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
Roxbury. Ellis (C. M.)	History of Roxbury Town		1847	USD -	4.00
Roxbury. Dearborn (H. A. S.)	Address at 2d Centennial Anniversary, Oct. 8, 1830.---Gray (T. jr.) Poem at [the same].---Dearborn's Mayor's Annual Address, 1847; Report on Public Cemetery, 1847.	Roxbury	1830--1847	USD -	1.00
Roxbury	Municipal Register, 1847--48.	Roxbury	1847	USD -	0.50
Rutland. Reed (J.)	History of Rutland, with Biography of its First Settlers	Worcester	1846	USD -	9.00
Rutland. Loring (<i>Rev.</i> Israel) <i>of Sudbury.</i>Rutland. Loring (<i>Rev.</i> Israel) <i>of Sudbury.</i>	Two Sermons at Rutland, Sept. 8th, 1723, After the Indians had been there and Kill'd the Rev. Joseph Willard, with Two of Mr. Joseph Stevens's Children, and Captivated other Two Two Sermons at Rutland, Sept. 8th, 1723, After the Indians had been there and	Boston	1724	USD -	11.50
Salem. Felt (J. B.)	Annals of Salem	Salem	1827	USD -	7.00
Salem. Felt (J. B.)	Annals of Salem.	Salem	1845--1849	USD -	10.00
Salem	Faithful Narrative of Proceedings of Eccles. Council in 1734, occasioned by Divisions in the First Church	Boston	1735	USD -	2.00
Salem. PAMPHLETS (15)	Letter on divisions in 1st Church, 1734; Prescott's Examina. of certain Remarks, 1735; Answer to Mr. Prescott, 1736; Forbes's Sermon, and Result of council, 1784; Whitaker's History of 3d Church, and of tyranny of a council, 1784; and his Serm. before Pre		1829	USD -	3.75
Salem. PAMPHLETS (15)	Corresp. between 1st church and Tabernacle church		1832	USD -	3.75
Salem	The ESSEX GAZETTE, July 24, 1770 -- Dec. 28, 1773 (Vols. III.--VI.)	Salem	1770--1773	USD -	52.00
PAMPHLETS (5) Salisbury	T. Worcester's appeal to the public, on proceed. of Hopkinton Association		1824	USD -	1.25
PAMPHLETS (7) Scituate	Deane's Dedica.	Sermon	1830	USD -	1.75
Scituate. Deane (S.)	History of Scituate from its first Settlement to 1831		1831	USD -	7.75
Shrewsbury. Ward (A. H.)	History of Shrewsbury		1847	USD -	4.50
Shrewsbury. Breck (Robert)	The Surest Way to Advance a People's Happiness and Prosperity. A Sermon at Shrewsbury, a New Plantation, June 15, 1720. Being the FIRST that was ever Preached there		1721	USD -	4.00
PAMPHLETS (13) Shrewsbury	Sumner's Half-Century Sermon, 1812; Allen's New Year's Sermon, 1822; Ward's History, 1826; Manual of Cong.	Church	1850	USD -	5.20
South Hadley	Memorial of the 25th Anniversary of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary	South Hadley	1862	USD -	0.50
Spencer. Draper (J.)	History of Spencer. Including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753	Worcester	1841	USD -	0.60
Springfield. Brewer (Daniel)	God's Help to be Sought in Time of War, with a Due Sense of the Vanity of what Help Man can afford: shewed, [in a Sermon] at Springfield, March 26, 1724		1724	USD -	6.75
Springfield. Breck (Robert)	Sermon delivered in the first Parish in Springfield, Oct. 16th, 1775, just One Hundred Years from the Burning of the Town by the Indians	Hartford	1784	USD -	3.25
Springfield. Hilliard (Timothy) <i>of Cambridge.</i>	Sermon, April 27, 1785, at the Ordination of Rev. Bezaleel Howard, to the First Church in Springfield	Springfield	[1785]	USD -	3.75
Springfield. PAMPHLETS (9)	Narrative and Defence of ministers who disapproved of settlement of R. Breck		1736	USD -	6.75
Springfield. <i>Early Printing.</i> Johnson (Rev. John)	The Advantages and disadvantages of the Married State,. in the Similitude of a Dream. 10th ed.	Springfield	1794	USD -	1.00
Springfield. <i>Early Printing.</i>	Eugenius and Selima; or the Fatal Effects of Parental Tyranny	West Springfield	1798	USD -	1.00
Stockbridge	Past and Present; or Records of an old Mission Station; by Miss E. F. Jones.	Springfield	1854	USD -	4.25
Stockbridge. HOPKINS (SAMUEL)	Historical Memoirs relating to the Housatunnuk Indians: or, an Account of the Methods used for the Propagation of the Gospel among that Heathenish Tribe, under the ministry of the late Rev. John Sergeant		1753	USD -	22.00
Stockbridge. PAMPHLETS (8)	Stockbridge Controversy. [Huntington's] Plea before Eccles. Council, 1780, and Letters of Friendship		1780	USD -	6.00
Stockbridge. Keep (John)	Sermon, July 23, 1817, at Ordination of Rev. T. Woodbridge, as an Evangelist	Stockbridge	1817	USD -	0.50
PAMPHLETS (11) Stoneham	Cleveland's Farewell Sermon, 1794; Dean's brief History		1843	USD -	6.60
Taunton. Emery (S. H.)	The Ministry of Taunton.		1852	USD -	2.00
PAMPHLETS (10) Taunton	Hamilton's Dedica. Sermon, 1830; Bigelow's 7th Anniv. Ser., 1840, and Farewell Ser., 1842; Bent's history of St. Thomas's Church, 1844; Maltby's 25th Anniv. Ser.		1851	USD -	2.50
PAMPHLETS (9) Wales	Gardner's Centennial Address		1866	USD -	4.50
Watertown. Bond (H.)	Genealogies and History.		1855	USD -	8.00
PAMPHLETS (16) Wenham	Mansfield's Dedica. Sermon, 1843, and 2d Century Sermon		1845	USD -	7.20
PAMPHLETS (16) West Springfield	Lathrop's 40th anniversary Sermon, 1796; Same, with 50th anniv. Sermon, 1806; Century Sermon, 1801; and 60th anniv. Sermon, 1816; Sprague's Histor. Discourse, notes, pp. 91, 1825; Ser. at funeral of S. Leonard, 1826, and Farewell Sermon, 182		1856	USD -	4.00
Williams College	Laws	Stockbridge	1795	USD -	1.00
Williams College	Triennial Catalogues, 1799 (Pittsfield, typis Chester Smith; folio broadside; the FIRST published), 1802,--05,--08; Annual Catalogue of Students, 1801,--02,--04,--05,--06, (5 broadsides); Griffin's Serm. at Dedication of Chapel, 1828;		1847	USD -	7.20
Williams College. Durfee (C.)	History of Williams College	Boston	1860	USD -	2.00
Williams College. TRACTS. Fitch (E.)	Baccalaureate Discourse, 1799; Catalogue (Triennial), 1802; Laws, 1805; Olds (G. S.) Inaugural, 1806; Dewey (C.) Sermon occas. by Revival, 1812; Orations before Adelphic Union Soc. by J. Nelson (1826), D. D. Barnard (1831), E. Everett (1837); Griffin (E.	Pittsfield	1807	USD -	14.00
Winchendon. Hyde (E.)	History in the town, from the Grant of the Township in 1735	Worcester	1849	USD -	5.00
Woburn. Sewall (S.)	History of Woburn, 1640--1860		1868	USD -	3.00
Woburn	Chickering's Dedication Sermon, 1809; Bennett's 25th Anniversary Sermon		1846	USD -	0.50
Worcester County. Whitney (P.)	History of the County of Worcester	Worcester	1793	USD -	7.00
Worcester County. Willard (Jos.)	Address to the Members of the Bar of Worcester County, Oct. 2, 1829	Lancaster	1830	USD -	2.00
Worcester. Lincoln (W.)	History of Worcester	Worcester	1837	USD -	3.50
Worcester. Bacon (L.)	Historical Discourse in the Old South Meeting House, Sept. 22, 1863, the Hundredth Anniversary of its Erection; with Appendix	Worcester	1863	USD -	0.50
Worcester. PAMPHLETS (13)	Blue-laws revived; or, an Inside view of the W----- Inquisition; n. d.; Bancroft's Consociation Sermon, 1816; Thing's Letter to Rev. E. Pond, 1817; Difficulties in 1st Church, pp. 88, 1820; Remarks on [the preceding], pp. 103, 1821; R		1825	USD -	6.50
Worcester. PAMPHLETS (12)	Bancroft's Prayers for family devotion, 1832, and Century Sermon, 1836; Lincoln's Address at consecration of Cemetery, 1838; Tax-list, 1846; Proceedings of meeting about the Railroad depot, 1847; Barton's Epitaphs from the Cemetery, 1848; Constit'n		1864	USD -	3.00
Worcester	Reports and other Documents relating to the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester.		1837	USD -	0.50
Worcester	The Worcester Magazine; containing Politicks, Miscellanies, Poetry and News. Vols. 1--4.	Worcester	1786--1788	USD -	30.00
Worcester	The Worcester Magazine	Worcester	1787--1788	USD -	3.00
Worcester	The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal	Worcester	1825--1826	USD -	8.50
Worcester	The Literary Geminae; articles in French and English. Edited by Elihu Burritt.	Worcester	1839--1840	USD -	1.00
Worcester	Worcester Almanac and Directory, 1844.			USD -	0.50
Worcester. Paine (N.)	Brief Notice of the Library and Cabinet of the American Antiquarian Society.	Worcester	1873	USD -	3.50
PAMPHLETS (7) Worthington	Bisbee's History of the Town		1853	USD -	4.20
TOWN HISTORY. Allen (J.)	Topogr. and histor. Sketches of Northborough	Worcester	1825--1826	USD -	4.50
TOWN AND LOCAL HISTORY. Pittsfield. Allen (T.)	Historical Sketch of Berkshire Co. and town of P.		1808	USD -	7.00
TOWN AND LOCAL HISTORY. Edwards (B. B.)	Centennial Address at Southampton		1841	USD -	11.00
TOWN AND LOCAL HISTORY. Allen (W.)	Bi-Centennial Address	Northampton	1851	USD -	11.50
CENTURY SERMONS	F. Parkman, New North Ch., Boston, 1814; N. Howe, Hopkinton, 1815; J. Pierce, Dorchester, 1830; E. M. Stone, Beverly, 1834	East Bridgewater	1835	USD -	Not Sold
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, REPORTS, etc.	Report on North-Eastern Boundary, 1838; on Incompetency of Witnesses because of Religious Belief, 1838; on Abolition of Capital Punishment, 1838; on the Public Use of Rail-Roads, 1837; on Boston & Lowell R. Road, 1837; on the Seekonk Branch R. R., 1838; o		1833	USD -	5.00
TRACTS (Miscellaneous)	Inquiry into Origin and Use of Money		1792	USD -	5.25
TRACTS (Miscellaneous)	Deed of Sarah Derby, to Trustees of Derby School, etc.	Bost.	1806	USD -	3.00
TRACTS (Miscellaneous) Selfridge (T. O.)	Controversy with B. Austin	Charlest	1807	USD -	5.00
SERMONS (Occasional) Willard (S.)	Thanksgiving Sermon on the Return of a Gentleman from his Travels, Boston, Dec., 1705	London	1709	USD -	13.00
SERMONS TO CRIMINALS. Colman (B.)	Sermon preached to some miserable Pirates		July 10, 1726	USD -	10.50
FUNERAL SERMONS. Colman (B.)	Sermon on the Death of Grove Hirst, Esq., with extracts from his private Writings, pp. 136: Sermon after the Funerals of Rev. Wm. Brattle and Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton		1717	USD -	4.00
FUNERAL SERMONS	B. Colman, on Gov. Jos. Dudley, 1720; on Rev. Sol. Stoddard, 1729. W. Cooper, on Moses Abbot, 1734. T. Prince, on Mrs. E. Oliver, 1735; on Mrs. H. Fayerweather, 1755. S. Mather, on Hon. T. Hutchinson, 1740; on the Prince of Wales, 1751. C. Chauncy, on Mrs	Boston	1720--1731	USD -	15.00
FUNERAL SERMONS	T. Foxcroft, on Rev. W. Waldron, 1727. P. Thacher, on Mrs. S. Gee, 1720. J. Sewall, N. Appleton, and E. Wigglesworth, on Benj. Wadsworth, Pres. Harv. College, 1737. P. Thacher, on Hon. J. Bowdoin, 1790; and 18 others.			USD -	5.50
FUNERAL SERMONS	J. Sewall, on George I., 1727.	Boston	v. y.	USD -	9.00
FUNERAL SERMONS	J. Hancock, on Hon. Edm. Quincy, 1738.			USD -	6.00
FUNERAL SERMONS	N. Appleton, on Hon. Francis Foxcroft (title mutilated), 1728; on Rev. John Hancock, 1753; on Hon. Spencer Phips, 1757; on H. Flynt, 1760; on E. Holyoke	Boston	v. y. 1769	USD -	5.50
FUNERAL SERMONS	W. Romaine, on J. Hervey, 1759. C. Chauncey, on E. Gray, 1757; on Jos. Sewall, 1769; on Rev. T. Foxcroft, 1769; on Rev. Jona. Mayhew, 1766. N. Appleton, on H. Flynt, Esq., 1760; on Rev. E. Wigglesworth, 1765; on E. Holyoke, 1769. J. Sewall, and T. Prince,	Boston	1756--1769	USD -	10.00
FUNERAL SERMONS	P. Thacher, on John Hancock, 1793; on Increase Summer, 1799; on Rev. J. Clarke, 1798. S. Langdon, on Prof. J. Winthrop, 1799. N. Appleton, on Lt. Gov. Spencer Phips, 1757; on E. Wigglesworth, 1765; on Pres. E. Holyoke, 1769. J. Hooker, on Rev. J. Hunt, 17	Boston	1745--1799	USD -	10.00
FUNERAL SERMONS	J. Clarke, on Rev. S. Cooper, 1784. D. Tappan, on Rev. M. Parsons, Newburyp., 1784. P. Thacher, on Gov. John Hancock, 1793. J. T. Kirkland, on George Cabot, 1823			USD -	11.00
FUNERAL SERMONS	SERMONS AND EULOGIES: on G. Washington, by C. Tufts, H. Ware, S. Niles, and P. Thacher, 1800: on Rev. G. Whitefield, by J. Sprout, Philadelphia, and N. Whitaker, Salem, 1771; on the Victims of the Boston Massacre, by J. Lathrop, 1770: and 14 others.	v. p.	1770--1800	USD -	12.00
	The Book of the General LAWS For the People within the Jurisdiction of Connecticut; Collected out of the Records of the General Court, Lately Revised, and with some Emendations and Additions, Established and Published by the Authority of the General Court	Cambridge	1673	USD -	300.00
	--- The same. An Exact Reprint of the Original Edition of 1673, With a Prefatory Note by George Brinley.	Hartford	1865	USD -	20.00
	--- The same.			USD -	16.00
	ACTS AND LAWS, of His Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New-England.		1702	USD -	210.00
	ACTS AND LAWS of His Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New-England [to the October Session, 1715, inclusive]	New London	1715	USD -	125.00
	Acts and Laws of the Colony, 1715. To which is prefixed, The Charter granted by His Majesty King Charles II., 1718. With the Session Laws, to 1747 (pp. 211--561) added; the title and first few leaves of the prefixed Charter, injure	New London	1715--1747	USD -	37.50
	Acts and Laws, 1715. With the Session Laws to 1745	New London	1715--1745	USD -	17.00
	ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, concerning the Plantations in America		1706--1757	USD -	16.00
ACTS AND LAWS	Revision of 1750; with Session Acts to 1776	New London	1750--1777	USD -	11.00
ACTS AND LAWS	The same; with Session Acts to 1753	New London	1750--1753	USD -	8.00
ACTS AND LAWS	The Same; with Charter, and Table, and Session Acts to 1769	New London	1750--1769	USD -	5.00
ACTS AND LAWS	New London, 1754. With Session Acts to 1756	New London	1754--1756	USD -	24.00
ACTS AND LAWS	New London, 1769. With Session Acts to 1777	New Haven	1769--1777	USD -	25.00
	ACTS AND LAWS of the STATE of Connecticut (Charter, and Articles of Confederation, prefixed)	New London	1784	USD -	10.00
	--- The same		1784	USD -	5.00
	The same: With the Session Acts, 1784--1792		1784--1792	USD -	5.00
	ACTS AND LAWS of the State of Connecticut. Reprint of Revision of 1784, with Session Acts, May 1784--May, 1786, and new Index: and Session Acts, Oct. 1786 to May, 1790	Hartford	1786--1790	USD -	5.00
	Acts and Laws, &c. Revision of 1784, with Session Acts (pp. 317--499) to 1795.	New London	1784--1787	USD -	18.00
	ACTS AND LAWS, &c. [Revised, 1795, by John Treadwell, Chauncey Goodrich, and Jona. Brace]; with the Session Acts (continuous paging, 439--454) of May and October, 1796	Hartford	1796	USD -	1.75
	Acts and Laws, &c. (Revision of 1796.) With Session Acts, May 1796 to Oct. 1806	Hartford	1805[--1806]	USD -	10.00
	THE PUBLIC STATUTE LAWS of the State of Connecticut. Book I. Published by Authority	Hartford	1808	USD -	1.00
	PUBLIC STATUTE LAWS &c., as Revised and Enacted, May, 1821	Hartford	1821	USD -	0.50

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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.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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