Bangs: CATALOGUE OF AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF MODERN BOOKS. AMERICANA, INCLUDING WORKS ON CONNECTICUT, LONG ISLAND, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, THE INDIANS, ETC.; HISTORY; PHILOSOPHY AND BELLES-LETTRES; FIRST AND OTHER EDITIONS OF ALDRICH, MATTHEW ARNOLD, EUGENE BE, Mar051902,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 05, 1902 - March 05, 1902
Page Size: 644 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 CHASTELLUX, MARQUIS DE Travels in North America in the years 1780, 1781 and 1782 Lond.

1787

USD - Unknown
102 CHRISTMAS, HENRY The Cradle of the Twin Giants, Science and History Lond.

1849

USD - Unknown
103 COCHRANE, ALFRED The Kestrel's Nest, and other Verses Lond. and N. Y.

1894

USD - Unknown
104 COCKTON, H. Stanley Thorn Phil.

1841

USD - Unknown
105 CRUIKSHANK, G. The Universal Songster

1825-8

USD - Unknown
106 COMAN, KATHARINE, AND KENDALL, ELIZ. The Growth of the English Nation Meadville, Pa., and N. Y.

1894

USD - Unknown
107 Hollister, G. H. CONNECTICUT. History of Connecticut, from the First Settlement to the Adoption of the Present Constitution New Haven

1855

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108 John W. Barber CONNECTICUT. Historical Collections, relating to the History and Antiquities of every Town in Connecticut New Haven

n. d.

USD - Unknown
109 Rev. E. B. Huntington CONNECTICUT. History of Stamford, Conn., from its Settlement in 1641 to the Present Time, including Darien Stamford

1868

USD - Unknown
110 John W. Stedman CONNECTICUT. The Norwich Jubilee. A Report of the Celebration at Norwich, Conn., on the 200th Anniversary Norwich, Conn.

1859

USD - Unknown
111 CONWAY, MONCURE D. Demonology and Devil-Lore N. Y.

1899

USD - Unknown
112 COOKE, JOHN E. Virginia: a History of the People Bost.

1884

USD - Unknown
113 (COOKE, JOHN E.) Leather Stocking and Silk; or, Hunter John Myers and His Times N. Y.

1854

USD - Unknown
114 (COOLEY, W. D.) The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery Lond.

n. d.

USD - Unknown
115 CORNFORD, L. COPE Travellers For Ever Lond.

1899

USD - Unknown
116 COX, S. S. A Buckeye Abroad; or, Wanderings in Europe and in the Orient Columbus

1859

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117 CRABB, GEORGE English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical order N. Y.

1879

USD - Unknown
118 CRABBE, G. Tales of the Hall Lond.

1819

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119 (CRAIG, MRS.) (CRAIG, MRS.) Poems Bost.

1860

USD - Unknown
120 CRANE, WALTER Renascence: a Book of Verse Lond.

1891

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121 CRANE, WALTER Renascence: a Book of Verse Lond.

1891

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122 CREASY, SIR EDWARD The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo Lond.

1866

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123 CRICKET SONGS and other trifling verses by one of the Authors of "Thistledown" (Norman) Rugby

1890

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124 (CUMMINS, MARIA) The Lamplighter Bost.

1854

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125 CURTIS, GEO. WM. Lotus-Eating N. Y.

1852

USD - Unknown
126 CURTIS, GEO. TICKNOR Constitutional History of the United States from the Declaration of Independence to the close of the Civil War N. Y.

1889

USD - Unknown
127 CURTIS'S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE, or Flower Garden Displayed

1793-96

USD - Unknown
128 John D. Champlin, Jr., editor CYCLOPEDIA OF PAINTERS AND PAINTINGS N. Y.

1887

USD - Unknown
129 DANA, RICHARD H., JR. Two Years Before the Mast Bost.

1886

USD - Unknown
130 DAVIDSON, JOHN Baptist Lake Lond.

1894

USD - Unknown
131 C. J. Wills and John Davidson DAVIDSON, JOHN. Laura Ruthven's Widow-Hood Lond.

1892

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132 DAVIDSON, JOHN A Random Itinerary Lond. and Bost.

1894

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133 DAVIDSON, JOHN New Ballads Lond. and N. Y.

1897

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134 DAVIDSON, JOHN Sentences and Paragraphs Lond.

1893

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135 DAVIDSON, JOHN The North Wall Glasgow

1885

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136 DAVIDSON, JOHN Fleet Street Eclogues Lond.

1893

USD - Unknown
137 DAVIDSON, JOHN A Random Itinerary Lond. and Bost.

1894

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138 DAVISON, FRANCIS The Poetical Rhapsody Lond.

1826

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139 DAWSON, W. J. Poems and Lyrics Lond. and N. Y.

1893

USD - Unknown
140 DE BROSSES, PRESIDENT Lettres Familieres, 1739-40 Paris

1869

USD - Unknown
141 Rogissart and De La Faye DELISES DE L'ITALIE Leyden

1709

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142 DE SACY Les Evangiles Paris

1837

USD - Unknown
143 DEVIL, Inquiry into the Existence of a Personal Devil... Lond.

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144 DICKENS, C. Christmas Carol... Lond.

USD - Unknown
145 DELLENBAUGH, FREDK. S. The North-Americans of Yesterday N. Y. and Lond.

1901

USD - Unknown
146 DENTON, FRANKE DENTON, FRANKE. The Early Poetical Works of Cleveland, O.

1883

USD - Unknown
147 DIBDIN (THOS. FROGNALL) Bibliomania; or Book-Madness Lond.

1842

USD - Unknown
148 Procter, Adelaide A. DICKENS. Legends and Lyrics Bost.

1866

USD - Unknown
149 DISRAELI (ISAAC) DISRAELI'S (ISAAC) Works Lond.

1880, etc.

USD - Unknown
150 DISRAELI (ISAAC) Miscellanies; or, Literary Recreations Lond.

1796

USD - Unknown
151 DISRAELI (ISAAC) Flim-Flams; or the Life and Errors of my Uncle and the Amours of my Aunt Lond.

1805

USD - Unknown
152 DOBSON, AUSTIN Thomas Bewick and his Pupils Lond.

1884

USD - Unknown
153 DOBSON, AUSTIN Life of Oliver Goldsmith Lond.

1888

USD - Unknown
154 DOBSON, AUSTIN Selected Poems of Matthew Prior Lond.

1889

USD - Unknown
155 DOBSON, AUSTIN The Ballad of Beau Brocade, and other Poems Lond.

1892

USD - Unknown
156 DOBSON, AUSTIN The Ballad of Beau Brocade, and other Poems

1892

USD - Unknown
157 DOBSON, AUSTIN. (Translator) Authentic History of Captain Castagnette, from the French of Manuel Derby

1892

USD - Unknown
158 DOBSON, AUSTIN. (Translator) Proverbs in Porcelain, to which is added "Au Revoir" Lond.

1893

USD - Unknown
159 DORMAN, RUSHTON M. The Origin of Primitive Superstitions, and their Development into the Worship of Spirits, etc. Phil.

1881

USD - Unknown
160 DOYLE, A. CONAN The Firm of Girdlestone: a Romance of the Unromantic Lond.

1890

USD - Unknown
161 DRAKE, SAML. A. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast N. Y.

1875

USD - Unknown
162 DUDGEON, MATHEW DUDGEON, MATHEW. A True Relation of the Travels and Perilous Adventures of Lond. and N. Y.

1894

USD - Unknown
163 DUMAS, ALEXANDER Celebrated Crimes Lond.

1843

USD - Unknown
164 DUNLAP, WM. History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States N. Y.

1834

USD - Unknown
165 (DUNNE, F. P.) Mr. Dooley in Peace and War

1898

USD - Unknown
166 DURAND, J. Italy: Rome and Naples, Florence and Venice, from the French of H. Taine N. Y.

1871

USD - Unknown
167 DUYCKINCK, EVERT A. AND GEO. L. Cyclopaedia of American Literature, embracing Personal and Critical Notices of Authors, etc. N. Y.

1855

USD - Unknown
168 DWIGHT, THEO. The Character of Thomas Jefferson, as Exhibited in his Own Writings Bost.

1839

USD - Unknown
169 ELLIS, GEO. Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances

1848

USD - Unknown
170 O. W. Holmes EMERSON, R. W. Life of Bost.

1885

USD - Unknown
171 EMERSON, R. W. EMERSON, R. W. Essays Bost.

1845

USD - Unknown
172 ENGLAND. Memoires et Observations faites par un Voyageur en Angleterre Lond.

USD - Unknown
173 EPITRES DIVERSES sur des Sujets Differens

1763

USD - Unknown
174 ERASMUS Colloquia nunc emendationi cum omnium Notis

1650

USD - Unknown
175 ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN Contes Populaires... Paris

1860

USD - Unknown
176 EVANS, E. P. Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture N. Y.

1896

USD - Unknown
177 FANSHAWE, REGINALD Two Lives: a Poem Lond. and N. Y.

1894

USD - Unknown
178 FAIRHOLT, F. W. A Dictionary of Terms in Art Lond.

n. d.

USD - Unknown
179 FARRAR, A. S. A Critical History of Free Thought N. Y.

1863

USD - Unknown
180 Paul L. Ford FEDERALIST (THE): a Commentary on the Constitution of the U. S. N. Y.

1898

USD - Unknown
181 FERRIS, BENJ. A History of the Original Settlers on the Delaware Wilmington

1846

USD - Unknown
182 FIELD, EUGENE A Little Book of Profitable Tales N. Y.

1891

USD - Unknown
183 FIELD, MICHAEL Stephanie: a Trialogue Lond.

1892

USD - Unknown
184 FIELD, MICHAEL Sight and Song Lond.

1892

USD - Unknown
185 FIELDS, JAS. T. Ballads, and other Verses Bost.

1881

USD - Unknown
186 FISHER, SYDNEY GEO. The Making of Pennsylvania Phil.

1896

USD - Unknown
187 FISHER, GEO. P. Discussions in History and Theology N. Y.

1880

USD - Unknown
188 FISKE, JOHN Myths and Myth-Makers, Old Tales and Superstitions, interpreted by Comparative Mythology Bost.

1873

USD - Unknown
189 FISKE, JOHN Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy based on the Doctrine of Evolution Bost. and N. Y.

1891

USD - Unknown
190 FISKE, JOHN Old Virginia and Her Neighbours Bost. and N. Y.

1897

USD - Unknown
191 FITZGERALD, PERCY The Book Fancier; or, The Romance of Book Collecting N. Y.

1887

USD - Unknown
192 FLAXMAN, J. Lectures on Sculpture

1874

USD - Unknown
193 FLEMING, WM. The Vocabulary of Philosophy Lond.

1876

USD - Unknown
194 Henry Schultes FLOWERS OF FANCY, exhibited in a Collection of Similes taken from various Authors and alphabetically arranged Lond.

1829

USD - Unknown
195 FLETCHER, J. S. The Wonderful Wapentake Lond. and Chicago

1895

USD - Unknown
196 FORSYTH, WM. Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero N. Y.

1878

USD - Unknown
197 FRISWELL, J. HAIN The Gentle Life Lond.

1864

USD - Unknown
198 FROISSART'S Chronicles, Condensed Lond.

1845

USD - Unknown
199 FROUDE, JAMES A. The Spanish Story of the Armada and other Essays N. Y.

1896

USD - Unknown
200 FROUDE, JAMES A. Life and Times of Thomas Becket N. Y.

1878

USD - Unknown
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