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
101	Camehl, Ida Walker	The Blue-China Book	New York	1916	USD 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
102	Chaffers, William	The New Keramic Gallery.	London	1926	USD 70.00 - 100.00	90.00
103	Chompret, Joseph	Repertoire de la Majolique Italienne.	Paris	1949	USD 250.00 - 350.00	550.00
104	Cox, Warren E.	The Book of Pottery and Porcelain.	New York	1946	USD 35.00 - 50.00	40.00
105	Earle, Alice Morse	China Collecting in America.	New York	1892	USD 30.00 - 40.00	19.00
106	Honey, W. B.	European Ceramic Art, from the End of the Middle Ages to about 1815.	London	1949, 1952	USD 70.00 - 100.00	180.00
107	Honey, W. B.	Old English Porcelain	London	1952	USD 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
108	Honey, W. B.; ditto	Old English Porcelain., Wedgwood Ware.	London	1928, 1948, 1948	USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
109	John, W. D.	Pontypool and Usk Japanned Wares	Newport, England	1953	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
110	Poche, Emanuel	Bohemian Porcelain.	London	1955	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
111	Pope, John Alexander	Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine.	Washington	1956	USD 50.00 - 75.00	20.00
112	Rackham, Bernard	Catalogue of Italian Maiolica	London	1940	USD 500.00 - 750.00	200.00
113	Ramsay, John	American Potters and Pottery.	Boston	1939	USD 30.00 - 40.00	18.00
114	Savage, George	English Pottery and Porcelain.	New York	1961	USD 60.00 - 90.00	50.00
115	Schmidt, Robert; Otto Blohm	Early European Porcelain as collected	Muenchen	1953	USD 200.00 - 300.00	90.00
116	Sera, Yosuke, Editor	Old Imari Blue & White Porcelain.	Kyoto	1959	USD 40.00 - 60.00	45.00
117	CESCINSKY, HERBERT	English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century.	London	1920	USD 100.00 - 150.00	80.00
118	Roger Fry	CEZANNE: a Study of his Development.	London	1927	USD 60.00 - 90.00	22.50
119	CHAGALL, MARC	The Jerusalem Windows.	New York and Monte Carlo	1962	USD 80.00 - 120.00	90.00
120	CHAGALL, MARC	The Lithographs	New York	1969-1973, 1974	USD 60.00 - 90.00	100.00
121	Toms, W.	Thirty-Six New Original and Practical Designs for Chairs, Adapted for the Drawing and Dining Room, Parlour and Hall.	Bath	1850	USD 50.00 - 75.00	220.00
122	CHAMPEAUX, A. DE.	Portefeuille des Arts Decoratifs.	Paris	1890's	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
123	CHAPMAN, JOHN G.	The American Drawing-Book: a Manual for the Amateur, and Basis of Study for the Professional Artist, Especially Adapted to the Use of Public and Private Schools, as Well as Home Instruction.	New York	1870	USD 40.00 - 60.00	45.00
124	CHARLOT, JEAN	Prints; a Catalogue Raisonne by Peter Morse.	Honolulu	1975	USD 150.00 - 200.00	90.00
125		CHINESE PAINTINGS.		nd	USD 60.00 - 90.00	110.00
126	CLELAND, T. M.	the Decorative Work; a Record and Review.	New York	1929	USD 60.00 - 90.00	50.00
127	Cescinsky, Herbert; & Webster, M. R.	English Domestic Clocks.	London	1913	USD 150.00 - 200.00	240.00
128	Baillie, G. H.	CLOCKS AND WATCHES., Watches: their History, Decoration and Mechanism.	London	1929	USD 200.00 - 300.00	400.00
129	Baillie, G. H.	Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World.	London	1929	USD 100.00 - 150.00	190.00
130	Chapuis, Alfred	La Montre "Chinoise": Relations de l'Horlogerie Suisse avec la Chine.	Neuchatel	1950	USD 40.00 - 60.00	275.00
131	CLOUZOT, HENRI	Painted and Printed Fabrics: the History of the Manufactory at Jouy and other Ateliers in France	New York	1760-1815, 1927	USD 35.00 - 50.00	80.00
132	COLE, THOMAS	The Course of Empire, Voyage of Life, and Other Pictures ...	New York	1853	USD 40.00 - 60.00	130.00
133	COLE, TIMOTHY	Old English Masters.	New York	Century, 1902	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
134	COLE, TIMOTHY	Considerations on Engraving.	New York's	1921, 1925	USD 60.00 - 90.00	50.00
135	COLL, MARCOS	Casanovas, Joaquin. Marcos Coil's "Poem of Peace."	New York	1923	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
136		COLUMBIAN AND UNIVERSAL EXPOSITIONS.	Vp	1893-1904	USD 35.00 - 50.00	400.00
137	COLVIN, SIDNEY	Early Engraving & Engravers in England	London	1545-1695, 1905	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
138	Joseph Sinei	A Book of American Trade-Marks & Devices	New York	1924	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
139	ANANDA K.	COOMARASWAMY, History of Indian and Indonesian Art.	New York	1927	USD 40.00 - 60.00	90.00
140	COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON	A Sketch of the Life, and a List of some of the Works	Boston	1873	USD 35.00 - 50.00	17.00
141	CORCORAN, W. W.	A Grandfather's Legacy; containing a Sketch of his Life and Obituary Notices of Some Members of his Family, together with Letters from his Friends.	Washington	1879	USD 30.00 - 40.00	16.00
142	COROT, CAMILLE	Vingt Estampes; avec des Notes de Jean Laran, et une Etude de Paul Valery.	Paris	1932	USD 70.00 - 100.00	100.00
143	COSWAY, RICHARD	Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures	London	1885	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
144		CRYSTAL PALACE.	London	1851	USD 80.00 - 120.00	90.00
145	Harry T. Peters	CURRIER & IVES: Printmakers to the American People.	Garden City	1942	USD 40.00 - 60.00	20.00
146	CUTBUSH, JAMES	The American Artist's Manual, or Dictionary of Practical Knowledge in the Application of Philosophy to the Arts and Manufactures.	Philadelphia	1814	USD 50.00 - 75.00	60.00
147	DARLEY, FELIX O. C.	Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil.	New York	1868	USD 50.00 - 75.00	100.00
148	Elizabeth L. Cary	DAUMIER, HONORE, Daumier und die Politik; von Hans Rothe, Ausstellung Daumier, Galerie Matthiesen, Daumier-Graphik Kulturgeschichte; Sammlung E. F., Premier Bulletin Daumier, Arts et Livres de Provence.	Berlin, Vp	1808-1879, 1907-1950	USD 50.00 - 75.00	90.00
149	Howard P.; Escholier, Raymond; Wasserman, Jeanne L.; Cherpin, Jean	Daumier and His World, Daumier et son Monde, Daumier Sculpture, Daumier et le Theatre.	Vp	1958-1969	USD 50.00 - 75.00	60.00
150	DAVID, LOUIS	le Peintre	Paris	1748-1825, 1880	USD 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
151	DELACROIX, EUGENE	Voyage au Maroc	Paris	1832, 1930	USD 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
152	DE RICCI, SEYMOUR	Louis XVI Furniture.	London & New York	1913	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
153	DODGSON, CAMPBELL	Modern Drawings.	London	1933	USD 40.00 - 60.00	35.00
154	DODWELL, C. R.	Painting in Europe, 800 to 1200.		1971	USD 30.00 - 40.00	16.00
155	Esther Singleton	DOLLS, Color frontispiece	New York	1927	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
156	Fox, Carl	The Doll.	New York	1975	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
157	DOWNING, A. J.	A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, adapted to North America, with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences; with Remarks on Rural Architecture.	New-York & London	1841	USD 70.00 - 100.00	120.00
158	DUBREUIL, JEAN	Practical Perspective, or an Easy Method of Representing Natural Objects according to the Rules of Art ... a work Highly Necessary for Painters, Engravers, Architects, Embroiderers, Statuaries, Jewellers, Tapestry-Workers.	London	1775	USD 150.00 - 200.00	80.00
159	DUCHAMP, MARCEL	The Complete Works.	New York	1970	USD 50.00 - 75.00	120.00
160	DUFY, RAOUL	Dix Aquarelles, choix et introduction de Max Huggler.	Bale	1959	USD 40.00 - 60.00	40.00
161	DUFY, RAOUL	Par Pierre Courthion.	Paris	1929	USD 40.00 - 60.00	20.00
162	DUNLAP, WILLIAM	History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States.	New York	1834	USD 60.00 - 90.00	80.00
163		DUTCH TREAT CLUB: Yearbooks; 1925, 1926, 1928, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, and 1943.	New York	1925-1943	USD 100.00 - 150.00	30.00
164		DYEING OF WOOL, including Wool-Printing, with the Dyestuffs of Leopold Cassella & Co., Frankfort o.M.	Frankfort	1905	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
165	EICHENBERG, FRITZ	The Wood and the Graver.	New York	1977	USD 30.00 - 40.00	20.00
166	EISEN, GUSTAVUS A.	The Great Chalice of Antioch, in which are depicted in Sculpture the Earliest Known Portraits of Christ, Apostles, and Evangelists.	New York	1913	USD 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
167	Kenneth S. Davis	EISENHOWER COLLEGE COLLECTION.	Los Angeles	1972	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
168		Broderies Hindoues.	Paris	1925	USD 40.00 - 60.00	35.00
169		ENCYCLOPAEDIA, or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature.	Philadelphia	1798	USD 200.00 - 300.00	325.00
170	Charles Holme	ENGLISH WATER-COLOUR	London	1902	USD 80.00 - 120.00	70.00
171	Dalton, O. M.	ENGRAVED GEMS.	London	1915	USD 60.00 - 90.00	300.00
172	EPSTEIN, JACOB	by Bernard Van Dieren. 50 fine plates reproducing the sculptor's work.	London	1920	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
173	ERNST, MAX	Das Graphische Werk.		1975	USD 40.00 - 60.00	110.00
174	Philip Rawson	EROTIC ART OF THE EAST:, the Sexual Theme in Oriental Painting and Sculpture.	New York	1968	USD 35.00 - 50.00	25.00
175	Burton, S. Chatwood; Walker, R. A.; Robins, W. P.; Wray, Henry R.	Spain Poised; an Etcher's Record, Famous Etchings from Duerer to Whistler, Etching Craft, Das Hausbuch; Bilder aus dem Deutschen Mittelalter, von einem Unbekannten Meister, A Review of Etching in the United States.	Vp		USD 40.00 - 60.00	27.50
176		EXHIBITION AND AUCTION CATALOGUES.	Vp	1913-1943	USD 35.00 - 50.00	60.00
177	EYCK, JAN VAN	The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb.	Milano	1964	USD 50.00 - 75.00	60.00
178	ERNEST F.	Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art	New York	1912	USD 60.00 - 90.00	70.00
179	FIELDING, MANTLE	Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors, & Engravers.	New York	1945	USD 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
180	FIERENS-GEVAERT	Les Primtifs Flamands.	Bruxelles	1912	USD 150.00 - 250.00	200.00
181	FIN DE SIECLE	The Marvels in Art of the Fin de Siecle, containing the Most Notable Paintings of To-day, selected from ... the Great World's Columbian Exhibition.	Philadelphia	1894	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
182	Malcolm C. Salaman, and others	FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR	London and New York	1924, 1927, 1928, 1930-1934, 1936, and 1537, 1925-1937	USD 70.00 - 100.00	375.00
183	FINI, LEONOR: par Constantin Jelenski	With a profusion of mounted reproduc tions, many in full color.	Lausanne	1968	USD 40.00 - 60.00	55.00
184	FISHER, THOMAS; AND NICHOLS, JOHN GOUGH	A Series of Antient Alle gorical, Historical, and Legendary Paintings ...	London	1836	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
185		FLEMISH & BELGIAN ART	London	1927	USD 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
186	Jacques Lassaigne and Robert L. Delevoy	FLEMISH PAINTING, FROM BOSCH TO RUBENS	New York	1958	USD 35.00 - 50.00	60.00
187	Frances Lichten	FOLK ART OF RURAL PENNSYLVANIA;	New York	1946	USD 60.00 - 90.00	45.00
188	Haldane Macfall	FRENCH PASTELLISTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: their Lives, Times, Art, and Significance.	London	1909	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
189		FUCHS & LANG MFG. CO.	New York	1913	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
190	A. S. Colley	FURNITURE. Bound volume containing 102 very handsome watercolors of table-leg designs through the centuries.	London	1912	USD 150.00 - 200.00	275.00
191	Foley, Edwin	The Book of Decorative Furniture: its Form	London	1910, 1911	USD 100.00 - 150.00	80.00
192	Salverte, Comte Francois de.	Les Ebenistes du XVIIIe Siecle	Paris et Bruxelles	1923	USD 60.00 - 90.00	40.00
193	Shaw, Henry	Specimens of Ancient Furniture, drawn from Existing Authorities.	London	1836	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
194	GAILHABAUD, JULES	L'Architecture du Vme au XVIIme Siecle, et les Arts qui en Dependent	Paris	1858	USD 60.00 - 90.00	50.00
195	GARDNER, F. B.	How to Paint: a Complete Compendium of the Art, Designed for the Use of the Tradesman, Mechanic, Merchant, and Farmer, and to Guide the Professional Painter.	New York	1872	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
196	Mrs. Julia A. Shedd	GHIBERTI GATES: an Account of Lorenzo Ghiberti and the Bronze Doors of the Baptistery at Florence.	Boston	1879	USD 35.00 - 50.00	100.00
197	H. Avray Tipping	GIBBONS, GRINLING: and the Woodwork of his Age (1648-1720)	London	1914	USD 40.00 - 60.00	100.00
198		British Plate Glass Manufactory.	London	1807	USD 80.00 - 120.00	40.00
199	Northend	Van Rensselaer., American Glass.	New York, Vp	1926, 1937	USD 30.00 - 40.00	16.00
200	C. A. Markham; James A.	GOLD AND SILVERWARE, etc. Chaffers' Hand-Book to Hall Marks., Garland Collection: Rare Antique Gold Snuff-Boxes, etc., Catalogue of the Airthrey Treasures., The Palace Collections of Egypt	Sotheby's, New York, London	1907, 1910, 1937, 1954, 1910	USD 35.00 - 50.00	190.00

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…
Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
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.