Swann Galleries: SWANN GALLERIES, INC., AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS OF Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1961, AT 2 P. M., Exhibition from October 24th To Time of Sale. A FINE COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON TYPOGRAPHY (L, 576,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 02, 1961 - November 02, 1961

Page Size: 332 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		AMERICAN CHAP-BOOK. Group of 15 issues, as below	Jersey City	1904	USD -	Unknown
2		AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC ARTS		1922	USD -	Unknown
3		AMERICAN PRINTER, The	New York	1926	USD -	Unknown
4		AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY. Desk Book of Type Specimens, Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules and Cuts		1900	USD -	Unknown
5		AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY		1906	USD -	Unknown
6		AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY. American Specimen Book of Type Styles	Jersey City	1912	USD -	Unknown
7		AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY. Specimen Book and Catalogue	Jersey City	1923	USD -	Unknown
8		AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY. Specimen Book of American Line Type Faces...			USD -	Unknown
9		AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY. Group of about 20 type-specimen brochures, for Cleland Ornaments and Borders			USD -	Unknown
10		AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY. Group of about 20 type-specimen brochures, for Chaucer Text and Bewick Roman			USD -	Unknown
11		AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY. Group of about 25 type-specimen brochures, for Cheltenham Perpetual Calendars			USD -	Unknown
12		AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY. Group of 14 posters, as below for outings, etc.			USD -	Unknown
13		AMERICAN TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOKS. Bruce Type Foundry...			USD -	Unknown
14		AMERICAN TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOKS. Group of 7 volumes, issued by Aldus Printers; Mergenthaler...			USD -	Unknown
15		AMERICAN TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOKS. Group of 8 volumes			USD -	Unknown
16		AMERICAN TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOKS. Inland Type Foundry...			USD -	Unknown
17		"AMSTERDAM" FONDERIE. Letterproef der Lettergieterij "Amsterdam," voorheen N. Tetterode	Amsterdam	1916	USD -	Unknown
18		ARS TYPOGRAPHICA: a Miscellany of the Printing Art	New York	1918	USD -	Unknown
19		ARS TYPOGRAPHICA. Volume II, complete in 4 numbers	New York	1925	USD -	Unknown
20		ARS TYPOGRAPHICA. Group of 11 issues, as below, of this distinguished periodical	New York	1918	USD -	Unknown
21	BACHE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN	Facsimile of his Specimen of Printing Types, circa 1790			USD -	Unknown
22		BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER. Barnharts Big Blue Book containing Specimens Superior Copper-Mixed Type . . .			USD -	Unknown
23	BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER	Specimen Book of Type, comprising a Large Variety of Superior Copper-Mixed Types	Chicago	1900	USD -	Unknown
24		BAUERSCHE GIESSEREI. Group of 8 type-specimen books, as below			USD -	Unknown
25		BLACK ARCHER PRESS. Willner, Sis. A Lady Thinks...	Chicago	1930	USD -	Unknown
26		BRITISH PRINTER, The: a Journal of the Graphic Arts	London	1891	USD -	Unknown
27		BRITISH TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOKS. Stephenson, Blake & Co. Lining Type...			USD -	Unknown
28		BROADSIDES. Group of over 25 finely printed broadsides, including numerous duplicates			USD -	Unknown
29		CASLON'S CIRCULAR: Published Quarterly for Gratuitous Circulation	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
30		CASLON, H. W. & CO. Specimens of Types & Borders...			USD -	Unknown
31	CHRISTIAN, ARTHUR	Origines de l'Imprimerie en France	Paris	1900	USD -	Unknown
32		CINCINNATI TYPE FOUNDRY. The Seventeenth Book of Specimens: Compact Edition	Cincinnati	1888	USD -	Unknown
33		DEBERNY & COMPAGNIE. Le Livret Typographique: Specimen de Caracteres...			USD -	Unknown
34		ENSCHEDE EN ZOONEN. Proeve van Letteren, welke Gegoten Worden in de Haarlemsche Lettergietery	Haarlem	1806	USD -	Unknown
35		ESPINOSA DE LOS MONTEROS y ARADIA, ANTONIO		1800	USD -	Unknown
36	FARMER, A. D., & SON	The Specimen Book of Types, Rules, Cuts, Borders, etc.	New York	1892	USD -	Unknown
37	Oliver Simon, editor	FLEURON, The: a Journal of Typography	London	1923	USD -	Unknown
38		FLINSCH. Schrift-Proben der Schriftgiesserei Flinsch	Frankfurt	1898	USD -	Unknown
39	FOURNIER, PIERRE SIMON, le Jeune	Manuel Typographique, utile aux Gens de Lettres	Paris	1764	USD -	Unknown
40		FRENCH TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOKS. Deberny & Peignot. Le Caractere Francais, dit le Tradition...			USD -	Unknown
41		GERMAN TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOKS. Genzsch & Heyse...			USD -	Unknown
42		GERMAN TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOKS. Rudhardsche Giesserei...			USD -	Unknown
43		GILDEA, DAVID, & CO. Specimen Book of Type Faces and Decorative Material...			USD -	Unknown
44	GOUDY, FREDERIC W.	Interesting collection of 14 ephemeral items, as below			USD -	Unknown
45	GOUDY, FREDERIC W.	Typographica: an Occasional Pamphlet	New York	1912	USD -	Unknown
46	Lang, Andrew	GRABHORN PRESS. Old French Title Pages	San Francisco	1924	USD -	Unknown
47	GRESS, EDMUND G.	The Art & Practice of Typography: a Manual of American Printing	New York	1917	USD -	Unknown
48		GUTENBERG PRESS. Broadside containing the Beatitudes, in English, finely illuminated in colors and gold	Chicago	1934	USD -	Unknown
49		INLAND TYPE FOUNDRY. Specimen Book & Catalog	Chicago	1906	USD -	Unknown
50	JENSON, NICOLAS	The Last Will and Testament	Chicago	1928	USD -	Unknown
51	JOHNSON, JOHN	Typographia, or the Printers' Instructor, including an Account of the Origin of Printing, with Biographical Notices	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
52		JOURNAL FUER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST, Schriftgiesserei und die Verwandten Faecher	Braunschweig & Amsterdam	1837	USD -	Unknown
53		KEYSTONE TYPE FOUNDRY. Catalogue and Specimen Book . . . Type, Materials, Furniture	Philadelphia	1915	USD -	Unknown
54		KEYSTONE TYPE FOUNDRY. Group of 12 type-specimen books, as below			USD -	Unknown
55		KLINGSPOR, GEBRUEDER. Group of 12 fine specimen books for special types		1910	USD -	Unknown
56		LABORATORY PRESS. Carnegie Institute of Technology	Pittsburgh	1924	USD -	Unknown
57		LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH COMPANY. Ludlow Typefaces: a Specimen Book of Matrix Fonts	Chicago	1930	USD -	Unknown
58	MacKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN FOUNDRY	Type Specimens: Ornamental Borders, Corners, Brass Rules, Emblems, Body Type	Philadelphia	1894	USD -	Unknown
59	McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C.	Bibliography of the Education and Care of Crippled Children	New York	1913	USD -	Unknown
60		McMURTRIE. Specimen of Types in General Use at the Conde Nast Press	Greenwich, Conn.	1923	USD -	Unknown
61		McMURTRIE. A Note Regarding Script Types	New York	1925	USD -	Unknown
62		McMURTRIE. Original Manuscript, unsigned, of the Preface to his "Bibliography of Type Specimens prior to 1800"	New York	1926	USD -	Unknown
63		McMURTRIE. The First Printing in South America: Facsimile of the Unique Copy of the "Pragmatica sobre los Diez Dias del Ano," Lima, 1584	Providence	1926	USD -	Unknown
64		McMURTRIE. The First Printers of Chicago	Chicago	1927	USD -	Unknown
65		McMURTRIE. The First Printers of Chicago	Chicago	1927	USD -	Unknown
66		McMURTRIE. The Golden Book: the Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking --- Past and Present	Chicago	1927	USD -	Unknown
67		McMURTRIE. The First Printing in the Province of Quebec	Chicago	1928	USD -	Unknown
68		McMURTRIE. Early Printing in New Orleans, 1764-1810	New Orleans	1929	USD -	Unknown
69		McMURTRIE. Modern Typography & Layout	Chicago	1929	USD -	Unknown
70	McMURTRIE & Allen, Albert H.	Jotham Meeker, Pioneer Printer of Kansas; with a Bibliography of the Known Issues of the Baptist Mission Press, 1834-54	Chicago	1930	USD -	Unknown
71		McMURTRIE. The Beginnings of Printing in Utah	Chicago	1931	USD -	Unknown
72		McMURTRIE. The Corrector of the Press in the Early Days of Printing. Greenwich...			USD -	Unknown
73		McMURTRIE. Jean Guttemberg. One of 190 copies...			USD -	Unknown
74		McMURTRIE. The Cost-Finding System of a French Printer in the Eighteenth Century...			USD -	Unknown
75		McMURTRIE. The Printing Plant of the Oxford University Press...			USD -	Unknown
76		McMURTRIE. Group of 8 monographs, as below	New York	1926	USD -	Unknown
77		McMURTRIE. Typographic Ornament. One of 90 copies; inscribed...			USD -	Unknown
78		MEERMAN, GERARD. Uitvinding der Boekdrukkunst, getrokken uit het Latynsch Werk van Henrik Gockinga	Amsteldam	1767	USD -	Unknown
79	MEYER, WILHELM J.	Die Franzoesischen Drucker- und Verlegerzeichen des XV	Muenchen	1926	USD -	Unknown
80	MILLER AND RICHARD	Specimens of Book, Newspaper, and Job Types	Edinburgh and London	1892	USD -	Unknown
81	MORISON, STANLEY	On Type Faces	London	1923	USD -	Unknown
82		PELICAN PRESS. The Types, Borders, Ornaments, Initial Letters, Flowers & Decorations of the Press	London	1921	USD -	Unknown
83		POLHEMUS, JOHN, PRINTING CO. Specimens of Type Faces, Stock Cuts, Initials, Logotypes, etc.	New York	1892	USD -	Unknown
84		PRINTER, The: a Monthly Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the "Art Preservative of All Arts	Huntington	1859	USD -	Unknown
85		RACKHAM, ARTHUR: a List of Books Illustrated by Him. Compiled by Frederick Coykendall		1922	USD -	Unknown
86	Bernard, Auguste	ROGERS, BRUCE. Geofroy Tory, Painter and Engraver, First Royal Printer, Reformer of Orthography and Typography under Francois I		1909	USD -	Unknown
87	Frederic Warde	ROGERS, BRUCE: Designer of Books	Cambridge	1925	USD -	Unknown
88		RYAN, JOHN, & CO. Specimens and Price List of Type and Printing Material	Baltimore	1887	USD -	Unknown
89		SCHELTER & GIESECKE. Interesting group of 9 type-specimen books, etc.			USD -	Unknown
90		STEPHENSON, BLAKE & CO. Printing Types, Borders, Initials, Electros, Brass Rules, Spacing Material, Ornaments	Sheffield	1924	USD -	Unknown
91		TYPE-SPECIMENS. Two Broadsides, one exhibiting types of the Currier Press, the other, types and borders of the Advertising Agencies' Service Company			USD -	Unknown
92		TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOKS. Nebiolo & Co. Campionario, Caratteri e Fregi Tipografici...			USD -	Unknown
93		TYPE-SPECIMEN BOOKS. Group of 12 items		1910	USD -	Unknown
94		TYPOGRAPHY. Goudy. The Story of the Village Type...			USD -	Unknown
95		TYPOGRAPHY. London Times. Printing in the 20th Century...			USD -	Unknown
96		TYPOGRAPHY. Updike. In the Day's Work...			USD -	Unknown
97		TYPOGRAPHY. Typographia: an Ode on Printing, 1730...			USD -	Unknown
98		TYPOGRAPHY. Group of about 35 monographs, pamphlets, etc.			USD -	Unknown
99		TYPOGRAPHY. Collection of about 200 small brochures for various fonts of type			USD -	Unknown
100	WESTREENEN, W. J. H. van	Verhandeling over de Uitvinding der Boekdrukkunst, in Holland Oorspronkelijk Uitgedacht, te Strattsburg Verbeterd en te Mentz Voltooid	Hage	1809	USD -	Unknown

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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.
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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.

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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.