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
301	David Eugene Smith	RARA ARITHMETICA: a Catalogue of the Arithmetics Written before the Year MDCI with a Description of Those in the Library of George Arthur Plimpton of New York	Boston & London	1908	USD 80.00 - 120.00	110.00
302	REED, TALBOT BAINES	A History of the Old English Letter Foundries.	London	1952	USD 35.00 - 50.00	40.00
303	REINER, IMRE	Grafika: Modern Design for Advertising and Printing.	New York	1947	USD 30.00 - 40.00	14.00
304		REPRINT EXPEDITING SERVICE BULLETIN.	New York	1955-69	USD 40.00 - 60.00	15.00
305	Lucius Beebe & R. J. Bulkley, Jr.	ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON: Bibliography	Cambridge	1931	USD 30.00 - 40.00	22.50
306	RODEN, ROBERT F.	Later American Plays	New York	1831-1900, 1900	USD 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
307	Frederic Warde	ROGERS, BRUCE: Designer of Books	Cambridge	1925	USD 20.00 - 30.00	16.00
308	A.I.G.A.	ROGERS, BRUCE: the Work of: Catalogue of an Exhibition arranged	New York	1939	USD 30.00 - 40.00	55.00
309	ROORBACH, ORVILLE A.; Addenda	Bibliotheca Americana: Catalogue of American Publications, Supplement	New York	1820-1852, 1852-1855, 1855-1858, 1939	USD 40.00 - 60.00	19.00
310	SANZ, CARLOS	Bibliografia General de la Carta de Colon.	Madrid	1958	USD 30.00 - 40.00	15.00
311	SAWYER, CHARLES J. and DARTON, F. J. HARVEY	English Books, 1475-1900: a Signpost for Collectors.	Westminster	1927	USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
312	Kenneth Neill Cameron	SHELLEY AND HIS CIRCLE, 1773-1822	Cambridge	1961, 1970	USD 70.00 - 100.00	75.00
313	H. Buxton Forman	SHELLEY LIBRARY, The: an Essay in Bibliography.	London	1883	USD 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
314	SOTHEBY AUCTIONS	Collection of well over 100 catalogues for Sotheby book auctions	London	1965-70	USD 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
315	SPECIMENS	A Stevens-Nelson Paper Catalogue.	New York	1950	USD 150.00 - 250.00	150.00
316	SPOOR, JOHN A.	The Renowned Library of ... Public Sale.	New York	1939	USD 30.00 - 40.00	14.00
317	STARRETT, VINCENT	Penny Wise and Book Foolish.	New York	1929	USD 30.00 - 40.00	75.00
318	STEIN, GERTRUDE	Catalogue of Published and Unpublished Writings exhibited at Yale.	New Haven	1941	USD 20.00 - 30.00	13.00
319	STEVENS, HENRY, SON AND STILES	Rare Americana: a Catalogue of Historical and Geographical Books, Pamphlets & Manuscripts.	London	1927	USD 50.00 - 75.00	55.00
320	STREETER, THOMAS W.	The Celebrated Collection of Americana ... Profusely illustrated.	New York	1966-69	USD 200.00 - 300.00	250.00
321		STREETER AUCTION.	New York	1966-69	USD 100.00 - 150.00	75.00
322		STREETER AUCTION.	New York	1966-69	USD 100.00 - 150.00	75.00
323		STREETER AUCTION.	New York	1966-68	USD 100.00 - 150.00	80.00
324		STREETER AUCTION.	New York	1968, 69	USD 50.00 - 75.00	70.00
325	TAUBERT, SIGFRED	Bibliopola: Pictures and Texts about the Book Trade.	Hamburg	1966	USD 50.00 - 75.00	100.00
326	THOMAS, ALAN G.	Great Books and Book Collectors.	London	1975	USD 80.00 - 120.00	150.00
327	THOMAS, HENRY	Early Spanish Bookbindings, XI-XV Centuries.	London	1939	USD 70.00 - 100.00	50.00
328	TOOLEY, R. V.	Some English Books with Coloured Plates: their Points, Collations, & Values.	New York	1935	USD 35.00 - 50.00	25.00
329	TOOLEY, R. V.	English Books with Coloured Plates, 1790-1860.	Boston	1954	USD 35.00 - 50.00	35.00
330	TORY, GEOFROY	Champ Fleury, ou l'Art et Science de la Proportion.	Paris	1931	USD 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
331	TUER, ANDREW W.	History of the Horn-Book.	London	1896	USD 100.00 - 150.00	200.00
332	Bradbury & Evans, Messrs	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	London	1850	USD 30.00 - 40.00	55.00
333	Brace's	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK. Brace's New-York Type-Foundry.	New-York	1869	USD 60.00 - 90.00	185.00
334	Cincinnati Type Foundry	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	Cincinnati	1874	USD 60.00 - 90.00	180.00
335	James Conner's Sons	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	New York	1875	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
336	Miller and Richard	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	Edinburgh & London	1875	USD 35.00 - 50.00	30.00
337	Stephenson, Blake & Co.	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	Sheffield	1876	USD 40.00 - 60.00	85.00
338	James Conner's Sons	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	New York	1889	USD 50.00 - 75.00	120.00
339	Great Western Type Foundry	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	Omaha	1893	USD 60.00 - 90.00	85.00
340	Founders' Co. Specimens	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	Kansas City	1895	USD 40.00 - 60.00	75.00
341	Barnhart Bros. & Spindler	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	Chicago	1900	USD 35.00 - 50.00	40.00
342	Proben J. G. Schelter & Giesecke. Erster Band	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	Leipzig	1900	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
343	Norwood Press	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.; Specimens of Book Types and of Printing and Bookbinding.	Norwood	1902	USD 35.00 - 50.00	40.00
344		TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	Jersey City	1923	USD 30.00 - 40.00	40.00
345	Taylor & Taylor	TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOK.	San Francisco	1939	USD 60.00 - 90.00	110.00
346	G. F. Warner	UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MANUSCRIPTS: Fac-similes from Originals in the British Museum. Descriptions, Notes, etc.	Washington & London	1900	USD 30.00 - 40.00	30.00
347	UPDIKE, DANIEL BERKELEY	Printing Types: their History, Forms, and Use.	Cambridge	1922	USD 30.00 - 40.00	45.00
348	UZANNE, OCTAVE	Annales Litteraires: Publication Collective des Bibliophiles Contemporains pour 1890.	Paris	Nov. 1890	USD 35.00 - 50.00	45.00
349	VAN STOCKUM, C. M.	Sport: Attempt at a Bibliography of Books and Periodicals published during 1890-1912.	New York	1914	USD 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
350	WALPOLE, HORACE	A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, with Lists of their Works.	London	1759	USD 80.00 - 120.00	40.00
351	WARD, HUMPHRY; PASTON, GEORGE; RITCHIE, ANNE T.	History of the Athenaeum, 1824-1925.; Printed for the Club, At John Murray's: Records of a Literary Circle	London	1926, 1843-1892, 1932	USD 30.00 - 40.00	30.00
352	WARD, MARCUS	Superb illuminated manuscript addressed to W. A. H.		1874	USD 150.00 - 250.00	140.00
353	WARNER, GEORGE F.; Smith and Watson	Universal Classic Manuscripts, American Historical and Literary Curiosities.	Washington & London, New York	1908, 1852	USD 60.00 - 90.00	22.50
354	WEGELIN, OSCAR	Early American Plays	New York	1714-1830, 1905, 1929	USD 30.00 - 40.00	55.00
355	WEMYSS, STANLEY; ditto	The General Guide to Rare Americana	Philadelphia	1493-1699, 1700-1943, 1944	USD 35.00 - 50.00	55.00
356	WHITE, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS	Catalogue of Early English Books, chiefly of the Elizabethan Period.	New York	1926	USD 30.00 - 40.00	19.00
357	WHITMAN, WALT	A Concise Bibliography of	Boston	1922	USD 35.00 - 50.00	55.00
358	WILLETT, HENRY	Quaint Conceits for Fruit-Trenchers, after ye olde manere.	Brighton	1885	USD 35.00 - 50.00	16.00
359	WILSON, EDWARD A.	The Book of. A Survey of His Work	New York	1916-1948, 1948	USD 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
360	WISCONSIN IMPRINTS	A Check List	Madison	1850-1854, 1942	USD 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
361	WORDSWORTH. Healey, George H.	The Cornell Wordsworth Collection ... presented to the University	Ithaca	1957	USD 30.00 - 40.00	50.00
362	WROTH, LAWRENCE C.	A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland	Baltimore	1686-1776, 1922	USD 50.00 - 75.00	120.00
363	WYNNE, JAMES, M.D.	Private Libraries of New York.	New York	1860	USD 150.00 - 250.00	350.00

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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.
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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.

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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.