Bangs: CATALOGUE OF THE Library, Engravings, Oil paintings, AND MUSIGAL INSTRUMENTS. BELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF THE LATE, RICHARD GRANT WHITE Esq., OF NEW YORK. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, Monday, November 16th, and following days, 1885, BY BANGS & CO., 739-741 B, Nov161885,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 16, 1885 - November 16, 1885

Page Size: 2057 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
501	CRABBE	Outline of a System of Natural Theology	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
502	CRAIK (George L.)	A Manual of English Literature, and of the History of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
503	CRANE (George)	The Principles of Language exemplified in a Practical English Grammar	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
504		"CRAVEN." The Young Sportsman's Manual	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
505	CROMBIE (Alex.)	The Etymology and Syntax of the English Language explained and illustrated	London	1830	USD -	Unknown
506	CROSBY (Frank)	Everybody's Lawyer and Counsellor in Business	Philadelphia	1859	USD -	Unknown
507	CUISIN (P.)	Le Cri de la Pudeur. Les Nymphes du Palais-Royal	Paris	1815	USD -	Unknown
508	CULL (Richard)	Garrick's Mode of Reading the Liturgy of the Church of England	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
509	CUMMINS (Adley H.)	A Grammar of the Old Friesic Language	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
510	CUNNINGHAM (Peter, Editor)	The Songs of England and Scotland	London	1835	USD -	Unknown
511	CURTIS (George William)	CURTIS (George William). Works, i. e., Nile Notes, Howadji in Syria; Lotus Eating; Potiphar Papers; Prue and I; Trumps			USD -	Unknown
512	CURTIS	Robert Burns: an Address at the Unveiling of the Statue in Central Park, New York, October 2, 1880		1880	USD -	Unknown
513	CURTIUS	The Historic of Quintus Curtius, conteyning the Actes of the great Alexander			USD -	Unknown
514	CURWEN (H.)	A History of Booksellers, the Old and the New	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
515	DALTON (J. G.)	Lyra Bicyclica: Forty Poets on the Wheel	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
516		DANCE OF DEATH. La Danse des Morts.-- Modele de la Peinture.--Eglise de la Chaise-Dieu (Auvergne)			USD -	Unknown
517	D'ANOIS (The Countess)	Memoirs of the Court of England in the Reign of King Charles II	London	1708	USD -	Unknown
518	DANTE	Opere Poetiche con note di diversi per diligenza e studio di Antonio Buttura	Parigi	1823	USD -	Unknown
519	DANTE	Divine Comedy: The Inferno, a Literal Prose Translation by John A. Carlyle	London	1849	USD -	Unknown
520	DANTE	The First Canticle (Inferno) of the Divine Comedy	Boston	1867	USD -	Unknown
521	DANTE	The New Life	Boston	1867	USD -	Unknown
522	D'ARRAS (Jehan)	Melusine. Nouvelle Edition avec une preface par M. Ch. Brunet	Paris	1754	USD -	Unknown
523	DAUB AN (C. A.)	La Demagogic en 1793 A Paris, ou Histoire, jour par jour, de l'annee 1793	Paris	1868	USD -	Unknown
524	DAUDET (Alphonse)	Sapho, Moeurs Parisiennes	Paris	1884	USD -	Unknown
525	DAVENANT (Sir William)	DAVENANT (Sir William). The Dramatic Works of, with. Prefatory Memoir and Notes	Edinburgh	1872	USD -	Unknown
526	DAVENPORT (John)	A New Dictionary, English and Italian, Italian and English, with the equivalents in French	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
527	DAVIDSON (P.)	The Violin	Glasgow	1871	USD -	Unknown
528	DAVIDSON (Thomas)	The Grammar of Dionysios Trax	St. Louis	1874	USD -	Unknown
529	DAVIDSON (Samuel)	The New Testament	London	1875	USD -	Unknown
530	DAVIES (Thomas)	Dramatic Miscellanies...	London	1785	USD -	Unknown
531	DAVISON (Francis)	The Poetical Rhapsody: to which are added several other pieces	London	1826	USD -	Unknown
532	DEBAY (A.)	Philosophie du Mariage; Etudes sur l'Amour, le Bonheur, la Fidelity; Jalousie, Adultere, Divorce, Celibat. Also, Physiologie Descriptive des Trente Beautes de la Femme	Paris	1865	USD -	Unknown
533	DEBRUCK (B.)	Introduction to the Study of Language	Leipzig	1882	USD -	Unknown
534		DECAY OF CHRISTIAN PIETY; The Causes of	London	1667	USD -	Unknown
535	DE FOE (Daniel)	Novels and Miscellaneous Works of: with Prefaces and Notes, including those attributed to Sir Walter Scott	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
536	[DE FOE (D.)]	The True-Born English-Man.		1708	USD -	Unknown
537	DEKKER (Thomas)	DEKKER (Thomas). Dramatic Works, now first collected	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
538	[DE LA BARRE (Francois P.)]	De l'Egalite des deux Sexes, discours Physique et Moral, ou l'on voit l'importance de se defaire des Prejugez	Paris	1676	USD -	Unknown
539	DELORT (J.)	Histoire de l'Homme au Masque de Fer, accompagne des pieces authentiques et de facsimile	Paris	1825	USD -	Unknown
540	DENHAM (Sir John)	Poems and Translations	London	1709	USD -	Unknown
541	DESCHANEL (Emile)	Le Mal qu'on a dit des Femmes	Paris	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
542	DEUTSCH (Emanuel)	Literary Remains, with a brief Memoir	New York	1874	USD -	Unknown
543	DE VERE (Schele)	Americanisms: the English of the New World	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
544	DICKENS (Charles)	Oliver Twist...	London		USD -	Unknown
545		DICKENS. Oliver Twist...	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
546	DICKENS	American Notes for General Circulation	London	1842	USD -	Unknown
547	John Forster	DICKENS. The Life of	London	1872-74	USD -	Unknown
548	DICKENS	Forster's Life of Charles Dickens	Philadelphia	1873	USD -	Unknown
549	Gilbert A. Pierce	DICKENS DICTIONARY (The): a Key to the Characters and Principal Incidents in the Tales of Charles Dickens	Boston	1881	USD -	Unknown
550	DICKENS	Dictionary of the Thames from Oxford to the Nose, 1880			USD -	Unknown
551		DICTIONARY of Quotations (A New) from the Greek, Latin and Modern Languages	Philadelphia	1869	USD -	Unknown
552		DICTIONARY of Quotations from English and American Poets	New York	1883	USD -	Unknown
553		DICTIONNAIRE de l'Academie Francaise, derniere edition...	Bruxelles	1845	USD -	Unknown
554		DICTIONNAIRE de l'Academie Francaise, Petit	Paris	1862	USD -	Unknown
555	DIDRON (M.)	Iconographie Chretienne Histoire de Dieu	Paris	1844	USD -	Unknown
556	DILWORTH (Thomas)	A New Guide to the English Tongue	Wilmington	1822	USD -	Unknown
557		DIONYSII Halicarnassei Romanarum Antiquitatum pars hactenus desiderata nunc denique ope codicum Ambrosianorum ab Angelo Mais...	Mediolani	1816	USD -	Unknown
558		Discurso sobre el fomento de la Industria Popular	Madrid	1774	USD -	Unknown
559	DODD (Charles R.)	A Manual of Dignities, Privilege and Precedence	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
560	Gail Hamilton	[DODGE.] Our Common School System	Boston	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
561	DODSLEY (Robert)	A Collection of Poems by Several Hands	London	1748	USD -	Unknown
562	DODSLEY (J.)	A Collection of Poems by Several Hands...	London	1770-75	USD -	Unknown
563	DODVENS (Rembert)	A New Herball, or Historic of Plants: Wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of Herbes and Plants: their diuers and sundrie kindes: their Names, Natures, Operations and Virtues, etc.			USD -	Unknown
564	DONALDSON (John William)	The Theatre of the Greeks	Cambridge	1836	USD -	Unknown
565	DONALDSON	Varronianus: a Critical and Historical Introduction to the Ethnography of Ancient Italy and to the Philological Study of the Latin Language	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
566	DONNEGAN (James)	A New Greek and English Lexicon	Philadelphia	1852	USD -	Unknown
567	DORE (J. R.)	Old Bibles or an Account of the Various Versions of the English Bible	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
568	DORE (G.)	Les Collegiens (petits Albums pour rire No. 32)	Paris		USD -	Unknown
569	DOUGLAS (Gavin, Bishop of Dunkeld)	The Poetical Works of; with Memoir, Notes and Glossary by John Small	Edinburgh	1874	USD -	Unknown
570	DOUVILLE (J. V.)	The Speaking French Grammar, forming a Series of Sixty Explanatory Lessons	London	1828	USD -	Unknown
571	DRAKE (Nathan)	Literary Hours, or Sketches Critical and Narrative	London	1798	USD -	Unknown
572		DRAMA. She Ventures and He Wins, a Comedy	London	1696	USD -	Unknown
573		DRAMATIC CENSOR (The); or, Critical Companion	London	1770	USD -	Unknown
574		DRAMATIC NOTES. A Chronicle of the London Stage, 1879-1882	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
575	DRAITON (Michaell)	Poems; (Barrons Warres, England's Heroical Epistles, Sonnets and Legends)	London	1605	USD -	Unknown
576	DRAYTON (Michael)	The Battle of Agincourt...			USD -	Unknown
577	DROZ (Gustave)	Monsieur, Madame et Bebe; Entre Nous	Paris		USD -	Unknown
578		DRUMMOND. Poems...	London	1656	USD -	Unknown
579	DRUMMOND (William)	DRUMMOND (William). The Poems of	London	1833	USD -	Unknown
580	DRUMMOND	DRUMMOND. Poetical Works of	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
581	DU BARTAS	His Diuine Weekes and Workes...			USD -	Unknown
582	[DU BOIS (Ed.)]	My Pocket Book; or Hints for "A Ryghte Merriea nd Conceitede" Tour to be called The "Stranger in Ireland"	London	1807	USD -	Unknown
583	DOBOURG (George)	The Violin: some account of that Leading Instrument and its most Eminent Professors	London	1852	USD -	Unknown
584	DUBOURG	The Violin: some account of that Leading Instrument and its most Eminent Professors	London	1878	USD -	Unknown
585	DUDLEY	Letters of the Earl of Dudley to the Bishop of Llandaff	London	1841	USD -	Unknown
586	DUFOUR (Pierre)	Histoire de la Prostitution cheztous les peuples du monde depuis l'antiquite la plus reculee jusqu'a nos jours	Paris	1851	USD -	Unknown
587	DUMAS (Alexandre)	Filles, Lorettes et Courtisanes	Paris	1843	USD -	Unknown
588		DUMAS. La Dame aux Camelias, piece en cinq actes, 1856...	Paris		USD -	Unknown
589		DUMAS. La Princess Georges	Paris	1872	USD -	Unknown
590		DUNBAR (William). The Poems of...	Edinburgh	1834	USD -	Unknown
591		DUNBAR. The Works of...	Edinburgh	1863	USD -	Unknown
592	DUNLOP (John)	The History of Fiction: being a Critical Account of the most Celebrated Prose Works of Fiction	Edinburgh	1816	USD -	Unknown
593	DUPIN (Baron)	Report to the Emperor of the French upon the Progress in the Arts and Sciences in Massachusetts	Boston	1865	USD -	Unknown
594	D'URFEY (T.)	The Comical History of Don Quixote, as it was acted at the Queen's Theatre in Dorset Garden	London	1729	USD -	Unknown
595	EARLE (John)	Microcosmography; or A Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters	London	1811	USD -	Unknown
596		EARLE. The Philosophy of the English Tongue	Oxford	1871	USD -	Unknown
597		EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
598		EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY. The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman...	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
599		EDINBURGH MONTHLY REVIEW		1819-1820	USD -	Unknown
600		EDINBURGH REVIEW, July, 1883		1883	USD -	Unknown

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

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Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

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