Swann Galleries: SWANN GALLERIES, INC., AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS OF Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, 1971 at 2 PM, Exhibition from November 8th to Time of Sale. ENGLISH LITERATURE & HISTORY, FIRST EDITIONS * SET, 862,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 11, 1971 - November 11, 1971

Page Size: 337 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		ABBEY ILLUSTRATIONS. Old Songs...	New York		USD -	Unknown
2	A'BECKETT, GILBERT A.	The Comic History of England...	London		USD -	Unknown
3	ADAMS, JAMES TRUSLOW	History of the United States	New York	1933	USD -	Unknown
4	Kolben, Peter	AFRICA. The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope	London		USD -	Unknown
5	Lyon, Captain G. F.	AFRICA. A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa in 1818-20	London	1821	USD -	Unknown
6	Sparrman, Andrew, M.D.	AFRICA. A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World, but chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, 1772-76	London	1786	USD -	Unknown
7	ALBACH, JAMES R.	Annals of the West, embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to 1856	Pittsburgh	1856	USD -	Unknown
8		ALCORAN OF LEWIS XIV, or the Political Testament of Cardinal Julius Mazarine, from the Italian Copy	London	1707	USD -	Unknown
9	Bicknell, Alexander	(ALFRED THE GREAT). The Life of Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-Saxons	London	1777	USD -	Unknown
10	Blakesley, Joseph W.	ALGERIA. Four Months in Algeria...	Cambridge	1859	USD -	Unknown
11		ALPINE. An Account of the Glacieres or Ice Alps in Savoy, in Two Letters, one from an English Gentleman, the other from Peter Martel...			USD -	Unknown
12		AMERICAN GIFT ANNUALS. The Pearl, for 1837...			USD -	Unknown
13		AMERICAN JUVENILES. McIntosh. Rose and Lillie Stanhope...	American	1850	USD -	Unknown
14		AMERICAN MERCURY. Volumes I-III...	New York	1924	USD -	Unknown
15	John Hervey, editor	AMERICAN RACE HORSES	New York		USD -	Unknown
16	Marsolier, B. J.	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Arnill, ou le Prisonnier Americain	Paris	1797	USD -	Unknown
17	Willard, Margaret W., Editor	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Letters on the American Revolution, 1774-76	Boston	1925	USD -	Unknown
18	James Maitland, editor	AMERICAN SLANG DICTIONARY	Chicago	1891	USD -	Unknown
19	(APPERLEY, CHARLES J.)	Sporting	London	1838	USD -	Unknown
20	Carlyle, J. D.	ARABIC. Specimens of Arabian Poetry, from the Earliest Time to the Extinction of the Khaliphat, with Some Account of the Authors	Cambridge	1796	USD -	Unknown
21		ARCHAEOLOGLA, or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity. Volumes I, II, and III	London	1770	USD -	Unknown
22		ARCTIC. Chart of the North Polar Sea	London	1855	USD -	Unknown
23	Petermann, Augustus	ARCTIC. The Search for Franklin: a Suggestion submitted to the British Public	London	1852	USD -	Unknown
24		ART AUCTIONS. Christie's Review of the Year, for 1962/63-1967/68...	London		USD -	Unknown
25	ASHE, THOMAS	The Spirit of "The Book," or Memoirs of Caroline Princess of Hasburgh, a Political and Amatory Romance	London	1811	USD -	Unknown
26	Bolton, Sol.	ATLAS. Geographia Antiqua Delineata, or Antient Geography . . . designed for the Use of Schools	London	1775	USD -	Unknown
27		ATLAS. Volume of plates for Barthelemy's "Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece"	Paris	1833	USD -	Unknown
28		AUTOGRAPHS. Facsimiles of Royal, Historical, Literary and other Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum	London	1899	USD -	Unknown
29		BAILY'S MAGAZINE OF SPORTS & PASTIMES. Volumes 1425	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
30	BALLARD, GEORGE	Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain who have been Celebrated for their Writings or Skill in the Learned Languages, Arts, and Sciences	Oxford	1752	USD -	Unknown
31	Wall, William	BAPTISM. The History of Infant-Baptism, in Two Parts	London	1707	USD -	Unknown
32	BARBER, JOHN W.	Connecticut Historical Collections	New Haven	1838	USD -	Unknown
33	BARBIER, A. A.	Dictionnaire des Ouvrage Anonymes	Paris		USD -	Unknown
34	BARCLAY, PATRICK	The Universal Traveller, or a Complete Account of the most Remarkable Voyages and Travels of Eminent Men of our own, and other Nations, to the present Time	London	1735	USD -	Unknown
35	(BARHAM, RICHARD H.)	The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
36	BARNUM, P. T.	BARNUM, P. T.: Life	Buffalo	1888	USD -	Unknown
37	BEARDSLEY, AUBREY	The Story of Venus and Tannhauser	New York	1927	USD -	Unknown
38		BIBLE. The Self-Interpreting Bible, containing the Sacred Text of the Old and New Testaments ...	New-York	1792	USD -	Unknown
39		BIBLE. The Holy Bible, reprinted according to the Authorised Version 1611	London	1924	USD -	Unknown
40	Smith, S.	BIBLE. The Compleat History of the Old and New Testament, or a Family Bible, with Critical and Explanatory Annotations ...	London	1735	USD -	Unknown
41		BIBLIOGRAPHY. London Institution. A Catalogue of the Library	London	1813	USD -	Unknown
42		BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Papers, Volumes 33-59	New York		USD -	Unknown
43	Sprague, William B., Editor	BINDING. Women of the Old and New Testament	New-York	1852	USD -	Unknown
44		BINDINGS. Group of 12 volumes of works by Maurice Maeterlinck	New York	1900	USD -	Unknown
45		BIRDS. Harvie-Brown. The Capercaillie in Scotland...	London and Edinburgh		USD -	Unknown
46		BIRDS. Smith, A. C. The Birds of Wiltshire...	London		USD -	Unknown
47		BOOK-AUCTION RECORDS: a Priced and Annotated Record of London Book Auctions	London		USD -	Unknown
48		BOOK AUCTION RECORDS. United States Cumulative Book Auction Records, for 1940-2 (two copies), 1943-4, and 1945-7	New York		USD -	Unknown
49		BOOK CATALOGUES. Remarkable collection of over 180 of the fine Bernard Quaritch catalogues, chiefly on natural history and other specialized subjects	London		USD -	Unknown
50		BOOK CATALOGUES. Collection of over 150 of the fine catalogues issued by MAGGS BROTHERS...	London		USD -	Unknown
51		BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA. Quarterly News-Letter	San Francisco		USD -	Unknown
52		BOOK COLLECTING. Jordan-Smith. For the Love of Books...			USD -	Unknown
53		BOOKMAN, THE. Three bound volumes, containing the huge SPECIAL CHRISTMAS NUMBERS for 1923, 1924, 1925, and 1926	London		USD -	Unknown
54	Lackington, James	BOOKSELLER. Lackington, James. Memoirs of the Forty-Five First Years of [his] Life...	London		USD -	Unknown
55	Growoll, A.	BOOKSELLING. The Profession of Bookselling: a Handbook of Practical Hints	New York		USD -	Unknown
56		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. American Book-Prices Current, for 1925 and 1926...	London and New York		USD -	Unknown
57		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Bishop. The Backs of Books...			USD -	Unknown
58		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Wheeler. Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction...			USD -	Unknown
59	Nathan Hale, Jr., editor	BOSTON MISCELLANY OF LITERATURE AND FASHION	Boston	1842	USD -	Unknown
60	BOSWELL, JAMES	The Life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
61	BOSWELL, JAMES	The Life of Samuel Johnson	New York	1922	USD -	Unknown
62	BRADFORD, GAMALIEL	Lee the American...	Boston		USD -	Unknown
63	BRAND, JOHN	Observations on Popular Antiquities...	London	1813	USD -	Unknown
64		BRITISH MUSEUM. Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum. Parts II-XI	London		USD -	Unknown
65	BUDGE, SIR E. A. WALLIS	The Book of the Dead: the Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum		1895	USD -	Unknown
66		BULLETIN OF BIBLIOGRAPHY. Volumes I-V	Boston		USD -	Unknown
67	BURNET, BISHOP GILBERT	BURNET, BISHOP GILBERT. History of His Own Time	London		USD -	Unknown
68	BUTLER, SAMUEL	The Way of all Flesh	London	1903	USD -	Unknown
69	Alfred Stieglitz, editor	CAMERA WORK	New York		USD -	Unknown
70		CAMISARDS. The Cevenois Relieved, or else Europe Enslav'd...	London		USD -	Unknown
71	Gascoyne, Lord-Mayor Sir Crisp	CANNING MYSTERY. An address to the Liverymen of London, relative to his Conduct in the Cases of Elizabeth Canning and Mary Squires	London	1754	USD -	Unknown
72	CAREW, BAMPFYLDE-MOORE	CAREW, BAMPFYLDE-MOORE. An Apology for the Life of . . . commonly Call'd the King of the Beggars . . .	London	1800	USD -	Unknown
73	CARLYLE, THOMAS	History of Friedrich II, of Prussia, called Frederick the Great	London		USD -	Unknown
74	CATHER, WILLA	A Lost Lady...	New York		USD -	Unknown
75	Thomas Graham, editor	CAVENDISH SOCIETY. Chemical Reports and Memoirs on Atomic Volume, Isomorphism, etc.	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
76		CENTRAL AMERICA. Maldonado de Matos, Manuel	(Boston)	1918	USD -	Unknown
77	CHESTERTON, G. K.	CHESTERTON, G. K. Collected Poems	London	1927	USD -	Unknown
78	G. N. Wright	CHINA, IN A SERIES OF VIEWS, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
79	CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON S.	Ian Hamilton's March...	London		USD -	Unknown
80	Kraus, Taylor, Kiernan, Howells, and others	CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON S. Group of 16 biographies and other works on Churchill			USD -	Unknown
81	CLARENDON, EARL OF	The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the Year 1641	Oxford		USD -	Unknown
82		CLARK, A. H., PUBLISHER. Paullin. Commodore John Rodgers...			USD -	Unknown
83		CLARK, A. H., PUBLISHER. AVebb. Journal of a Santa Fe Trader...	Glendale		USD -	Unknown
84	Playfair, William	(COBBETT, WILLIAM). The History of Jacobinism: its Crimes, Cruelties and Perfidies	Philadelphia	1796	USD -	Unknown
85		COLORED CERAMIC PLATES. Collection of about 60 plates in rich color, produced by PRANG For the Walters catalogue of Oriental ceramics			USD -	Unknown
86		COLORED NATURAL HISTORY PLATES. Das Buch der Welt, 1852	Philadelphia	1852	USD -	Unknown
87	Menin, Nicolas	CORONATIONS. An Historical and Chronological Treatise of the Anointing and Coronation of the Kings and Queens of France	London	1723	USD -	Unknown
88	Jullien, Adolphe	COSTUME. Histoire du Costume au Theatre, depuis les Origines du Theatre en France jusqu'a nos Jours	Paris	1880	USD -	Unknown
89	Thomas L. Raymond	CRANE, STEPHEN	Newark	1923	USD -	Unknown
90	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	Sunday in London	London	1833	USD -	Unknown
91	CUMMINGS, THOMAS S.	Historic Annals of the National Academy of Design . . . from 1825 to the Present Time	Philadelphia	1865	USD -	Unknown
92	Evert A. and George L. Duyckinck	CYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE	New York	1866	USD -	Unknown
93	(DANA, CHARLESW.)	The Garden of the World, or the Great West . . . also Comprising a Complete Guide to Emigrants	Boston	1856	USD -	Unknown
94	(DANA, RICHARD HENRY, JR.)	Two Years Before the Mast: a Personal Narrative of Life at Sea	New-York	1840	USD -	Unknown
95	DANA, RICHARD HENRY, JR.	Two Years Before the Mast, or a Voice from the Forecastle	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
96		DAVILA, ENRICO CATERING. The Historic of the Civill Warres of France...	London		USD -	Unknown
97	(DEFOE, DANIEL)	Dictionarium Sacrum seu Religiosum: a Dictionary of All Religions, Ancient and Modem, whether Jewish, Pagan, Christian or Mahometan	London	1704	USD -	Unknown
98	DELACOUR, J.; and JABOUILLE, P.	Les Oiseaux de l'Indochine Francaise	(Paris)	1931	USD -	Unknown
99	Roskoff, Gustav	DEMONOLOGY. Geschichte des Teufels	Leipzig	1869	USD -	Unknown
100		DIAL, THE. Group of 21 issues, from February 1920 to April 1929	New York		USD -	Unknown

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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.

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

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