, Louis. Works N. Y.

n. d.

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275 FITZGERALD, PERCY New History of the English Stage Lond.

1882

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276 FLORESTON, or the New Lord of the Manor Lond.

1839

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277 FONTENELLE, M. DE Plurality of Worlds Lond.

1803

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278 FORREST, EDWIN Library Catalogue Phil.

1863

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279 FOOTE, SAMUEL The Mayor of Garratt: a Comedy in Two Acts Lond.

1769

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280 FOOTE, SAMUEL Works of, with Remarks on each Play, &c... Lond.

1805-30

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281 FOOTE, JESSE Lives of Andrew Robinson Bowes and the Countess of Strathmore Lond.

(1810)

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282 FOUR OLD PLAYS. Three Interludes: Thersytes, Jack Jugler, and Heywood's Pardoner and Frere; and Jocasta, a Tragedy Cambridge

1848

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283 FRAUDS of Romish Monks and Priests Dublin

1827

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284 FROST, THOMAS In Kent with Charles Dickens Lond.

1880

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285 FROST, THOMAS The Old Showman and the Old London Fairs Lond.

1875

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286 FROST, THOMAS Circus Life and Circus Celebrities Lond.

1875

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287 GABERLUNZIE'S WALLET Edinburgh

1843

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288 GALT, JOHN The Lives of the Players Bost.

1831

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289 GALLERY OF BEAUTIES. A Collection of thirty-eight Female Portraits in the Royal Palace at Munich Munich

USD - Unknown
290 GAMBLING. The Fatal Effects of Gambling exemplified in the Murder of Wm. Weare, and the Trial and Fate of John Thurtell, the Murderer Lond.

1824

 USD - Unknown
291 GAMESTERS.--Lucas, Theophilus Memoirs of the Lives, Amours, Intrigues, and Comical Adventures of the most Famous Gamesters and Celebrated Sharpers Lond.

1714

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292 GARLAND OF BELLS Newcastle

1815

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293 GARRICK.--Fitzgerald, Percy Life of David Garrick, from Original Family Papers, and numerous published and unpublished sources Lond.

1868

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294 GAY, JOHN Fables. With a Life of the Anthor Lond.

1793

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295 GAY, JOHN Fables Lond.

1785

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296 GENT The Strange Discovery: a Tragi-Comedy Lond.

1640

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297 S. C. Hall GEMS OF EUROPEAN ART. The Best Pictures of the Best Schools Lond.

1846

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298 GEORGE BARNWELL Memoirs of Harlow

1810

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299 GEORGE IV Life and Times of, with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, &c... Lond.

1830

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300 GERARD, J. W., Jr. Titles to Real Estate in the State of New York N. Y.

1869

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