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
701 STRETTON, CHARLES Sport and Sportsmen Lond.

1866

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702 STEVENS, GEO. ALEX. Lecture on Heads Lond.

1799

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703 STIRLING, EDWARD Old Drury Lane Lond.

1881

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704 STONE, W. L. Life and Times of Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, or Red Jacket Albany

1866

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705 STOW, JOHN Abridgement of the English Chronicle first collected by Lond.

1611

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706 STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER Brilliant portrait on India by George Richmond

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707 STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER Lady Byron Vindicated Bost.

1870

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708 SUE, EUGENE The Wandering Jew Lond.

1844

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709 SUE, EUGENE The Mysteries of Paris Lond.

1845

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710 SUE, EUGENE Paula Monti; or, The Hotel Lambert Lond.

1845

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711 SUE, EUGENE Mysteries of Paris Paris

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712 (SURTEES) Ask Mamma; or, The Richest Commoner in England Lond.

n. d.

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713 (SURTEES) Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrock's Hunt Lond.

n. d.

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714 SWEDENBORG, EMANUEL A Compendium of the Writings of N. Y.

1875

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715 SWIFT. Gulliver's Travels Lond.

n. d.

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716 SYNTAX, DR. Three Tours: in Search of the Picturesque Lond.

n. d.

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717 SCNTAX, DR. Tour in Search of the Picturesque Lond.

USD - Unknown
718 SCNTAX, DR. in Paris; or, A Tour in Search of the Picturesque Lond.

1820

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719 TALES OF THE CLASSICS: a New Delineation of the most popular Fables, Legends and Allegories commemorated in the Works of Poets, Painters and Sculptors, &c. Lond.

1830

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720 TALLEYRAND, C. M. Memoirs of. Containing particulars of his Private and Public Life, of his Intrigues in Boudoirs, as well as in Cabinets Lond.

1805

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721 TAMMANY SOCIETY. 82d Celebration N. Y.

1870

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722 TANNAHILL, ROBERT TANNAHILL, ROBERT. Poetical Works Lond.

1851

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723 TASSONI, A. The Rape of the Bucket Lond.

1825

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724 TELLIARNED; or, The World Explained Balt.

1797

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725 Blowhard TENCH, JACK, or the Midshipman turned Idler Lond.

1842

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726 TENNYSON, ALFRED Gareth and Lynette Bost.

1872

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727 TENNYSON, ALFRED Poems Lond.

1864

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728 TERENCE TERENCE. Comedies of Lond.

1810

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729 THACKERAY, WILLIAM M. The Newcomes Lond.

1854

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730 THACKERAY, WILLIAM M. Pendennis... Lond.

1869

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731 THACKERAY, WILLIAM M. The Virginians Lond.

1868

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732 THE CASE IS ALTERED. HOW ? Aske Dalio and Millo Lond.

1630

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733 THE THESPIAN PRECEPTOR; or, a Full Display of the Scenic Art; &c., &c. Bost.

1810

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734 THEOCRITUS Idylliums Lond.

1767

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735 (THOMPSON, R.) Chronicles of Old London Bridge Lond.

1827

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736 THOMSON, ANDREW The Doctrine of Universal Pardon Edinburgh

1830

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737 THOMSON, A. T. Memoirs of the Court of Henry VIII Lond.

1826

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738 THOMSON, JAMES The Seasons Lond.

1795

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739 TIGHE, MRS. HENRY Psyche, with other Poems Lond.

1811

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740 TOURGEE A Fool's Errand N. Y.

1880

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741 TOWER OF LONDON. Sketches of, as a Fortress, Prison and Palace, folding plan and illustrations... Lond.

USD - Unknown
742 TRACTS. The Aristocracy of New York, who they are and what they were, by an Old Resident...

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743 TROLLOPE, MRS. Domestic Manners of the Americans Lond.

1832

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744 TROLLOPE, MRS. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 Lond.

1836

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745 TRYON, JOHN Sketches of Show Life N. Y.

1872

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746 TRYPHIODORUS The Destruction of Troy Oxford

1739

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747 TUPPER, M. F. Proverbial Philosophy Lond.

1855

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748 TURNER, SAMUEL H., D.D. Essay on Our Lord's Discourse at Capernaum N.Y.

1845

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749 TUSSAUD, MADAME Memoirs and Reminiscences of France: D'Estaing, Robespierre, Dr. Franklin, Lafayette, &c. Lond.

1838

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750 TOM TYLER and his Wife: an excellent old Play, as it was printed and acted about a hundred years ago Lond.

1661

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751 VANBRUGH The Provoked Wife: a Comedy, as if is acted at the New Theatre in Little Lincoln's-Inn-Fields Lond.

1698

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752 VANBRUGH The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger: Being the sequel of The Fool in Fashion, a Comedy Lond.

1708

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753 VANDAM, A. D. Amours of Great Men Lond.

1878

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754 VEUILLOT, LOUIS Jesus-Christ. Attendu, vivant, continue, dans le monde, avec une etude sur l'Art Chretien par E. Cartier Paris

1875

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755 VESTIGES of the Natural History of Creation Lond.

1853

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756 VIRGIL VIRGIL. Works Lond.

1709

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757 VIRGIL. Works... Lond.

1803

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758 VIRGINIA ILLUSTRATED. The Adventures of Porte Crayon and his Cousins N. Y.

1857

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759 VIRGINIA. A True Discourse of the Present Estate of Lond.

1615

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760 VORTIGERN AND ROWENA Passages selected by distinguished personages on the Great Literary Trial of Lond.

USD - Unknown
761 WALES, PRINCESS of The Proceedings and Correspondence upon the Inquiry into the Conduct of Lond.

1807

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762 WALLACK, JAMES W. A Sketch of the Life of James W. Wallack, Senior, late Actor and Manager N. Y.

1865

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763 WALPOLE, HORACE Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland and Ireland Lond.

1806

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764 WALPOLE, HORACE Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third Lond.

1768

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765 WALPOLE, HORACE Correspondence with Rev. Wm. Mason... Lond.

1840-43-48-51

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766 WALPOLE, HORACE The Myterious Mother: a Tragedy Lond.

1781

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767 WALSH, WILLIAM WALSH, WILLIAM. Works of Lond.

1736

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768 WALTON AND COTTON The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation Lond.

1860

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769 WARD. Satyrical Reflections on Clubs Lond.

1710

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770 WARD. Humorous Pieces by... Lond.

1709-10

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771 W. P. Custis WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Recollections and Private Memoirs N. Y.

1860

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772 WATSON, JOHN F. Annals of Philadelphia Phil.

1830

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773 WEBER, HENRY Battle of Flodden Field: a Poem of the XVIth Century Lond.

1808

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774 WEBSTER, JOHN Vittorio Corombona; or, The White Devil. A Tragedy Lond.

1672

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775 WESTMACOTT,CHARLES Points of Misery Lond.

1823

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776 WESTMACOTT, CHARLES Points of Misery; or, Fables for Mankind Lond.

1823

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777 WILKINS, PETER, or the Flying Islanders: a Melo-Dramatic Spectacle in Two Acts

USD - Unknown
778 WHEATLEY, PHILLIS Poems on Various Subjects: Religious and Moral Lond.

1773

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779 WHINCOP, THOS. Scanderbeg, a Tragedy...

USD - Unknown
780 WHITBY, DANIEL, D.D. The Absurdity and Idolatry of Host Worship Lond.

1679

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781 WHITTINGTON, DICK WHITTINGTON, DICK. Life and Times of Lond.

1841

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782 WHOLE DUTY OF A WOMAN (THE): Or a Guide to the Female Sex. from the Age of Sixteen to Sixty, &c. Lond.

1696

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783 WILLARD, EMMA Astronomy and Astronomical Geography N. Y.

1860

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784 WILLCOCK, J. W. AND A. The Ocean, the River, and the Shore Lond.

1863

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785 Miss Hariette Wilson WILSON, HARRIETTE. Clara Gazul; or, Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense N. Y.

1830

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786 WILSON, JOSEPH Memorabilia Cantabrigiae; or, an Account of the different Colleges in Cambridge... Lond.

1803

 USD - Unknown
787 WINN, C. A. What I Saw of the War, at the Battles of Speichern, Gorze, and Gravelotte Lond.

1870

 USD - Unknown
788 WOOD, W. B. Personal Recollections of the American Stage Phil.

1855

 USD - Unknown
789 WOOD. Memoir of Mr. and Mrs. N. Y.

USD - Unknown
790 WOODWARD A Letter from Henry Woodward, Comedian, the Meanest of all Characters, to Dr. John Hill, Inspector General of Great Britain, the Greatest of all Characters Lond.

1752

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791 WOODWARD A Letter from Henry Woodward, Comedian, the Meanest of all Characters, to Dr. John Hill, Inspector-General of Great Britain, the Greatest of all Characters Lond.

1752

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792 WOLCOTT, Peter PINDAR (I. E., Wolcott) WOLCOTT, Peter PINDAR (I. E., Wolcott). The Works of Lond.

1812

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793 WOMEN OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT N. Y.

1859

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794 WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER Greece, Pictorial, Descriptiue and Historical Lond.

1844

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795 WRIGHT, THOMAS Womankind in Western Europe, from the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century Lond.

1869

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796 WRIGHT, THOMAS Caricature History of the Georges Lond.

1867

 USD - Unknown
797 WRIGHT, THOMAS A History of Caricature and Grotesque Lond.

(1864)

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798 UONGE, C.M Recollections of a Page at the Court of Louis XVI Lond.

1873

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799 YORKSHIRE DIALECT (THE) Exemplified in Various Dialogues, Tales and Songs Lond.

1839

 USD - Unknown
800 York, A Description of, containing some account of its Antiquities, Public Buildings, &c.

USD - Unknown
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