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,

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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
301 Miles's Boy, editor SPORTSMAN'S MAGAZINE, of Life in London and the Country London

1847

 USD - Unknown
302 SPRENGEL, MATTHIAS C. Geschichte der Revolution von Nord-America Frankenthal

1788

 USD - Unknown
303 Farey, John STEAM ENGINE. A Treatise on the Steam Engine, Historical, Practical, and Descriptive London

1827

 USD - Unknown
304 STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Novels and Tales New York

USD - Unknown
305 STRONG, L. A. G. The Jealous Ghost... London

USD - Unknown
306 SULLIVAN, MARK Our Times, 1900-1925 New York

1935

 USD - Unknown
307 John Hawkesworth SWIFT, JONATHAN. Works . . . with the Author's Life, and Notes London

1755

 USD - Unknown
308 SYLVIA'S HOME JOURNAL, for Home Reading and Home Use, of Tales, Stories, Fashion, and Needlework London

1880

 USD - Unknown
309 SYNGE, ARCHBISHOP EDWARD. Group of 7 sermons, etc. London

USD - Unknown
310 TAYLOR, LANDON The Battle Field Reviewed, Narrow Escape from Massacre by the Indians of Spirit Lake . . . Rocky Mountain History and Tornado Experiences Chicago

1883

 USD - Unknown
311 TAYLOR, THOMAS A Dissertation on the Philosophy of Aristotle, in Four Books London

1812

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312 THEATRUM POETICUM ATQUE HISTORICUM, Sive Officina Jo. Ravisii Textoris, post Conr. Lycosthenis redacta & correcta; cum Comucopiae libello Basileae

1609

 USD - Unknown
313 TWO WORLDS: a Literary Quarterly New York

1925

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314 Lindsey, Theophilus UNITARIANS. An Historical View of the State of the Unitarian Doctrine and Worship, from the Reformation to our own Times London

1783

 USD - Unknown
315 UNITED STATES MAGAZINE, AND DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. Volumes I and II... New-York

USD - Unknown
316 VACHER, LEON Le Homestead aux Etats-Unis Paris

1895

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317 VALENTINE MANUALS, for 1858-66, lacking 1863 New York

USD - Unknown
318 VALENTINE MANUALS, for 1859, 1862, 1864, and 1865 New York

USD - Unknown
319 VATTEL, EMRICH VON The Law of Nations, or Principles of the Law of Nature, applied to the Conduct of Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns London

1760

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320 VIDOCQ, FRANCOIS JULES Memoires de Vidocq, Chef de la Police de Surete, jusqu'en 1827 Paris

USD - Unknown
321 VIRGINIA. Neill. Virginia Carolorum, 1625-85...

USD - Unknown
322 WALCOTT, MARY VAUX North American Wild Flowers Washington

1925

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323 WALPOLE, HORACE WALPOLE, HORACE. Works London

1798

 USD - Unknown
324 WAR OF 1812. The War: a Faithful Record of the Transactions of the War . . . declared 18 June 1812 New-York

1813

 USD - Unknown
325 WELLS, H. G. The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories London

1911

 USD - Unknown
326 WELLS, H. G. The Outline of History London

1919

 USD - Unknown
327 WELLS, H. G.; and others The Science of Life, IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS London

1930

 USD - Unknown
328 WEST VIRGINIA. Bruce. Heritage of the Trans-Allegheny Pioneers...

USD - Unknown
329 (WHISTLER, JAMES A. McNEILL) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies...

USD - Unknown
330 WHITE, STEWART EDWARD The Pass...

USD - Unknown
331 WHITEFIELD, GEORGE A Journal of a Voyage from London to Savannah in Georgia, in Two Parts. I--From London to Gibraltar... London

1739

 USD - Unknown
332 WHITTIER, JOHN G. WHITTIER, JOHN G. Writings: Riverside Edition Boston

1891

 USD - Unknown
333 WILDE, OSCAR The Importance of Being Earnest . . . in Four Acts as Originally Written New York

1956

 USD - Unknown
334 [Abel Boyer] (WILLIAM III). The History of King William the Third London

1703

 USD - Unknown
335 WINSOR, JUSTIN Narrative and Critical History of America Boston

1889

 USD - Unknown
336 (WOLCOT, JOHN) The Works of Peter Pindar, Esquire London

1801

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337 WYATT and SURREY The Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder London

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