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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
201	GOLDICUTT, JOHN	Specimens of Ancient Decorations from Pompeii.	London	1825	USD 200.00 - 300.00	180.00
202	A. de Beruete y Moret	GOYA AS PORTRAIT PAINTER	London	1922	USD 35.00 - 50.00	35.00
203	Nikolaus Pevsner and Michael Meier	GRUENEWALD	New York	1958	USD 30.00 - 40.00	40.00
204	HADEN, SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR; Malcolm C. Salaman	The Etchings of	London	1923	USD 50.00 - 75.00	100.00
205	HAVARD, HENRY	Dictionnaire de l'Ameublement et de la Decoration depuis le XIIIe Siecle jusqu'a nos Jours.	Paris	1890	USD 100.00 - 150.00	60.00
206	HAWAII. Tennent, Madge	Autobiography of an Unarrived Artist.	New York	1949	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
207	HENRI, ROBERT:	His Life and Works.	New York	1921	USD 40.00 - 60.00	350.00
208	HIATT, CHARLES	Picture Posters: a Short History of the Illustrated Placard.	London	1895	USD 80.00 - 120.00	100.00
209	HILL, J.	A Series of Progressive Lessons, Intended to Elucidate the Art of Flower Painting in Water Colours.	Philadelphia	1835	USD 80.00 - 120.00	260.00
210	HIPKISS, EDWIN J.	Eighteenth-Century American Arts: the M. and M. Karolik Collection.	Boston & Cambridge	1941	USD 150.00 - 200.00	140.00
211	HOGARTH, WILLIAM	Biographical Anecdotes of, with a Catalogue of his Works	London	1785	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
212	HOGARTH, WILLIAM	Numerous plates and text illustrations	London	1891	USD 80.00 - 120.00	25.00
213	HOLBEIN, HANS	The Drawings ... in the Collection of His Majesty the King, at Windsor Castle	London	1945	USD 30.00 - 40.00	30.00
214	Ganz, Paul	Handzeichnungen Hans Holbeins des Juengern in Auswahl.	Basel	1943	USD 35.00 - 50.00	25.00
215	HOLMAN, LOUIS A.	The Graphic Processes: Intaglio, Relief, Pianographic.	Boston	1926	USD 250.00 - 350.00	300.00
216	IACOVLEFF, ALEXANDRE	Dessins et Peintures d'Afrique; Executes au cours de l'Expedition Citroen Centre Afrique.	Paris	1927	USD 80.00 - 120.00	130.00
217		A Descriptive Catalogue of the Marine Collection to be found at India House.	New York	1935	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
218		INDIAN ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENT.	Boston	1887	USD 35.00 - 50.00	110.00
219	Filippo Rossi	ITALIAN JEWELED ARTS	New York	1954	USD 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
220	C. Marchini	ITALIAN STAINED GLASS WINDOWS	New York	1956	USD 35.00 - 50.00	30.00
221	Hillier, J.	Die Meister des Japanischen Farbendruckes	London	1954	USD 50.00 - 75.00	60.00
222		JAPANESE PATTERN-BOOKS.		1900	USD 60.00 - 90.00	550.00
223		JAPANESE PRINTS OF THE LEDOUX COLLECTION.	New York	1942-45-48	USD 400.00 - 600.00	750.00
224	JENNINGS, OSCAR, M.D.	Early Woodcut Initials, containing over 1300 Reproductions of the Ornamental Letters of the 15th and 16th Centuries	London	1908	USD 80.00 - 120.00	60.00
225	JEWELERS' MANUAL	Julia de Fontenelle.	Paris	1832	USD 50.00 - 75.00	18.00
226	H. Clifford Smith	JEWELLERY	London	1908	USD 50.00 - 75.00	220.00
227	Evans, Joan	English Jewellery, from the Fifth Century A.D. to 1800.	London	1921	USD 60.00 - 90.00	170.00
228		Gleeson Jewelry Company.	Louisville	1932	USD 35.00 - 50.00	35.00
229	Jessup; Lejard	Anglo-Saxon Jewellery., L'Orfevrerie; la Joaillerie [Tradition Francaise series].	London and Paris	1900, 1950, 1942	USD 35.00 - 50.00	280.00
230	JONES, E. ALFRED	Old English Gold Plate.	London	1907	USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
231	KARPFEN, FRITZ	Der Kitsch; eine Studie ueber die Entartung der Kunst.	Hamburg	1925	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
232	KEMBLE, EDWARD W.	Kemble's Sketch Book.	New York	1899	USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
233	KENT, WILLIAM WINTHROP	The Hooked Rug.	New York	1937	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
234	Eric Dickinson and Karl Khandalavala	KISHANGARH PAINTING, 16 mounted color plates; several illustrations mounted in the text.	New Delhi	1959	USD 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
235	KNIGHT ERRANT	A Quarter-Yearly Review of the Liberal Arts; being a Magazine of Appreciation.	Boston	1892	USD 80.00 - 120.00	120.00
236		KNIGHT'S PICTORIAL GALLERY OF ARTS		mid-19th century	USD 35.00 - 50.00	45.00
237	KOKOSCHKA, OSKAR	Watercolours, Drawings, Writings.	New York	1965	USD 35.00 - 50.00	80.00
238		KUNSTGESCHICHTE IN BILDERN.	Leipzig und Berlin	1898-1902	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
239		Remarkable album of 73 large mounted photographic plates, displaying many hundreds of specimens of lace, chiefly Venetian; the photographs also show cards giving the variety and epoch of the pieces.		1870	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
240		LACE. Corona delle Nobili, et Virtuose Donne, Libro Primo [-Libro Quarto].	Venetia	1592, 1608	USD 100.00 - 150.00	30.00
241	Kumsch, Emil	Spitzen und Weiss-Stickereien des XVI-XVIII.	Dresden	1889	USD 30.00 - 40.00	16.00
242	LACROIX, PAUL	Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance, Moeurs, Usages, et Costumes, Vie Militaire et Religieuse, XVIIIme Siecle: Institutions Usages et Costumes.	Paris	1869-1875	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
243		LANCRET: par Georges Wildenstein.	Paris	1924	USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
244	LE CORBUSIER	Vers une Architecture.	Paris	1924	USD 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
245	LEIPNIK, F. L.	A History of French Etching; from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day.	London	1924	USD 60.00 - 90.00	20.00
246	Valery, Paul	Introduction to the Method of Leonardo da Vinci.	London	1929	USD 30.00 - 40.00	60.00
247	LOCKWOOD, ALICE G. B., Editor	Gardens of Colony and State	New York	1934	USD 70.00 - 100.00	150.00
248	LOCKWOOD, LUKE VINCENT	Colonial Furniture in America.	New York	1926	USD 60.00 - 90.00	60.00
249		LOUVRE, THE: the Museum and the Masterpieces in Paintings.	Paris	1925	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
250	McBEY, JAMES; Malcolm C. Salaman	The Etchings of	London	1929	USD 60.00 - 90.00	130.00
251	McCLELLAN, GEORGE	Anatomy in its Relation to Art.	Philadelphia	1900	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
252	McKIM, MEAD, & WHITE	A Monograph of the Work of	New York	1879-1915, 1915-1917	USD 150.00 - 250.00	300.00
253	MALE, EMILE; ditto	L'Art Religieux du Xlle Siecle en France, XIIIe Siecle.	Paris	1922, 1910	USD 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
254	MALTON, JAMES	The Young Painter's Maulstick, being a Practical Treatise on Perspective ...	London	1800	USD 120.00 - 180.00	225.00
255	MANET, EDOUARD	Watercolors and Pastels.	New York	1959	USD 40.00 - 60.00	22.50
256	MARSHALL, ARTHUR	Specimens of Antique Carved Furniture and Woodwork.	London	1888	USD 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
257	Gleeson White	MASTER PAINTERS OF BRITAIN	London	1900	USD 50.00 - 75.00	45.00
258	Alfred H. Barr, Jr.	MATISSE: His Art and His Public.	New York	1951	USD 40.00 - 60.00	19.00
259	MAZE-SENCIER, ALPHONSE	Le Livre des Collectionneurs.	Paris	1885	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
260	Jean Porcher	MEDIEVAL FRENCH MINIATURES	New York	1959	USD 50.00 - 75.00	50.00
261	Vallery C. O. Greard	MEISSONIER: his Life and his Art.	London	1897	USD 30.00 - 40.00	45.00
262	MESTROVIC, IVAN	a Monograph. With 68 photographic plates of his sculpture.	London	1919	USD 35.00 - 50.00	35.00
263		MICHELANGELO: Artista, Pensatore, Scrittore.	Novara	1965	USD 40.00 - 60.00	19.00
264	Valerio Mariani	MICHELANGELO THE PAINTER	Milano	1964	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
265		Catalogue of the Famous Collection of Miniatures of the British and Foreign Schools	London	1935	USD 35.00 - 50.00	110.00
266	MINIFIE, WILLIAM	A Text Book of Geometrical Drawing for the Use of Mechan ics and Schools ...	Baltimore	1850	USD 50.00 - 75.00	19.00
267	Kootz; Kootz; Motherwell et al.; Baur; Lipman; Pagano; Janis; Wheeler; Ritchie; Dorothy C. Miller; Pousette-Dart	MODERN AMERICAN PAINTERS, New Frontiers in American Painting, Modern Artists in America, First Series, New Art in America;, What Is American In American Art;, Contemporary American Painting;, Abstract & Surrealist Art in America;, Modern Painters and Scul	Mostly New York	1942, 1930-1963	USD 100.00 - 150.00	170.00
268	Soby; Gerste Mack; Dale; Henri-Matisse; Picasso	MODERN ART., After Picasso., Toulouse-Lautrec, Modern Art: Picasso., par Faure, Romains, Vildrac, Werth., Wadsworth Atheneum exhibition.	Vp	1935, 1938, 1930, 1923, 1934	USD 35.00 - 50.00	35.00
269		Catalogo Bolaffi d'Arte Moderna., Lake & Mail-lard., Kesnerova& Spielmann. Modern French Drawings in Czechoslovakia.	Torino, London's, Vp	1964, 1964, 1969	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
270	MOHOLY-NAGY	Experiment in Totality;	New York	1950	USD 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
271	MONTE CASSINO; Tosti	Descrizione Istorica del Sacro Real Monistero di Monte Casino., Storia della Badia di Monte-Cassino., Bartolini. L'Antico Cassino e il Primitivo Monastero restituito alla Luce.	Napoli's, Vp	1775, 1842-43	USD 50.00 - 75.00	150.00
272	MUELLER, HANS ALEXANDER	Woodcuts & Wood Engravings	New York	1939	USD 40.00 - 60.00	35.00
273	MUSEE FRANCAIS, LE.	Recueil des Plus Beaux Tableaux, Statues, et Bas-Reliefs qui existaient au Louvre avant 1815	Paris	1829-1830	USD 350.00 - 500.00	1,500.00
274		MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.	New York and Paris		USD 50.00 - 75.00	25.00
275		MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.	New York		USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
276		MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.	New York		USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
277		UND DAS ZEITALTER DER BEFREIUNGSKRIEGE IN BILDERN. Von Friedrich M. Kircheisen., battle paintings, medals, autographs, engravings, caricatures, etc., etc.	Muenchen und Leipzig	1914	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
278	White, Charles	Images of Dignity; the Drawings.		1967	USD 35.00 - 50.00	110.00
279	NUTTING, WALLACE	Furniture of the Pilgrim Century (of American Origin), 1620-1720.	Framingham	1924	USD 50.00 - 75.00	60.00
280	OAKLEY, VIOLET	Law Triumphant; Containing the Opening of the Book of Law and the Miracle of Geneva.	Philadelphia	1933	USD 40.00 - 60.00	100.00
281	ODOM, WILLIAM M.	A History of Italian Furniture.	Garden City	1918	USD 100.00 - 150.00	190.00
282		ONE THOUSAND VALUABLE SECRETS, in the Elegant and Useful Arts, Collected from the Practice of the Best Artists, and Containing an Account of the Various Methods.	Philadelphia	1795	USD 50.00 - 75.00	20.00
283	OPPENORD, GILLE MARIE	Oeuvres, contenant Differents Fragments d'Architec ture et d'Ornements a l'usage des Batiments Sacrees, Publics, et Particuliers.	Paris	1900	USD 50.00 - 75.00	17.00
284	K. Herberts	ORIENTAL LACQUER: Art and Technique	New York	1963	USD 40.00 - 60.00	100.00
285	Alma Reed	OROZCO, JOSE CLEMENTE.	New York	1932	USD 40.00 - 60.00	110.00
286	A. H. Palmer	PALMER, SAMUEL: a Memoir	London	1882	USD 400.00 - 600.00	400.00
287	PALMER, SAMUEL; Martin Hardie	Being a Lecture Delivered to the Print Collectors' Club on Wednesday November 16th, 1927, A Catalogue of the Etchings of Samuel Palmer	London	1928, 1937	USD 80.00 - 120.00	125.00
288	PANOFSKY, ERWIN	Early Netherlandish Painting, its Origins and Character.		1953	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
289	PANOFSKY, ERWIN; and others	Die Deutsche Plastik des Elften bis Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts.	Muenchen	1924-1926	USD 150.00 - 200.00	250.00
290	Bergstrom, E. H.; Elville, E. M.	Old Glass Paperweights, Paperweights and other Glass Curiosities.	London	1948, 1954	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
291	PARFUMS RENOIR	Album issued by the firm "pour ses amis,"	Paris	1945	USD 100.00 - 150.00	50.00
292		PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, 1867.	London	1868	USD 50.00 - 75.00	50.00
293	PARKER, GEORGE	The Paintings. Portrait frontispiece; mounted color plate; and a profusion of other reproductions.	New York	1940	USD 35.00 - 50.00	25.00
294	PARKER, WILLIAM SHARP	The Origin and Antiquity of Engraving; with Some Remarks on the Utility and Pleasures of Prints.	Philadelphia	1872	USD 35.00 - 50.00	20.00
295	PARRISH, MAXFIELD	Poster Book.	New York	1974	USD 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
296	Alfred Werner	PASCIN:	New York	1969	USD 35.00 - 50.00	70.00
297	PEACOCK, JAMES	Oikidia, or Nutshells: being Ichnographic Distributions for Small Villas.	London	1785	USD 200.00 - 300.00	130.00
298	PEALE, REMBRANDT	Portfolio of an Artist.	Philadelphia	1839	USD 35.00 - 50.00	110.00
299	Russell F.	PENCIL POINTS; an Illustrated Monthly Journal for the Drafting Room; Volumes 1X-XIV.	New York	1928-1933	USD 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
300	PENFIELD, EDWARD	Posters in Miniature.	New York	1896	USD 50.00 - 75.00	100.00

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…
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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.