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
Newport. J. Franklin's Press. Barclay (Robert)	An Apology for the True Christian's Divinity, as the same is held forth and preached by the People called in Scorn, Quakers.	Newport	1729	USD -	13.50
Newport. Fox (John)	The Door of Heaven Opened and Shut. A Discourse Concerning the Absolute Necessity of a Timely Preparation for a Happy Eternity	Newport	1731	USD -	10.00
Newport	The Rhode-Island Almanack For the Year, 1733 ... Fitted to the Meridian of Newport. By Poor Robin	Newport	1733	USD -	4.25
Newport. MATTHEWS (MORDECAI)	The Christian's Daily Exercise [in verse]	Newport	1738	USD -	6.00
Newport. [DODSLEY (ROBERT)]	The Chronicle of the Kings of England, Written in the Manner of the Ancient Jewish Historians. By Nathan Ben Saddi, a Priest of the Jews	London, Printed; repr. Newport	1744	USD -	3.00
Newport. BEACH (JOHN)	Sermon, shewing that Eternal Life is God's Free Gift	Newport	1745	USD -	8.00
Newport. CANER (Henry)	The True Nature and Method of Christian Preaching. A Discourse at Newport, June xiith, 1745	Newport, R. I.	1745	USD -	9.25
Newport. CALLENDER (JOHN)	Sermon at Newport on the death of Rev. Nathaniel Clap	Newport	1746	USD -	6.50
Newport. CANER (HENRY)	Discourse concerning the Publick Worship of God, the Liturgy of the Church of England, etc.	Newport	[1748]	USD -	11.00
Newport. [PENN (WM.)]	Some Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections and Maxims relating to the Conduct of Human Life; in Two Parts.	Newport	1749	USD -	4.00
Newport. WILLIAMS (SOLOMON)	The Sad Tendency of Divisions and Contentions in Churches, a [Fast-day] Sermon at the West-Farms, in Norwich [Conn.], Feb. 28, 1750	Newport	[1751]	USD -	8.00
Newport	Poor Job, 1752. An Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1752 ... Fitted to the Meridian of Rhode-Island, etc. By Job Shepherd, Philom.	Newport		USD -	3.00
Newport	Poor Job, 1755. An Almanack, etc.	Newport		USD -	1.25
Newport. POLLEN (THOMAS)	A Sermon, in Trinity Church, Newport, R. I., May 29, 1755, Upon Occasion of the Embarkation of some of the Colony's Troops, in order to go against the Enemy	Newport	1755	USD -	3.00
Newport. POLLEN (THOMAS)	The same.			USD -	2.75
Newport. E[LLIS] (J[ONA.])	The Justice of the Present War against the French, and the Principles that should Influence us in this Undertaking. Sermon, to the Soldiers, Sept. 22, 1755. Also, The Law condemning Man's Righteousness, a Sermon from Gal.	Newport	[1755]	USD -	10.50
Newport. VINAL (W.)	A Sermon on the Accursed Thing that hinders Success and Victory in War, occasioned by the Defeat of [Gen.] Braddock	Newport	1755	USD -	12.00
Newport. STILES (ISAAC)	A Sermon at the Ordination of his Son, Ezra Stiles, A.M. To the Pastoral Charge of the Church in Clark Street, Newport, Oct. 22, 1755	Newport	[1755]	USD -	2.00
Newport. BURT (JOHN)	Sermon preached at Bristol, R. I., Oct. 25, 1759, upon a Thanksgiving for the Reduction of Quebec	Newport	[1759]	USD -	6.00
Newport. Bisset (George)	Sermon, in Trinity Church, Newport, June 3, 1771, at the Funeral of Mrs. Abigail Wanton, late Consort of Hon. Joseph Wanton, jun.	Newport	1771	USD -	2.00
Newport. Karigal	A Sermon preached at the Synagogue, in Newport, R. I., called "The Salvation of Israel:" On the Day of Pentecost, or Feast of Weeks,. May 28, 1773. By the Venerable Hocham, the learned Rabbi, Haijm Isaac Karigal, of the City of Hebron, near Jerusalem	Newport	1773	USD -	1.50
Newport. Dehon (T.)	A[Thanksgiving] Discourse delivered in Trinity Church		Nov. 27, 1805	USD -	2.50
Newport. Patten (Wm.)	Sermon in the Second Congregational Church, Newport, Nov. 9, 1806, [after] the Death of Miss Abigail Potter, [with an Appendix,]	Newport	1807	USD -	0.50
Newport. Adlam (Rev. S.)	The First Church in Providence not the Oldest of the Baptists in America	Newport	1850	USD -	0.50
Newport	Visit to Grandpapa; or, a Week at Newport. Historical Sketches	New York	1840	USD -	3.50
Newport	Old Stone Mill. The Controversy touching the Old Stone Mill in the town of Newport. With Remarks, &c. [by Rev. Charles T. Brook.	Newport	1851	USD -	2.00
Newport	PAMPHLETS (10) Karigal (Rabbi) Sermon at Synagogue on Day of Pentecost, 1773.			USD -	5.00
	Burrillville, as it was, and as it is. By Horace A. Keach	Providence	1856	USD -	0.60
Bristol	Account of the Settlement, and of the Cong. Church therein	Prov.	1785	USD -	6.75
Warren. TUSTIN (J. P.)	Historical Dedication Sermon.---Fessenden (G. M.) History.	Providence	1845	USD -	0.50
	ACTS AND LAWS Passed by the General Court or Assembly of His Majesties Province of New-Hampshire [in New-England,]	[Boston]	[1716.]	USD -	25.00
	ACTS AND LAWS of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire. In New-England. With Sundry Acts of Parliament. By Order of the General Assembly. To which is prefix'd the Commissions of President John Cutts, Esq; and His Excellency John Wentworth, Esq	Portsmouth	1771	USD -	10.00
	Constitution agreed upon by the Convention held at Concord, June, 1783	Portsmouth	1783	USD -	1.50
BARSTOW (GEO.)	The History of New Hampshire, from its Discovery in 1614, to the passage of the Toleration Act, in 1819	Concord	1842	USD -	2.00
BELKNAP (JEREMY)	The History of New Hampshire	Philadelphia & Boston	1784--1792	USD -	9.00
	The History of New Hampshire.	Boston	1813	USD -	6.75
	The History of New Hampshire. With notes and illustrations by John Farmer. Vol. I.	Dover	1831	USD -	6.00
CARRAGAIN (P.)	Map of New Hampshire	Concord	1816	USD -	5.50
Dartmouth College	The Charter of the College, 1769, (n. t. p.)	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	0.50
Dartmouth College	The Charter of the College, 1769, (n. t. p.)			USD -	0.50
Dartmouth College. COHOS	The Wilderness shall Blossom as the Rose. [A Poem, addressed] To His Excellency John Wentworth, Captain-General, Governor .. of New Hampshire, On his Grant of a very generous CHARTER of Incorporation of Dartmouth College. [By] A Member of Dartmouth Colleg		n. d. [ab. 1774?]	USD -	5.00
Dartmouth College. Dartmouth College	Catalogus eorum qui in Collegio Dartmuthensi .. ab anno 1771, ad annum 1792, alicujus gradus Laurea donati sunt.	Boston	1792	USD -	1.50
Dartmouth College	Report of the Case of Dartmouth College vs. W. H. Woodward, by T. Farrar	Portsmouth	[1819]	USD -	1.00
Dartmouth College. M'Farland (<i>Rev.</i> A.)	Oration before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at Hanover, Aug. 25, 1802	Hanover	1802	USD -	0.75
Dartmouth College. Wheelock (El.)	Narrative of the Indian Charity-School at Lebanon, Conn.	Bost.	1763	USD -	5.00
Dartmouth College	Charter from Geo. III., 1769	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	7.00
	Election Sermons: Wm. Morison, 1792; Rob. Gray, 1793; N. Bradstreet, 1807; W. F. Rowland, 1809; R. Shurtleff, 1810; M. Bradford, 1812; P. Holt, 1814; Wm. Allen, 1818; N. Parker, 1819.			USD -	3.60
FARMER (JOHN)	A Catechism of the History of New Hampshire.	Concord	1829	USD -	0.50
FARMER (JOHN)	A Catechism of the History of New Hampshire.	Concord	1830	USD -	2.13
FARMER (JOHN)	An Ecclesiastical Register of New Hampshire; with a catalogue of the Ministers, 1636--1822, etc.	Concord	1821	USD -	2.37
FARMER (JOHN) and Moore (J. B.)	Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire	Concord	1823	USD -	0.80
General Association	Minutes, 1811 (Bost., 1811), 1813, --14, 1817, 1818--24, 1826, --27, --29, --36, 1842--44, 1851, 1855--62.	Concord	1813--1862	USD -	4.05
[Hale (Nathan)]	Notes of an Excursion to the Highlands of New Hampshire, and Lake Winnipiseogee. By a Gentleman of Boston	Andover	1833	USD -	1.75
JACKSON (C. T.)	Final Report on the Geology and Mineralogy of N. Hampshire	Concord	1844	USD -	2.25
LAWRENCE (R. F.)	The New Hampshire Churches: Histories of the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches in the State, with notices of other denominations	Claremont	1856	USD -	3.00
MERRILL (E. and P.)	Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire. (The first N. Hampshire Gazetteer.)	Exeter	1817	USD -	2.00
	New Hampshire Annual Register	Concord.	1812, --1813, --1816, --1817, 1819--1856, 1858	USD -	20.00
	New Hampshire Book (The); being Specimens of the Literature of the Granite State	Nashua	1842	USD -	0.75
	New Hampshire Historical Society. Collections.	Concord	1824--1850	USD -	13.50
	PAMPHLETS (8) Journal of Senate, 1786		1787	USD -	6.40
	PAMPHLETS (9) Remarks on the Toleration Act		1823	USD -	4.50
	Thanksgiving Proclamation, Dec. 1778. (M. Weare, President, John Langdon, Speaker.)		1778	USD -	0.25
WHITON (J. M.)	Sketches of the History of New Hampshire, 1623 to 1833	Concord	1834	USD -	1.25
Acworth	Cooke's Dedication Sermon		1822	USD -	7.70
Bedford	History of, compiled on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Incorporation.	Boston	1851	USD -	3.25
Candia. Eaton (F. B.)	History of Candia, once known as Charmingfare	Manchester	1852	USD -	0.75
Claremont. Barnard (Jerem.) <i>of Amherst.</i>	Sermon, March 7, 1796, at Ordination of Rev. John Tappan, in Claremont.	Amherst	n. d.	USD -	0.60
Concord	Eckley's Sermon at Installation of Isr. Evans	Concord	1789	USD -	1.50
Concord. Priestly (T.)	The Christian's Looking Glass, or the Timorous Soul's Guide, etc.	Concord	1794	USD -	0.60
Coos Co. POWERS (G.)	Historical Sketches of the Coos Country and Vicinity	Haverhill	1841	USD -	3.50
Cornish. [Fessenden (T.) <i>of Walpole</i>]	Remarks on the Doings of a Convention held at Cornish, N. H., Feb. 20, 1782, consisting of the Rev. Grafton Presbytery, Windsor Association, and others	Westminster	1782	USD -	1.50
Croydon	Cooper's Hist. Sketch		1852	USD -	4.20
Exeter. M'Clure (David)	Oration, at Exeter, May 1, 1783, at the opening of the Phillips Exeter Academy	Exeter	1783	USD -	1.25
Farmington. Randel (Benj.) <i>of New Durham.</i>	A Discourse, delivered extempore, at Farmington, N. H., Feb. 27, 1803, at the Interment of Murmoth Fortune Herrick, son of Hollibut and Sally Herrick; Who were journeying from the Westerly part of Massachusetts to Portland, Maine, etc.	Dover, N. H.	1803	USD -	0.75
Gilmanton. Lancaster (D.)	History of Gilmanton	Gilmanton	1845	USD -	1.25
Hillsborough	Chapin's Farewell Discourse, 1809; Smith's Annals of the Town		1841	USD -	5.75
Hollis Association. Davis (Jos. G.)	Historical Discourse on the 100th Anniversary of the Hollis Association of Ministers, May 6, 1862; With sketches of deceased members	Concord	1862	USD -	0.60
Keene. Hale (S.)	Annals of Keene, 1734--1815	Keene	1851	USD -	1.00
Keene	Hall's Oration on the Ratification of U. S. Constitution, 1788; Livermore's Farewell Discourses		1850	USD -	1.05
Londonderry. Parker (E. L.)	Century Sermon, April 22, 1819	Concord	1819	USD -	1.25
Londonderry. Parker (E. L.)	History of Londonderry, comprising the towns of Derry and Londonderry	Boston	1851	USD -	4.00
Manchester. Potter (C. E.)	History of Manchester	Manchester	1856	USD -	3.50
Marlborough	Result of Council		1834	USD -	3.60
Portsmouth. Adams (N.)	Annals of Portsmouth, for 200 Years	Portsmouth	1825	USD -	2.75
Portsmouth. Brewster (C. W.)	Rambles about Portsmouth.	Portsmouth	1859	USD -	3.00
Portsmouth	Ogden's Add. at Opening of Academy		1791	USD -	3.60
Portsmouth	Early printing in Portsmouth. Langdon (Samuel) The Excellency of the Word of God, in the Mouth of a Faithful Minister. Sermon at Ordination of Rev. Samuel M'Clintock, Colleague with the Rev. William Allen, in Greenland, N. H., Nov. 3, 1756	Portsmouth	1756	USD -	4.00
Portsmouth. Browne (Arthur)	The Doctrine of Election fairly stated. A Sermon at Portsmouth	Portsmouth	1757	USD -	0.75
Portsmouth. Browne (Arthur)	The Necessity of Reformation. A [Fast] Sermon at Portsmouth, May 9, 1757	Portsmouth	1757	USD -	1.20
Portsmouth. Barnard (Tho.) <i>of Salem, Mass.</i>	The Christian Salvation. Sermon at Ordination of Rev. Josiah Bayley, in Hampton-Falls, Oct. 19th, 1757	Portsmouth	1757	USD -	0.75
Portsmouth. McClintock (S.)	Sermon preached at Greenland (N. H.), Feb. 25, 1759.	Portsmouth	1759	USD -	0.60
Portsmouth. PERIODICALS	Christian's Magazine; Edited by Elias Smith.	Portsmouth	1805	USD -	1.25
Portsmouth. PERIODICALS	Piscataqua Evangelical Magazine.	Portsmouth and Amherst, N. H.	1805--1806	USD -	8.50
Walpole. [Dennie (Jos.)]	The Lay Preacher; or Short Sermons for Idle Readers.	Walpole, N. H.	1796	USD -	2.50
Walpole. [Dennie (Jos.)]	Spirit of the Farmer's Museum; being a judicious selection of productions in that paper	Walpole, N. H.	1801	USD -	2.00
Warren. Little (Wm.)	History of the town of Warren, N. H., to the year 1854, including a sketch of the Pemigewasset Indians.	Concord, N. H.	1854	USD -	3.25
Windham. Blackwell (Thos.)	Forma Sacra, or, A Sacred Platform of natural and revealed Religion .. To which is now added, an Introduction .. by Simon Williams, A.M. Minister of the Gospel in Windham, N. H.	Boston	1774	USD -	1.00
Windham. Blackwell (Thos.)	Some Reflections on the Disputes between New-York, New-Hampshire, and Col. John Henry Lydius of Albany ... To these Reflections are added, Some Rules of Law, fit to be observed in purchasing Land, &c.	New Haven	1764	USD -	28.00
Windham	A PETITION to His Majesty King George the Third [by Grantees of New Hampshire, asking to be continued under the jurisdiction of that Province,]	n. p.	1766	USD -	26.00
Windham	The Memorial of Peter Livius, Esq. One of his Majesty's Council for the Province of New Hampshire, in New England, to the Lord's Commissioners for Trade and Plantations; with the Governor's Answer, and the Memorialist's Reply, printed Article by Article,	n. p.	1773	USD -	26.00

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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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Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

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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