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
401 KING, DR. WILLIAM Political and Literary Anecdotes of His Own Time Lond.

1819

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402 KING, MRS. Memoirs of the Late (otherwise, the Diamond Q-n !!) Lond.

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403 KIRK, J. F. History of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy Lond.

1863

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404 KIRKMAN, JAS. THOS. Memoirs of the Life of Charles Maeklin, Esq. Lond.

1799

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405 KOTZEBUE, AUGUSTUS VON The Wild-Goose Chase N.Y.

1800

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406 LABELLE ASSEMBLEE, or Court and Fashionable Magazine

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407 LACKINGTON, JAMES Memoirs of the Forty-live First Years of J. Lackington, Bookseller Lond.

1803

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408 LADY ALIMONY, or The Alimony Lady Lond.

1659

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409 LA FONTAINE Tales and Novels, in Verse Land.

1735

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410 LA FONTAINE Fables, translated from the French by Elizur Wright Bost.

1841

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411 LA FONTAINE Tales and Novels, in Verse Paris

1883

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412 LA FONTAINE Fables, translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury Lond.

n. d.

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413 LA FONTAINE The Loves of Cupid and Psyche, in Verse and Prose, to which is prefixed a version of the same story from the Latin of Apuleius Lond.

1744

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414 LAMB, CHARLES Works of, complete Phil.

1857

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415 LANGDALE, HON. CHARLES Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert Lond.

1856

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416 LAY-MONASTERY Lond.

1714

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417 LEATHES, E. An Actor Abroad, or Gossip in Australia, the U. S., &c. Lond.

1880

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418 LEE, NAT LEE, NAT. Dramatic Works Lond.

1735

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419 LEE, SAMUEL The Bible Regained Bost.

1874

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420 (LEECH). Richard Savage: a Romance of Real Life Lond.

1842

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421 LEFANU, ALICIA Memoirs of Mrs. Frances Sheridan, mother of Richard Brinsley Sheridan Lond.

1824

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422 LEICESTER, Robert DUDLEY, EARL OF LEICESTER, Robert DUDLEY, EARL OF. Secret Memoirs of Lond.

1706

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423 LEMON, MARK Up and Down the London Streets Lond.

1867

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424 (LENNOX, MRS. CHAS) Shakespeare Illustrated; or, The Novels and Histories on which the Plays of Shakespeare are Founded Lond.

1753-54

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425 LENNOX, LORD W. P. Plays, Players and Playhouses at Home and Abroad Lond.

1881

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426 LE SAGE The Devil upon Two Sticks Hartford

1855

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427 LE SAGE Gil Blas de Santillane Lond.

1819

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428 LE SAGE The Rogue; or, The Life of Guzman de Alfarache Oxford

1630

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429 LETTER to the Roman Catholics of the City of Worcester Lond.

1784

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430 LEVER. Tom Burke of Ours Dublin

1844

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431 LEVER. Charles O'Malley Dublin

1841

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432 LEVER. Luttrell of Arran Lond.

1871

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433 LEVER. Confessions of Con Cregan Lond.

1855

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434 LEWES, CHARLES LEE Memoirs, containing Anecdotes, Historical and Biographical, Of the English and Scottish Stages, during a Period of Forty Years Lond.

1805

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435 LEWES, CHARLES LEE Comic Sketches Lond.

1804

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436 LEWIS, M. G. author of The Monk Tales of Wonder (in verse) Lond.

1801

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437 LEWIS, M. G. The Monk: a Romance Paris

1832

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438 LIBRARY OF FICTION; or, Family Story-Teller Lond.

1836

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439 Life of Christ and the Apostles Lond.

1738

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440 Life IN IRELAND; or, The Day and Night Scenes... Lond.

1829

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441 LILLY, JOHN Dramatic Works Lond.

1858

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442 LIMBORCH, PHILIP A. History of the Inquisition Lond.

1731

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443 G.G. Foster LIND, JENNY. Life of N. Y.

1850

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444 LODGE Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain Lond.

1821

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445 Logan The Last of the Race of Shikellemus, Chief of the Cayuga Nation Cinn.

1868

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446 LONDON in the Nineteenth Century, or Metropolitan Improvements Lond.

(1827)

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447 LONGFELLOW'S Poetical Works Bost.

1875

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448 Loss OF THE KENT East Indiaman, by Fire, in the Bay of Biscay, on the 1st March, 1825 Lond.

1825

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449 LOVER, SAMUEL Rory O'More Lond.

1837

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450 LOWNDES, W. T. Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature Lond.

1857

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451 LUCAN'S Pharsalia Lond.

1722

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452 LUCIAN LUCIAN. Works Lond.

1711

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453 LUCRETIUS The Nature of Things Lond.

1813

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454 LYELL Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man Phil.

1863

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455 MACAULEY, Miss. Tales of the Drama Founded on the 'Tragedies of Shakspeare, Massingera... Exeter, N. H.

1833

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456 MACKY, JOHN Memoirs of the Secret Services of, during the reigns of King William, Queen Anne and King George I Lond.

1733

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457 MACKAY, C. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Lond.

1852

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458 MACKLINE CHARLES Memoirs of. With the Dramatic Characters, Manners, Anecdotes, &c. Lond.

1806

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459 Sir Frederick Pollock, editor MACREADY, W.C. Reminiscences, and Selections from his Diaries and Letters Lond.

1875

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460 MACREADY, MRS. MACREADY, MRS. Memoir of N. Y.

1857

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461 MAHON (LORD), Joan of Arc; Crocker (John Wilson), History of the Guillotine Lond.

1853

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462 MAHOMET MAHOMET. The Life and Actions of Lond.

1712

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463 (MAINTENON) Madame de Maintenon, translated from the French of Madame de Genlis Lond.

1806

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464 MALIBRAN, MADAME Recollections of the Star of La Scala Lond.

1837

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465 MANLEY, MRS. Adventures of Rivella; or, History of the Author of the Atalantis Lond.

1714

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466 MANLEY, MRS. The Power of Love, in Seven Novels... Lond.

1720

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467 MANILEY, MRS. Scent Memoirs and Manners of several Persons of Quality of both Sexes, from the New Atalantis (also, Memoirs of Europe towards the Close of the Eighth Century) Lond.

1715-16

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468 MANON LESCAUT, from the French of the Abbe Prevost Lond.

1841

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469 MANUAL of the Corporation (and Common Council) of the City of New York, from 1841 to 1870 (minus 1847-1849 to '51, 1854 and 1807) N. Y.

1841-70

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470 MANUSCRIPT MUSIC. Mad as a March Hare...

USD - Unknown
471 MARGRAVINE of Anspach. Memoirs of the Lond.

1826

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472 MARRYAT, CAPTAIN Poor Jack Lond.

1857

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473 MARVEL, ANDREW An Account of the Growth of Popery .... in England Amsterdam

(1678)

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474 MASON, MAJOR JOHN A Brief History of the Pequot War Bost.

1736

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475 Pierce Egan MATTHEWS' COMIC ANNUAL; or, The Snuff Box and the Leetle Bird Lond.

1831

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476 MATHEWS' (MR.) Memorandum Book, character portrait Lond.

USD - Unknown
477 Charles Dickens MATHEWS, CHARLES JAMES. Life' of Lond.

1879

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478 MATHEWS, CHARLES Forgotten Facts in the Memoirs of Lond.

(1839)

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479 MATHEWS AT HOME, with all the Comic Songs... N. Y.

1822

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480 MATHEWs, CHARLES Memoirs of, by Mrs. Mathews. Portraits, &c. Lond.

1838

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481 MATHER, INCREASE AND COTTON History of King Philip's Wars Bost.

1862

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482 MAY, THOMAS The Tragedie of Cleopatra, Queen of AEgypt, acted 1626... Lond.

1639

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483 MAYHEW, A. Paved with Gold, or the Romance and Reality of the London Streets Lond.

1858

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484 MAXWELL, W. H. The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran and his man Mark Anthony O'Toole Lond.

1850

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485 MAXWELL, W. H. History of the Irish Rebellion Lond.

1866

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486 MEIGS, J.F. Diseases of Children Phil.

1853

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487 MILTON, JOHN Paradise Lost. With Life, &c. Lond.

1802

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488 MENKEN, ADAH ISAACS The Life and Remarkable Career of, as Danseuse, Actress, Authoress, Sculptor, Captain of "Dayton Light Guard," Wife of the Pugilist John C. Heenan, and of "Orpheus C. Kerr" Phil.

USD - Unknown
489 METASTASIO, PIETRO Dramas and other Poems Lond.

1800

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490 MICHELET Auricular Confession Phil.

1845

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491 MILES Pugilistica: the History of British Boxing Lond.

1866

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492 MILL, JOHN STUART Three Essays on Religion N.Y.

1874

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493 MILLER, JOHN Description of the Province and City of New York N. Y.

1862

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494 MILTON, JOHN Paradise Lost Lond.

1725

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495 M'CALLUM, DUNCAN History of the Ancient Scots Edinburgh

1858

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496 M'GAVIN, WM. The Protestant Hartford

1836

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497 MODERN DUNCIAD (THE). Virgil in London, and other Poems Lond.

1835

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498 MOODY, D.L. Sermons, Addresses and Prayers N. Y.

1877

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499 MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, EARL OF MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, EARL OF. Memoirs of Edinburgh

1808

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500 MONTAGUE, MRS. Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Dublin

1778

 USD - Unknown
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