Swann Galleries: 18th CENTURY LITERATURE. SETS & BINDINGS, CURIOSA., 1693,

Auction Details

Auction Date
May 18, 1995 - May 18, 1995
Page Size: 313 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
202 DICKENS, CHARLES Illustrations of Master Humphrey's Clock London

1842

USD 150.00 - 250.00 115.00
203 DISRAELI, ISAAC Curiosities of Literature London

1863

USD 80.00 - 120.00 172.00
204 DIXON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH Royal Windsor London

1879-80

USD 80.00 - 120.00 115.00
205 DORE, GUSTAVE The Legend of the Wandering Jew New York

circa 1860

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
206 DUMAS, ALEXANDRE, Fils Affaire Clemenceau, Memoire de l'Accuse Paris

1909

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
207 Ebers, G. Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque London

1885

USD 200.00 - 300.00 230.00
208 Maspero, G. Histoire Ancienne des Peuples de L'Orient Classique Paris

1895-99

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
209 ELIOT, GEORGE Romola London

1863

USD 250.00 - 350.00 92.00
210 EMERSON, RALPH WALDO The Conduct of Life Boston

1860

USD 80.00 - 120.00 115.00
211 EMERSON, RALPH WALDO Letters and Social Aims Boston

1876

USD 80.00 - 120.00 138.00
212 EMERSON, RALPH WALDO Society and Solitude Boston

1870

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
213 EVELYN, JOHN Memoirs ... Second Edition London

1819

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
214 EXHIBITION OF 1851 London

circa 1851

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
215 FIELDING, HENRY The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon Cambridge

1902

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
216 FLAXMAN, JOHN Lectures on Sculpture London

1838

USD 80.00 - 120.00 690.00
217 Beattie, James; and Collins, William FORE-EDGE PAINTING. London

1846

USD 300.00 - 500.00 632.00
218 Beattie, James; and Collins, William The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New Cambridge

1786

USD 300.00 - 500.00 517.00
219 Beattie, James; and Collins, William [Home, George.] Letters on Infidelity FIRST EDITION * A Letter to Adam Smith LL.D. on the Life, Death, and Philosophy of his Friend David Hume Esq. ... Second Edition Oxford

1784; 1777

USD 250.00 - 350.00 402.00
220 Beattie, James; and Collins, William, Macdiarmid, John Lives of British Statesmen ... New Edition London

1838

USD 300.00 - 400.00 920.00
221 Beattie, James; and Collins, William; Scott, Sir Walter Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border ... Fourth Edition Edinburgh

1810

USD 400.00 - 600.00 345.00
222 Beattie, James; and Collins, William, Segur, Philippe-Paul de Histoire de Russie et de Pierre-le-Grand Paris

1829

USD 250.00 - 350.00 230.00
223 Beattie, James; and Collins, William; Thomson, James The Seasons London

1793

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
224 FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY Short Studies on Great Subjects London

1879-1897

USD 80.00 - 120.00 161.00
225 FUCHS, EDUARD Die Juden in der Karikatur Munich

1921

USD 80.00 - 120.00 149.00
226 FUCHS, EDUARD Die Karikatur der Europaischen Volker Munich

1921

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
227 GALT, JOHN Annals of the Parrish: or, The Chronicle of Dalmailing; During the Ministry of the Reverend Micah Balwhidder. Written by Himself Edinburgh

1821

USD 100.00 - 150.00 258.00
228 GASKELL, ELIZABETH C. Cranford London

1853

USD 200.00 - 300.00 201.00
229 GIBBON, EDWARD The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ... New Edition London

1809

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
231 GOLDSMITH, OLIVER The Vicar of Wakefield Boston

nd

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
232 GRANDVILLE, J. J.; Forgues, Paul Emile Durand Petites Miseres de la Vie Humaine by Old Nick and Grandville Paris

1843

USD 250.00 - 350.00 161.00
233 GRESSET, JEAN BAPTISTE LOUIS Oeuvres Paris

1811

USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
234 GRONOW, CAPTAIN Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gro-now. London

1892

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
235 HAMMER-PURGSTALL, JOSEPH, Freiherr von Geschichte der Schoenen Redekuenste Persiens, mit einer Bluethenlese aus zweyhundert persischen Dichtern Vienna

1818

USD 150.00 - 250.00 103.00
236 HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table Boston

1858

USD 80.00 - 120.00 92.00
237 KEEPSAKE FRANCAIS, ou Souvenir de Litterature Contemporaine Paris

1831

USD 350.00 - 500.00 201.00
238 KIPLING, RUDYARD Captains Courageous London

1897

USD 200.00 - 300.00 431.00
239 KIPLING, RUDYARD Just So Stories for Little Children London

1902

USD 100.00 - 150.00 149.00
240 LACROIX, PAUL Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance Paris

1848-51

USD 100.00 - 150.00 230.00
241 LAVATER, JOHANN KASPAR The Whole Works ... on Physiognomy London

circa 1800?

USD 200.00 - 300.00 345.00
242 LEECH, JOHN Pictures of Life and Character from the Collection of Mr. Punch. London

1887

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
243 Daniel-Rops LE LIVRE d'HEURES du DUC LOUIS de SAVOIE Np

1959

USD 80.00 - 120.00 69.00
244 Engraved illustrations. London

1841-43

USD 100.00 - 150.00 316.00
245 LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH The Courtship of Miles Standish Boston

1858

USD 350.00 - 500.00 862.00
246 LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH The Masque of Pandora and other Poems Boston

1875

USD 80.00 - 120.00 488.00
247 MADDEN, RICHARD ROBERT The Mussulman London

1830

USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
248 MARTIN, H. BRADLEY The Library New York & Monaco

1989-90

USD 80.00 - 120.00 126.00
249 MAUPASSANT, GUY de En Famille Paris

1905

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
250 MAYHEW, AUGUSTUS Paved with Gold; or, The Romance and Reality of the London Streets. An Unfashionable Novel London

1857-58

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
251 MAYHEW, HENRY London Labour and the London Poor London

1861-62

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
252 MELVILLE, HERMAN The Piazza New York

1856

USD 400.00 - 600.00 1,035.00
253 MILL, JOHN STUART The Subjection of Women New York

1869

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
254 MINIATURE Serments d'amour Zurich

1953

USD 100.00 - 150.00 57.00
255 MINIATURE A Curious Hieroglyphic Bible; or, select passages in the Old and New Testaments represented with Emblematical Figures for the Amusement of Youth London

1822

USD 100.00 - 150.00 103.00
256 MISSALE ROMANUM Kempten

1841

USD 80.00 - 120.00 316.00
257 NUMISMATICS Tableau des Monnaies d'Or et d'Argent des Principaux Etats du Monde Paris

mid-19th century

USD 150.00 - 250.00 92.00
258 ONWHYN, THOMAS; Cockton, Henry George St. George Julian, the Prince Philadelphia

1842

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
259 ONWHYN, THOMAS; Cockton, Henry Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist London

nd

USD 100.00 - 150.00 149.00
260 ONWHYN, THOMAS Group of 4 booklets with engraved comic illustrations by Onwhyn London

vd

USD 80.00 - 120.00 126.00
261 PAGE, THOMAS NELSON The Works New York

1906-09

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,725.00
262 PASCAL, BLAISE Moralistes Francais. Pensees de Blaise Pascal; reflexions et maximes de La Rochefoucauld Paris

1855

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
263 PASCAL, BLAISE Texte Primitif des Lettres Provinciales de Blaise Pascal Paris

1867

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
264 Boaden, James The Life of Mrs. Jordan (PERFORMING ARTS.) London

1831

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
265 Duchartre, Pierre Louis La Comedie Italienne (PERFORMING ARTS.) Paris

1925

USD 100.00 - 150.00 172.00
266 Soulie de Morant, George Theatre et Musique Modernes en Chine. Avec une Etude Technique de la Musique Chinoise et Transcriptions pour Piano par Andre Gailhard(PERFORMING ARTS.) Paris

1926

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
267 PICTURESQUE AMERICA New York

1872

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
268 PICTURESQUE AMERICA New York

1872-74

USD 200.00 - 300.00 230.00
269 PICTURESQUE EUROPE: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil New York

1875-79

USD 100.00 - 150.00 138.00
270 PICTURESQUE PALESTINE SINAI AND EGYPT New York

1881

USD 200.00 - 300.00 201.00
271 POE, EDGAR ALLAN The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym New York

1838

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 920.00
272 POE, EDGAR ALLAN The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840 Philadelphia

1839

USD 200.00 - 300.00 126.00
273 POLLARD, ALFRED W. Henry VIII. London

1902

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
274 PORTRAITS Album du Rappel Paris

circa 1872?

USD 100.00 - 150.00 138.00
275 PORTRAITS Galerie des Charges et Croquis des celebrites de l'epoque Paris

1839

USD 150.00 - 250.00 201.00
276 PORTRAITS Societe Montyon et Franklin 1833-1834: Portraits et Histoire des hommes utiles Paris

1833-35

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
278 PRESCOTT, WILLIAM. H. Works London

late 19th century

USD 300.00 - 500.00 632.00
279 RAMSAY, ALLAN The Poems of Allan Ramsay London

1800

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
280 ROWLANDSON, THOMAS; Combe, William The First [-Third] Tours of Doctor Syntax London

1812-21

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 805.00
281 ROWLANDSON, THOMAS; Combe, William he First [-Third] Tours of Doctor Syntax London

1823

USD 200.00 - 300.00 402.00
282 ROWLANDSON, THOMAS The Grand Master: or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan ... by Quiz London

1816

USD 200.00 - 300.00 258.00
283 RUSKIN, JOHN The Works London

1903-12

USD 400.00 - 600.00 258.00
284 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Private News Letter. No. 556 St. Petersburg

1917

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
284A SARCEY, FRANCISQUE Le Theatre Paris

1893

USD 150.00 - 250.00 103.00
285 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies London

1623; 1632; 1664; 1685 [i.e. Methuen, 1904-10]

USD 350.00 - 500.00 402.00
286 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Works of Shakespeare with notes by Charles Knight London and New York

circa 1885

USD 100.00 - 150.00 149.00
287 SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD Collected Works New York

1930-32

USD 200.00 - 300.00 258.00
288 SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE The Carl Pforzheimer Library: Shelley and his Circle, 1773-1822 Cambridge

1961

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
289 SMOLLETT, TOBIAS The Regicide: or, James the First of Scotland. A Tragedy London

1749

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
290 SOPHOCLES Tragoediae Leipzig

1825

USD 100.00 - 150.00 201.00
291 SOUTHEY, ROBERT The Doctor London

1834-47

USD 250.00 - 350.00 488.00
292 SPENCER, HERBERT Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical New York

1861

USD 80.00 - 120.00 46.00
293 STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS When the Devil was Well New York

1921

USD 60.00 - 90.00 46.00
294 STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly Boston

1852

USD 600.00 - 900.00 1,610.00
295 SURTEES, ROBERT SMITH Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities ... Third Edition London

1869

USD 150.00 - 250.00 172.00
296 SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON The Renaissance in Italy London

1906-07

USD 100.00 - 150.00 230.00
297 THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE The History of Henry Esmond London

1852

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
298 THOREAU, HENRY DAVID Excursions Boston

1863

USD 150.00 - 250.00 92.00
299 TUCKERMAN, BAYARD Life of General Lafayette London

1889

USD 80.00 - 120.00 316.00
300 TUER, ANDREW The Book of Delightful and Strange Designs ... of the Art of the Japanese Stencil-Cutter London

1893

USD 100.00 - 150.00 258.00
301 TURNER, J. M. W., Ritchie, Leitch Turner's Annual Tour London

1833-35

USD 200.00 - 300.00 230.00
302 TURNER, J. M. W. Turner's Celebrated Landscapes London

1870

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
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