Swann Galleries: THEATER, DANCE, COSTUME & FASHION, SCENIC DESIGN including: PLAYS, COLLECTED WORKS, FETE-BOOKS MUSIC, AUTOGRAPHS, PHOTOGRAPHS PERIODICALS, PRINTS & DRAWINGS, ILLUSTRATED & PRESS BOOKS., 1231,

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 24, 1981 - September 24, 1981

Page Size: 390 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	Genthe, Arnold	BALLET, The Book of the Dance.	Boston	1920	USD 70.00 - 100.00	50.00
102	Gross, Valentine	BALLET, Mouvements de Danse de l'Antiquite a nos Jours.	Paris	1914	USD 30.00 - 40.00	20.00
103	BALLET	Modern Dance	Np	1935	USD 50.00 - 75.00	60.00
104	Rey, Jan	BALLET, The World of Dance	London	1950	USD 30.00 - 40.00	16.00
105	Vuillier, Gaston	BALLET	New York	1898	USD 70.00 - 100.00	27.50
106	Wayburn, Ned	BALLET, The Art of Stage Dancing	New York	1925	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
107	Zoete, Beryl de; & Spies, Walter	BALLET, Dance and Drama in Bali.	London	1952	USD 35.00 - 50.00	60.00
108	Zorn, Friedrich Albert	BALLET	Boston	1905	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
109	Rothschild; Martin; Shawn	BALLET, La Danse Artistique aux USA: Tendances Modernes. two copies., America Dancing, Gods Who Dance	Paris, New York	1949, 1936, 1929, 1949	USD 30.00 - 40.00	50.00
110	Magriel, P. D.	DANCE BIBLIOGRAPHIES.	New York, London	1936, 1966	USD 40.00 - 60.00	17.00
111	Curtis Dunham	DANCING with Helen moller: her Own Statement ... upon the Classic Greek Model.	New York	1918	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
112		DANCING IN PRINTS	New York	1964	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
113	DAVENANT, SIR WILLIAM	Collected Works	London	1673	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
114	DAVIES, THOMAS	Dramatic Micellanies [sic], consisting of Critical Observations on several Plays of Shakspeare ...	London	1784-83-84	USD 150.00 - 200.00	70.00
115		DENMARK. Teatret	Kobenhavn	1910-1911	USD 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
116	DENNIS, JOHN	Iphigenia: a Tragedy, acted at the Theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields.	London	1700	USD 60.00 - 90.00	20.00
117		DIAGHILEV-LIFAR LIBRARY.	Monaco	1975	USD 30.00 - 40.00	22.50
118		DOLBY'S BRITISH THEATRE	London	1823-1825	USD 70.00 - 100.00	30.00
119	DORAN, JOHN	Their Majesties' Servants: Annals of the English Stage from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean.	London	1888	USD 150.00 - 200.00	100.00
120	D'ORSAY, COUNT ALFRED	Etiquette: or a Guide to the Usages of Society ...	New York	1843	USD 35.00 - 50.00	70.00
121		DRAMATIC SOUVENIR: Literary and Graphical Illustrations of Shakespeare and other Celebrated English Dramatists.	London	1833	USD 40.00 - 60.00	40.00
122		DRAMATISTS OF THE RESTORATION.	Edinburgh & London	1870's	USD 150.00 - 200.00	70.00
123	DRUE, THOMAS	The Life of the Dutches of Suffolke, as it hath beene divers and sundry times acted, with good applause.	London	1631	USD 150.00 - 200.00	60.00
124	DRYDEN, JOHN	The Mistaken Husband, a Comedie, as it is Acted ... at the Theatre-Royall. By a Person of Quality.	London	1675	USD 200.00 - 300.00	150.00
125	DRYDEN, JOHN	The Comedies, Tragedies, and Operas, now first Collected together, and Corrected from the Originals.	London	1701	USD 100.00 - 200.00	80.00
126	DRYDEN, JOHN	The Dramatic Works	London	1931-1932	USD 120.00 - 180.00	100.00
127	DUBECH, LUCIEN	Histoire Generale Illustree du Theatre.	Paris	1931-1934	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
128	DUCHARTRE, PIERRE LOUIS	The Italian Comedy: Improvisation, Scenarios, Lives, etc., of the Commedia dell' Arte.	London	1929	USD 30.00 - 40.00	40.00
129		DUNCAN, ISADORA.	Paris	1927	USD 40.00 - 60.00	150.00
130		DUNCAN, ISADORA. The Art of the Dance.	New York	1928	USD 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
131	DUNLAP, WILLIAM	The Life of George Fred. Cooke, (Late of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden).	London	1815	USD 80.00 - 120.00	100.00
132	DUNLAP, WILLIAM	A Trip to Niagara, or Travellers in America: a Farce in Three Acts.	New-York	1830	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
133		DUNLAP SOCIETY	New York	1899-1900	USD 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
134	DURANTY, M.	Theatre des Marionnettes du Jardin des Tuileries.	Paris	1863	USD 200.00 - 300.00	100.00
135	DURANTY, M.	Theatre des Marionnettes du Jardin des Tuileries.	Paris	1863	USD 80.00 - 120.00	45.00
136	DUSE, ELEONORA	Bildnisse und Worte.	Berlin	1926	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
137		DUVERNOIS, Recherches sur les Carrousels Anciens et Modernes, suivies d'un Projet de Jeux Equestres a l'Imitation des Tournoys de l'Ancienne Chevalerie.			USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
138	EGAN, PIERCE	The Life of an Actor.	London	1825	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
139	ETHEREGE, SIR GEORGE	The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub, acted at... Lincolns-Inn-Fields.	London	1660's	USD 70.00 - 100.00	40.00
140	ETHEREGE, SIR GEORGE	She wou'd if she cou'd, a Comedy, acted at His High-nesse the Duke of York's Theatre.	London	1668	USD 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
141	ETHEREGE, SIR GEORGE	The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub, as it is now Acted by His Majesty's Servants.	London	1697	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
142	FAIRHOLT, F. W.	Costume in England: a History of Dress to the End of the 18th Century.	London	1885	USD 35.00 - 50.00	22.50
143	FARQUHAR, GEORGE	The Recruiting Officer: a Comedy as it was Acted at ... Drury-Lane.	London	1707	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
144	FARQUHAR, GEORGE	Complete Works	Bloomsbury	1930	USD 30.00 - 40.00	30.00
145	FENTON, ELIJAH	Mariamne, a Tragedy, acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields.	London	1723	USD 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
146		FERRARIO, GIULIO	Milano	1820's	USD 300.00 - 400.00	250.00
147		FETE-BOOK.	Firenze	1608	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
148		FETE-BOOK., Caroso di Sermoneta, Fabritio.	Roma	1630	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	750.00
149		FETE-BOOK.	Wienn	1674	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,000.00
150		FEUILLET, RAOUL AUGER	Paris	1706	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	700.00
151	FISCHER, CARLOS	Les Costumes de l'Opera.	Paris	1931	USD 80.00 - 120.00	120.00
152		FLORADORA: The Superb Musical Album.	New York	1900	USD 40.00 - 60.00	35.00
153		FOSSARD COLLECTION.	Paris	1928	USD 40.00 - 60.00	70.00
154	Cohen; Roaten	FRENCH THEATER., Le Theatre en France au Moyen Age., Structural Forms in the French Theater, Winter, Le Theatre du Merveilleux.	Philadelphia, Paris	1928, 1500-1700, 1960, 1962, 1960	USD 30.00 - 40.00	45.00
155	GAILLARD, LECOMTE & CIE, fabricants	Two albums of the latest fashions in robes & manteaux, containing 60 superb color lithographs of full-length figures.	Paris	1885	USD 100.00 - 150.00	170.00
156		GALERIE DES MODES & COSTUMES FRANCAIS dessines d'apres Nature, 1778-1787.	Paris	1912	USD 400.00 - 600.00	1,200.00
157		GALLERY OF PLAYERS, from The Illustrated American.	New York	1894-1896	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
158	GALLI-BIBIENA, Hadamowsky, Franz, Editor	Die Familie Galli-Bibiena in Wien: Leben und Werk fuer das Theater.	Wien	1962	USD 35.00 - 50.00	60.00
159	GARRICK, DAVID	Memoirs of the Life, interspersed with Characters and Anecdotes ... forming a History of the Stage.	London	1808	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
160	GAY, JOHN	The Beggar's Opera.	London	1735	USD 100.00 - 150.00	50.00
161	GAY, JOHN	The Beggar's Opera.	Dublin	1732, 1729	USD 70.00 - 100.00	60.00
162	GAY, JOHN	The Beggar's Opera; with the Overture in Score, the Songs, and the Basses, Engraved on Copper Plates.	London	1777	USD 70.00 - 100.00	30.00
163		GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT.			USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
164	GIAFFERRI, PAUL LOUIS de	L'Histoire du Costume Feminin Mondial.	Paris	1925	USD 150.00 - 200.00	70.00
165	GIAFFERRI, PAUL LOUIS de	The History of French Masculine Costume.	New York	1930	USD 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
166	GILDON, CHARLES	Love's Victim: or, the Queen of Wales.	London	1701	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
167	GILLETTE, WILLIAM	Signed photograph of this famous actor		Early 1900's	USD 30.00 - 40.00	70.00
168	GOGOL	Gogol v Izobrazitelinom Iskusstve i Teatre.	Moskva	1953	USD 40.00 - 60.00	70.00
169	GOLDSMITH, OLIVER	The Good Natur'd Man: a Comedy, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.	London	1768	USD 150.00 - 250.00	80.00
170	GOZZI, COUNT CARLO	Memoirs	London	1890	USD 35.00 - 50.00	27.50
171	JOHN	GRAND-CARTERET. L'Histoire, la Vie, les Moeurs et la Curiosite par l'Image, le Pamphlet et le Document (1450-1900).	Paris	1927-1928	USD 150.00 - 250.00	200.00
172	GREG, W. W.	A Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration.	London	1939-1959	USD 100.00 - 150.00	250.00
173	GRIGORIEV, BORIS	Faces of Russia.	London	1924	USD 40.00 - 60.00	22.50
174	HALL, LILLIAN ARVILLA	Catalogue of Dramatic Portraits in the Theatre Collection of the Harvard College Library.	Cambridge	1930-1934	USD 80.00 - 120.00	70.00
175		HANNETAIRE, SIEUR d',. Observations sur l'Art du Comedien, et sur d'autres objets concernant cette profession en general ...	Np	1774	USD 60.00 - 90.00	30.00
176	HIGGONS, BEVILL	The Generous Conquerour, or the Timely Discovery.	London	1702	USD 70.00 - 100.00	20.00
177	HILL, GEORGE HANDEL	Fine colored lithograph portrait as "Hivam Dodge in the Yankee Pedlar.	London	1835	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
178	HOTTENROTH, FRIEDRICH	Trachten, Haus-, Feld- und Kriegsgeraethschaften der Voelker Alter und Neuer Zeit. 240 chromolithograph plates, showing thousands of figures and details, and a profusion of text wood-engravings.	Stuttgart	1890	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
179	Cyril W. Beaumont	IDZIKOWSKI, STANISLAS: The Art of ... with an Appreciation	London	1926	USD 50.00 - 75.00	150.00
180	INCHBALD, MRS., Editor	The British Theatre, or a Collection of Plays acted at Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket.	London	1808	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
181		INCHBALD'S THEATRE		1800	USD 70.00 - 100.00	35.00
182	IRVING, SIR HENRY	Two Autograph Letters Signed, to lady admirers.	Boston, Hotel Vendome, Lyceum Theatre	1899, 1893	USD 35.00 - 50.00	30.00
183	IRVING, SIR HENRY	Group of 3 Autograph Letters Signed, and 2 manuscript letters signed.			USD 40.00 - 60.00	90.00
184	JACOVLEFF, A.; and ELISSEEFF, S.	Le Theatre Japonais (Kabuki)	Paris	1933	USD 250.00 - 350.00	350.00
185	JACQUEMIN, RAPHAEL	Iconographie Generate et Methodique du Costume du IVe au XIXe Siecle (315-1815).	Paris	1880	USD 150.00 - 250.00	300.00
186		JAPAN. Military Costume in Old Japan.	Tokyo	1893	USD 30.00 - 40.00	70.00
187		JAPANESE ACTORS.		18th century	USD 40.00 - 60.00	75.00
188		JAPANESE COSTUME.	Np	nd	USD 40.00 - 60.00	100.00
189		JAPANESE MASKS	Berlin und Leipzig	1925	USD 70.00 - 100.00	150.00
190		JAPANESE PRINTS	Tokyo	1919	USD 100.00 - 150.00	300.00
191		JAPANESE THEATER.		1809	USD 100.00 - 150.00	375.00
192		JAPANESE THEATER	Tokyo	1800	USD 70.00 - 100.00	325.00
193	JAPY, ANDRE	L'Opera Royal de Versailles.		1958	USD 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
194	JEFFERSON, JOSEPH	Autograph Note Signed--"place the enclosed $2,500 to my credit ..."	Buffalo	Nov. 13, 1902	USD 30.00 - 40.00	80.00
195	JONES, ROBERT EDMOND	The Theatre of	Middletown	1958	USD 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
196	JONSON, BEN	Works	London	1816	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
197	JORDAN, MRS	Life, including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes.	London	1831	USD 50.00 - 75.00	22.50
198	JORDAN, MRS	Life, including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes.	London	1831	USD 35.00 - 50.00	22.50
199	JUVARRA, FILIPPO	Scenografo e Architetto Teatrale.	New York	1978	USD 30.00 - 40.00	45.00
200		KABUKI: Japanese Drama, by Kawatake Shigetoshi.	Tokyo	1958	USD 30.00 - 40.00	60.00

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December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.