Bangs: CATALOGUE OF, A Collection of Interesting and Valuable Books, MANY OF THEM NEW PUBLICATIONS. COMPRISING, Works on Africa and China; Alpine and Mountain Climbing; Art, Architecture, Illustrated Books; Bibliography; History; Classics; Dramatic Literature; F, Sep271900,

Auction Details

Auction Date
September 27, 1900 - September 27, 1900
Page Size: 588 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 H. le Roux and Jules Garnier ACROBATS and Mountebanks [of the Circus, "Varieties," etc.]

1890

USD - 1.00
2 AFRICA and its Exploration--An Interesting History of Africa and its Explorations as told by its Explorers...

1894

USD - 0.62
3 BAINE'S Gold Regions of South-Eastern Africa, a Record of Travels, Adventures and Exploration

1877-92

USD - 0.25
4 MEYER (Dr Hans) Across East African Glaciers, an Account of the First Ascent of Kilmanjaro

1891

USD - 0.50
5 MOCKLER-FERRYM AN (Capt.) Up the Niger, Major Claude Macdonald's Mission to the Niger and Benue Rivers, West Africa

1886-92

USD - 0.10
6 GARRETT and Edwards' Story of an African Crisis...

1897-98

USD - 0.30
7 PLUMER (Col.) An Irregular Corps in Matabeleland, 1897...

1895-97

USD - 0.10
8 RANKIN (D. J.) The Zambesi Basin and Nyassaland...

1884-93

USD - 0.28
9 STANLEY (Sir H. M.) The Congo and the Founding of its Free State, a Story of Work and Exploration

1885

USD - 0.75
10 THOMSON (Joseph) Travels and Exploration in Atlas and Southern Morocco...

1889-94

USD - 0.10
11 AGASSIZ (Louis, the Great Naturalist) AGASSIZ (Louis, the Great Naturalist)--His Life and Correspondence

1885

USD - 0.40
12 AINSWORTH (Wm. Harrison) The Lord Mayor of London; or, City Life in the Last Century

1862

USD - 2.00
13 FITZGERALD (E. A.) Climbs in the New Zealand Alps: Travel and Discovery

1896

USD - 0.50
14 Grohman (W.) BAILLIE--Sport in the Alps in the Past and Present...

1896

USD - 1.00
15 HARPER (A. P.) Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand

1896

USD - 0.30
16 SINIGAGLIA (Leone) Climbing Reminiscences of the Dolomites

1896

USD - 0.30
17 UMLAUFT (Prof.) The Alps [An Account of the Scientific, Historical, and Ethnological Features of the Great Mountain System; and including a Topographical Description of the entire range of the Alps]

1889

USD - 0.38
18 AMERICAN Portrait Gallery--a collection of 100 fine steel portraits of Eminent Americans

N. D.

USD - 0.80
19 AMERICAN Scenery: or, Land, Lake, and River

1840

USD - 0.62
20 AMHERST (W. J., S.J.) History of Catholic Emancipation, and the Progress of the Catholic Church, from 1771 to 1820

1886

USD - 0.30
21 ANDREWS' Historic Byways and Highways of Old England; Curious Epitaphs...

1897-1900

USD - 1.10
22 ANDREWS' Series of "Bygone" County Histories--Bygone Norfolk, Hert fordshire, and Berkshire

1896-98

USD - 0.25
23 ANDREWS' Bygone Middlesex...

1899

USD - 0.27
24 ANDREWS' Bygone Northumberland...

1897-99

USD - 0.25
25 ANDREWS' Old Church Life in England...

1898-1900

USD - 0.50
26 ARABIAN Nights' Entertainment--The Thousand and One Nights

1896

USD - 1.00
27 Prof. Edward Arber, editor ARBER'S English Garner, Ingatherings from our History and Literature

1895-96

USD - 0.65
28 ARBER (Prof. E.) The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers, 1606-1623

1896-7

USD - 0.70
29 ARBER'S English Scholars' Library--A Series of the Old English Classics...

1895

USD - 0.20
30 ARCHITECTURE a Profession or an Art--Essays on Qualifications and Training of Architects...

1881-92

USD - 0.40
31 Egerton of Tatton (Lord) ARMOUR--Description of Indian and Oriental Armour

1896

USD - 0.80
32 ARNOLD (Matthew) Literature and Dogma, an Essay towards a better apprehension of the Bible

1873

USD - 0.80
33 ARNOLD (Matthew) Last Essays on Church and Religion

1877

USD - 0.80
34 ASHTON (J.) Modern Street Ballads...

1882-88

USD - 0.70
35 ASHTON (J.) History of English Lotteries

1893

USD - 0.80
36 ASHTON (J.) Romances of Chivalry, told and illustrated in facsimile; also, Varia: Interesting Historical Essays

1893-4

USD - 0.55
37 E. E. Morris, M.A., editor AUSTRALIA--Picturesque Australasia: Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Scenery, the Towns, and the Life of the People

1896

USD - 0.75
38 AXON'S Echoes of Old Lancashire...

1893-99

USD - 0.20
39 BADENOCH (L. N.) Romance of the Insect World...

1893-97

USD - 0.45
40 F. G. Baker BAKER (F. G.)--The Model Republic, a History of the Swiss People

1895

USD - 0.90
41 BANCROFT'S History of the United States, both series, comprising the History of the Discovery of the American Continent, and History of the Revolution, and Subsequent Events

1849-52

USD - 0.35
42 Sidney Young BARBER-SURGEONS of London--The Annals of, compiled from their records and other sources

1890

USD - 2.62
43 BASSETT'S Travel and Residence in Persia, 1871-85...

1881-95

USD - 0.22
44 BATES (H. W.) A Naturalist on the Amazons during Eleven Years' Adventure and Travel, Memoir by Ed. Clodd

1893

USD - 1.10
45 Capt. Jesse BRUMMELL--Life of George Brummell, commonly called "Beau Brummell"

1898

USD - 0.80
46 BEDDARD (F. E.) Animal Coloration, an account of the principal facts and theories on colours and markings of animals

1895-96

USD - 0.50
47 BECKFORD (Wm.) Vathek, an Arabian Tale, 1893...

1893-96

USD - 0.85
48 BELTRAMI (J. C.) Pilgrimage in Europe and America, leading to the Discovery of the Sources of the Mississippi and Bloody River

1829

USD - 0.25
49 BERNERS (Dame Juliana) The Boke of St Albans, containing the Treatises on Hawking, Hunting, and Heraldry

1899

USD - 1.00
50 BOOK-BINDING--Bible, complete with the Apocrypha and Tables of Time, Weights, and Measures, &c.

1794

USD - 0.50
51 ADVOCATE'S Library, Edinburgh: Catalogue of the Printed Books

1863-79

USD - 0.50
52 A'KEMPIS'S Imitation of Christ...

1858-95

USD - 0.25
53 BOOK Sales of 1895-96-97 and-98--A Record of the most Important Books sold at Auction

1896-99

USD - 1.88
54 EDGAR (Andrew) Account of the Principal Versions of the Bible in English

1889

USD - 0.85
55 GAGNON'S Canadian Bibliography--Essai de Bibliographic Canadienne, &c.

1895

USD - 1.05
56 ROBERT'S Earlier History of Bookselling, 1889...

1889-95

USD - 0.50
57 SALE Prices, 1896--A Record of Sales by Auction of Prints and other Objects of Artistic and Antiquarian Interest

1897

USD - 0.85
58 BISMARCK (Prince)--An Historical Biography...

1887-95

USD - 0.20
59 BLADES (Wm.) The Pentateuch of Printing

1891

USD - 1.25
60 BOCCACCIO (Giovanni) The Decameron: a Complete and Charming English Edition of this great Classic...

1896

USD - 2.25
61 BOCCACCIO (Giovanni) Decameron; or, Ten Days' Entertainment

1894

USD - 1.50
62 A. Machen HEPTAMERON (The), or Tales and Novels of Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, in English Prose and Verse from original French

1894

USD - 1.25
63 RABELAIS' Works, faithfully translated from the French

1894

USD - 1.25
64 BOLDREWOOD (Rolf) A Modern Buccaneer

1894

USD - 0.10
65 BONVALOT (Gabriel) Through the Heart of Asia, over the Pamir to India

1889

USD - 0.25
66 Sir Theodore Martin and W. E. Aytoun, editor BON GAULTIER'S Book of Ballads

1857

USD - 1.05
67 Brander Matthews BOOKBINDINGS, Old and New

1893-6

USD - 1.25
68 Fincham (H. W.) BOOK-PLATES--Artists and Engravers of British and American Book-Plates

1897

USD - 2.05
69 BOOK-PLATES--Dated Book-Plates...

1895

USD - 1.75
70 BOSWELL'S Life of Dr Johnson, including his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

1835

USD - 0.70
71 BOURKE'S (J. G.) On the Border with Crook: showing a Military Service of over Forty Years in the United States

1892

USD - 1.40
72 BOUSSET'S The Antichrist Legend: Christian and Jewish Folk-lore, 1896...

1895-98

USD - 0.45
73 BRADFORD (Governor Win.) A Reproduction in Facsimile of the Original Manuscript...

1896

USD - 8.00
74 BREHM (A. E.) From North Pole to Equator, Studies of Wild Life and Scenes in many Lands

1896

USD - 0.63
75 R. B. Johnson, editor BRITISH Ballads (Popular)--Ancient and Modern, containing Ballads of English and Scotch Poets

1894

USD - 0.35
76 Stenzel (Captain A.) BRITISH Navy--The British Navy

1898

USD - 0.60
77 BROWN'S Veterinary Surgery, &c....

1900

USD - 0.40
78 BROWN (C.) The Horse, in Art and Nature

1897

USD - 1.12
79 BROWNING (E. B.) Casa Guidi Windows: A Poem

1851

USD - 1.88
80 BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett) BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett)--Last Poems

1862

USD - 1.20
81 BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett) Earlier Poems of: 1826-1833

1878

USD - 0.10
82 BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett) Aurora Leigh

1898

USD - 0.20
83 PRINCE Hohenstiel-Schwangan, Saviour of Society

1871

USD - 0.75
84 FIFINE at the Fair

1872

USD - 1.10
85 PACCHIAROTTO and How he Worked in Distemper

1875

USD - 0.90
85a FERISHTAH'S Fancies

1884

USD - 1.00
86 PARLEYINGS with Certain People of Importance in their Day

1887

USD - 0.80
87 ASOLANDO: Fancies and Facts

1890

USD - 0.80
88 BURTON (Capt. Sir R. F.) BURTON (Capt. Sir R. F.)--Works...

1893-96

USD - 1.20
89 BROWNING (H. E.) Beauty Culture; and Bellair's Gossips with Girls and Maidens

1898

USD - 0.50
90 BUDGE (E. A. Wallis) The Book of the Dead...

1898

USD - 1.25
91 BUNGE (G.) Text-Book of Physiological and Pathological Chemistry

1890

USD - 0.35
92 BURNELL (A. C.) South Indian Palaeography from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century

1878

USD - 0.95
93 BYINGTON (Dr E. H.) The Puritan in England and New England

1896

USD - 0.50
94 [Byron (Lord)] English Bards and Scotch Reviewers... London

[1809]

USD - 12.50
95 BYRON (Lord) BYRON (Lord)--Works

1833-35

USD - 0.65
96 BYRON (Lord) BYRON (Lord)--Poetical Works

1885

USD - 0.35
97 BYRON (Lord) The Poetry of: arranged by Matthew Arnold...

1881-90

USD - 0.30
98 CABOT'S Discovery of North America...

1897-1900

USD - 0.35
99 CALIGRAPHY: According to Cocker--A History of Penmanship from the Earliest Times

1887

USD - 0.40
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