New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-20
LOCAL, MISCELLANY.
AUCTION SALE OF RARE BOOKS.
CURIOUS ANTIQUARIAN WORKS KNOCKED DowSaA


CURIOUS ANTIQUARIAN WORKS KNOCKED DowssAT
LOW PRICES.
l. G sale OF n large collection of books was
held Yesterday afternoon and evening by Bangs Co..
No. CSC Broadway and will be continued for week or
ten days The library embraces books in almost every
department OF literature but is especially rich in works
relating America, comprising early local histories d.
ographcs and genealcgios Prominent in the collection
are books illustrated with rare portraits and plates ana
large number that the greatest interest to stu
dents of American history and general photography.
The afternoon sale was wen attended although the
bidding was by means spirited Many valuable WORKS
sold for triae rare COPY Of Proceedings OF Board
o, General Officers Respecting Major John Andre Sept
90 $780," Philadelphia 1880, brought $50, ana was the
highest hid received for any hook Voyages and DIS
coyeries in South America" by Christopher d'Aeugna
j .ndou, 1898, $40, calf, brought only 81 90 "Ihe
Works of John Adams" by Charles Francis Adams 10
vols uncut brought ~ 50 per volume. Nisons HIS
tory Of Europe" 20 vols post svo, half calf 81 80 per
voumo Allbone's Dictionary of English Literature
S vols cloth 81 so per volume Almons " The Remem-
brancN; Repository of Public Events from 1773 to
lisa" 10 vols Svo old calf 81 50 per volumei Major
Apdr6s "The Cow Chace." Ncw-YOrk, 1852, 12mo, red
morocco extra, uncut, S21 50; DHnlaps Tragedy In
Five Acts rs performed by the old American Company
N.w-York March 80 1895" with portraits Of Dunbar
ard Andre inserted $40 So J. r. Railey's Historical
Sketch OF the City OF Brooklyn" uncut rare. ~ %;
Bancroft. History Of tho United.aes Boston, 1851.
6 vols - per volume; Bancrofts Memorial Address
OF the Life and Character Of Abraham Lincoln" fto,
cloth, unout - IS; joel BarOw's "The Co!umbiad."
philadelphia 1SO7, Sl3 %.
At 1880 y. NJ. the sale continued nv j. Sahn,
njctioneer Most of the bidders assumed nance
books however, went 10 j. -, who bought thein
in for private purchasers. AbOut 700 volumes IN AZ
were knocked down Yesterday and with this estimate
&c sale should conclude in eight ds precisely - there
ale 5000 lots. Henry Ward Beechcr's " Life 81 Jesus,
Tic Christ brought only 80 conts; his Eyes ana
Poems Upon s veraI Occasions" London 1884 12mo,
calf went for - Is. Following The most important
sscS: Bcrsun's "Vindic7tio o. the CJpors OF MAJOR
Azure" New-Yorll, ISl7. uncut. - 90; BonZonS
HI story Of the New World" Venice, 1872, 81 30;
Il .yerlevs History Of Virginia" London 1903, bue
morocco extra 81 y Henry HGTisSe- BbotheCa Auerl-
cpua Veins ma York, ISG6, impSyo ancut Sl6;
Iist Of Tories the Rev lUtiouary War, Phiadeipha,
ls02 -; W Bladcs's Life and Topography OF william
CavtOn," CO Tiltes, London. 1861, vols" 4to, nan
morocco, SO 30 volumn; 1.-THE Publication OF The
E-adfOrd Club" IL vOs royal Svo - - per Volume;
I,idstreet's Expedition to Fort FrOutcnac," London
119, - - - complete set " Bird 1eNatr IrcAS'S IN
! - volumes. ~ per volume; Brunets - Library Manual
GFols svC, uncut - - per volume; Buny Pilgrims
Progress" London 1850, Illustrated, vols, elegantly
br;nd calf, Gilt edges, SO 70 per volume \ rare
COW Of William Cullcn Bryauts "The Embargo, BoS-
to-, 1903, sold for S17, but Bryants Poems l2no
g. was taken at 80 cents, ana his Thirty Poems AT
o. cents The novels Of Charles Blochdcn Browne,
ard Charlotte Bronie's shirley ana Jane Eyre"
Icipsic. vols. So cents rer volume. Bargains were
e. ned ~ the purchasers OF "Thc British ESa1YsiS
vols LcUuon 1920, at 81 per volume, and " The Brlh
N.vCl.Sts With Essay and PrCtaccS nv Mrs Barbatud,
90 vols lsmo, calf, at 40 cents Per Volume.