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
601 POULTRY BOOK (THE)... Lond.

1853

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602 PRESCOTT, W. H. PRESCOTT, W. H. Historical Works N. Y.

1853

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603 C.L. Klooe PRETENDER (THE). Memoirs of Prince Charles Stuart, commonly called the Young Pretender, with Notes of the Rebellion in 1745 Lond.

1845

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604 PRIDEAUX, H. Old and New Testament connected. Maps, &c. Oxford

1839

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605 PRIOR, MATTHEW Poems on Several Occasions Lond.

1754

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606 PRYNNE, MR. WILLIAM His Defence of Stage Plays, or A Retaction of a Former by Book called Histrio-Mastix Lond.

1649; 1822

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607 PRYNNE, MR. WILLIAM Histrio-Mastix, the Players Scourge Lond.

1633

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608 PUNSHON, W. MORLEY Lectures and Sermons Bost.

1874

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609 QUEEN CAROLINE...

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610 QUENTIN, COLONEL QUENTIN, COLONEL. The Trial of Lond.

1814

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611 QUEVEDO, DON FRANCISCO Visions translated from the Spanish Lond.

n. d.

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612 "QUOD" Bost.

1842

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613 RACHEL. Memoirs of Rachel Lond.

1858

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614 RAPHAEL Slaughter of the Innocents

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615 RANKING, JOHN Researches on the Conquest of Peru, Mexico, &c. Lond.

1827

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616 RAMSAY, ALLAN Gentle Shepherd Glasgow

1788

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617 RAMSAY, ALLAN The Gentle Shepherd attempted in English by Margaret Turner Lond.

1790

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618 READ, H.F. Dramatic Poems Bost.

1848

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619 REID, THOMAS TWO Voyages to New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land Lond.

1822

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620 RELIQUIAE SACRAE CAROLINAE, or the Works of King Charles the I The Hague

1650

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621 REYNOLDS, FREDERICK Life and Times Lond.

1826

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622 REYNOLDS, G. W. M. Robert Macaire in England Lond.

n. d.

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623 C. A. Halsted RICHARD III., as Duke of Gloucester and King of England Lond.

1844

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624 RICHARDSON, SAMUEL Clarissa Harlowe N. Y.

1874

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625 RICHARDSON, W. Philosophical Essay and Illustration of some of Shakespeare's Remarkable Characters Bost.

1808

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626 ROBERTSON, T. W. David Garrick: a Love Story Lond.

1865

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627 ROBIN HOOD BALLADS Lond.

1847

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628 RODD History of Charles the Great and Orlando... Lond.

1812

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629 RODWELL, G. HERBERT, old London Bridge Lond.

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630 ROGERS, SAM'L. Recollections of the Table-Talk of N. Y.

1856

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631 ROWE, NICHOLAS ROWE, NICHOLAS. Dramatic Works of Lond.

1728

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632 ROWLANDSON The Adventures of Qui Hi in Hindostan Lond.

1816

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633 ROWLANDSON Quae Genus, or the Foundling of Dr. Syntax Lond.

USD - Unknown
634 RAWLANDSON Naples and the Campagna Felice Lond.

1815

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635 ROWSON, MRS. Charlotte Temple Phil.

1794

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636 ROYAL DECREES OF SCANDEROON (The) N. Y.

1869

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637 RUSSELL, W.C. Representative Actors: a Collection of Criticisms, Anecdotes, &c. Lond.

n. d.

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638 RYLEY, S.W. The Itinerant; or, Memoirs of an Actor Lond.

1817

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639 SABIN Story of the Palais Royal; or, The Loves of Louis XIV N. Y.

1874

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640 SAVAGE, RICHD. SAVAGE, RICHD. Works of Lond.

1777

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641 SCHLEMEHL, PETER From the German of Adelbert Von Chamisso Lond.

1861

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642 (SCHWEINFURTH) The Heart of Africa N. Y.

1874

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643 SCOTT, WALTER Rokeby. Portrait on India paper Edinburgh

1813

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644 SCOTT, WALTER Vision of Don Roderick Edinburgh

1811

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645 SCOTT, WALTER Lady of the Lake Edinburgh

1810

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646 SCOTT, WALTER Lay of the Last Minstrel Lond.

1808

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647 SCOTT, WALTER Marmion Lond.

1809

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648 SCOTT, WALTER Waverley Novels. Abbotsford Edition

(1842)

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649 SCOTT, WALTER Lay of the Last Minstrel Lond.

1810

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650 SCOTT, WALTER "Pry (Peter)."...

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651 SEA-PIE (THE)... Lond.

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652 SECRET OUT (THE); or, One Thousand Tricks in Drawing Room Magic Lond.

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653 SEDLEY, SIR CHARLES The Barouche Driver and his Wife: a Tale for Haut Ton Lond.

1807

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654 SEDLEY, SIR CHARLES The Infidel Mother; or, Three Winters in London Lond.

1807

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655 SEDLEY, SIR CHARLES Antony and Cleopatra: a Tragedy Lond.

1677

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656 SEMPLE LISLE AND KOTZEBUE. Lives, &c., of Lond.

1799-1800

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657 SERVIEZ, M. DE The Lives and Amours of the Empresses Lond.

1723

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658 SEWARD, W. H. Travels Round the World N. Y.

1873

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659 SHADWELL, THOMAS SHADWELL, THOMAS. Works of

Printed in the year 1720

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660 SHADWELL, THOMAS The History of Timon of Athens the Man-Hater Lond.

1696

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661 (SHAKESPEAR) Six Old Plays, on which Shakespeare founded his Measure for Measure, Comedy of Errors, Taming the Shrew, &C. Lond.

1779

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662 (SHAKESPEAR) The Ghost of Richard the Third: a Poem printed in 1614, and founded upon Shakespeare's Historical Play Lond.

1844

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663 (SHAKESPEAR.) Illustrations to. 6 on large paper, INDIA PROOFS

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664 Frank Howard SHAKESPEARE. 27 Outline Illustrations to

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665 SHAKESPEARE. Introduction to the School of Lond.

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666 SHAKESPEARE. Boydell's Graphic Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare Lond.

1802

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667 SHAKESPEARE and his Friends, or The Golden Age of Merry England...

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668 J. Monck Mason SHAKESPEARE. Comments on the Several Editions of Shakespeare's Plays Dublin

1807

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669 SHAKESPEARE. Illustrations

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670 SHAKESPEARE. Illustrations

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671 SHAKESPEARE SHAKESPEARE. Complete Works Lond.

n. d.

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672 SHIRLEY, WILLIAM Edward, the Black Prince; or, The Battle of Poictiers: an Historical Tragedy Lond.

1750

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673 SHUCKARD, W. E. British Bees Lond.

1866

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674 SIDDONS, HENRY Practical Illustrations of Rhetorical Gesture and Action, adapted to the English Drama Lond.

1822

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675 Thomas Campbell SIDDONS, MRS. Life of Lond.

1834

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676 SIDDONS, MRS. A Letter to: being a Circumstantial Detail of Mrs. Siddons' Life for the last seven years, &c. Lond.

1809

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677 SIDDONS, MRS. SIDDONS, MRS. The Beauties of Lond.

1786

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678 SMEETON'S REPRINTS Of Rare and Curious Tracts Lond.

1819

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679 SMEETON, GEORGE Doings in London, or Day and Night Scenes in the Metropolis Southwark

USD - Unknown
680 SMITH, ALBERT Sketches of London Life and Character Lond.

USD - Unknown
681 SMITH, CAPT. JOHN True Travels, Adventures and Observations in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, 1593-1629 Richmond

1819

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682 SMITH, J. T. Streets of London Lond.

1846

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683 SMITH, HORACE AND JAMES Rejected Addresses; or, The New Theatrum Poetarum Bost.

1841

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684 SMITH, SOL. Theatrical Management N. Y.

1868

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685 SOPHIA DOROTHEA (wife of Geo. I.) SOPHIA DOROTHEA (wife of Geo. I.) Memoirs of Lond.

1846

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686 SOPHOCLES SOPHOCLES. Tragedies of Oxford

1819

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687 SOUTH, JOHN F. Household Surgery, or Hints on Emergencies Phil.

1850

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688 SOUVENIR GALLERY for all Seasons Bost.

1850

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689 SPENCE, REV. JOSEPH Anecdotes, Observations and Characters of Books and Men Lond.

1820

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690 SPENCE, REV. JOSEPH Anecdotes of Books and Men Lond.

1820

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691 SPENSER, EDMUND The Faerie Queene N. Y.

1854

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692 SPIER'S AND SURENNE'S French and English Pronouncing Dictionary N. Y.

1875

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693 SPIRIT of the Public Journals for 1824 Lond.

1825

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694 SPOUTER's COMPANION, or Theatrical Remembrancer Lond.

USD - Unknown
695 ST. JOHN, J.A. Egypt and Nubia Lond.

USD - Unknown
696 ST. PIERRE, BERNARDIN DE Paul and Virginia Lond.

1839

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697 STARK, J. Picture of Edinburgh Edinburgh

1830

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698 STENHOUSE, T.B.H. History of the Mormons N. Y.

1873

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699 STEPHENS, GEORGE Dramas for the Stage Lond.

1846

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700 STERNE, LAURNCE STERNE, LAURNCE. Works of Lond.

1803

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