Bangs: CATALOGUE OF THE LARGE AND VALUABLE LIBRARY OF L. D. ALEXANDER, ESQ. PART THE SECOND. COMPRISING, Many Standard and Scarce Works in General Literature, Biography, Poetry, History, Napoleonana, Original Editions of the Works of Lever and Thackeray, Dramati, Apr151895,

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Auction Date
April 15, 1895 - April 15, 1895
Page Size: 1815 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2598 HALLIWELL, JAS. O. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century Lond.

1874

 USD - 1.13
2599 HALPINE, C. G. (Miles O'Reilly) HALPINE, C. G. (Miles O'Reilly). Poetical Works N. Y.

1869

 USD - 0.75
2600 HALPINE, C. G. The Poetical Works of Miles O'Reilly, with Sketch of his Life, &c. N. Y.

1869

 USD - 0.50
2601 HALSEY, LE ROY J. Memoir of the Life and Character of Rev. Lewis W. Green, D.D. N. Y.

1871

 USD - 0.10
2602 HAMERTON, P. G. Chapters on Animals Lond.

1874

 USD - 1.75
2603 HAMERTON, P. G. Etching and Etchers Lond.

1868

 USD - 26.00
2604 HAMERTON, P. G. Etching and Etchers Lond.

1880

 USD - 16.00
2605 HAMERTON, P. G. Etching and Etchers Lond.

1876

 USD - 10.00
2606 HAMERTON, P. G. Round My House. Notes of Rural Life in France, in Peace and War Lond.

1880

 USD - 0.75
2607 HAMERTON, P. G. The Graphic Arts N. Y.

1882

 USD - 16.00
2608 HAMERTON, P. G. The Life of J. M. W. Turner Lond.

1879

 USD - 1.13
2609 HAMERTON, P. G. The Portfolio: an Artistic Periodical

USD - 2.10
2610 HAMERTON, P. G. Portfolio Papers Lond.

1889

 USD - 1.90
2611 HAMERTON, P. G. The Sylvan Year. Leaves from the Note-book of Raoul Dubois Lond.

1876

 USD - 2.50
2612 HAMERTON, P. G. The Unknown River: an Etcher's Voyage of Discovery Lond.

1874

 USD - 1.50
2613 HAMILTON, JAS Memoirs of the Life of James Wilson, Esq., of Woodville Lond.

1859

 USD - 0.30
2614 HAMILTON, JAS., D.D. Memoirs of the Life of James Wilson, Esq., of Woodville Lond.

1859

 USD - 0.30
2615 HAMILTON (LADY) Attitudes Rome

1794

 USD - 1.25
2616 HAMILTON (LADY) Marriage Rites, Customs and Ceremonies of the Nations of the Universe Lond.

1822

 USD - 2.25
2617 HAMILTON (LADY) Marriage Rites, Customs and Ceremonies of the Nations of the Universe Lond.

1824

 USD - 1.75
2618 HAMILTON, SCHUYLER History of the National Flag of the United States Phil.

1853

 USD - 1.10
2619 HAMLEY, GEN. SIR EDWARD The War in the Crimea Lond.

1891

 USD - 0.35
2620 HAMMOND, S. H., and MANSFIELD, L. W. Country Margins and Rambles of a Journalist N. Y.

1855

 USD - 0.60
2621 HAMMOND, W. A. Spiritualism and Allied Causes and Conditions of Nervous Derangements N. Y.

1876

 USD - 0.30
2622 HAMST, OLPHAR Aggravating Ladies Lond.

1880

 USD - 0.75
2623 HANGER, COL. GEORGE The Life, Adventures and Opinions of Lond.

1801

 USD - 1.15
2624 HARDCASTLE, EPHRAIM Wine and Walnuts; or, After Dinner Chit-Chat Lond.

1824

 USD - 0.40
2625 HARDY, A. S. The Wind of Destiny Bost.

1886

 USD - 0.25
2626 HARE, A. J. C. Walks in Rome Lond.

1871

 USD - 0.55
2627 HARLEIAN MISCELLANY: A Collection of Scarce, Curious and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as Print, Selected from the Library of the Earl of Oxford

USD - 2.50
2628 HARPER, JOHN Glimpses of Ocean Life; or, Rock Pools and the Lessons they Teach Lond.

1860

 USD - 1.60
2629 HARRIS, C. FISKE Index to American Poetry and Plays Providence

1874

 USD - 3.25
2630 HARRIS, J. C. Nights with Uncle Remus Bost.

1883

 USD - 1.38
2631 HARRIS, J. C. On the Plantation: a Story of a Georgia Boy's Adventures during the War N. Y.

1892

 USD - 1.38
2632 HARRIS, J. C. Uncle Remus and His Friends Bost. and N. Y.

1892

 USD - 1.38
2633 HARRIS, J. C. Uncle Remus and his Legends of the Old Plantation Lond.

1881

 USD - 1.75
2634 HARRISON, FREDERIC The Choice of Books and other Literary Pieces Lond.

1886

 USD - 2.65
2635 HARRISON, MRS. BURTON Flower De Hundred. The Story of a Virginia Plantation N. Y.

1890

 USD - 0.30
2636 HARRISON The Life of Major-General William Henry Harrison: comprising a brief Account of his Civil and Military Services Phil.

1840

 USD - 1.25
2637 HARTE, FRANCIS BRET The Luck of Roaring Camp, and other Sketches Bost.

1870

 USD - 1.63
2638 HARTE, BRET Condensed Novels Bost.

1871

 USD - 0.88
2639 HARTE, BRET HARTE, BRET. Poems Bost.

1871

 USD - 0.65
2640 HARTE, BRET Tales of the Argonauts and Eastern Sketches Bost.

1882

 USD - 0.80
2641 HARTE, BRET The Luck of Roaring Camp, and other stories Bost. and N. Y.

1882

 USD - 1.80
2642 HARTE, BRET The Luck of Roaring Camp Bost. and N. Y.

1885

 USD - 0.35
2643 HARTE, BRET HARTE, BRET. The Poetical Works Bost. and N. Y.

1882

 USD - 0.88
2644 HARTSHORNE, REV. CHAS. H. (Editor) Ancient Metrical Tales. Printed chiefly from original sources Lond.

1829

 USD - 1.45
2645 HARVEY, PETER Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Daniel Webster Bost.

1877

 USD - 3.00
2646 HAWEIS, REV. H. R. American Humorists Lond.

1883

 USD - 3.00
2647 HAWTHORNE, JULIAN, Garth; Bird, R. M., Adventures Robin Day; &c.

v. y.

 USD - 0.20
2648 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL (Editor) Journal of an African Cruiser, comprising Sketches of the Canaries, &c. N. Y. and Lond.

1845

 USD - 3.00
2649 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL Our Old Home: a Series of English Sketches Bost.

1863

 USD - 1.00
2650 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL Passages from the American Note-Books Lond.

1868

 USD - 0.75
2651 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL Passages from the American Note-Books Lond.

1868

 USD - 0.30
2652 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL Passages from the American Note-Books Lond.

n. d.

 USD - 0.50
2653 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL Passages from the English Note-Books Lond.

1870

 USD - 0.85
2654 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL Passages from the French and Italian Note-Books Lond.

1871

 USD - 0.88
2655 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne N. Y.

1893

 USD - 0.50
2656 HAWTHORNE PORTFOLIO Being a Series of Twenty-four India Proofs from the Original Etchings Illustrating the New Riverside Edition of Hawthorne's Works Bost.

1884

 USD - 2.23
2657 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL The Gray Champion, and other Stories and Sketches Bost.

1889

 USD - 0.35
2658 HAY, JOHN Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle, and Little Breeches Bost.

1871

 USD - 1.10
2659 HAY, JOHN Pike County Ballads, and other pieces Bost.

1871

 USD - 0.90
2660 HAY, WM. D. An Elementary Text-Book of British Fungi Lond.

1887

 USD - 1.10
2661 HAYDEN, REV. HORACE E. Oliver Genealogy: a Record of the Descendants of Joseph...

USD - 0.80
2662 HAYDN'S Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information relating to all Ages and Nations N. Y. (Lond.)

1878

 USD - 3.88
2663 HAYDON (BENJ. ROBT.) Correspondence and Table-Talk Lond.

1876

 USD - 0.50
2664 HAYES, A. A. New Colorado and the Santa Fe Trail Lond.

1881

 USD - 0.50
2665 HAYLEY, WILLIAM The Triumphs of Temper: a Poem Chichester and Lond.

1803

 USD - 2.70
2666 HAYNES, J. E. Pseudonyms of Authors, including Anonyms and Initialisms N. Y.

1882

 USD - 1.13
2667 HAYNE, PAUL H. Legendsand Lyrics Phil.

1872

 USD - 1.20
2668 HAYNE, THOS. The Life and Death of Dr. Martin Luther, the Passages whereof have been taken out of his own and other Godly and most Learned Men's Writings who lived in his Time Lond.

1641

 USD - 2.75
2669 HAYWARD, ABRAHAM A Selection from the Correspondence of, from 1834--1884 N. Y. (Lond.)

1887

 USD - 0.25
2670 HAYWARD, A. HAYWARD, A. Selected Essays N. Y.

1879

 USD - 17.50
2671 HAYWARDE, RICHARD Prismatics N. Y.

1853

 USD - 0.20
2672 HAZLITT, W. C. Gleanings in Old Garden Literature N. Y.

1887

 USD - 0.50
2673 HEAD, SIR F. B. A Faggot of French Sticks Lond.

1855

 USD - 0.50
2674 HEAD, SIR FRANCIS B. A Fortnight in Ireland Lond.

1852

 USD - 0.25
2675 (HEAD, SIR F. B.) Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau Lond.

1834

 USD - 0.38
2676 HEADLEY, REV. J. T. Letters from the Backwoods and the Adirondac N. Y.

1850

 USD - 0.85
2677 HEARN, LAFCADIO Chita: A Memory of Last Island N. Y.

1869

 USD - 0.85
2678 HEATH, FRANCIS GEORGE Tree Gossip Lond.

1885

 USD - 0.85
2679 HEHN, VICTOR The Wanderings of Plants and Animals from their First Home Lond.

1885

 USD - 0.88
2680 HEINE, HEINRICH Travel-Pictures: including the Tour in the Hartz, Norderney, and Book of Ideas Lond.

1887

 USD - 0.35
2681 HELP (ARTHUR) HELP (ARTHUR) Works

USD - 2.20
2682 HELPS, ARTHUR Life and Labours of Mr. Brassey, 1805-1870 Lond.

1872

 USD - 0.25
2683 HEMANS, MRS. HEMANS, MRS. Works Edinburgh and Lond.

1857

 USD - 0.40
2684 Felicia Dorothea Browne (HEMANS, MRS.) Poems Liverpool

1808

 USD - 4.00
2685 HEMENWAY, ABBY MARIA (Editor) Poets and Poetry of Vermont Bost.

1860

 USD - 0.63
2686 HENDERSON, WM. Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders Lond.

1879

 USD - 1.00
2687 HENLEY, WM. E. A Book of Verses N. Y. (Lond.)

1891

 USD - 0.50
2688 HENRY (MATTHEW) Exposition of the Old and New Testament, with Practical Remarks and Observations N. Y.

n. d.

 USD - 1.40
2689 HENTY, G. A. By England's Aid; or, The Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 N. Y.

n. d.

 USD - 0.20
2690 HENTY, G. A. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California N. Y.

n. d.

 USD - 0.40
2691 HEPWORTH, G. H., Starboard and Port...

USD - 0.50
2692 HERBERT (GEORGE) HERBERT (GEORGE) Works Lond.

1835-36

 USD - 3.00
2693 HERBERT, GEORGE The Temple Lond.

n. d.

 USD - 0.60
2694 HERBERT, H. W. Cavaliers of England, 1852... N. Y.

1852--3

 USD - 0.75
2695 HERBERT, H. W. Life and Writings of Frank Forester N. Y.

1882

 USD - 0.70
2696 HERBERT, H. W. Marmaduke Wyvil: an Historical Romance of 1651 N. Y.

1853

 USD - 1.00
2697 HERBERT, H. W. Memoirs of Henry the Eighth of N. Y. and Auburn

1855

 USD - 1.20
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    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.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
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    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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