Swann Galleries: 18th CENTURY LITERATURE. SETS & BINDINGS, CURIOSA., 1693,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 18, 1995 - May 18, 1995
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Medwin, Thomas | Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron noted during a residence with his Lordship in Pisa | London | 1824 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 103 | CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON | Old Creole Days | New York | 1879 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 115.00 |
| 104 | BAMPFYLDE MOORE | The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew King of the Beggars | London | 1812 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 115.00 |
| 105 | Craig, Robert | Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry | Baltimore | 1812 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 149.00 |
| 106 | CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL de | Don Quixote de la Mancha | London | 1818 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 46.00 |
| 107 | CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL de | Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated ... by Charles Jarvis, Esq. | London | 1837-39 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 172.00 |
| 108 | Avannes, M. d. | Esquisses sur | Rouen | 1839 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 109 | Cook, Theodore Andrea | Old Touraine | New York | 1900 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 110 | AIKIN, Dr.; and BARBAULD, Mrs | Evenings at Home ... a variety of miscellaneous pieces for the instruction and amusement of young persons | London | nd |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 316.00 |
| 111 | ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY | The Story of a Bad Boy | Boston | January-December, 1869 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 115.00 |
| 112 | (CHAPBOOKS.) | York | early 19th century |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 201.00 | |
| 113 | W. W. Denslow | DENSLOW'S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS | New York | 1902 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 258.00 |
| 114 | GREENAWAY, KATE | Almanack for 1883 | London | 1883 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 149.00 |
| 115 | GREENAWAY, KATE | Kate Greenaway's Alphabet | London | 1885 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 149.00 |
| 116 | GREENAWAY, KATE | Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children. | London | 1880 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 115.00 |
| 117 | GREENAWAY, KATE | Language of Flowers | London | 1884 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 103.00 |
| 118 | KINGSLEY, CHARLES | The Water-Babies | New York | 1916 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 149.00 |
| 119 | MacDONALD, GEORGE | The Princess and the Goblin | Philadelphia | 1920 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 |
| 120 | Baum, L. Frank | Little Wizard Stories of Oz. | Chicago | 1914 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 258.00 |
| 121 | Baum, L. Frank | Group of 12 of the 14 Oz books authored by L. Frank Baum (lacking the first 2), in editions issued circa 1930-1935 | Chicago | circa, 1930-35 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 632.00 |
| 122 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | The Cowardly Lion of Oz. | Chicago | 1923 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 138.00 |
| 123 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | The Giant Horse of Oz. | Chicago | 1928 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 805.00 |
| 124 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | The Gnome King of Oz. | Chicago | 1927 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 690.00 |
| 125 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | Handy Mandy in Oz. | Chicago | 1937 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 517.00 |
| 126 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | The Hungry Tiger of Oz. | Chicago | 1926 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 747.00 |
| 127 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz. | Chicago | 1936 |
USD 50.00 - 250.00 | 316.00 |
| 128 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | Kabumpo in Oz. | Chicago | 1922 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 316.00 |
| 129 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | Ojo in Oz. | Chicago | 1933 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 92.00 |
| 130 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | Pirates in Oz. | Chicago | 1931 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 201.00 |
| 131 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | The Purple Prince of Oz. | Chicago | 1932 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 431.00 |
| 132 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | The Royal Book of Oz. | Chicago | 1921 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 80.00 |
| 133 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | The Wishing Horse of Oz. | Chicago | 1935 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 431.00 |
| 134 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | The Yellow Knight of Oz. | Chicago | 1930 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 373.00 |
| 135 | Thompson, Ruth Plumley | Grampa in Oz * The Lost King of Oz. | Chicago | circa 1932 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 80.00 |
| 136 | SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE de | The Little Prince | New York | 1943 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 172.00 |
| 137 | SHEPARD, ERNEST H. | Fun and Fantasy: A Book of Drawings | London | 1927 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 126.00 |
| 138 | THUMB BIBLE | Bible History | New York | 1814 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 |
| 139 | CHURCHILL, WINSTON | Coniston | New York | 1906 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 |
| 140 | Craddock, Harry | The Savoy Cocktail Book | New York | 1930 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 103.00 |
| 141 | Kitchener, William | The Housekeeper's Oracle; or, Art of Domestic Management | London | 1829 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 316.00 |
| 142 | COOKERY | Group of 23 early 20th-century American recipe booklets and cookbooks | Vp | nd and 1900-09 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 103.00 |
| 143 | CRAIK, DINAH M. | John Halifax, Gentleman | London | 1856 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 258.00 |
| 144 | Tyrrell, Henry | The History of the War with Russia: giving full Details of the Operations of the Allied Armies | London | circa 1856 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 80.00 |
| 145 | Anstey, Christopher | The New Bath Guide ... New Edition | London | 1830 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 80.00 |
| 146 | Barham, R. H. | The Ingoldsby Legends. | London | 1852 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 115.00 |
| 147 | Barker, M. H. | Tough Yarns | London | 1835 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 69.00 |
| 148 | [Combe, William.] | The Life of Napoleon. A Hudibrastic Poem ... by Doctor Syntax | London | 1815 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 316.00 |
| 149 | Dalton, J. | The Gentleman in Black. | London | 1831 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 150 | Mayhew, Henry | The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys | London | 1851, 1851 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 138.00 |
| 151 | CRUIKSHANK, ISAAC ROBERT | Lessons of Thrift, published for General Benefit, by a Member of the Save-All Club | London | 1820 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 345.00 |
| 152 | ARISTOPHANES | L'Assemblee des Femmes | Paris | 1929 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 |
| 153 | ARROW, SIMON | Fanny's Nuptials: being the story of a Courtship | Np | 1907? |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 115.00 |
| 154 | BHARTRIHARI | Sententiae | Berlin | 1833 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 115.00 |
| 155 | BILDERLEXIKON Der Erotik. | Vienna and Leipzig | 1928-31 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 126.00 | |
| 156 | BOURDEILLE, PIERRE de | The Lives of Gallant Ladies | London | 1924 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 230.00 |
| 158 | CASANOVA de SEINGALT, GIACOMO GIROLAMO | Memoirs | London | 1929 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 |
| 159 | COLETTE, SIDONIE GABRIELLE | L'Ingenue Libertine | Paris | 1928 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 201.00 |
| 160 | LES CONTES de BOCCACE DECAMERON | Paris | 1934 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 92.00 | |
| 161 | COUVRAY, LOUVET de | Les Amours du Chevalier de Faublas | Paris | 1932 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 |
| 162 | COUVRAY, LOUVET de | Les Amours du Chevalier de Faublas | London | 1868 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 373.00 |
| 163 | EROS: Monatshefte fur Erotische Kunst | Vienna | 1920-21 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 115.00 | |
| 164 | FANIN, COLONEL | The Royal Museum at Naples | London | 1871 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 138.00 |
| 165 | FLORILEGE des CONTEURS GALANTS du XVIIIieme Siecle | Paris | 1932 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 103.00 | |
| 166 | FUCHS, EDUARD | Geschichte der Erotischen Kunst | Munich | circa 1923 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 |
| 167 | FUCHS, EDUARD | Illustrierte Sittengeschichte | Munich | 1909-12 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 |
| 168 | FUCHS, EDUARD | Illustrierte Sittengeschichte | Munich | 1909 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 57.00 |
| 169 | GAUTIER, THEOPHILE | Jean and Jeanette | Paris | circa 1894 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 126.00 |
| 170 | GAUTIER, THEOPHILE | Lettre a la Presidente--Voyage en Italie 1850 | Naples | 1890 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 |
| 171 | GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG von | Das Ubenteuer | Np | nd |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 115.00 |
| 172 | GRUSHENKA * MARITAL FROLICS | Paris, London | 1933;nd |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 149.00 | |
| 173 | LICHT, HANS [pseud, of PAUL ENGLISCH] | Sittengeschichte Griechenlands | Dresden | 1925-28 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 92.00 |
| 174 | THE LONDON APHRODITE | London | August-December, 1928 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 | |
| 175 | LOUYS, PIERRE | Oeuvres Choisies | Paris | 1949 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 103.00 |
| 176 | LOUYS, PIERRE | The Songs of Bilitis | Np | 1928 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 161.00 |
| 176A | MASUCCIO | The Novellino of Masuccio | London | 1895 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 177 | NERCIAT, ANDREA de | Monrose, ou le Libertin par Fatalite | Np | nd |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 373.00 |
| 178 | OVID | Liebesgedichte | Stuttgart | 1924 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 80.00 |
| 179 | PENN, JAMES | The Life of Miss Davis the farmer's daughter of Essex, who was seduced by her lover under a promise of marriage | Philadelphia | 1827 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 57.00 |
| 180 | PIERRUGUES, PIERRE | Glossarium eroticum linguae Latinae | Paris | 1826 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 57.00 |
| 181 | 40 GAULOISES Chansons de Salles de Garde | Np | nd |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 138.00 | |
| 181A | [Ashby, Pisanus.] | Bibliography of Prohibited Books by Pisanus Fraxi. 3 volumes * Rose, Alfred. Register of Erotic Books | London, New York | 1962, 1965 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 103.00 |
| 181B | RESTIF de la BRETONNE, NICHOLAS | Monsieur Nicolas or the Human Heart Unveiled | London | 1930 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 46.00 |
| 182 | ROTH, SAMUEL, editor | The Beau Book | New York | October, 1926-October, 1927 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 |
| 184 | SINISTRARE LODOVICO MARIA | Demoniality; or, Incubi and Succubi | Paris | 1879 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 115.00 |
| 185 | TIBULLUS, ALBUS | Das Buch Marathus | Berlin | 1923 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 186 | UZANNE, OCTAVE | L'Ombrelle. Le Gant--Le Manchon | Paris | 1883 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 201.00 |
| 187 | DER VENUSWAGEN | Berlin | vd |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 57.00 | |
| 188 | GROUP of 3 CARBON TYPESCRIPTS of explicitly erotic stories | Np | nd |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 316.00 | |
| 189 | GROUP of 3 EROTIC CLASSICS | Vp | vd |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 230.00 | |
| 190 | GROUP of 4 NOVELS depicting erotic punishment | Vp | Vd |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 201.00 | |
| 192 | DICKENS, CHARLES | American Notes for General Circulation | London | 1842 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 201.00 |
| 193 | DICKENS, CHARLES | Dombey and Son | London | 1848 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 201.00 |
| 194 | DICKENS, CHARLES | Little Dorrit | London | 1857 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 195 | DICKENS, CHARLES | Little Dorrit | London | nd |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 196 | DICKENS, CHARLES | Master Humphrey's Clock | London | 1840-41 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 201.00 |
| 197 | DICKENS, CHARLES | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | London | 1870 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 92.00 |
| 198 | DICKENS, CHARLES | Our Mutual Friend | London | 1865 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 |
| 199 | DICKENS, CHARLES | Pictures from Italy | London | 1846 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 805.00 |
| 200 | DICKENS, CHARLES | Tale of Two Cities | London | 1859 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 69.00 |
| 201 | DICKENS, CHARLES | All the Year Round. Extra Christmas Numbers for 1863, 1865 and 1866 | London | 1863; 1865; 1866 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 201.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
