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Swann Galleries: ART & ARCHITECTURE and related subjects. CERAMICS, CRAFTS, TEXTILES, CARTOONS & CARICATURE, FURNITURE & INTERIORS, GLASS, GOLD, JEWELRY, MODERN ART, AMERICAN ART, ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST., 1240,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 10, 1981 - December 10, 1981

Page Size: 506 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ACKERMANN'S WESTMINSTER	The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments.	London	1812	USD 300.00 - 400.00	240.00
2		Second Annual of Illustrations for Advertisements in the United States, Third Annual of Advertising Art.	New York	1923, 1924	USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
3	Frobenius, Leo; & Obermaier, Hugo	AFRICAN ART.	Muenchen	1925	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
4	ALEXANDER, FRANCESCA	Christ's Folk in the Appenine; Reminiscences of her Friends among the Tuscan Peasantry.	Kent	1889	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
5	ALLSTON, WASHINGTON	Outlines & Sketches.	Boston	1850	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
6	ALLSTON, WASHINGTON	Lectures on the Works and Genius of.	Boston	1852	USD 35.00 - 50.00	70.00
7	Mr. Richard Abraham	AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS.	New York	1830	USD 80.00 - 120.00	25.00
8		AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS.	New-York	1825	USD 80.00 - 120.00	150.00
9		AMERICAN ARTISTS' WAR EMERGENCY FUND.	New York	1918	USD 60.00 - 90.00	60.00
10	by MORAN, PARRISH, FERRIS, SMILLIE, and others	AMERICAN ETCHINGS: a Collection of 20 Original Etchings	Boston	1886	USD 60.00 - 90.00	425.00
11	Joseph Downs	AMERICAN FURNITURE	New York	1952	USD 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
12	I. N. Phelps Stokes and Daniel C. Haskell	AMERICAN HISTORICAL PRINTS, EARLY VIEWS OF AMERICAN CITIES, etc.	New York	1932	USD 120.00 - 180.00	160.00
13		AMERICAN HOMES.	New York		USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
14	F. Hopkinson Smith	AMERICAN ILLUSTRATORS	New York	1892-1893	USD 50.00 - 75.00	60.00
15	Walter Rowlands	AMERICAN PAINTER ETCHINGS	Boston	1888	USD 80.00 - 120.00	325.00
16	G. W. Sheldon	AMERICAN PAINTERS	New York	1879	USD 50.00 - 75.00	110.00
17	ARCHIPENKO, ALEXANDRE	Introduction par Hans Hildebrandt.	Berlin	1923	USD 50.00 - 75.00	50.00
18	L. A. Durnovo	ARMENIAN ILLUMINATION. State Picture Gallery of the Armenian USSR.	Erevan	1952	USD 70.00 - 100.00	160.00
19	L. A. Dournovo	ARMENIAN MINIATURES	New York	1961	USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
20	John Taylor Arms	ARMS, DOROTHY NOYES.	New York	1929	USD 30.00 - 40.00	20.00
21	CLARENCE COOK	ART AND ARTISTS OF OUR TIME	New York	1888	USD 70.00 - 100.00	90.00
22	Harry Craddock	ART DECO. The Savoy Cocktail Book.	New York	1930	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
23		ART JOURNAL, lacking only the 1875 volume.	London	1865-1880, 1865-1874, 1876-1880	USD 200.00 - 300.00	225.00
24	H. GRANVILLE FELL	ART NOUVEAU. The Song of Solomon.	London	1897	USD 35.00 - 50.00	19.00
25		L'ART POUR TOUS: Encyclopedie de l'Art Industriel et Decoratif.	Paris	1864-1899	USD 100.00 - 150.00	40.00
26	A. Goerling, B. Meyer, and A. Woltmann	ART TREASURES OF GERMANY	Boston	mid-19th century	USD 40.00 - 60.00	190.00
27		ARTISTS EQUITY ASSOCIATION.	New York	1951-1958	USD 250.00 - 350.00	300.00
28	George Francis Dow	ARTS & CRAFTS IN NEW ENGLAND	Topsfield, Mass	1704-1775, 1927, 1929	USD 70.00 - 100.00	100.00
29	Rita S. Gottesman	ARTS AND CRAFTS IN NEW YORK		1726-1804, 1938-1965	USD 50.00 - 75.00	25.00
30	BACON, FRANCIS; Ronald Alley	Catalogue Raisonne and Documentation	London	1964	USD 35.00 - 50.00	130.00
31	BARTHOLOMEW, WILLIAM N.	Bartholomew's Drawing Lessons; Designed for the Use of Schools, and Home Instruction.	Boston	1853	USD 40.00 - 60.00	17.00
32	BARTHOLOMEW, WILLIAM N.	Linear Perspective Explained.	Boston	1859	USD 30.00 - 40.00	22.50
33	BEARDSLEY, AUBREY	The Early Work, The Later Work.	London	1899, 1901	USD 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
34	BELLOWS, GEORGE W.	His Lithographs.	New York	1927	USD 100.00 - 150.00	140.00
35	BELLOWS, GEORGE	His Lithographs.	New York	1928	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
36	BENJAMIN, ASHER	The Country Builder's Assistant, fully explaining, the Best Methods for Striking Regular and Quirked Mouldings ...	Boston	1798	USD 200.00 - 300.00	100.00
37	BENOIS, ALEXANDRE	The Russian School of Painting.	New York	1916	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
38	Nicky Mariano	BERENSON COLLECTION, THE.	Milano	1964	USD 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
39	BERLINER, RUDOLF	Ornamentale Vorlage-Blaetter des 15. bis 18.	Leipzig	1924-1925	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
40	BIGELOW, JACOB	Considered in Connexion with the Applications of Science.	Boston	1840	USD 40.00 - 60.00	45.00
41	BILBO, JACK	The first forty years of the complete and intimate life story of an Artist, Author, Sculptor, Art Dealer, Philosopher, Psychologist, Traveller, and a Modernist Fighter for Humanity.	London	1948	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
42	BINYON, LAURENCE	The Followers of William Blake	London	1925	USD 200.00 - 300.00	180.00
43	BISHOP, THOMAS	The Etcher's Guide.	Philadelphia	1879	USD 60.00 - 90.00	70.00
44	BLAKE, WILLIAM	Water-Colours Illustrating the Poems of Thomas Gray.	Chicago	1972	USD 35.00 - 50.00	45.00
45	BLAKE, WILLIAM	Bentley, G. E.; and Nurmi, Martin K. A Blake Bibliography	Minneapolis	1964	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
46	BLAKE, WILLIAM. Gilchrist, Alexander	Life of William Blake.	London and Cambridge	1863	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
47	BLAKE, WILLIAM. Gilchrist, Alexander	Life of William Blake.	London	1880	USD 120.00 - 180.00	190.00
48	BLAKE, WILLIAM; Symons; Gardner	William Blake., William Blake, William Blake the Man.	London	1906-07-19	USD 35.00 - 50.00	50.00
49	BOECKLIN, ARNOLD	Eine Auswahl der Hervorragendsten Werke des Kuenstlers.	Muenchen	1908	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
50	BOOTH, FRANKLIN	60 full-page reproductions from original drawings.	New York	1925	USD 35.00 - 50.00	80.00
51	BOOTH, FRANKLIN	60 full-page reproductions from original drawings.	New York	1925	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
52	BOUCHOT, HENRI	La Miniature Francaise	Paris	1750-1825, 1907	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
53	BOUTELL, CHARLES	The Monumental Brasses of England.	London	1849	USD 80.00 - 120.00	25.00
54	BRANGWYN, FRANK	The Decorative Art of.	London	1924	USD 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
55	BREUGELS GEMAELDE	von Gustav Glueck.	New York	1932	USD 30.00 - 40.00	45.00
56	BREWSTER, E. H. AND ACHSAH BARLOW	L'Oeuvre. Essais Autobiographiques; 32 reproductions.	Rome	1930	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
57	BRION, MARCEL	Romantic Art.	New York	1960	USD 30.00 - 40.00	18.00
58	G. C. WILLIAMSON	BRYAN'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.	London	1918-1919	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
59	BUFFET, BERNARD	Lithographs	New York	1952-1966, 1968	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
60	BURNET, JOHN	Principien der Malerkunst.	Leipzig & Dresden	1840	USD 50.00 - 75.00	100.00
61	CAMERON, D. Y.; Arthur M. Hind	The Etchings of	London	1924	USD 100.00 - 150.00	100.00
62	CAMERON, D. Y.; Arthur M. Hind	The Etchings of	London	1924	USD 70.00 - 100.00	80.00
63	CARLEGLE. Soulages; Hermant	Les Plus Jolies Roses de l'Anthologie Grecque, La Nouvelle Anacharsis	Paris	1921, 1928	USD 50.00 - 75.00	19.00
64	ARNO, PETER	Peter Arno's Parade.	Liveright	1929	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
65	ARNOLD, KARL	Berliner Bilder.	Muenchen	1924	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
66	ATTWOOD, GILBERT FRANCIS	Attwood's Pictures; an Artist's History of the Last Ten Years of the Nineteenth Century.	New York	1900	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
67	AUS DEM REICH DER SCHMINKE UND DER TINTE	Aphorismen und Karikaturen;	Wien	1907	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
68	CARLETON, GEORGE W.	Our Artist in Cuba; Leaves from the Sketchbook of a Traveler, during the Winter of 1864-5.	New York	1860	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
69		CESARE. One Hundred Cartoons.	Boston	1916	USD 35.00 - 50.00	40.00
70		COURBET: selon les Caricatures et les Images; par CHARLES LEGER.	Paris	1920	USD 40.00 - 60.00	40.00
71	DESIDERIUS, DR.	Portretni Kresby, 1916-1930.	Praha	1930	USD 40.00 - 60.00	17.00
72	DORE, GUSTAVE	Versailles et Paris en 1871.	Paris	1907	USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
73	FEITH, JAN	De Oorlog in Prent	Amsterdam	1915	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
74	FORAIN, JEAN LOUIS	La Comedie Parisienne: Deuxieme Serie.	Paris	nd	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
75	FURNISS, HARRY	The Confessions of a Caricaturist.	London	1901	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
76	GEORGIN, FRANCOIS	Descaves, Lucien. L'Humble Georgin; IMAGIER D'EPINAL.	Librairie de Paris	1932	USD 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
77		THE GOOD THINGS OF "LIFE."	New York	1884-1893	USD 60.00 - 90.00	70.00
78	HEILEMANN, ERNST	Berliner Baelle; von Rideamus.	Berlin	1915	USD 35.00 - 50.00	22.50
79	HELD, JOHN, JR.	The Works.	New York	1931	USD 35.00 - 50.00	35.00
80	HERFORD, OLIVER	The Mythological Zoo, Confessions of a Caricaturist, The Laughing Willow.	New York	1912, 1917, 1918	USD 50.00 - 75.00	45.00
81	HOFFMEISTER, ADOLF	Kreslir (text in Czech).	Prague	1948	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
82	KEPPLER, JOSEPH	A Selection of Cartoons from PUCK.	New York	1894	USD 50.00 - 75.00	70.00
83	McCUTCHEON, JOHN	John McCutcheon's Book.	Chicago	1948	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
84	LEANDRE, VEBER, and CADEL	MUSEE DES SOUVERAINS.	Paris	1900	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
85		MUSEE PHILIPON; Album de Tout le Monde.	Paris	1850	USD 50.00 - 75.00	110.00
86	PAUL, BRUNO	Oder die Wucht des Komischen.	Berlin	1960	USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
87	PUVIS DE CHAVANNES, PIERRE	Preface de Marcelle Adam.	Paris	1906	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
88	ROBINSON, BOARDMAN	Cartoons on the War.	New York	1915	USD 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
89	STEIG, WILLIAM	The Lonely Ones.	New York	1942	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
90	VETH, CORNELIS	Comic Art in England.	Amsterdam	1930	USD 35.00 - 50.00	50.00
91	Hecht; Knott; Rogers; Bairnsfather	The War in Cartoons, War Cartoons, America's Black and White Book; One Hundred Pictured Reasons Why We are At War, Fitzpatrick. As I Saw It, The Collected Drawings.	Vp		USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
92	WRIGHT, THOMAS	A History of Caricature & Grotesque in Literature and Art.	London	1864	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
93	SQUILLS Charles Holmes Goodman	Pen and Ink Sketches of Yale Notables	St. Louis	1872	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
94		YOUNG, ART.	New York	1934	USD 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
95	ZAIDENBERG, ARTHUR	The Emotional Self.	New York	1934	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
96	Geoffrey Holme; Hofmann, Werner; Fuka	Caricature from Leonardo to Picasso, Vladimir. Imaginary Portraits.	Vp	1934, 1957, 1965	USD 60.00 - 90.00	20.00
97	Thoma, L.; Heine, T. T.; Thoma und Heine	Briefweschsel eines Bayrischen Landtagsabgeordneten, Kleine Bilder aus Grosser Zeit, Das Grosse Maloehr im June 1903, Das Unrecht am eigenen Bilde.	Vp	early 20th century	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
98	Hermann, Georg; Kubin, Alfred	Die Deutsche Karikatur im 19., Gulbransson, Olaf. Es War Einmal., Album Caran d'Ache., Orbis Pictus; Ausstellung im Graphischen Kabinett.	Jahrhundert, Vp	1901, 1934, Nd, 1948, 20th century	USD 70.00 - 100.00	90.00
99	Bryant, G. E.	The Chelsea Porcelain Toys	London	1745-1769 & Derby Chelsea, 1770-1784, 1925	USD 150.00 - 200.00	200.00
100	Bushell, S. W.	Oriental Ceramic Art	New York	1899	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
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.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.