Anderson Galleries: The Library of the late Sir John Bourinot. (Clerk of the House of Commons, Conada). For Sale at Auction. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday February 19th, 20th and 21st. The Anderson Auction Company. 5 West 29th, Street, New York., 437,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 19, 1906 - February 19, 1906
Page Size: 1576 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
501 GERIN-LAJOIE (A.) Dix Ans au Canada de 1840 a 1850; Histoire de l'Etablissement du Gouvernement Responsable. Quebec

1888

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502 GIBRALTAR (SIEGE OF). Memoire pour Servir a l'Histoire du Siege de Gibraltar. Cadiz

1783

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503 [GIBSON (W.)] Historical Sketch of The Barton Lodge, 1795-1895. Hamilton

1895

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504 GIROUARD (DESIRE) Lake St. Louis, old and new, and Chevalier de la Salle. Montreal

1893

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505 GIROUARD (DESIRE) The Old Settlements of Lake St. Louis (French and English), pp. 114, Montreal, 1892; Le Vieux Lachine et le Massacre du 5 Aout 1689.

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506 GNEIST (R.) The Students' History of the English Parliament, a Popular Account of the Growth and Development of the English Constitution, 1800-1887. London

1887

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507 GOODE (G. B.) and BEAN (T. H.) Oceanic Ichthyology. A Treatise on the Deep-sea and Pelagic Fishes of the World, ... Washington

1895

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508 GOODRICH (CHAUNCEY A.) British Eloquence. The Best Speeches of Eminent Orators, with Sketches and Notes. New York

1852

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509 GOSSELIN (ABBE) M. Jean Le Sueur, Premier Pretre Seculier du Canada, 1634-68. Evreux

1894

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510 GOSSELIN (ABBE) Mgr. de Saint-Vallier et Son Temps (ses rapports avec Frontenac, Callieres, Vaudreuil, etc.) Evreux

1898

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511 GOSSELIN (ABBE) Le Docteur Labrie. Un Bon Patroite d'autrefois. Levis

1898

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512 GOSSELIN (ABBE) Le Docteur Labrie. Un Bon Patroite d'autrefois. Levis

1898

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513 GOSSELIN (ABBE) Les Normands au Canada Jean Nicolet, 1618-42; Jean Le Sueur, 1634-68; Juridiction exercee par L'Archeveque de Rouen. Evreux

1893-95

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514 GOURLAY (ROBERT FLEMING) General Introduction and Statistical Account of Upper Canada, compiled with a View to a Grand System of Emigration. London

1822

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515 GOURLAY (ROBERT FLEMING) Chronicles of Canada; being a Record of Robt. Gourlay, Esq., now Robt. Fleming Gourlay; ... Ingersoll, C. W.

1857

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516 GOURLAY (ROBERT FLEMING) Mr. Gourlay's Case before the Legislature, with his Speech, delivered on Wednesday, July 1, 1858. Toronto

1858

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517 GOVERNMENT YEAR BOOK FOR 1889, edited by L. Sergeant, Lond.; ...

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518 GRAHAME (J.) The History of the United States of America, from the Plantation of the British Colonies to their Assumption of National Independence. Philadelphia

1846

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519 GRANT (G. M.) Ocean to Ocean, being a Diary of Sandford Fleming's Expedition through Canada in 1872. Toronto

1873

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520 GRANT (G. M.) Ocean to Ocean, being a Diary of Sandford Fleming's Expedition through Canada in 1872. Toronto

1873

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521 GRANT (G. M.) Picturesque Canada; the Country As It Is and As It Was. Fronts., vignette titles, and over 500 engravings on wood. Toronto

[1882]

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522 GRANT (JAMES) History of the War in the Soudan. London

n. d.

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523 GRAY (H.) Letters from Canada in 1806-'08. London

1809

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524 GREEN (J. R.) History of the English People, 4 vols; The Making of England; The Conquest of England. New York

1882-84

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525 GREEN (J. R.) Short History of the English People. London

1888

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526 GREENHOW (R.) Memoir, historical and political, on the Northwest Coast of North America and the adjacent Territories. New York

1840

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527 GREENOUGH (W. P.) Canadian Folk-Life and Folk-Lore. New York

1897

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528 GRENFELL (W. T.) Vikings of To-Day; or, Life and Medical Work among the Fishermen of Labrador. London

1895

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529 GRESWELL (W. P.) History of the Dominion of Canada. Oxford

1890

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530 GREVILLE (CHAS. C. F.) The Greville Memoirs, comprising Journals of the Reign of Queen Victoria, 1837-60, and of Kings George and William IV., 1818-1837. New York

1875-87

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531 GRIFFIS (W. E.) The Mikado's Empire. Book I., History of Japan, from 660 B.C. to 1872 A.D.; Book II., Personal Experiences and Studies in Japan, 1870-1874. New York

1876

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532 GUERIN (L.) Les Navigateurs Francais: Histoire des Navigations, Decouvertes et Colonisations Francaises. Paris

1847

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533 GUILLEMARD (F. H. H.) Life of Ferdinand Magellan, 1480-1521. London

1890

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534 HAIGHT (C.) Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago. Toronto

1885

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535 HAKLUYT (RICHARD) The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Trafiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation. Edinburgh

1885-90

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536 HAKLUYT SOCIETY. The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers Zeno to the Northern Seas in the XIV. Century, ... London

1873

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537 HALIBURTON (THOMAS--Sam Slick) The Clockmaker; or, The Sayings and Doings of Sam Slick of Slickville. London and Halifax

1837, 1838, and 1840

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538 HALIBURTON (THOMAS--Sam Slick) Works. A fine and almost complete set, including an Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia, map and engravings, 2 vols., Halifax, 1829...

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539 HALLAM (H.) The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to the death of George II. Boston

1861

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540 HALLAM (H.) The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to the death of George II. London

1881

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541 HALLAM (H.) Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the 15th, 16th and 17th Centuries, 4 vols., ...

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542 HALLIBURTON (CHIEF JUSTICE SIR BRENTON) Observations on the Importance of the North American Colonies to Great Britain. London

1831

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543 HAMILTON (ALEXANDER) The Federalist. With the Continentalist, and other Papers. Philadelphia

1880

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544 HARIOT'S VIRGINIA. Narrative of the First English Plantation of Virginia. London

1893

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545 HARRIS (DEAN W. R.) The Catholic Church in the Niagara Peninsula, 1626-1895. Toronto

1895

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546 [HARRISSE (HENRY).] Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima: A Description of Works relating to America, published between 1492-1551. New York

1866

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547 [HARRISSE (HENRY).] Additions to Bibliotheca America Vetustissima. Paris.

1872

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548 HARRISSE (HENRY) Notes pour servir a l'Histoire, a la Bibliographie et a la Cartographie de la Nouvelle-France et des Pays Adjacents, 1545-1700. Paris

1872

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549 HARRISSE (HENRY) The Discovery of North America... London

1892

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550 HART (GERALD E.) The Fall of New France, 1755-60. Montreal

1888

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551 Edited by Justin Winsor HARVARD. Harvard University, 1636-1886. A Record of the Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of its Founding. Cambridge

1887

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552 Editor, E. C. Stedman, E. H. Abbott and others HARVARD. Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1828-58. Cambridge

1867

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553 HASSARD (A. R.) Canadian Constitutional History and Law. Toronto

1900

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554 HATSELL (J.--Clerk of the House of Commons) Precedents of the Proceedings of the House of Commons, with Observations. Dublin

1786

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555 HAWKINS (E.) Historical Notices of the Missions of the Church of England in the North American Colonies, previous to 1776. London

1845

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556 HAY (G. U.) Canadian History Readings, First Series (all issued). The Discovery and Conquest of Eastern Canada. John

1900

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557 B. Vincent HAYDN'S DICTIONARY OF DATES. London

1892

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558 Edited by W. Palmer, E. D. Price, etc HAZELL'S ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA, containing Articles of Political, Social and General Interest, referred to by the Press and in Daily Conversation, Biographical Sketches, etc. London

v. d.

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559 HEAD (SIR F. B.) The Emigrant. London

1846

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560 HEARNE (SAMUEL) A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. London

1795

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561 HELPS (ARTHUR) The Conquerors of the New World and their Bondsmen: being a Narrative of the Principal Events which led to Negro Slavery in the West Indies and America. London

1848

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562 HENNEPIN (P. LOUIS) Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres-grand Pays situe dans l'Amerique, entre Le Nouveau Mexique et La Mer Glaciale. Utrecht

1697-98

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563 HENNEPIN (P. LOUIS) Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres-grand Pays situe dans l'Amerique. Amsterdam

1698

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564 HENNEPIN (P. LOUIS) Nieuwe Ontdekkinge van een Groot Land gelegen in America tusschen Nieuw Mexico en de Ys-Zee . . . etc. Amsterdam

1702

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565 HERIOT (GEORGE) The History of Canada from its Discovery, with an Account of the Colony of Louisiana, 1492-1731. London

1804

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566 HERIOT (GEORGE) Travels through the Canadas . . . to which is subjoined a Comparative View of the Manners and Customs of the Indian Nations of North and South America. London

1807

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567 HEYSINGER (I. W.) The Source and Mode of Solar Energy throughout the Universe. Philadelphia

1895

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568 HIGGINS (W. H.) The Life and Times of Joseph Gould: Sixty Years' Recollections of the Struggles of the early Canadian Settlers, ... Toronto

1887

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569 HIGGINSON (T. W.) Travellers and Outlaws. Episodes in American History. (Wm. Ellery, Henry Tufts, Denmark Vesey, Old Salem Sea-Captains, etc.) Boston

1889

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570 HIGGINSON (T. W.) Works of Epictetus: his Discourses, the Enchiridion, and Fragments. Boston

1891

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571 HIGGINSON (T. W.) Army Life in a Black Regiment, 1890; Atlantic Essays (with autograph letter of the author inserted), 1894; Young Folks' Book of American Explorers, 1895.

USD - Unknown
572 HIGGINSON (T. W.) and CHANNING (E.) English History for Americans. New York

1894

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573 HILLIARD (H. W.) Politics and Pen Pictures at Home and Abroad. New York

1892

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574 HINCKS (SIR FRANCIS) Reminiscences of his Public Life (in Canada, 1836-75). Written by Himself. Montreal

1884

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575 HINCKS (SIR FRANCIS) Reminiscences of his Public Life (in Canada, 1836-75). Written by Himself. Montreal

1884

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576 HIND (H. Y.) Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Expedition of 1858. London

1860

USD - Unknown
577 HIND (H. Y.) Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula, the Country of the Montagnais and Nasquapee Indians. London

1863

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578 HIND (H. Y.) Eighty Years' Progress of British North America. Toronto

1863

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579 HINSDALE (B. A.) The Old Northwest; with a View of the Thirteen Colonies as constituted by Royal Charters. New York

1891

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580 The 19th Century, a Review of Progress [by Carnegie, Bourinot, Gosse, Finck, etc.], N. Y. 1901; The 19th Century, a History, by R. Mackenzie, Lond. 1880.

USD - Unknown
581 Le Heros de la Monongahela, by M. de Beaujeu, portrait, and presentation card from the author...

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582 The Place British Americans have Won in History, by H. J. Morgan, Ottawa, 1860...

USD - Unknown
583 The Story of Burler's Rangers and the Settlement of Niagara, by E. Cruikshank, Welland, 1893, ...

USD - Unknown
584 Campbell on Spanish Documents relating to the Canaries [Montreal, 1901]; Founding of St. Augustine, etc.

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585 Esquisse Historique, par Monongahela De Beaujeu (Braddock's Expedition), Montreal, 1892...

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586 The Fight in the Beechwoods, by E. Cruikshank, illust., Welland, 1895...

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587 Freemen's Oath, Massachusetts, by M. Chamberlain, facsimile; Atlantic Steam Navigator (The Royal William, the Savannah, etc.)...

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588 Edited by Geo. M. Wrong and H. H. Langton HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO CANADA. Toronto

1897-1902

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589 HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO CANADA. Univ. of Toronto Studies. Toronto

1897-1900

USD - Unknown
590 HISTORICAL SERIES (CAMBRIDGE). London

1895-1900

USD - Unknown
591 HODGINS (W. E.) Correspondence--Reports of the Ministers of Justice and Orders in Council upon the subject of Provincial Legislation, 1867-1887. Ottawa

1886-88

USD - Unknown
592 HOGAN (J. S.) Canada: An Essay. Montreal

1855

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593 HOLLAND. Statistieke Opgave en Beschrijving van de Alblasserwaard met Arkel beneden de Zouwe, door Langeveld en Verheij...

[1892]

USD - Unknown
594 HOLLS (F. W.) The Peace Conference at the Hague and its bearing on International Law and Policy. New York

1900

USD - Unknown
595 HOLMES (ABIEL) The Annals of America from its Discovery by Columbus to 1826. Cambridge

1829

USD - Unknown
596 HOLST (H. VON) The Constitutional Law of the United States. Chicago

1887

USD - Unknown
597 HOPKINS (J. C.) The Sword of Islam; or, Suffering Armenia. Brantford (Ontario)

1896

USD - Unknown
598 [HORNOT (ANTOINE).] Anecdotes Americaines; ou, Histoire Abregee des Principaux Evenements arrives dans le Nouveau Monde, depuis sa Decouverte jusqu'a l'epoque presente. Paris

1776

USD - Unknown
599 HOUGHTON (W. R.) History of American Polities, from 1607 to 1884. Chicago

1885

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600 HOUSTON (JAMES) The Works of James Houston, M. D., containing Memoirs of his Life and Travels in Asia, Africa, America, and most parts of Europe, from the year 1690 to the present Time. London

1753

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