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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | COWAN, ROBERT ERNEST | A Bibliography of the Spanish Press of California | San Francisco | 1833-1845, 1919 |
USD 20.00 - 30.00 | 15.00 |
| 102 | CRAWFORD, JOHN N. | Chats on Writers and Books. | Chicago | 1903 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 160.00 |
| 103 | CURRIER & IVES | Group of 9 Plaza Art Auction catalogues entirely devoted to Currier & Ives and other early American prints. | New York | April 1936-November 1937 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 |
| 104 | CURWEN PRESS | Specimen book of 16 sheets, displaying samples of commercial printing, some with designs | 1929 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 22.50 | |
| 105 | CUTLER, B. D.; and STILES, VILLA | Modern British Authors: Their First Editions. | New York | 1930 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 35.00 |
| 106 | Augustin Daly | DALY COLLECTION. Catalogue of the Valuable Literary and Art | New York | 1900 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 20.00 |
| 107 | DARLOW, T. H.; and MOULE, H. F. | Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of the Holy Scripture. | London | 1903 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 22.50 |
| 108 | DARTON, F. J. HARVEY | Modern Book-Illustration in Great Britain & America. | London and New York | 1931 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 22.50 |
| 109 | DE RENNE, WYMBERLEY JONES | Books Relating to the History of Georgia in [his] Library. | Wormsloe | 1911 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 150.00 |
| 110 | DE VINNE, TH. F. | The Invention of Printing: a Collection of Facts and Opinions. | New-York | 1876 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 |
| 111 | DE VINNE, THEODORE L. | A Treatise on Plain Printing Types *A Treatise on Title-Pages; Correct Composition. | New York | 1900-02-04 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 35.00 |
| 112 | DIBDIN, T. F. | Bibliomania, or Book Madness: a Bibliographical Romance in Six Parts. | London | 1811 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 325.00 |
| 113 | DIBDIN, T. F. | The Library Companion, or the Young Man's Guide and the Old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library. | London | 1824 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 22.50 |
| 114 | DIBDIN, T. F. | A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. | London | 1821 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 120.00 |
| 115 | DIBDIN, T. F. | A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. | London | 1821 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 100.00 |
| 116 | DIBDIN, T. F. | A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Cen tury, lately forming part of the Library of the Duke di Cassano Serra | London | 1823 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 80.00 |
| 117 | DIBDIN, T. F. | A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. | London | 1829 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 90.00 |
| 118 | DIBDIN, T. F. | A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. | London | 1829 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 60.00 |
| 119 | DIBDIN, T. F. | A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland. | London | 1838 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 180.00 |
| 120 | DIBDIN, T. F. | An Annotated List of [his] Publications. | Cambridge | 1965 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 50.00 |
| 121 | DICHTER. HARRY; and SHAPIRO, ELLIOTT | Early American Sheet Music: its Lure and its Lore | New York | 1768-1889, 1941 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 65.00 |
| 122 | DICKENS, CHARLES | The First Editions of the Writings, their Points and Values. | New York & London | 1932 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 75.00 |
| 123 | Allen Johnson | DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY | New York | 1943-58 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 500.00 |
| 124 | Mitford M. Mathews | DICTIONARY OF AMERICANISMS, on Historical Principles. | Chicago | 1951 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 50.00 |
| 125 | Philippe van Tieghem | DICTIONNAIRE DES LITTERATURES, publie sous la direction de Philippe van Tieghem. | Paris | 1968 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 25.00 |
| 126 | DIRINGER, DAVID | The Alphabet: a Key to the History of Mankind. | New York | 1948 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 30.00 |
| 127 | DIRINGER, DAVID | The Hand-Produced Book. | New York | 1953 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 128 | D'ISRAELI, ISAAC | The Literary Character | London | 1818 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 17.00 |
| 129 | DODGSON, CAMPBELL | Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. | 1915 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 55.00 | |
| 130 | DOLPHIN | THE: a Journal of the Making of Books. | New York | 1933, 1935 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 160.00 |
| 131 | DOLPHIN | THE: a Journal of the Making of Books. | New York | USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 50.00 | |
| 132 | DOYLE, JOHN | Catalogue of a Large and Valuable Collection of Ancient and Modern Books, New and Second Hand.... 240 pages. | New York | 1848 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 19.00 |
| 133 | DRAKE, JAMES F. | Bound volume containing 15 of his catalogues (Numbers 164-178) of first editions and other rare books. | New York | 1924-26 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 17.00 |
| 134 | DRAPER, LYMAN C. | An Essay on the Autographic Collections of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution. | New York | 1889 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 50.00 |
| 135 | DWIGGINS, W. A. | Paraphs | New York | 1928 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 25.00 |
| 136 | DWIGGINS, W. A. | Group of items | Vp | USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 70.00 | |
| 137 | DWIGGINS, W. A. | Postscripts on Dwiggins. | New York | 1960 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 45.00 |
| 138 | DYSON | DYSON PERRINS COLLECTION. | London | 1958-60 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 50.00 |
| 139 | EAMES, WILBERFORCE | Catalogue of the Library of ... for Sale at Auction. | New York | 1905-07 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 |
| 140 | Archibald Hanna, Jr. | EBERSTADT CATALOGUES OF AMERICANA | New York | 1956 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 130.00 |
| 141 | EBERT, FREDERIC ADOLPHUS | A General Bibliographical Dictionary. | 1837 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 130.00 | |
| 142 | EDWARDS, EDWARD | Libraries and Founders of Libraries. | London | 1864 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 90.00 |
| 143 | EMERSON, RALPH WALDO | Bibliography | Boston | 1908 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 55.00 |
| 144 | ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. | Chicago | 1951 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 25.00 | |
| 145 | Joseph T. Shipley | ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LITERATURE | New York | 1946 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 15.00 |
| 146 | ENGLISCH, PAUL | Geschichte der Erotischen Literatur. | Stuttgart | 1927, reprint of 1963 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 |
| 147 | Charles J. Sawyer and F. J. Harvey Darton | ENGLISH BOOKS, a Signpost for Collectors. | Westminster | 1475-1900, 1927 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 60.00 |
| 148 | Charles C. Mish | ENGLISH PROSE FICTION | Charlottesville | 1600-1700, 1952 |
USD 20.00 - 30.00 | 17.00 |
| 149 | ESTIENNE | A Distinguished Family of Printers of the Sixteenth Century: Henri & Robert Estienne. | Brooklyn | 1929 |
USD 20.00 - 30.00 | 35.00 |
| 150 | EUROPEAN DEALERS | Upwards of 80 book catalogues, including: 16 Menno Hertzberger; 5 Olschki; 5 Coulet et Faure; and many others. | Vp | USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 40.00 | |
| 151 | FARNUM, ALEXANDER | Providence: Catalogue of [his] Library. Frontispiece view of the library. | New York | 1884 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 20.00 |
| 152 | FIELD, THOMAS W. | Catalogue of the Library of ... relating to the American Indians, etc. | New York | 1875 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 25.00 |
| 153 | Francis Meynell and Herbert Simon | FLEURON MISCELLANY: Chosen | London | 1973 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 80.00 |
| 154 | FORD, PAUL LEICESTER | Check List of Bibliographies, Catalogues, Reference-Lists, and Lists of Authorities of American Books and Subjects. | Brooklyn | 1889 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 155 | FOSTER, STEPHEN C. | Catalogue of First Editions. | Washington | 1915 |
USD 20.00 - 30.00 | 60.00 |
| 156 | Philip Gaskell | FOULIS PRESS: Bibliography of | London | 1964 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 35.00 |
| 157 | Par Henry Martin, Andre Blum, Ch. Mortet, Mlle. J. Duportal | FRENCH TYPOGRAPHIC HISTORY. Le Livre Francais, des Origines a la Fin du Second Empire. | Paris | 1924 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 80.00 |
| 158 | FRENEAU; Victor Hugo Paltsits | PHILIP: Bibliography of | New York | 1903 |
USD 20.00 - 30.00 | 12.00 |
| 159 | GILL, ERIC | Five copies, in proof form, of his superb wood-engraved bookplate for Jacob Weiss, showing Eve with serpent slithering between her legs, urging her to reach for the forbidden fruit. | USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 65.00 | ||
| 160 | GOUDY, FREDERIC W. | Typologia: Studies in Type Design & Type Making. | Berkeley | 1940 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 80.00 |
| 161 | GOUDY, FREDERIC W. | Grou pof 6 ephemeral items relating to Goudy, as below. | Vp | USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 90.00 | |
| 162 | GOUDY | The Type Designs made for Private and Commercial Use | New York | 1944 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 22.50 |
| 163 | Commonwealth v. | GRABHORN PRESS., Gordon et al: the Opinion of Judge Bok. | 1949 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 80.00 | |
| 164 | M. H. Spielmann and G. S. Layard | GREENAWAY, KATE | London | 1905 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 45.00 |
| 165 | GREENE, ALBERT G. | Catalogue of (his) Private Library | New York | 1869 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 35.00 |
| 166 | GREENE, EVARTS B.; and MORRIS, R. B. | A Guide to the Principal Sources for Early American History (1600-1800) in the City of New York. | New York | 1929 |
USD 20.00 - 30.00 | 13.00 |
| 167 | GREG, W. W. | English Literary Autographs, 1550-1650. | Nendeln | 1968 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 168 | GROLIER CLUB | Catalogue of an Exhibition of Illuminated and Painted Manu scripts together with a Few Early Printed Books with Illuminations. | New York | 1892 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 65.00 |
| 169 | GROLIER CLUB | A Catalogue of the First Editions of the Works of Alexander Pope. | New York | 1911 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 60.00 |
| 170 | GROLIER CLUB; Rist, John | Depositio Cornuti Typographici: a Comical or Mirthful Play.... | New York | 1911 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 60.00 |
| 171 | GROLIER CLUB. Kent, Henry W. | Bibliographical Notes on One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature. | New York | 1967 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 172 | Henry Lewis Johnson | GUTENBERG AND THE BOOK OF BOOKS; with Bibliographical Notes, Reproductions of Specimen Pages and a Listing of Known Copies | New York | 1932 |
USD 20.00 - 30.00 | 40.00 |
| 173 | GUTENBERG | A la Memoire de Jean Gutenberg: Hommage de l'Imprimerie Nationale et de la Bibliotheque Nationale. | Paris | 1900 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 60.00 |
| 174 | HARDIE, MARTIN | English Coloured Books. | New York and London | 1906 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 17.00 |
| 175 | HARGRAVE, CATHERINE PERRY | A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming. | Boston | 1930 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 110.00 |
| 176 | HASLEWOOD, JOSEPH | Catalogue of [his] Curious and Valuable Library ... which will be sold | London | 1833 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 30.00 |
| 177 | Nina E. Browne | HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL: Bibliography | Boston | 1905 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 55.00 |
| 178 | HENDERSON, ROBERT W. | Early American Sport: a Check-List of Books published in America prior to 1860. | New York | 1953 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 25.00 |
| 179 | HOBSON, G. D. | Blind-Stamped Panels in the English Book-Trade, c. | London | 1485-1555, 1944 |
USD 20.00 - 30.00 | 35.00 |
| 180 | HOLLINGSWORTH, AMOR L. | Catalogue of [his] Magnificent Private Library ... | Boston | 1910 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 35.00 |
| 181 | G. B. Ives | HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL: Bibliography of | Boston | 1907 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 50.00 |
| 182 | HOPPE, HERMANN | Katalog der Wichtigeren, Hervorragenden und Besseren Schriften Deutscher Literatur, 1801-1868. | St. Petersburg | 1871 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 17.00 |
| 183 | HORNE, THOMAS HARTWELL | An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography; with a Memoir on the Public Libraries of the Antients. | London | 1814 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 65.00 |
| 184 | HORNE, THOMAS HARTWELL | An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography. | London | 1814 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 50.00 |
| 185 | HOUGHTON LIBRARY | The: 1942-1967: a Selection of Books and Manuscripts in Harvard Collections. | Cambridge | 1967 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 120.00 |
| 186 | HOWES, WRIGHT | U.S.-iana (1700-1950): a Descriptive Check-List of 11, 450 Printed Sources. | New York | 1954 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 70.00 |
| 187 | Beatty, A. Chester | ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS.; Catalogue of [his] Renowned Collection of Western Manuscripts. | London | 1932-33 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 65.00 |
| 188 | Sechster Jahrgang | IMPRIMATUR: ein Jahrbuch fuer Buecherfreunde. | Hamburg | 1935 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 19.00 |
| 189 | INCUNABULA. Bibliografia Geral Portuguesa. | Lisboa | 1941-44 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 130.00 | |
| 190 | Frederick R. Goff | INCUNABULA IN AMERICAN LIBRARIES: a Third Census. | New York | 1964 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 191 | INCUNABULA LEAVES. | USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 75.00 | |||
| 192 | JENKINSON, HILARY | Palaeography, and the Practical Study of Court Hand. | 1915 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 30.00 | |
| 193 | W. R. LeFanu | JENNER, EDWARD: a Bio-Bibliography. | London | 1951 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 35.00 |
| 194 | JOHNSON, MERLE | American First Editions: Bibliographic Check Lists of the Works of 199 American Authors. | New York | 1936 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 65.00 |
| 195 | KARPINSKI, LOUIS C. | Bibliography of Mathematical Works printed in America through 1850. | Ann Arbor | 1940 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 160.00 |
| 196 | KERN, JEROME | The Library of, to be sold at Unreserved Public Sale. | New York | 1929 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 55.00 |
| 197 | KNOPF, ALFRED A. | Portrait of a Publisher, 1915-1965. | New York | 1965 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 30.00 |
| 198 | KRIMPEN, JAN VAN | The Work of, a Record in Honour of his Sixtieth Birthday. | Haarlem | 1952 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 |
| 199 | KRISTELLER, PAUL | Kupferstich und Holzschnitt in Vier Jahrhunderten. | Berlin | 1922 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 17.00 |
| 200 | Todd, Henry J. | LAMBETH MANUSCRIPTS. | London | 1965 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 14.00 |
