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,

Auction Details

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
2798 INMAN, THOMAS Ancient Faiths Embodied in Ancient Names: An Attempt to Trace Religious Belief, Sacred Rites, &c. Lond.

1872

 USD - 4.25
2799 IRELAND, SAMUEL Picturesque Views on the Upper or Warwickshire Avon, from its source to its junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury Lond.

1795

 USD - 4.50
2800 IRVING, WASHINGTON Astoria; or, Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Lond.

1836

 USD - 0.55
2801 IRVING, WASHINGTON IRVING, WASHINGTON. Beauties of Glasgow

1830

 USD - 0.40
2802 IRVING, WASHINGTON Bracebridge Hall Lond.

1877

 USD - 0.88
2803 IRVING, WASHINGTON Old Christmas Lond.

1875

 USD - 0.88
2804 IRVING, WASHINGTON Irvingiana. A Memorial of Washington Irving N. Y.

1860

 USD - 23.00
2805 (IRVING, WASHINGTON) Salmagundi; or, The Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq., and others Lond.

1839

 USD - 3.25
2806 IRVING, WASHINGTON Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Gent. Phil.

1882

 USD - 4.00
2807 JACK KETCH His Autobiography Lond.

1835

 USD - 2.50
2808 JACKMAN, ABI S. Fatima: a Dream of Passion Watertown, N. Y.

1889

 USD - 0.15
2809 JACOX, FRANCIS Bible Music: being Variations on Musical Themes from Scripture Lond.

1871

 USD - 0.88
2810 JACKSON, JOHN A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical Lond.

1839

 USD - 3.25
2811 JACKSON, JOHN A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical Lond.

1861

 USD - 3.25
2812 JAEGER, PROF. B. The Life of North American Insects Providence

1854

 USD - 1.50
2813 (JAMES, G. P. R.) The Gipsy: a Tale Lond.

1835

 USD - 0.15
2814 JAMES, HENRY The American Bost.

1883

 USD - 0.30
2815 JAMESON, MRS. JAMESON, MRS. Sacred Works Lond.

1848-64

 USD - 12.00
2816 JAMESON, MRS. Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical and Historical Lond.

1832

 USD - 2.00
2817 JAMIESON'S Dictionary of the Scottish Language Lond.

1877

 USD - 1.75
2818 JANVIER, THOS. A. The Aztec Treasure-House N. Y.

1890

 USD - 0.30
2819 Arnold, Sir Edwin JAPAN. Japonica N. Y.

1891

 USD - 0.50
2820 Bacon, Alice M. JAPAN. Japanese Girls and Women Bost. and. N. Y.

1891

 USD - 0.55
2821 Bird, Isabella L. JAPAN. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: an Account of Travels on Horseback in the Interior N. Y. (Lond.)

1881

 USD - 1.13
2822 Dresser, Christopher JAPAN. Japan: its Architecture, Art and Art Manufactures Lond.

1882

 USD - 1.13
2823 Faulds, Henry JAPAN. Nine Years in Nipon: Sketches of Japanese Life and Manners Bost.

1888

 USD - 1.10
2824 JAPAN. Flights Inside and Outside Paradise N. Y.

1886

 USD - 0.55
2825 JAPAN. Golownin, Captain R. N., Narrative of My Captivity in Japan, 1811-12-13... Lond.

(1818)

 USD - 17.50
2826 Lanman, Chas JAPAN. The Japanese in America N. Y.

1872

 USD - 0.40
2827 Lowell, Percival JAPAN. Noto, an Unexplored Corner of Japan Bost.

1891

 USD - 0.75
2828 Mitford, A. B. JAPAN. Tales of Old Japan Lond.

1871

 USD - 1.25
2829 Morse, Edward S. JAPAN. Japanese Homes and their Surroundings Bost.

1886

 USD - 1.55
2830 Rein, J. J. JAPAN. The Industries of Japan, together with an Account of its Agriculture, Forestry, Arts and Commerce N. Y. (Lond)

1889

 USD - 4.00
2831 Major Henry Knollys JAPAN. Sketches of Life in Japan Lond.

1887

 USD - 1.15
2832 J. J. Rein JAPAN. Travels and Researches undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government N. Y.

1888

 USD - 3.50
2833 JARVES, DEMING Reminiscences of Glass-Making N. Y.

1865

 USD - Not Sold
2834 JEAFFRESON, J. C. A Book About Lawyers Lond.

1867

 USD - 0.45
2835 JEFFERIES, RICHARD After London; or, Wild England Lond.

1885

 USD - 0.55
2836 Walter Besant JEFFERIES, RICHARD. Eulogy of N. Y. (Lond.)

1888

 USD - 1.50
2837 JEFFERIES, RICHARD Field and Hedgerow, being the last Essays of R. J. Lond.

1889

 USD - 0.55
2838 JEFFERIES, RICHARD Field and Hedgerow, being the last Essays of R. J. Lond.

1889

 USD - 1.63
2839 JEFFERIES, RICHARD Game-Keeper at Home Lond.

1878

 USD - 4.25
2840 (JEFFERIES, RICHARD) Game-Keeper at Home Bost.

1880

 USD - 0.70
2841 JEFFERIES, RICHARD Greene Feme Farm Lond.

1880

 USD - 0.75
2842 JEFFERIES, RICHARD Nature near London Lond.

1883

 USD - 3.75
2843 (JEFFERIES, RICHARD) The Amateur Poacher Lond.

1879

 USD - 1.50
2844 JEFFERIES, RICHARD The Toilers of the Field Lond.

1892

 USD - 2.00
2845 JEFFERIES, RICHARD The Story of My Heart. My Autobiography Lond.

1883

 USD - 4.00
2846 (JEFFERIES, RICHARD) Wild Life in a Southern County Lond.

1879

 USD - 5.50
2847 JEFFERIES, RICHARD Wild Life in a Southern County Lond.

1879

 USD - 1.63
2848 JEFFERSON, THOS. Youth of. A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburgh, in Virginia. A.D. 1764 N. Y.

1854

 USD - 1.00
2849 JENNINGS, LOUIS J. Field Paths and Green Lanes Lond.

1877

 USD - 1.00
2850 JENNINGS, LOUIS J. Rambles Among the Hills in the Peak of Derbyshire and South Downs Lond.

1880

 USD - 1.63
2851 JENNINGS, LOUIS J. Rambles Among the Hills in the Peak of Derbyshire and the South Downs Lond.

1880

 USD - 2.80
2852 JEROME, JEROME K. On the Stage and Off. A Brief Career of a Would-be Actor N. Y.

1891

 USD - 0.60
2853 JERMYN, JAMES Book of English Epithets, Literal and Figurative Lond.

1849

 USD - 1.75
2854 JERROLD, DOUGLAS A Man Made of Money Lond.

1849

 USD - 0.95
2855 JERROLD (DOUGLAS) Wit: With Selections, chiefly from his Contributions to Journals Bost.

1858

 USD - 0.40
2856 JESSE, EDWARD Favorite Haunts and Rural Studies, including Visits to Spots of Interest in the vicinity of Eton Lond.

1847

 USD - 1.60
2857 JESSE, EDWARD Gleanings in Natural History Lond.

1834

 USD - 0.35
2858 JEWETT, SARAH O. Tales of New England Bost.

1890

 USD - 0.45
2859 JOHN BULL IN AMERICA; or, The New Munchausen Lond.

1825

 USD - 0.90
2860 JOHNS, MAJOR, (AND) NICOLAS, LIEUT. P. H. The Naval and Military Heroes of Great Britain Lond.

1860

 USD - 0.95
2861 JOHNSON, CAPT. Lives and Exploits of English Highwaymen, Pirates and Robbers Lond.

1842

 USD - 1.15
2862 JOHNSON, ROSSITER Idler and Poet Bost.

1883

 USD - 0.20
2863 JOHNSON'S Typographical and Literary Antiquities of Great Britain from the Infancy of Printing, assisted by Dibdin, Wilkins, Baker, Fry, &c. Lond.

1824

 USD - 4.50
2864 (JOHNSTON, CHAS.) Chrysal; or, The Adventures of a Guinea Lond.

1821

 USD - 3.00
2865 JOHNSTON, RICHD. M. Mr. Absalom Billingslea and other Georgia Folk N. Y.

1888

 USD - 0.50
2866 JOHNSTON'S Scripture Atlas to Illustrate the Old and New Testaments Edinburgh and Lond.

1875

 USD - 0.50
2867 (JOLLY, WM.) The Life of John Duncan, Scotch Weaver and Botanist Lond.

1883

 USD - 0.40
2868 JONES, CHAS. C., JR. Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast Bost. and N. Y.

1888

 USD - 0.25
2869 JONES, CHAS. C., JR. Historical Sketch of Tomo-ChiChi, Mico of the Yamacraws Albany

1868

 USD - 1.00
2870 JONES, J. B. Wild Western Scenes; or, The White Spirit of the Wilderness Richmond

1863

 USD - 0.70
2871 JONES, OWEN The Song of Songs which is Solomon's Lond.

1849

 USD - 1.40
2872 JONES, PAUL Life, Voyages and Sea-Battles of that Celebrated Pirate Lond.

1829

 USD - 2.63
2873 JONES, PAUL Life of Paul Jones, from Original Documents in the possession of John H. Sherburne Wash.

1825

 USD - 1.35
2874 JONES, WM. Finger-Ring Lore, Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal Lond.

1877

 USD - 1.30
2875 JONES, WM. Credulities, Past and Present Lond.

1880

 USD - 2.50
2876 JONSON (BEN) Dramatic and other Works, complete Lond.

1816

 USD - 1.50
2877 JORDAN, DAVID STARR Science Sketches Chicago

1888

 USD - 5.50
2878 Rev. R. Traill JOSEPHUS' WORKS. A new translation Lond.

1847

 USD - 1.40
2879 JOWETT, B. Dialogues of Plato Oxford

1871

 USD - 2.50
2880 JOWETT, B. Thucydides Oxford

1881

 USD - 0.75
2881 JOYCE, P. W. Irish Local Names Explained Dublin

n. d.

 USD - 1.25
2882 JOYCE, P. W. Origin and History of Irish Names of Places Dublin

1870

 USD - Not Sold
2883 JUNIUS' LETTERS Lond.

1797

 USD - 6.75
2884 JUNIUS' LETTERS Lond.

1805

 USD - 4.25
2885 JUVENAL, PERSEUS, MARTIAL, AND CATULLUS An Experiment in Translation by W. F. Shaw Lond.

1882

 USD - 0.75
2886 KANE, H. H., M.D. Drugs that Enslave: The Opium, Morphine, Chloral and Hashisch Habits Phil.

1881

 USD - 0.35
2887 KANE, H. H., M.D. Opium-Smoking in America and China N. Y.

1882

 USD - 0.25
2888 KARR, H. W. SETON Shores and Alps of Alaska Lond.

1887

 USD - 0.75
2889 KAYE AND MALLESON'S History of the Sepoy War and Indian Mutiny Lond.

1878-80

 USD - 0.95
2890 KEANE, JOHN. F. My Journey to Medinah Lond.

1881

 USD - 0.88
2891 KEANE, T. F. Six Months in Meccah: an Account of the Mohammedan Pilgrimage to Meccah Lond.

1881

 USD - 0.88
2892 KEATS (JOHN) Letters to Fanny Brawne in 1819 and 1820, and now given from the Original MSS. Lond.

1878

 USD - 2.50
2893 Wm. Michael Rossetti KEATS, JOHN. Life Lond.

1887

 USD - 1.15
2894 KEATS, JOHN KEATS, JOHN. Poetical Works Lond.

1884

 USD - 10.00
2895 KEATS, JOHN The Letters of John Keats N. Y.

1883

 USD - 1.88
2896 KEBLE, JOHN The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holidays throughout the Year Lond.

1875

 USD - 1.00
2897 (KEEFE, HENRY) Monumenta Westmonasteriensia; or, An Historical Account of the Original, Increase and Present State of St. Peters or The Abby Church of Westminster, with all the EPITAPHS Lond.

1682

 USD - 1.00
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