Swann Galleries: WESTERN AMERICANA. THE PHILLIP G. LEVITT LIBRARY of 19th & 20th CENTURY ART & ILLUSTRATION. Chiefly limited, signed editions many with original drawings or prints., 1353,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 15, 1984 - November 15, 1984

Page Size: 421 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ABBOTT, E. D.; and SMITH, HELENA	We Pointed Them North.	New York	1939	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
2	ADAMS, ANDY	The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days.	Boston	1903	USD 60.00 - 90.00	130.00
3	ADAMS, KENNETH M.	Portfolio of Lithographs.	Albuquerque	1950	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
4	ADAMS, RAMON F.	Cowboy Lingo.	Boston	1936	USD 60.00 - 90.00	60.00
5	ADAMS, RAMON F.	Six-Guns & Saddle Leather: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen.	Norman	1954	USD 150.00 - 225.00	80.00
6	ADAMS, RAMON F.	The Rampaging Herd: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry.	Norman	1959	USD 150.00 - 200.00	250.00
7	ADAMS, RAMON F.	The Adams One-Fifty: A Check-list of the 150 Most Important Books on Western Outlaws and Lawmen, REESE, W. S. Six Score: the 120 Best Books on the Range Cattle Industry.	Austin	1976	USD 50.00 - 75.00	100.00
8	AINSWORTH, ED.	Painters of the Desert.	Palm Desert	1961	USD 80.00 - 120.00	110.00
9	AINSWORTH, ED.	The Cowboy in Art.	New York	1968	USD 60.00 - 90.00	100.00
10	AINSWORTH, ED.	The Cowboy in Art.	New York	1968	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,100.00
11	ALLEN, JOHN HOUGHTON	San Juan.	San Antonio	1945	USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
12		AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE.	Scottsdale, vd		USD 80.00 - 120.00	80.00
13		AMERICAN SCENE (magazine).	Tulsa	1958-79	USD 125.00 - 175.00	225.00
14	AMSDEN, CHARLES AVERY	Navaho Weaving: Its Technic and History.	Santa Ana	1934	USD 100.00 - 150.00	200.00
15	APPLETON, LE ROY	Indian Art of the Americas.	New York	1950	USD 80.00 - 120.00	120.00
16	Bruce Porter and others	ART IN CALIFORNIA: A Survey of American Art with Special Reference to Californian Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.	San Francisco	1916	USD 600.00 - 900.00	600.00
17	Paul Rossi and David Hunt	ART OF THE OLD WEST: From the Collection of the Gilcrease Institute.	New York	1971	USD 300.00 - 450.00	175.00
18		ARTISTS OF THE ROCKIES AND THE GOLDEN WEST (magazine).	Colorado Springs, Colo.	1975-83	USD 80.00 - 120.00	120.00
19	AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES	The Birds of America.	New York & Philadelphia	1840-44	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	14,000.00
20	AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES	Delineations of American Scenery and Character.	New York	1926	USD 50.00 - 75.00	25.00
21	AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES	The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America.	New York, 1966	1981	USD 125.00 - 175.00	175.00
22	AUSTIN, MARY	The Land of Little Rain.	Boston	1903	USD 80.00 - 120.00	120.00
23	BANDELIER, ADOLPHE F	The Unpublished Letters, concerning the writing and publication of The Delight Makers.	New York	1942	USD 60.00 - 90.00	175.00
24	BEELER, JOE	Cowboys and Indians: Characters in Oil and Bronze.	Norman	1967	USD 200.00 - 300.00	350.00
25	BEELER, JOE	Sketch Book.	Flagstaff	1974	USD 400.00 - 600.00	600.00
26	BEELER, JOE	Joe Beeler Portfolio.	Flagstaff	1978	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	1,500.00
27	(BEELER, JOE.) Hedgpeth, Don	Cowboy Artist: The Joe Beeler Story.	Flagstaff	1979	USD 70.00 - 100.00	50.00
28	BELL, JAMES G	A Log of the Texas-California Cattle Trail, 1854.	Austin	1932	USD 300.00 - 450.00	475.00
29	BENEDICT, CARL PETERS	A Tenderfoot Kid on Gyp Water.	Austin	1943	USD 125.00 - 175.00	150.00
30	(BERKE, ERNEST.) Wiggins, Walt	Ernest Berke: Paintings and Sculptures of the Old West.	Roswell, N.M.	1980	USD 100.00 - 150.00	175.00
31	(BETTINA.) Hedgpeth, Don	Bettina: Portraying Life in Art.	Flagstaff	1978	USD 400.00 - 600.00	375.00
32	BICKERSTAFF, LAURA M	Pioneer Artists of Taos.	Denver	1955	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
33	BJORKLUND, LORENCE	The Eleanor H. Hinman Interviews on the Life and Death of Crazy Horse.	Np	1976	USD 150.00 - 200.00	225.00
34	BODE, ELROY	Elroy Bode's Texas Sketchbook: A Sheaf of Prose Poems.	El Paso	1967	USD 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
35	BODMER, KARL	Bildatlas: Reise zu den Indianern am Oberen Missouri 1832-1834.	Frankfurt	1970	USD 50.00 - 75.00	140.00
36	BOREIN, EDWARD	Etchings of the West.	Santa Barbara	1950	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	750.00
37	BOREIN, EDWARD	Etchings of the West.	Santa Barbara	1950	USD 400.00 - 600.00	425.00
38	BOREIN, EDWARD	Borein's West.	Santa Barbara	1952	USD 500.00 - 750.00	500.00
39	BOREIN, EDWARD, Davidson, Harold G. Edward Borein	Cowboy Artist: The Life and Works of John Ed ward Borein 1872-1945.	New York	1974	USD 100.00 - 150.00	175.00
40	BOREIN, EDWARD, Davidson, Harold G.	The Lost Works of Edward Borein.	Santa Barbara	1978	USD 150.00 - 200.00	175.00
41	BOREIN, EDWARD, Perkins, Charles Elliott	The Pinto Horse.	Santa Barbara	1927	USD 500.00 - 750.00	600.00
42	BOREIN, EDWARD	Group of 4 books.	Vp		USD 100.00 - 150.00	120.00
43	(BORG, CARL.) Bolton, Herbert E. Cross	Sword & Gold Pan: A Group of Notable Full- Cover Paintings Depicting Outstanding Episodes in the Exploration and Settlement of the West.	Los Angeles	1936	USD 60.00 - 90.00	70.00
44		BRAND BOOKS.	Denver	1946-77	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
45		BRAND BOOKS.	Los Angeles	1948-82	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	700.00
46	BRIGGS, WALTER	Without Noise of Arms: The 1776 Dominguez-Escalante Search for a Route from Santa Fe to Monterey.	Flagstaff	1976	USD 125.00 - 175.00	Not Sold
47	BRODER, PATRICIA J.	Hopi Painting: The World of the Hopis.	New York	1978	USD 150.00 - 225.00	Not Sold
48	BRODER, PATRICIA J.	Bronzes of the American West.	New York	nd	USD 300.00 - 450.00	200.00
49		BRONZES.	Vp		USD 100.00 - 150.00	175.00
50	CARROLL, JOHN M.	The Black Military Experience in the American West.	New York	1971	USD 80.00 - 120.00	60.00
51	CARROLL, JOHN M.	Buffalo Soldiers West.	Fort Collins	1971	USD 300.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
52	CARROLL, JOHN M.	Buffalo Soldiers West.	Fort Collins	1971	USD 300.00 - 450.00	400.00
53	CARROLL, JOHN M.	The Benteen-Goldin Letters on Custer and his Last Battle.	New York	1974	USD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
54	CARROLL, JOHN M.	The Two Battles of the Little Big Horn.	New York	1974	USD 250.00 - 350.00	325.00
55	CARROLL, JOHN M.	Custer in Texas: An Interrupted Narrative.	New York	1975	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
56	CARROLL, JOHN M.	4 on Custer by Carroll.	Np	1976	USD 300.00 - 450.00	225.00
57	CARROLL; HAFEN; HALEY; and others	Some Southwestern Trails.	El Paso	1948	USD 60.00 - 90.00	100.00
58	CATESBY, MARK	The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.	Savannah	1974	USD 200.00 - 300.00	150.00
59	CATLIN, GEORGE	Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, written during Eight Years' Travel ... in 1832-39.	London	1841	USD 400.00 - 600.00	700.00
60	CATLIN, GEORGE	Catlin's Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American Indian Collection ... Numerous full-page black-and-white illustrations.	New York; London	1848	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
61	CATLIN, GEORGE	Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians ... Eighth Edition.	London	1851	USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
62	CATLIN, GEORGE	Rambles Among the Indians, Last Rambles Amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes.	London and Edinburgh	1880?	USD 80.00 - 120.00	110.00
63	CATLIN, GEORGE	North American Indians: ... Manners, Customs, and Conditions ... Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.	Edinburgh	1926	USD 200.00 - 300.00	300.00
64	CATLIN, GEORGE, Donaldson, Thomas	The George Catlin Indian Gallery in the U.S.	Washington	1888	USD 70.00 - 100.00	100.00
65	CATLIN, GEORGE, Ewers, John C.	George Catlin, Painter of Indians and the West.	Washington	1956, 1957	USD 50.00 - 75.00	60.00
66	CATLIN, GEORGE, McCracken, Harold	George Catlin and the Old Frontier.	New York	1959	USD 150.00 - 200.00	225.00
67	CATLIN, GEORGE, Truettner, William H	The Natural Man Observed: A Study of Catlin's Indian Gallery.	Washington	1979	USD 80.00 - 120.00	100.00
68	CATLIN, GEORGE	Group of 4 books.	Vp		USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
69	CATLIN, GEORGE	Group of 5 books.	Vp		USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
70	CHARLES, MRS. TOM	More Tales of the Tularosa.	Alamogordo	1961	USD 50.00 - 75.00	20.00
71	CLEAVELAND, AGNES MORLEY	No Life for a Lady.	Boston	1941	USD 50.00 - 75.00	300.00
72	(CLYMER, JOHN.) Reed, Walter	John Clymer: An Artist's Rendezvous with the Frontier West.	Flagstaff	1976	USD 400.00 - 600.00	800.00
73	COKE, VAN DEREN	Taos and Santa Fe: The Artist's Environment 1882-1942.	Albuquerque	1963	USD 70.00 - 100.00	110.00
74	(COUSE, E. IRVING.) Woloshuk, Nicholas. E.	Irving Couse, 1866-1936.	Santa Fe	1976	USD 60.00 - 90.00	90.00
75	(COUSE, E. IRVING.) Woloshuk, Nicholas. E.	Irving Couse, 1866-1936.	Santa Fe	1976	USD 100.00 - 150.00	200.00
76		COWBOYS ARTISTS OF AMERICA.	Flagstaff	1971-82	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,500.00
77	James Howard	COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA: A Complete History and Exhibition Record, by James Howard.	Flagstaff	1976	USD 300.00 - 450.00	400.00
78		COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA.	Vp		USD 150.00 - 225.00	175.00
79	CUSHING, FRANK HAMILTON	My Adventures in Zuni.	Santa Fe	1941	USD 250.00 - 350.00	250.00
80	DEGOLYER, E.	Across Aboriginal America: The Journey of Three Englishmen Across Texas in 1568.	El Paso	1947	USD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
81	DE GRAZIA, TED	Ah Ha Toro.	Flagstaff	1967	USD 100.00 - 150.00	200.00
82	DE GRAZIA, TED	The Seri Indians: A Primitive People of Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California.	Flagstaff	1970	USD 300.00 - 450.00	450.00
83	(DE GRAZIA, TED.) Reed, William	DeGrazia the Irreverent Angel.	San Diego	1971	USD 200.00 - 300.00	300.00
84	DEVOTO, BERNARD	Across the Wide Missouri.	Boston	1947	USD 80.00 - 120.00	100.00
85	(DIXON, MAYNARD.) Burnside, Wesley M.	Maynard Dixon: Artist of the West.	Provo	1974	USD 125.00 - 175.00	Not Sold
86	(DIXON, MAYNARD.) Perceval, Don	Maynard Dixon: Sketch Book.	Flagstaff	1967	USD 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
87	DOBIE, J. FRANK	Legends of Texas.	Austin	1924	USD 100.00 - 150.00	130.00
88	DOBIE, J. FRANK	A Vaquero of the Brush Country.	Dallas	1929	USD 100.00 - 150.00	300.00
89	DOBIE, J. FRANK	Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest.	Dallas	1930	USD 200.00 - 300.00	140.00
90	DOBIE, J. FRANK	On the Open Range.	Dallas	1931	USD 100.00 - 150.00	200.00
91	DOBIE, J. FRANK	Juan Oso: Bear Nights in Mexico.	Dallas	1933	USD 150.00 - 225.00	325.00
92	DOBIE, J. FRANK	Bigfoot Wallace and Hickory Nuts.	Austin	1936	USD 150.00 - 225.00	275.00
93	DOBIE, J. FRANK	The Flavor of Texas.	Dallas		USD 1,936.00 - 100.00	90.00
94	DOBIE, J. FRANK	Tales of the Mustang.	Dallas	1936	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	650.00
95	DOBIE, J. FRANK	Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver.	Boston	1939	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	500.00
96	DOBIE, J. FRANK	Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver.	Boston	1939	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
97	DOBIE, J. FRANK, John C	Duval: First Texas Man of Letters.	Dallas	1939	USD 200.00 - 300.00	175.00
98	DOBIE, J. FRANK	Bob More: Man and Bird Man.	Np	1941	USD 80.00 - 120.00	60.00
99	DOBIE, J. FRANK	The Longhorns.	Boston	1941	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	2,000.00
100	DOBIE, J. FRANK	My Salute to Gene Rhodes.	El Paso	1947	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold

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