Swann Galleries: BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. BIBLIOGRAPHY, REFERENCE, TYPOGRAPHY, CALLIGRAPHY, BOOK COLLECTING, ETC., 1076,

Auction Details

Auction Date
October 13, 1977 - October 13, 1977
Page Size: 363 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 LAWRENCE, T. E. A Bibhography. New York

1938

USD 40.00 - 60.00 60.00
202 LE GALLOIS, JEAN LEONOR Traitte des Plus Belles Bibliotheques de l'Europe; des Premiers Livres qui ont ete faits; de l'Invention de l'Imprimerie; des Imprimeurs; de plusieurs Livres qui ont ete perdus & recouvrez par les soins des Scavans ... Suivant la Copie a Paris

1685

USD 100.00 - 150.00 85.00
203 LEJARD, ANDRE The Art of the French Book, from Early Manuscripts to the Present Time. Paris

1947

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
204 LEMON, ROBERT Catalogue of a Collection of Printed Broadsides in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries of London. London

1866

USD 40.00 - 60.00 50.00
205 LEON & BROTHER Catalogue of First Editions of American Authors. New York

1885

USD 70.00 - 100.00 65.00
206 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Catalogue of the Library, in the Capitol of the United States City of Washington

1840

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
207 LICHTENBERGER, J. F. Histoire de l'Invention de l'Imprimerie, pour servir de Defense a la Ville de Strasbourg contre les Pretentions de Harlem. Strasbourg & Paris

1825

USD 70.00 - 100.00 140.00
208 LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB.

1939-1966

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
209 LINDEGREN, ERIK ABC of Lettering and Printing Types. New York

1965

USD 40.00 - 60.00 75.00
210 LOMEIER, JOHANNES De Bibliothecis, Liber Singularis. Zutphen

1669

USD 100.00 - 150.00 130.00
211 LONDON CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, with their Sizes and Prices. London

1814

USD 40.00 - 60.00 17.00
212 LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Brooklyn

1893

USD 30.00 - 40.00 22.50
213 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. A Bibliography of the First Editions in Book Form ... New York

1908

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
214 LOTHIAN, MARQUESS OF. Illuminated Manuscripts, Incunabula, and Americana ... New York

1932

USD 30.00 - 40.00 35.00
215 LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL Bibliography Boston

1906

USD 30.00 - 40.00 35.00
216 McCREERY, JOHN The Press, a Poem, in Two Parts; with other Pieces. London

1838

USD 35.00 - 50.00 16.00
217 MacKELLAR, SMITHS AND JORDAN FOUNDRY One Hundred Years, 1796-1896. Philadelphia

1896

USD 30.00 - 40.00 17.00
218 McKELVEY, SUSAN DELANO Botanical Exploration of the Trans-Mississippi West Jamaica Plain

1790-1850, 1955

USD 30.00 - 40.00 40.00
219 McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C. Types and Typefounding in Germany, The Brothers Voskens and their Successors, Later History of the Luther Typefoundry. Chicago

1932

USD 40.00 - 60.00 40.00
220 McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C. The Cost-Finding System of a French Printer in the 18th Century, Sydney Curfew Law ... in Australia, Printing Press versus Tyranny, The Early Vernacular Press in India. Vp

1923-32-44-33

USD 30.00 - 40.00 15.00
221 McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C. Some Facts Concerning the Invention of Printing The Invention of Printing and its Five-Century Progress Proposal in 1855 for a Typographic Council... regarding the Invention of Printing Chicago

1939-41

USD 35.00 - 50.00 20.00
222 McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C. Gutenberg's Life Recorded in Documents * Printing's 500 Years of Service. Chicago

1950

USD 40.00 - 60.00 15.00
223 McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C. Proofreading in the 15th Century., Anforing-stecknets Uppkomst och Utveckling. One of 200., Det Forsta Trycket pa Svenska i Amerika., An Example of 15th Century Proofreading. One of 200. Vp

1921, 1922, 1934, 1933

USD 35.00 - 50.00 40.00
224 McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C. Group of 7 offprints, all on PIONEER PRINTING--in Illinois, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Washington, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York.

1931-33

USD 40.00 - 60.00 20.00
225 McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C. Group of 8 offprints, etc. Vp

1929-42

USD 60.00 - 90.00 30.00
226 McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C. Group of 9 offprints on early printing on various islands, etc. Vp

1931-43

USD 60.00 - 90.00 25.00
227 McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C. Group of 10 offprints of articles on American print ing, as below. Chicago

1928-43

USD 60.00 - 90.00 25.00
228 McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C. Group of 18 offprints, etc. Chicago

1930's-40's

USD 60.00 - 90.00 30.00
229 MADIGAN, THOMAS F. Word Shadows of the Great: the Lure of Autograph Collecting. New York

1930

USD 40.00 - 60.00 55.00
230 MADIGAN, THOMAS F. Word Shadows of the Great: the Lure of Autograph Col lecting. New York

1930

USD 30.00 - 40.00 20.00
231 MAGGS BROTHERS.; ditto A Selection of Books, Manuscripts, Engravings, and Autograph Letters, being the FIVE HUNDREDTH CATALOGUE London

1928, 1931

USD 40.00 - 60.00 40.00
232 MAGGS BROTHERS The Five Hundredth Catalogue: a Selection of Books, Manuscripts, Engravings, and Autograph Letters. London

1928

USD 30.00 - 40.00 25.00
233 ditto, European Manuscripts MANUSCRIPTS. Oriental Manuscripts of the John Frederick Lewis Collection in the Free Library of Philadelphia Philadelphia

1937

USD 35.00 - 50.00 18.00
234 R. V. Tooley MAP COLLECTORS' CIRCLE. London

1963-1968

USD 150.00 - 250.00 250.00
235 Thomas J. Holmes MATHER, INCREASE: his Works, being a Short-Title Catalogue. Cleveland

1930

USD 35.00 - 50.00 55.00
236 MEDICAL. Group of 5 large Maggs catalogues devoted to medicine and related sub jects--Catalogues 426, 485, 520, 582, and 822, all profusely illustrated. London

1922-33, 1954

USD 30.00 - 40.00 25.00
237 MENHART, OLDRICH Group of 4 pamphlets commemorating the work of this great Czech calligraphier, book artist, and type designer. Bloomington

1966

USD 60.00 - 90.00 50.00
238 MENZIES, WILLIAM Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, and Engravings ... New York

1875

USD 30.00 - 40.00 35.00
239 MIDDLETON, CONYERS The Origin of Printing, in Two Essays. I: the Substance of Dr. Middleton's Dissertation on the Origin of Printing in England; II: Meerman's Account of the Invention of the Art at Harieim, and its Progress to Mentz. London

1776

USD 50.00 - 75.00 40.00
240 Ursula E. McCracken, Lillian M. C. MINER FESTSCHRIFT. Gatherings in Honor of Dorothy E. Miner. Baltimore

1974

USD 20.00 - 30.00 35.00
241 Thomas.; Altick.; Hackett.; Watson.; Benesch.; Gilmer.; Newton MISCELLANEOUS.; History of Printing in America; Lives and Letters; On Judging Books Cambridge History of English Literature; Hand Bookbinding; Rubens to Daumier in Book Illustration; Wasserstrom. The Time of the Dial, Horace Liveright Vp

USD 35.00 - 50.00 45.00
242 Davenport.; McLean.; Hutton.; Humphreys MISCELLANEOUS.; The Book: its History and Development.; Byways Among English Books.; Victorian Book Design.; Literary Landmarks of London.; The Private Library. Vp

1908, Nd., 1963, 1885, 1903

USD 30.00 - 40.00 70.00
243 Rosenbach.; Rosenbach.; Wise.; Pennell MISCELLANEOUS.; The Unpublishable Memoirs.; Books and Bidders.; Letters to John Henry Wrenn.; Modern Illustration. Vp

1924, 1927, 1944, 1895

USD 30.00 - 40.00 55.00
244 Webber.; Winterich.; Mitchell MISCELLANEOUS.; Books About Books.; Twenty-Three Books, and the Stories behind them.; The Clements Library of Americana. Ex-library. Vp

1937, 1939, 1923

USD 30.00 - 40.00 35.00
245 Blanck; Johnson & Gibson.; Knight.; Franklin MISCELLANEOUS.; Bibliography of American Literature.; Natural Science Books in English; The Private Presses Vp

1600-1900

USD 35.00 - 50.00 60.00
246 El Dieff, Parke-Bernet MISCELLANEOUS. The New Colophon, House of El Dieff; Parke-Bernet auction of Signers

1950, 1967

USD 20.00 - 30.00 19.00
247 Carter.; Symons.; Lewis.; Behrman.; Joy.; Munby MISCELLANEOUS.; ABC for Book-Collectors; Taste and Technique in Book-Collecting; The Quest for Corvo; Collector's Progress; Conversations with Max, Bookselling London

USD 40.00 - 60.00 80.00
248 McKerrow.; Cutler & Stiles.; Boutell.; Watson MISCELLANEOUS.; Introduction to Bibliography.; First Editions of Today. Vp

1965, 1967, 1930, 1965

USD 30.00 - 40.00 60.00
249 Hill.; Howe.; Ticknor MISCELLANEOUS.; Talks about Autographs (disbound); American Bookmen Vp

USD 30.00 - 40.00 13.00
250 FitzGerald.; Thackeray; Wedmore.; Birrell.; Richardson.; Matz MISCELLANEOUS.; Fine Prints; In the Name of the Bodleian; Old Egyptian Librarians Vp

1882-1921

USD 30.00 - 40.00 18.00
251 Perotti, Viola A. MISSOURI PRINTING. Kansas City

1967

USD 30.00 - 40.00 22.50
252 Genthe; Ramsey.; Bassett MODERN AMERICAN AUTHORS.; American War Narratives; Edmund Wilson: a Bibliography New York

1917-1918, 1969-71-72

USD 30.00 - 40.00 35.00
253 David Lewis MODERN AMERICAN POETS. New York

1968-70

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
254 MONOGRAMME, zum Gebrauche fuer Graveure, Kupferstecher, Lithographen, etc Herausgegeben von Ernst Scheibe.

1895

USD 30.00 - 40.00 50.00
255 MORGAN LIBRARY Art of the Printed Book, 1455-1955 ... from the Collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York

1973

USD 30.00 - 40.00 25.00
256 MORGAN LIBRARY Major Acquisitions of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1924-74. New York

1974

USD 35.00 - 50.00 65.00
257 MORISON, STANLEY The Typographic Book London

1450-1935, 1963

USD 60.00 - 90.00 75.00
258 MORRIS, WILLIAM The Art of the People: Address at Birmingham Chicago

1902

USD 30.00 - 40.00 65.00
259 Zur Westen, Walter von MUSIC TITLE-PAGES. Leipzig

1921

USD 50.00 - 75.00 55.00
260 NATIONAL UNION CATALOG OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS. Washington

1964-74

USD 100.00 - 150.00 75.00
261 Charles F. Heartman NEW ENGLAND PRIMER ISSUED PRIOR TO 1830: a Bibliographical Checklist. Np

1922

USD 50.00 - 75.00 80.00
262 Bulletin NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. New York

1897

USD 40.00 - 60.00 35.00
263 Bulletin NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. New York

1946-59

USD 50.00 - 75.00 22.50
264 NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARY INDEX New York

1858-1968, 1970

USD 60.00 - 90.00 45.00
265 Franklin W. Scott NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS OF ILLINOIS Springfield

1814-1879, 1910

USD 30.00 - 40.00 14.00
266 NEWTON, A. EDWARD The Amenities of Book-Collecting, and Kindred Affections. Boston

1918

USD 30.00 - 40.00 40.00
267 NEWTON, A. EDWARD Derby Day, and Other Adventures. Boston

1934

USD 30.00 - 40.00 22.50
268 NEWTON, A. EDWARD Rare Books, Original Drawings, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts ... for Public Sale. New York

1941

USD 35.00 - 50.00 45.00
269 NEWTON, A. EDWARD Rare Books, Original Drawings, Autograph Letters, and Manuscripts ... for Public Sale. New York

1941

USD 35.00 - 50.00 40.00
270 Dow, Charles Mason NIAGARA FALLS. Albany

1921

USD 30.00 - 40.00 20.00
271 NONESUCH PRESS Fine group of 6 lists and 6 individual prospectuses of the Press.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 80.00
272 NORRIS, THOMAS WAYNE A Descriptive & Priced Catalogue of Books, Pam phlets, and Maps relating to ... California & the Far West. Oakland

1948

USD 40.00 - 60.00 30.00
273 ODELL, ANDREW J. Bibliotheca Curiosa: Catalogue of [his] Library New York

1878-80

USD 30.00 - 40.00 45.00
274 OHIO Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. Cincinnati

1893

USD 30.00 - 40.00 14.00
275 OLDYS A Literary Antiquary: Memoir of William Oldys, together with his Diary, choice Notes from his Adversaria, and an Account of the London Libraries. London

1862

USD 30.00 - 40.00 100.00
276 ORCUTT, WILLIAM DANA In Quest of the Perfect Book The Kingdom of Books. Boston

1926, 1927

USD 60.00 - 90.00 75.00
277 A. H. Munsell PAPER. A Grammar of Color: Arrangements of Strathmore Papers ... according to the Munsell Color System. Mittineague

1921

USD 30.00 - 40.00 45.00
278 Renker, Armin PAPER., Das Buch vom Papier. Illustrated, including a series of paper samples. Leipzig

1934

USD 35.00 - 50.00 50.00
279 PAYNE, ROGER Fine etched portrait of this great 18th century bookbinder, shown leaning over a book-press in his shabby quarters.

Nd.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 55.00
280 PEIGNOT, ETIENNE GABRIEL Manuel du Bibliophile, ou Traite du Choix des Livres.

1823

USD 40.00 - 60.00 55.00
281 Maurois, Andre PENGUIN BOOKS.; Ariel: a Shelley Romance. London

1935

USD 70.00 - 100.00 95.00
282 Lewis F. Day PENMANSHIP of the XVI, XVII & XVIIIth Centuries London

nd.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 75.00
283 PENS, INKS & INKSTANDS Several humorous illustrations. London

1858

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
284 PERCEAU, LOUIS Bibliographie du Roman Erotique au XIXe Siecle. Paris

1930

USD 80.00 - 120.00 70.00
285 Mehmet Oga-Oglu PERSIAN BOOKBINDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

1935

USD 30.00 - 40.00 90.00
286 PETZENDORFER, LUDWIG Schriften Atlas: eine Sammlung der Wichtigsten Schreib-und Druckschriften aus Alter und Neuer Zeit, nebst Initialen, Monogrammen, Wappen ... fuer die Praktischen Zwecke des Kunstgewerbes. Stuttgart

1894

USD 60.00 - 90.00 90.00
287 PHILOBIBLION: a Monthly Bibliographical Journal. New York

1862-63

USD 60.00 - 90.00 50.00
288 PHILOBIBLON: eine Zeitschrift fuer Buecherliebhaber. Wien

1928-30

USD 35.00 - 50.00 60.00
289 Theo. L. De Vinne PLANTIN, CHRISTOPHER: and the Plantin-Moretus Museum at Antwerp. New-York

1888

USD 100.00 - 150.00 275.00
290 C. F. Heartman and J. R. Canny POE, EDGAR ALLAN: Bibliography of First Printings. Hattiesburg

1940

USD 30.00 - 40.00 50.00
291 Von Dr. Aloys Ruppel POLONUS, STANISLAUS: ein Polnischer Fruehdrucker in Spanien. Oficyna Warszawska im Ausland

1946

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
292 PRIDEAUX, S. T. Bookbinders and their Craft. New York

1903

USD 80.00 - 120.00 130.00
293 PRINT: a Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts. New Haven

1940-45

USD 35.00 - 50.00 22.50
294 PRINT: a Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts. New Haven

1941

USD 30.00 - 40.00 15.00
295 John Carter & Percy H. Muir PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN: Compiled and edited London

1967

USD 60.00 - 90.00 75.00
296 Oliver Simon and Julius Rodenberg PRINTING OF TO-DAY: an Illustrated Survey of Post-war Typography. London & New York

1928

USD 60.00 - 90.00 65.00
297 Henry N. Stevens PTOLEMY'S GEOGRAPHY: a Brief Account of all the Printed Editions down to 1730. London

1908

USD 30.00 - 40.00 55.00
298 QUARITCH, BERNARD, LTD A Catalogue of Books in English History and Literature, from the Earliest Times to the End of the 17th Century. London

1922

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
299 QUARITCH, BERNARD Group of about 60 of this firm's fine and extensive catalogues, in a wide variety of specialties. London

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
300 QUINN, JOHN Complete Catalogue of the Library New York

1924

USD 40.00 - 60.00 60.00
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