Swann Galleries: SWANN GALLERIES, INC., AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS OF Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 1973 at 1:30 PM, Exhibition from November 5th to Time of Sale. AMERICANA * AUTOGRAPHS, FIRST EDITIONS * BINDING, 933,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 08, 1973 - November 08, 1973

Page Size: 344 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
202	McCLELLAND, NANCY	The Practical Book of Decorative Wall-Treatments	Philadelphia	1926	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
203	McCUTCHEON, GEORGE BARR	Original Manuscript Signed of his introduction to Leonard Merrick's "While Paris Laughed"		1925	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Unknown
204		MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT-BOOK, kept by George Shirk			USD 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
205		MANUSCRIPT DIARY of a young storekeeper of Lancaster County, Pa.			USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
206	MARAN, RENE	Mbala, l'Elephant	Paris	1943	USD 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
207		MARINE. The Ocean Chronicle		1941	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
208	MARMONTEL, J. F.	Les Incas, ou la Destruction de l'Empire du Perou	Paris	1777	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
209	Nevizan, Giovanni	MARRIAGE. Sylvae Nuptialis, Libri Sex, in quibus ex dictis Moder	Lugduni	1556	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
210	Anderson, James	MASONIC. The Constitutions of the Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons	London	1756	USD 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
211		MASSACHUSETTS. The Perpetual Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from the Establishment of its Constitution	Boston		USD 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
212	MAUPASSANT, GUY DE	Life Work, embracing Romance, Travel, Comedy & Verse: for the First Time Complete in English	New York	1903	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
213	Stephen DeWitt Stephens	MAVERICKS, THE: AMERICAN ENGRAVERS	New Brunswick	1950	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
214		MECHANICS. Work: the Illustrated Weekly Journal for Mechanics	London		USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
215		MECHANICS. Pilkington. The Artist's Guide and Mechanic's Own Book...	New York		USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
216	Coxe, John Redman	MEDICAL. The American Dispensatory . . . adapted to the Practice of Medicine and Pharmacy in the United States	Philadelphia	1806	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
217	Steenbock, Frauke	MEDIEVAL BINDINGS. Der Kirchliche Prachteinband im Fruhen Mittelalter, von den Anfangen bis zum Beginn der Gotik	(Berlin)	1965	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
218	MELVILLE, HERMAN	Journal Up the Straits, October 11, 1856 -- May 5, 1857	New York	1935	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
219	Loys Delteil	MERYON, CHARLES: Catalogue Raisonne of [his] Etchings	New York	1924	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
220	MICHAELIS, ADOLF	Ancient Marbles in Great Britain		1882	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
221	MILNE, A. A.	Winnie the Pooh	(New York)	1926	USD 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
222	MILNE, A. A.	The Christopher Robin Story Book	New York	1929	USD 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
223		MINIATURE JUVENILE. The Child's Bible, with Plates	Philadelphia	1834	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
224		MISCELLANEOUS. Bruce. History of Brighton, with the Latest Improvements to 1837...			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
225	MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE	Essais	Paris		USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
226	Richard Adams Locke	MOON HOAX, or a Discovery that the Moon has a Vast Population of Human Beings	New York	1859	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
227		MORGAN LIBRARY. Corpus of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in North American Collections		1948	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
228		MOSHER PRESS. Tu Fu: Wanderer and Minstrel under Moons of Cathay	Portland	1929	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
229		MURAVIEV, MIKHAIL NIKITICH. Opiti Istorii, Sloveschochti i Nravoy-chenia [Essays in History, Literature, and Lectures on Moral Admonition]	Moskva	1810	USD 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
230	Detective Frank P. Geyer	MURDER NARRATIVE. The HolmesPitezel Case: a History of the Greatest Crime of the Century, and of the Search for the Missing Pitezel Children		1896	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
231		MURDER NARRATIVE. Holmes, the Arch Fiend, or a Carnival of Crime	Cincinnati	1900	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
232	Nina L. Marshall	MUSHROOM BOOK: a Popular Guide to the Identification and Study	Garden City	1910	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
233		MUSIC. Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung	Leipzig	1840	USD 30.00 - 45.00	Unknown
234	Barnes, William Harrison	MUSIC. The Contemporary American Organ: its Evolution, Design and Construction	New York	1930	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
235	Bie, Oscar	MUSIC. Das Klavier und seine Meister. Zweite Auflage	Munchen	1901	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
236		MUSIC. Densmore, Frances. Chippewa Music...	Washington		USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
237	Dichter, Harry; & Shapiro, Elliott	MUSIC. Early American Sheet Music: its Lure and its Lore, 1768-1889	New York	1941	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
238		MUSIC. Dwight's Journal of Music	Boston		USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
239	Emerick, Albert G., Editor	MUSIC. Songs for the People, comprising National, Patriotic, Sentimental, Comic, and Naval Songs	Boston	1852	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
240		MUSIC. Franklin Square Song Collection	New York		USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
241	Fuld, James J.	MUSIC. A Pictorial Bibliography of the First Editions of Stephen C. Foster	Philadelphia	1957	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
242		MUSIC. Group of 5 American songbooks, as below	New York & Boston		USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
243	Handel, G. F.	MUSIC. The Messiah . . . for the Voice, Organ and Violin	Boston	1816	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
244	Kingsley, George, Editor	MUSIC. The Social Choir, designed for a Class Book of the Domestic Circle . . . with Several Original Pieces of Music	Boston		USD 25.00 - 40.00	Unknown
245	Krehbiel, H. E.	MUSIC. Review of the New York Music Season	New York	1886	USD 40.00 - 50.00	Unknown
246	Mason, Lowell; & Webb, G. J.	MUSIC. Group of 9 song-books, as below			USD 40.00 - 50.00	Unknown
247		MUSIC. Pike, G. D. The Jubilee Singers, and their Campaign for Twenty Thousand Dollars...			USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
248	Root, George F.	MUSIC. Group of 4 song-books, as below...			USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
249		MUSIC. Sunday School song-books. Group of 13, as below			USD 50.00 - 60.00	Unknown
250		MUSIC. Aronson. Theatrical and Musical Memoirs...			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
251		MUSIC. Baker & Woodbury. The Boston Musical Education Society's Collection of Church Music...			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
252		MUSIC. Excellent lot of some 85 opera librettos, chiefly published in the United States		1900	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
253		MUSIC. Two bound volumes containing piano music for 24 waltzes by the famous EMILE WALDTEUFEL, each with a BRILLIANT COLORED PICTORIAL COVER	London		USD 30.00 - 50.00	Unknown
254	Alexander Buchner	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THROUGH THE AGES	London	1960	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
255		MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Morris. Catalogue of the Musical Instruments of Oceanica and America [Crosby Brown Collection, Vol. II.]...			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
256	Demoustier, C. A.	MYTHOLOGY. Lettres a Emilie, sur la Mythologie	Paris	1786	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
257	Barry E. O'Meara	NAPOLEON IN EXILE: or a Voice from St. Helena	London	1827	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
258		NATURAL HISTORY. Cott. Adaptive Coloration in Animals...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
259		NAVAL. Raeder. My Life...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
260		NEGRO INDENTURE. Manuscript indenture for the Negro Nancy, about 36 years of age, to serve five years for Jacob Kirk of Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pa., for $130 paid to her...		1817	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
261	Shriner, Charles A.	NEW JERSEY. Paterson, New Jersey: its Advantages for Manufacturing and Residence . . .	Paterson	1890	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
262	Andrew W. Tuer	OLD LONDON STREET CRIES, and the Cries of To-day	New York	1887	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
263	OMAR KHAYYAM	The Rubaiyat			USD 35.00 - 45.00	Unknown
264	Mackay, Ernest J. H.	ORIENTAL ARCHEOLOGY. Chanhu-Daro Excavations, 1935-1936	New Haven	1943	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
265	Kleiweg de Zwaan, J. P.	ORIENTAL MEDICINE. Volkerkundliches und Geschichtliches uber die Heilkunde der Chinesen und Japaner	Haarlem	1917	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
266	Osumi, Tamezo	ORIENTAL TEXTILES. Printed Cottons of Asia: the Romance of Trade Textiles	Tokyo & Rutland	1963	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
267	OVID	Les Metamorphoses, traduites en Francois avec des Remarques et des Explications Historiques	Paris	1738	USD 35.00 - 45.00	Unknown
268	(PARRISH, MAXFIELD)	Wharton, Edith. Italian Villas and their Gardens	New York	1904	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
269		PENNSYLVANIA. Doll. The Ephrata Cloister...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
270		PENNSYLVANIA. Klein & Carlson. Old Lancaster...			USD 40.00 - 50.00	Unknown
271		PENNSYLVANIA. Worner. Old Lancaster: Tales and Traditions...			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
272	Henry S. Borneman	PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS: a Classification of Fraktur-Schriften and an Inquiry into their History and Art	Norristown, Pa.	1937	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
273		PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN. Habermann. Christliches Gebet Buchlein. G. S. Peters, 1833...	Harrisburg		USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
274	Uhle, Max	PERUVIAN ARCHEOLOGY. Pachacamac: Report of the William Pepper Peruvian Expedition of 1896	Philadelphia	1903	USD 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
275		PETERS MOUNTAIN TURNPIKE ROAD COMPANY. Manuscript book of minutes	Dauphin County, Pa.		USD 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
276	Cotterell, Howard H.	PEWTER. Old Pewter: its Makers and Marks in England, Scotland and Ireland	London	1964	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
277	Tardy	PEWTER. Les Etains Francais	Paris	1959	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
278	Norton, Frank H.	PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL. Illustrated Historical Register of the Centennial Exhibition and of the Exposition Universelle	New York	1879	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
279	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	PHOTOGRAPHS. The Marble Faun	London	1880	USD 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
280		PHOTOGRAPHS. Down South: Pictures by Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr. Preface by Joel Chandler Harris	New York	1900	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
281	Cobum, Alvin Langdon	PHOTOGRAPHY. A Portfolio of Sixteen Photographs	Rochester	1962	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
282	Klute, Jeannette	PHOTOGRAPHY. Woodland Portraits	Boston	1954	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
283	Sands, Commodore B. F.	PHOTOGRAPHY. Reports on Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August 7, 1869	Washington	1870	USD 25.00 - 40.00	Unknown
284		PIANOS. Wing & Son. The Book of Complete Information about Pianos	New York	1900	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
285	Christian Zervos	PICASSO, PABLO	Paris	1951	USD 50.00 - 60.00	Unknown
286		PICTORIAL GALLERY OF ARTS, KNIGHT'S	London	1860	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
287	(POE, EDGAR ALLAN)	Group of 3 volumes, as below			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
288	POLLARD, ALFRED W.	Fine Books	London	1912	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
289	Gill, William	POLYNESIA. Gems from the Coral Islands	Philadelphia	1855	USD 25.00 - 40.00	Unknown
290		PORCELAIN. Les Porcelainiers du XVIIIe Siecle Francais	(Paris)	1964	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
291	(Carte, Thomas)	PORTUGAL. The History of the Revolutions of Portugal, to 1667	London	1740	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
292	Arsene Alexandre, M. H. Spielmann, H. C. Bunner, and August Jaccaci	POSTERS. The Modern Poster	New York	1895	USD 40.00 - 50.00	Unknown
293	POUND, EZRA	Provenca: Poems selected from Personae, Exultations, and Canzoniere	Boston	1910	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
294	PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH	Examen de Varios Argumentos en Favor de la Unidad de Dios	Londres	1810	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
295		RAILROADS. Company-book of the Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., of Birmingham, England		1900	USD 120.00 - 180.00	Unknown
296	White, James E.	RAILWAY MAIL. A Life Span and Reminiscences of Railway Mail Service	Philadelphia	1910	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
297	RAU, CHARLES	The Archaeological Collection ... in charge of the Smithsonian Institution	Washington City	1876	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
298		READY RECKONER, OR TRADER'S COMPANION ...	Allentown, Pa.	1836	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
299	Delandine, A. F.	REIGN OF TERROR. Tableau des Prisons de Lyon, pour servir a l'Histoire de la Tyrannie de 1792 et 1793	Lyon	1797	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
300	Otto Benesch	REMBRANDT: Selected Drawings	Oxford	1947	USD 35.00 - 45.00	Unknown
301	REMY, JULES	Voyage au Pays des Mormons	Paris	1860	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.