Swann Galleries: CHILDRENS BOOKS., 1102,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 11, 1978 - May 11, 1978

Page Size: 522 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
401		PRIMERS.	Vp		USD 35.00 - 50.00	16.00
402	Cynthia Asquith & Eileen Bigland	PRINCESS ELIZABETH GIFT BOOK	London	1933	USD 30.00 - 40.00	30.00
403		PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF THE CITY OF LONDON DESCRIBED.	London	1831	USD 50.00 - 75.00	15.00
404		PUCK'S YULE FAGGOT: a Selection from Puck's Post-Bag for 1871 & 1872.	Winchester	1873	USD 40.00 - 60.00	14.00
405	PUNCH & JUDY	Dean & Son's Moveable Book of the Royal Punch & Judy as played before the Queen at Windsor Castle & the Crystal Palace.	London	1859	USD 100.00 - 150.00	140.00
406	ERICH KLOSSOWSKI	PUPPET THEATER.	Berlin	1912	USD 80.00 - 120.00	35.00
407	PYLE, HOWARD	The Wonder Clock.	New York	1888	USD 35.00 - 50.00	17.00
408	PYLE, HOWARD	Otto of the Silver Hand.	New York	1888	USD 60.00 - 90.00	40.00
409	PYLE, HOWARD	The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood ? The Story of Sir Launcelot and his Companions.	New York	1897, 1907	USD 35.00 - 50.00	70.00
410	PYLE, HOWARD; W. D. Howells; Justus Miles Forman	Twilight Land. 1895 * The Story of Sir Launcelot and his Com panions., Stops of Various Quills, The Island of Enchant ment	New York	1907, 1895, 1905	USD 50.00 - 75.00	95.00
411	PYLE, HOWARD	Book of the American Spirit.	New York	1923	USD 60.00 - 90.00	80.00
412	PYLE, HOWARD	The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.	New York	1933	USD 100.00 - 150.00	40.00
413	PYLE, HOWARD	The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.	New York	1939	USD 30.00 - 40.00	13.00
414	PYLE, HOWARD, Holmes, O. W.	The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.	Cambridge	1894	USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
415	PYLE, HOWARD. Saxby, Jessie M. E.	Snow Dreams, or Funny Fancies for Little Folks.	Edinburgh	1882	USD 30.00 - 40.00	20.00
416	A. C. Benson and Sir Lawrence Weaver	QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE.	London	1924	USD 200.00 - 300.00	185.00
417	RACKHAM, ARTHUR. Browne, Maggie	The Surprising Adventures of Tuppy and Tue.	London	1904	USD 80.00 - 120.00	250.00
418	RACKHAM, ARTHUR. Irving, Washington	Rip Van Winkle.	New York	1916	USD 60.00 - 90.00	90.00
419	RACKHAM, ARTHUR. Merriman, Henry Seton	The Grey Lady.	London	1905	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
420	RANKIN, EMILY ELIZABETH	Ellen Cameron, a Tale for Youth.	London	1829	USD 30.00 - 40.00	40.00
421		REBECCA THE JEWESS, a Tale.	London	circa 1850	USD 30.00 - 40.00	50.00
422		RECREATIONS INSTRUCTIVES, tirees de l'Education Nouvelle publie a Paris sous la direction de Jules Delbrueck.	Paris	circa 1860-62	USD 30.00 - 40.00	13.00
423	REINICK, R.	The King of Root Valley and his Curious Daughter: a Fairy Tale.	London	1856	USD 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
424	RENARDO AND GOOSIANA	The History of the Prince Renardo and the Lady Goosiana.	London	1833	USD 100.00 - 150.00	50.00
425	RHEAD, LOUIS	Group of 6 original pen-and-ink drawings for chapter-headings in the illustrated Scribner edition of The Arabian Nights, as below.		1916	USD 350.00 - 500.00	325.00
426	RHEAD, LOUIS	Group of 4 original pen-and-ink drawings for Cooper's "Deer-slayer," as below.			USD 250.00 - 350.00	275.00
427	RHEAD, LOUIS	Another group of 4 pen-and-ink drawings for the "Deerslayer," as below.			USD 200.00 - 300.00	190.00
428	RHEAD, LOUIS	Another group of 3 pen-and-ink drawings for the "Deerslayer," as below.			USD 150.00 - 200.00	165.00
429	RICHARDSON, THOMAS	Group of 5 of his six-pence chapbooks, as below.	Derby	circa 1840	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
430	Peter Puzzlecap	RIDDLER'S RIDDLE BOOK: or a Choice Collection of Riddles.	Banbury	circa 1820	USD 40.00 - 60.00	40.00
431		ROBIN HOOD, being a Complete History of all the Notable and Merry Exploits ...	London	1818	USD 40.00 - 60.00	12.00
432	ROBINSON, THOMAS ROMNEY	Poems, written between the Age of Seven and Thirteen, with a Short Account of the Author.	Brooklyn	1808	USD 30.00 - 40.00	14.00
433	ROBINSONADE	Malles de Beaulieu, Mme.	Paris	1827	USD 35.00 - 50.00	14.00
434		ROBINSONADES.	Vp		USD 60.00 - 90.00	18.00
435	ROJANKOVSKY, FEDOR	Daniel Boone: Historic Adventures of an American Hunter among the Indians.	Paris	1931	USD 40.00 - 60.00	13.00
436	ROWLEY, HUGH	Sage Stuffing for Green Goslings; or, Saws for the Goose and Saws for the Gander.	London	1872	USD 30.00 - 40.00	15.00
437	RUSKIN, JOHN	The King of the Golden River; or, The Black Brothers: a Legend of Stiria.	London	1851	USD 70.00 - 100.00	80.00
438	RUSSELL, JOHN	The Adventures of the Guildford Jack-Daw, interspersed with Anecdotes of some Little Good and Bad Boys; for the Use of Children.	Guildford	circa 1795	USD 150.00 - 200.00	60.00
439		RUSSIA. Travels in European Russia, compiled from the Most Recent Authorities.	Dublin	1826	USD 30.00 - 40.00	13.00
440	Ershov, P.; Kassili; Pushkin; Barto; Ilyin	RUSSIAN JUVENILES., Koneki Gorbunoki: Russaya Skazka., Uchenik Charodeya., Skazka o Rybake i Rybke., Bratishki., Nan Avtomobili Uchilsya Choditi.	Berlin, Moscow	1922, 1934, 1936, 1936, 1937, 1922	USD 30.00 - 40.00	40.00
441		RUSSIAN READING BOOK.	St. Petersburg	1861	USD 40.00 - 60.00	14.00
442	ST. NICHOLAS	Group of 30 issues of this unsurpassed American monthly, including 11 issues for the 1880's and 19 for the 1910's	New York		USD 20.00 - 30.00	19.00
443	SALZMANN, C. G.	Gymnastics for Youth: or a Practical Guide to Healthful and Amusing Exercises for the Use of Schools.	Philadelphia	1803	USD 70.00 - 100.00	75.00
444		Charming early American sampler, stitched by "Ann Carrington Aged 10 years, 1799," including alphabet and numerals through 11, arranged in 5 rows, plus 2 rows showing several fanciful crowns in colors, and concluding with the child's name and date.	American	1799	USD 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
445		Charming sampler stitched by "Mary Ann Venson aged 13 Yrs," including alphabet, numerals to 13, her name and age, all within a framework of colored leaf design, with the intervening space filled with two flowerpots, two birds on branches, three trees with	American	circa 1800	USD 100.00 - 150.00	40.00
446	SANDHAM, ELIZABETH	The Godmother's Tales.	London	1808	USD 30.00 - 40.00	14.00
447	SARG, TONY	Wells, Carveth. The Jungle Man and his Animals.	New York	1925	USD 30.00 - 40.00	12.00
448		SCAPEGRACE OF THE SCHOOL, or The Adventures of Dick Lightheart.	London	nd	USD 30.00 - 40.00	13.00
449	SCHAEFFLER, ALBERT	Christliches Bilder-Buechlein fuer Kinder.	Einsiedeln	1846	USD 30.00 - 40.00	13.00
450	SECCOMBE, THOMAS S.	Comic Sketches from English History, for Children of Various Ages, with Descriptive Rhymes.	London	1884	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
451	SELLON, WILLIAM	An Abridgement of the Holy Scripture.	London	1794	USD 50.00 - 75.00	17.00
452	SERLE, AMBROSE	The Christian Parent, or Short and Plain Discourses concerning God ... intended originally for some Young Persons in a Family.	New-York	1791	USD 30.00 - 40.00	14.00
453	SETON-THOMPSON, ERNEST	Lives of the Hunted., Two Little Savages., Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac., Wild Animals at Home., Johnny Bear and other Stories from Lives of the Hunted.	New York, London	1901, 1903, 1905, 1913, Nd, 1901-03	USD 30.00 - 40.00	55.00
454	SEWELL, HELEN	Group of 7 original pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate her own book "Peggy and her Pup."		1941	USD 200.00 - 300.00	275.00
455	SIDNEY, MARGARET	Five Little Peppers and How They Grew.	Boston	1880	USD 50.00 - 75.00	15.00
456		SIMPLE VERSES on Our Dumb Friends.	London	circa 1875	USD 40.00 - 60.00	20.00
457	SINBAD	The History of Sindbad, the Sailor, containing an Account of his Seven Surprising Voyages.	Glasgow	1819	USD 100.00 - 150.00	19.00
458		SOME FEW DIRECTIONS RELATING TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, for the Instruction of Children, and chiefly for teaching them the great Duty of Humility.	London	1751	USD 60.00 - 90.00	17.00
459	SOMERSET, LADY H.	Our Village Life.	London	1884	USD 30.00 - 40.00	13.00
460	SOUTHEY, ROBERT	The Story of the Three Bears.	London	1848	USD 80.00 - 120.00	35.00
461	SOUTHEY, ROBERT	The Doctor, &c.	London	1849	USD 30.00 - 40.00	13.00
462		SPANISH COLOR PLATE JUVENILES.	Paris	circa 1880	USD 20.00 - 30.00	12.00
463	Josep Obiols	SPANISH REVOLUTIONARY JUVENILE.	Catalunya	1937	USD 35.00 - 50.00	20.00
464		SPELLING-DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, on a New Plan, for the Use of Young Gentlemen, Ladies, and Foreigners.	London	1760	USD 50.00 - 75.00	65.00
465	STEINBERG, JUDAH	The Breakfast of the Birds, and Other Stories.	Philadelphia	1917	USD 35.00 - 50.00	16.00
466		STORY OF LITTLE DICK AND HIS PLAYTHINGS: showing how a Naughty Boy became a Good one ... for all Little Masters and Misses in the British Empire.	Glasgow	1823	USD 40.00 - 60.00	90.00
467	STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER	Uncle Tom's Cabin.	Leipzig	1852	USD 35.00 - 50.00	17.00
468	STRANG, WILLIAM	A Book of Giants.	London	1898	USD 35.00 - 50.00	16.00
469	STRATEMEYER, EDWARD	A Young Volunteer in Cuba * Fighting in Cuban Waters * The Campaign of the Jungle.	Boston	1899-99-1900	USD 30.00 - 40.00	17.00
470	SULLIVAN, WILLIAM FRANCIS	The History of Mr. Rightway and his Pupils.	London	Jun., 1816	USD 40.00 - 60.00	22.50
471	SWIFT, JONATHAN	The Adventures of Captain Gulliver, in a Voyage to the Islands of Lilliput and Brobdignag, Abridged.	London	circa 1803	USD 80.00 - 120.00	80.00
472		TALES OF TO-DAY, OR MODERN FACTS, containing Narratives of the Most Extraordinary Occurrences of Recent Date.	London	1825	USD 35.00 - 50.00	20.00
473	TAYLOR, JANE and ANN	Rural Scenes or a Peep into the Country for Children.	London	1818	USD 50.00 - 75.00	19.00
474	TENNIEL, SIR JOHN	Original pencil sketch for Punch, showing Gladstone as a medieval knight, scaling a rocky cliff to reach the House of Lords; spear-carriers below him await his command.		1893	USD 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
475	THACKERAY, W. M.	The Awful History of Bluebeard.	New York	1924	USD 60.00 - 90.00	55.00
476	THOMAS, DYLAN	A Child's Christmas in Wales.	New Directions	1954	USD 30.00 - 40.00	14.00
477	Lily, Carrie & Floss	THREE GOOD FRIENDS, THE	London	circa 1880	USD 40.00 - 60.00	40.00
478		TOM THUMB'S PLAY-BOOK, to Teach Children their Letters as soon as they can Speak.	Carlisle	1819	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
479	TRADES	An History of Useful Arts and Manufactures.	London	circa 1825	USD 35.00 - 50.00	14.00
480	TRAILL, MRS	Afar in the Forest, or Pictures of Life and Scenery in the Wilds of Canada.	London	1873	USD 30.00 - 40.00	45.00
481		TRAVELLER, THE: or an Entertaining Journey round the Habitable Globe: a Novel and Easy Method of Studying Geography.	London	circa 1820	USD 50.00 - 75.00	25.00
482	TRIMMER, SARAH	A Scripture Catechism.	London	1808, 1811	USD 35.00 - 50.00	14.00
483	TRIMMER, MRS	A Series of Prints, designed to illustrate the Ancient History * ditto, The English History.	London	1828	USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
484	TUER, ANDREW W.	History of the Horn-Book.	London	1896	USD 60.00 - 90.00	90.00
485	UPTON, FLORENCE K.	Two works illustrated by her, as below.	London	1894, 1896	USD 50.00 - 75.00	110.00
486		The History of Valentine and Orson.		circa 1790	USD 100.00 - 150.00	60.00
487	VAUX, FRANCES BOWYER	Henry: a Story intended for Little Boys and Girls from Five to Seven Years Old.	London	Jun., 1815-16	USD 60.00 - 90.00	35.00
488	Hughes; Corbet; Hood; Ewing	VICTORIAN JUVENILES. Denison. Among the Squirrels, Tom Brown's School-Days, Mince-Pie Island, From Nowhere to the North Pole, Brothers of Pity, Lilliput Levee * and others.	London	late 19th century	USD 35.00 - 50.00	14.00
489	Stevenson; Jones; Kingston; MacDonald; Eivind	VICTORIAN JUVENILES., Child's Garden of Verses, A Modern Red Riding Hood, The Wanderers, in the Wilds of Trinidad, The Princess and the Goblin, Finnish Legends * and others.	London	late 19th century	USD 35.00 - 50.00	14.00
490	S. W.	VISIT TO LONDON, containing a Description of the Principal Curiosities in the British Metropolis.	London	1805	USD 150.00 - 200.00	70.00
491	WADSWORTH, BENJAMIN	The Weil-Ordered Family, or Relative Duties ... about Family Prayer, Duties of Husbands & Wives, Duties of Parents & Children, Duties of Masters & Servants.	Boston	1719	USD 80.00 - 120.00	18.00
492	WAKEFIELD, PRISCILLA	Group of 3 volumes, as below.	London		USD 40.00 - 60.00	16.00
493		WALLIS CHAPBOOKS.	London	circa 1810	USD 150.00 - 200.00	70.00
494	WASHINGTON; Corry, John	Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious General George Washington ... dedicated to the Youth of America.	N. Haven	1810	USD 30.00 - 40.00	13.00
495	WATTS, ISAAC	Catechisms: or, Instructions in the Principles of the Christian Religion, and the History of Scripture, composed for Children and Youth.	London	1730	USD 100.00 - 150.00	17.00
496	WATTS, ISAAC	Group of 3 toy-book style selections of his songs, etc., as below		Early 19th century	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
497	WEBSTER, NOAH	Printed Document Signed, being a certificate to Elias Beers for one of the 100 shares in the Union School House, "together with its appurtenances."	New-Haven	Jan. 20, 1802	USD 60.00 - 90.00	45.00
498	WEEMS, MASON L.	Das Leben des Georg Waschington, mit Sonderbaren Anecdoten.	Baltimore	1817	USD 60.00 - 90.00	22.50
499	WEEMS, MASON L.	Das Leben des Georg Waschington, mit Sonderbaren Anecdoten ...	Baltimore	1817	USD 30.00 - 40.00	14.00
500	WELLS, H. G.	Floor Games.	London	1911	USD 40.00 - 60.00	14.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.