Leavitt & Co.: Catalogue of the American library of the late Mr. George Brinley, of Hartford, Conn. Part I, 1879yr,

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Auction Date: March 10, 1879 - March 10, 1879

Page Size: 2714 items in 28 pages

Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
	Sanitary Commission. Report of a General Plan for the Promotion of Public and Personal Health, [by Lemuel Shattuck,]		1850	USD -	0.50
SMITH (J. V. C.)	Natural History of the Fishes of Massachusetts; with a Practical Essay on Angling		1833	USD -	2.00
	SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL among the Indians and others in North America. Cary (R.) Letter to the Members of the Society, [relating to the Alford estate,]		1789--1850	USD -	23.10
SPOFFORD (J.)	Gazetteer of the State	Newburyport	1828	USD -	1.00
	STATISTICS of Industry, for the Year ending April 1, 1837, prepared by J. P. Bigelow.---The same, for the Year ending April 1, 1845, by J. G. Palfrey.		1838, 1846	USD -	0.50
STRONG (<i>Gov.</i> Caleb)	Speeches to the Senate and House of Representatives of Massachusetts, with their Answers, etc., 1800--1807	Newburyport	1808	USD -	0.25
[SULLIVAN (<i>Hon.</i> JAMES)]	The Altar of Baal thrown down; or, the French Nation defended, against the Pulpit Slander of David Osgood...Par Citoyen de Novion	Boston	1795	USD -	1.00
SULLIVAN (JAS.)	History of Land Titles in Massachusetts.		1801	USD -	1.00
[SWAN (J.)]	National Arithmetick: or, Observations on the Finances of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.		[1786]	USD -	0.50
SYNODS. ---	The Results of Three Synods Held by the Elders and Messengers of the Churches of Massachusetts Province, New-England. Containing, I. The Platform of Church Discipline, in the year 1648. II. Propositions concerning the Subject of Baptism, in 1662. III. The		1725	USD -	13.00
Thomas (Isaiah)	Massachusetts Kalendar, or an Almanac for 1772;		1772	USD -	9.00
WALDO (S.)	Defence of the Title of John Leverett to a Tract of Land in the Eastern Parts of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, commonly called Muscongus Lands		1736	USD -	9.50
WASHBURN (E.)	Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts, 1630--1775		1840	USD -	3.00
WINTHROP (JOHN) <i>Governor of Massachusetts.</i>	Life and Letters of; by Robert C. Winthrop		1867	USD -	1.50
WOOD (I.)	Massachusetts Compendium; Stating the Boundaries of the several Counties and Towns, and a Description of the District of Maine	Hallowell	1814	USD -	1.25
YOUNG (ALEX.)	Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Mass. Bay, 1623--1636		1846	USD -	4.50
Abington. Hobart (A.)	Historical Sketch of Abington, Plymouth Co.		1839	USD -	1.50
Andover. Abbot (A.)	History of Andover	Andover	1829	USD -	2.00
Andover. Phillips Academy:	Address to the Students, July 18, 1791; Tappan's Address, 1794; Morse's Address, 1799; Constitution and Statutes of the Theolog. Seminary, with Pearson's [Hist.] Sketch, 1808		v. y.	USD -	10.50
PAMPHLETS (8)	Acton. Swift's Fast Sermon, 1761; Adams's Centennial Address, 1835.			USD -	2.80
Attleborough. Daggett (J.)	Sketch of the History of Attleborough, to the present time.	Dedham	1834	USD -	3.00
PAMPHLETS (11)	Barre Sprague's Dedica. and Ordin. Ser. 1829; Thompson's 37th Anniv. Discourse, 1841, and Half-century Sermon, 1854.			USD -	3.30
Belchertown. Doolittle (M.)	Historical Sketch of Congregational Church, and Early History of the Town	Northampton	1852	USD -	1.63
Berkshire Co. Dewey (C.) and others	History of the County	Pittsfield	1829	USD -	3.25
Berkshire Co. Dewey (C.) and others	Jubilee, celebrated at Pittsfield, 1844.	Albany	1845	USD -	1.00
Beverly. Stone (E. M.)	History, Civil and Ecclesiastical	Boston	1843	USD -	3.50
PAMPHLETS (13)	Becket. Mills's 10th Anniv. Discourse, 1816; Cooley's dedica. Ser., 1850.			USD -	13.00
Blandford. Gibbs (Wm. H.)	Historical Address	Springfield	1850	USD -	2.25
Bolton. Adams (Zabdiel)	Sermon on Christian Unity, preached August 26, 1772.		1772--1773	USD -	2.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	Appeal to the World; or, a Vindication of the Town of Boston Appeal to the World; or, a Vindication of the Town of Boston	Boston	1769	USD -	4.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	The same	Reprinted, London	1769	USD -	3.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	The same.	London	1770. (2)	USD -	2.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	An Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, more especially, to the Inhabitants of Boston; occasioned by the late .. Attack upon their Liberties, and the Confusion and Disorders consequent thereon. By a Lover of his Country.		[1747]	USD -	3.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	ARTILLERY ELECTION SERMONS: 1675, and from 1701 to 1859, inclusive, the series of printed sermons very nearly complete, 86 Sermons			USD -	21.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	ARTILLERY ELECTION SERMONS. Symmes (Thomas) Good Soldiers Described and Animated. Artillery Election Sermon, in Boston, June 6, 1720. (Preface by Benj. Colman.)	Boston	1720	USD -	2.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	Artillery Election Sermon.		1675	USD -	3.60
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] BIGELOW (J.)	Plants of Boston.	Boston	1824	USD -	3.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	Boston Directory		1796 (map torn), 1800, 1803, 1809	USD -	14.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	The same, 1798, 1807, bound with I. Thomas's Almanack, 1805; and Catalogue of Books in The Boston Library		1805	USD -	5.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	The same, 1806, bound in vol. with Catalogue of Books in Library of Amer. Academy, 1802; Catalogue of Books in the Boston Library, 1805; CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN THE U. States, with prices, and places where published, 1804; Catalogue of R. I.			USD -	4.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Bowen (A.)	Picture of Boston, or Citizen's and Stranger's Guide		1829	USD -	1.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] BRIDGMAN (T.)	Epitaphs from Copp's Hill Burial Ground		1851	USD -	3.25
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Bridgman (T.)	The Pilgrims of Boston and their Descendants. Introduction by Edw. Everett. Also, Inscriptions from Granary Burial Ground	New York	1856	USD -	4.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] BUCKINGHAM (J. T.)	Specimens of Newspaper Literature, with Personal Memoirs and Reminiscences	Boston	1850	USD -	3.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] CADOGAN (WM.)	A Dissertation on the Gout, and all Chronic Diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same Causes, etc.	London: repr. Boston	1772	USD -	1.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	Census Report for the Year, 1845, by L. Shattuck	Boston	1846	USD -	3.75
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] [CHAUNCY (C.)]	Letter to a Friend, giving a representation of Sufferings the town of Boston is exposed to, in consequence of the [Port Bill]; by T. W. a Bostonian	Boston	1774	USD -	3.75
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] First Church. Foxcroft (T.)	Rise and Primitive State of New England, with special reference to the Old or First Gather'd Church in Boston; a Century Sermon		1730	USD -	4.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] First Church. Foxcroft (T.)	The Divine Right of Deacons. Sermon on the Ordination of Zech. Thayer, to the office of Deacon, in the First Church, May, 1731; with the Charge;			USD -	0.75
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] First Church. Emerson (W.)	Historical Sketch of the First Church; with Two Sermons		1812	USD -	2.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] First Church. Chauncy (C.)	Sermon on the Return of the Society to their House of Worship.		1785	USD -	0.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Second Church. (Old North.) Prince (T.)	Sermon at his own Ordination, Oct. 1, 1718, (Charge by I. Mather, R. Hand by C. Mather,) and a Serm. on Ordination of Presbyters, by E. Pemberton, at Ordin. of Mr. Sewall, 1713		1718	USD -	2.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Second Church. Prince (T.)	Sermon, before the choice of a Colleague Pastor, to succeed Cotton Mather.		1732	USD -	3.75
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Second Church. Ware (H.)	Two Century Discourses; History of the Old North and New Brick Churches		1821	USD -	0.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Second Church. Robbins (C.)	Two [Historical] Sermons, March 10, 1844			USD -	0.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Second Church. Robbins (C.)	History of the Second or Old North Church, With a History of the New Brick Church		1852	USD -	1.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Old South Church. Wisner (B. B.)	History of the Old South Church		1830	USD -	1.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Old South	The Confession of Faith, and Form of Covenant; with Lists of the Pastors, etc., and the Members.		1841	USD -	0.70
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] New-North Church	An Account of the Reasons Why a Considerable Number, (about Fifty, whereof Ten are Members in full Communion) Belonging to the New North Congregation in Boston, could not Consent to Mr. Peter Thacher's Ordination there, etc.	n. p. [Boston]	1720	USD -	2.25
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] New-North Church	A Vindication of the New-North-Church in Boston, from Several Falshoods spread in a Pamphlet Lately Published, Tending to their Defamation, Entituled, An Account of the Reasons etc., ... By several of the Members of that Church	Boston	1720	USD -	3.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] New-North Church. Eliot (Andrew)	Sermon, after the Funeral of the late Rev. John Webb, who died April 16, 1750	Boston	[1750]	USD -	1.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] New-North Church. Parkman (F.)	[Century] Sermon, Nov. 27, 1814.			USD -	2.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Brattle Street Church. Lothrop (S. K.)	History of the Church in Brattle Street	Boston	1851	USD -	1.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Brattle Street Church. Colman (B.)	Sermon, Aug. 2, 1715, on Day of Prayer, for Election of a Pastor.		1715	USD -	5.60
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Baptist. Baldwin (T.)	Discourse, Jan. 1, 1811, at opening New Meeting House of 2d Bapt. Church.		n. d. [1811]	USD -	1.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Baptist	Bowdoin Square (Baptist) Church Book; History and Manual. By Rev. R. W. Cushman	Boston	1843	USD -	1.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Christ Church. Caner (Henry)	A Sermon, at Christ Church in Boston, August 20, 1765, at the Funeral of the Rev. Timothy Cutler, D.D., late Rector of said Church	Boston	1765	USD -	1.75
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Christ Church. Eaton (Asa)	Historical Account of Christ Church. Discourse, Dec. 28, 1823.		1824	USD -	1.40
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Church of the Disciples. Clarke (J. F.)	Sermon on the Principles and Methods of the Church, 1845; Dedication Sermon		1848. (2)	USD -	1.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	Church of the Savior. Waterston's Dedication Discourse.		1847	USD -	0.38
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Essex Street (Union). Sabine (J.)	Sermon at Dedication of the House.		1819	USD -	0.75
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Franklin Street	Origin and Formation &c., with Names of Members.		1836	USD -	0.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Hanover Street. Stuart (M.)	Dedication Sermon, March 1, 1826.			USD -	0.75
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Hollis Street	Proceedings of Eccles. Council, in case of the Proprietors and Rev. John Pierpont; prepared by S. K. Lothrop.		1841	USD -	0.75
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Hollis Street. Pierpont (J.)	Sermon, after the Church was struck by Lightning.		1837	USD -	2.10
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Hollis Street. Fosdick (D.)	Anniversary and Farewell Sermons.		1847	USD -	0.25
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Indiana St. Chapel. Fox (B.)	Dedication Sermon.		1847	USD -	0.25
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] King's Chapel. Greenwood (F. W. P.)	History of Kings Chapel, the First Episcopal Church in America		1833	USD -	2.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Park Street. Griffin (E. D.)	Dedication Sermon, Jan. 10, 1810			USD -	0.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Presbyterian, First. Sabine (J.)	Dedication Sermon, Jan. 31, 1828			USD -	1.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Trinity Church. Hooper (Wm.)	Sermon in Trinity Church, at the Funeral of Thomas Greene, Esq; August 5, 1763		1763	USD -	0.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Trinity Church	Six pamphlets relating to the Greene Foundation, Report on proceedings of Trustees, sale of Pews, etc.		1846--1847	USD -	1.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] West Church. Lowell (C.)	Historical Discourse.		1820	USD -	0.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] [COLMAN (<i>Rev.</i> BENJAMIN)]	Some Reasons and Arguments Offered to the Good People of Boston and Adjacent Places, for The setting up Markets in Boston	Boston	1719	USD -	17.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] COLMAN (JOHN)	The Distressed State of the Town of Boston Once more Considered ... With a Schaeme for a Bank Laid down; And Methods for bringing in Silver Money, Proposed.		[1720]	USD -	26.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	The Constable's Pocket-Book: or, a Dialogue between an Old Constable & a New, Being a Guide, In their Keeping the Peace, &c. By N. B. a late Constable in the Town of Boston		1710	USD -	2.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)]	The Constable's Pocket-Book.		1727	USD -	1.50
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] CROSWELL (ANDREW)	Narrative of the Founding and Settling the New-gathered Congregational Church in Boston; to which is added, The Defence of that Doctrine of Justifying Faith, which hath been so much condemned in New-England, etc., never before printed in New-Englan		1749	USD -	3.00
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] Dana (James F. <i>and</i> S. L.)	Outlines of the Mineralogy and Geology of Boston and Vicinity	Boston	1818	USD -	1.25
BOSTON. [ADAMS (SAM.)] DEARBORN (N.)	Boston Notions, 1630--1847	Boston	1848	USD -	4.25
BOSTON. DRAKE (S. G.)	The History and Antiquities of Boston, from its Settlement in 1630, to the year 1770, etc.	Boston	1856	USD -	9.00
BOSTON. DRAKE (S. G.)	The History and Antiquities of Boston, etc.	Boston	1856	USD -	14.00
BOSTON. DRAKE (S. G.)	The History and Antiquities of Boston, etc.	Boston	1856	USD -	13.00
BOSTON. FIRE SOCIETY	Articles of Association, March 7, 1733--4, of the "Society first incorporated September 30, 1717," for mutual aid "in case it should please Almighty God to permit the breaking out of FIRE in Boston (where we live)."	Boston	1733--1734	USD -	7.50
BOSTON. FIRE of 1760.	Janeway's Address to the Citizens of London soon after the Dreadful Fire in 1666, to which is added a Relation of the Great Fire in Boston, March 20, 1760	Boston	1760	USD -	1.00
BOSTON. FLETCHER <i>vs.</i> VASSALL	The State of the Action brought by William Fletcher against William Vassall, for Defaming him: Tried at Boston, August, 1752, and now Pending by Appeal to His Majesty in Council	Boston	1753	USD -	4.25
BOSTON. Fletcher <i>vs.</i> Vassall	/book_records/36518			USD -	3.50
BOSTON	Fourth of July Orations, 1787--1811	Boston	1787--1811	USD -	8.50
BOSTON	Fourth of July Orations, 1813--1854			USD -	5.00
BOSTON. FROTHINGHAM (R.)	History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill	Boston	1849	USD -	2.00

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

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Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

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Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

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