Swann Galleries: BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. BIBLIOGRAPHY, REFERENCE, TYPOGRAPHY, CALLIGRAPHY, BOOK COLLECTING, ETC., 1076,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 13, 1977 - October 13, 1977
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADE, GEORGE | A Bibliography of. | Indianapolis | 1947 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 35.00 |
| 2 | AFRICA. Guide Bibliographique du Monde Noir. | Yaounde | 1971 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 15.00 | |
| 3 | ALPHABETS | Two sections from the great Diderot-d'Alembert Encyclopedie, as below. | Paris | 1775 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 25.00 |
| 4 | ALPHABETS | McLees, Archibald (bank note engraver). | New York | 1860 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 19.00 |
| 5 | ALPHABETS. Prunaire, Alfred | Les Plus Beaux Types de Lettres, d'apres les Maîtres de cet Art. | Paris | 1895 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 25.00 |
| 6 | Ernst Lehner | ALPHABETS & ORNAMENTS | Cleveland | 1952 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 30.00 |
| 7 | AMERICAN BOOK-COLLECTOR. | Chicago | 1955-72 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 60.00 | |
| 8 | AMERICAN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT | New York | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 350.00 | ||
| 9 | AMERICAN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT | New York, London | 1969 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 70.00 | |
| 10 | AMERICAN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT | New York | USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 30.00 | ||
| 11 | AMERICAN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT | New York | USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 35.00 | ||
| 12 | AMERICAN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT | New York | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 300.00 | ||
| 13 | AMERICAN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT | New York | USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 110.00 | ||
| 14 | AMERICAN DEALERS | A group of over 140 book catalogues, including: 18 Lathrop C. Harper; 6 John Howell; 4 Lucien Goldschmidt; 6 Zeitlin & Ver Brugge; 3 Seven Gables; 17 Goodspeed's and 30 scattered issues of The Month at Goodspeed's; 7 H. P. Kraus; 12 Parke-Bernet auction c | Vp | USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 35.00 | |
| 15 | J. Luther Ringwalt | AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PRINTING | Philadelphia | 1871 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 125.00 |
| 16 | J. Jay Smith and John F. Watson | AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND LITERARY-CURIOSITIES ... | New York | 1852 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 17.00 |
| 17 | Francisco Guerra | AMERICAN MEDICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY | New York | 1639-1783, 1962 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 18 | AMERICANA | Group of 3 important auctions of Americana, as below. | New York | USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 | |
| 19 | AMERICANA | Group of 8 important auction catalogues, as below. | New York | USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 | |
| 20 | Blakey, Robert | ANGLING., Historical Sketches of the Angling Literature of All Nations. | London | 1856 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 25.00 |
| 21 | James Grant Wilson and John Fiske | APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY: | New York | 1888-89 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 150.00 |
| 22 | James Grant Wilson and John Fiske | APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY | New York | 1892 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 45.00 |
| 23 | ARNOLD, WILLIAM HARRIS | First Editions of Bryant, Emerson, Hawthorne, Holmes, Longfellow, Lowell, Thoreau, Whittier. Several facsimile title-pages, etc. | Jamaica | 1901 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 24 | AUDEN, W. H. | A Bibliography | Charlottesville | 1924-1969, 1972 |
USD 20.00 - 30.00 | 15.00 |
| 25 | Sims, George R.; Broadley, A. M.; Charnwood, Lady.; Williams, Robert | AUTOGRAPH COLLECTING.; Among My Autographs; Chats on Autographs; An Autograph Collection and the Making of It | London, New York | USD 20.00 - 30.00 | 40.00 | |
| 26 | Lawrence B. Phillips | AUTOGRAPHIC ALBUM: a Collection of 470 Fac-similes of Holograph Writings of Royal, Noble, and Distinguished Men and Women, of Various Nations. | London | 1866 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 35.00 |
| 27 | Maggs Brothers | AUTOGRAPHS. | London | 1916-18 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 22.50 |
| 28 | Charnwood; Hamilton.; Hamer | AUTOGRAPHS.; An Autograph Collection and the making of it.; Munby.' The Cult of the Autograph Letter in England.; Collecting Auto graphs and Manuscripts.; Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the U.S. | Vp | 1930, 1962, 1961, 1961 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 29 | AYER, EDWARD E. | Narratives of Captivity among the Indians of North America. | Chicago | 1912 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 17.00 |
| 30 | BALTIMORE MUSEUM | BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART. | Baltimore | 1957 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 50.00 |
| 31 | William Hobart Royce | BALZAC BIBLIOGRAPHY: Writings relative to the Life and Works of Honore de Balzac. | Chicago | 1929 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 30.00 |
| 32 | BARBEDOR, LOUIS | Les Ecritures Financiere et Italienne-Bastarde dans leur Naturel. | Bale | 1945 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 55.00 |
| 33 | BAY, J. CHRISTIAN | The Fortune of Books: Essays, Memories, and Prophecies of a Librarian. | Chicago | 1941 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 |
| 34 | BAYLEY, HAROLD | A New Light on the Renaissance displayed in Contemporary Emblems. | London | 1909 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 130.00 |
| 35 | Robert Ross | BEARDSLEY, AUBREY | London & New York | 1909 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 13.00 |
| 36 | BELOE, WILLIAM | Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books. | London | 1807 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 75.00 |
| 37 | Thomas Bird Mosher | BIBELOT, THE: a Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Booklovers. | Portland | 1895-1915 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 120.00 |
| 38 | Rumball-Petre, E. A. R. | BIBLES., America's First Bibles, with a census of 555 Extant Bibles. | Portland | 1940 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 60.00 |
| 39 | STIKEMAN | BIBLIOGRAPHER, THE | New York | 1902 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 |
| 40 | BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY | BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Papers. | 1965-75 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 35.00 | |
| 41 | Jacob Blanck | BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE | New Haven | 1955-59 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 80.00 |
| 42 | BIBLIOTHECAE AMERICANAE PRIMORDIA | An Attempt towards laying the Foundation of an American Library, in several Books, Papers, and Writings, humbly given to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. | London | 1713 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 100.00 |
| 43 | BICKHAM, GEORGE | The Universal Penman. Incomplete copy, comprising engraved dedication to the King, and plates numbered 4-210, lacking 34 plates. | London | 1745 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 130.00 |
| 44 | BOND, L. MONTGOMERY | Catalogue of [his] Curious, Rare and Valuable Collection of Books, Autographs, Coins, etc., etc. | New York | 1870 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 25.00 |
| 45 | BOOK CATALOGUES. | Vp | USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 30.00 | ||
| 46 | Goodspeed, L. C. Harper, Dawson's of Los Angeles, Maggs, Scribner, W. H Robinson, Cedric Robinson, Voynich, J. F. Drake, Wenning, George Harding, L. W. Currey, Fleming, Argosy, Duschnes, John Howell, Nebenzahl | BOOK CATALOGUES. Huge collection of some 300 booksellers' catalogues, including many issued | Vp | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 50.00 | |
| 47 | BOOK COLLECTOR | London | USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 40.00 | ||
| 48 | Hazlitt, W. C.; Lewis, Wilmarth.; Pene Du Bois | BOOK COLLECTING.; The Confessions of a Collector.; Collector's Progress. | New York | 1897, 1951 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 49 | Briggs, Victor H. and Ernest L. | BOOK COVERS.; Twentieth Century Cover Designs. | Plymouth | 1902 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 150.00 |
| 50 | BOOK-AUCTION RECORDS. | London | 1925/6-1964/5 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 65.00 | |
| 51 | BOOK-AUCTION RECORDS. | London | 1948/9-1961/2 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 45.00 | |
| 52 | Uzanne.; Roberts.; Allan | BOOK-HUNTING., The Book-Hunter in Paris, The Book-Hunter in London | Chicago, London | 1893, 1895-1919 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 55.00 |
| 53 | BOOKLOVERS MAGAZINE | Group of 27 issues of this monthly | Philadelphia, later New York | Feb. 1903-Aug. 1908 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 22.50 |
| 54 | Daniel F. McGrath | BOOKMAN'S PRICE INDEX | Detroit | 1964-75 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 300.00 |
| 55 | Labouchere.; Hardy | BOOKPLATES.; Ladies' Book-plates | London & New York | 1895, 1897 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 25.00 |
| 56 | Castle, Egerton | BOOKPLATES.; English Book-Plates: an Illustrated Handbook | London | 1892, 1901 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 19.00 |
| 57 | Ekslibris | BOOKPLATES--UKRAINIAN. | 1932 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 40.00 | |
| 58 | BOOKPLATES. An interesting collection of about 90 bookplates. | USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 50.00 | |||
| 59 | Rockwell Kent | BOOKPLATES. | USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 70.00 | ||
| 60 | John Austen, Endre Vadasz, Le Campion, Allen Lewis, Rudolf Dettman, Douglas Cameron, Josef Vachal | BOOKPLATES. A fine collection of well over 100 bookplates of various sizes. The designer or artist has been identified on the verso of most plates, and some are signed. There is some duplication. | USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 90.00 | ||
| 61 | A. W. Pollard | BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS SERIES | London | 1893-94 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 100.00 |
| 62 | BOUCHOT, HENRI | The Book: its Printers, Illustrators, and Binders, from Gutenberg to the Present Time. | London | 1890 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 50.00 |
| 63 | BRADLEY, WILL | An American Chap-Book. | Jersey City | Sept. and Oct. 1904 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 30.00 |
| 64 | BRADLEY, WILL | His Chap Book. Title and decorative headpieces in red. | New York | 1955 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 50.00 |
| 65 | BRIGHAM, CLARENCE S. | History and Bibliography of American Newspapers | Worcester | 1690-1820, 1947 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 95.00 |
| 66 | BRINLEY, GEORGE | Catalogue of [his] American Library. | Hartford | 1878-93 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 40.00 |
| 67 | BRUNET, JACQUES CHARLES | Manuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres. | Paris | 1842-44 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 19.00 |
| 68 | BRYANT, WILLIAM | CULLEN: Chronologies of the Life and Writings; with a Bibliography | New York | 1903 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 70.00 |
| 69 | CALLIGRAPHY. Arbel, M. d', aine | Cours Complet d'Ecriture Theorique et Pratique. | Paris | 1830 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 20.00 |
| 70 | Gay, Maitre | CALLIGRAPHY. L'Art de l'Ecriture, demontre par ses principes & ses Caracteres Italiens-Batard et Coule ou Financier, Rond ou Francais, et Gotique, usites en Europe. | Paris | 18th century |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 210.00 |
| 71 | CALLIGRAPHY. The Expeditious Instructer, containing the Elements of Grammar and Punctuation ... Writing a free and expeditious Hand, Art of Choosing and Preserving Quills, Making Pens, Ink, &c, Various Specimens of Writing ... | London | 1804 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 110.00 | |
| 72 | Fuebler, Johann Gottfried.; ditto | CALLIGRAPHY., Allgemeine Schulvorschriften. Erstes Heft in 15 Bogen. Neue vermehrte Auflage der Elementar-Vorschriften | Leipzig | 1830 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 120.00 |
| 73 | Jenkins, John | CALLIGRAPHY., The Art of Writing, reduced to a plain and easy Sys tem, on a plan entirely new, in seven books. | Cambridge | 1813 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 300.00 |
| 74 | Knowles & Maxim | CALLIGRAPHY., Real Pen Work: Self-Instructor in Penmanship. | Pittsfield | 1881 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 30.00 |
| 75 | Merino de Jesuchristo, Andres | CALLIGRAPHY. | Madrid | 1780 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 200.00 |
| 76 | Milns, William | CALLIGRAPHY.; The Penman's Repository. | London | 1791-95 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 40.00 |
| 77 | Rapp, Adam Wm | CALLIGRAPHY.; A Complete System of Scientific Penmanship (without ruling) and Pen-Making. | New York | 1845 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 78 | Regnier aine | CALLIGRAPHY.; Le Livre des Compositions en Ecritures Anglaise Expediee, dedie a Monsieur Baron. | Paris | 1843 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 95.00 |
| 79 | Roland | CALLIGRAPHY.; Le Grand Art d'Ecrive, necessaire a ceux qui veulent se perfectionner dans cette Science ... dedie aux Enfans de France. | Paris | 1760 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 60.00 |
| 80 | Scrapbook | CALLIGRAPHY. | Germany | 1830 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 40.00 |
| 81 | CARTER, JOHN | Taste and Technique in Book Collecting ABC for Book Collec tors. | New York, London | 1948, 1961-66 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 30.00 |
| 82 | CASTALDI | Intorno a Panfilo Castaldi da Feltre, e alla Invenzione del Caratteri Mobili per la Stampa. Memoria e Dissertazioni dei Bernardi, Zanghellini, e Valsecchi. | Milano | 1866 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 70.00 |
| 83 | CASTLEMON, HARRY: Boys' Own Author | Appreciation and Bibliography | New York | 1941 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 22.50 |
| 84 | Victoria R. I. | CATALOGUES., Horblit Library.; Wakeman Collection auction., McCutcheon Col lection auction. | Vp | 1974, 1924, 1925 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 110.00 |
| 85 | CATNACH. Hindley, Charles | The Life and Time of James Catnach, (late of Seven Dials), Ballad Monger. | London | 1878 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 35.00 |
| 86 | CATNACH. Hindley, Charles | The Life and Times of James Catnach, (late of Seven Dials), Ballad Monger. | London | 1878 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 70.00 |
| 87 | CATNACH. Hindley, Charles | The History of the Catnach Press ... Profusely illus trated with old woodcuts, etc. | London | 1886 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 95.00 |
| 88 | CAXTON, WILLIAM | An original leaf from the first edition of Caxton's Chronicle of England | 1480 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 89 | CAXTON PRINTING | Original leaf from Caxton's "Polycronicon | 1482, 1482 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 225.00 | |
| 90 | CHAPMAN, R. W. Cancels | Illustrated. 70 pages. | London & New York | 1930 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 50.00 |
| 91 | CHRISTIAN, ARTHUR | Origines de l'Imprimerie en France. | Paris | 1900 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 110.00 |
| 92 | R. Toole-Stott | CIRCUS AND ALLIED ARTS: a World Bibliography. | Derby | 1960 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 14.00 |
| 93 | Daniel J. Ryan | CIVIL WAR LITERATURE OF OHIO: a Bibliography with Notes | Cleveland | 1911 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 22.00 |
| 94 | CLELAND, T. M. | The Decorative Work. A Record and Review. | New York | 1929 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 45.00 |
| 95 | COLOPHON | THE: a Book Collectors' Quarterly. Original Series, complete in 20 numbers, New Series., New Graphic Series., The New Colophon, The New Colophon | New York | 1930-50 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 425.00 |
| 96 | COLOPHON; ditto | THE: a Book Collectors' Quarterly. Original Series, Parts 11-19 New Series | New York | 1932-50 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 35.00 |
| 97 | COLOPHON | THE: a Book Collector's Quarterly. Original Series, Numbers 9-20; New Series, Volume I, no. 2; Volume II, nos. 1, 2, 3; The New Colophon | New York | 1932-37, 1948 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 65.00 |
| 98 | COLOPHON | New Series | New York | 1935-37 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 25.00 |
| 99 | COLOPHON | THE: a Book Collectors' Quarterly. | New York | 1935-36 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 25.00 |
| 100 | CONRAD, JOSEPH | A Bibliography of | London | 1920 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 110.00 |
