Swann Galleries: SWANN GALLERIES, INC., AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS OF Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, APRIL 11TH, 1974 at 1:30 PM, Exhibition from April 8th to Time of Sale. ANGLING * SPORTING, AMERICANA, FIRST EDITIONS * BINDI, 948,

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 11, 1974 - April 11, 1974
Page Size: 366 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY. Whole Numbers 19-26, plus Supplement to Volume IV London

1811

USD 40.00 - 50.00 Unknown
2 ADDISON AND STEELE The Spectator London

1901

USD 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
3 ADVERTISING. Sampson, Henry. A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times...

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
4 AERONAUTICS. Flugsport: Illustrierte Technische Zeitschrift und Anzeiger fur das gesamte "Flugwesen" Frankfurt a.M.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
5 AERONAUTICS. Luftfahrtforschung (Berlin)

1928

USD 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
6 Santos-Dumont, A. AERONAUTICS. My Air-Ships New York

1904

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
7 AERONAUTICS. Wing: Magazine of 140 Wing, B.A.F.O. Gutersloh

1945

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
8 AERONAUTICS. Group of 3 German periodicals, as below

USD 35.00 - 50.00 Unknown
9 AERONAUTICS. Arnold & Eaker. This Flying Game...

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
10 AERONAUTCS. Bruno. Wings Over America...

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
11 AERONAUTICS. Hawks. Speed...

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
12 AERONAUTICS. Vivian. A History of Aeronautics...

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
13 AIR PICTORIAL AND AIR RESERVE GAZETTE. For 1956 through 1964, lacking 1958 London

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
14 Schwatka, Frederick ALASKA. A Summer in Alaska St. Louis

1893

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
15 ALLEN, THOMAS The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent

USD 35.00 - 50.00 Unknown
16 Nack, James AMERICAN BINDING. The Immortal: a Dramatic Romance, and other Poems New York

1850

USD 35.00 - 50.00 Unknown
17 AMERICAN JUVENILE. The Female Mentor, or Select Conversations Philadelphia

1802

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
18 Evans, Hugh D. AMERICAN LAW. An Essay on Pleading, with a View to an Improved System

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
19 AMERICAN ORATORY, or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent Americans Philadelphia

1836

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
20 Alexander Wilson and C. L. Bonaparte AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY: or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States Philadelphia

1880

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
21 Schroeder, John F. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Life and Times of Washington . . . With a profusion of fine steel-engraved portraits and historical scenes after Alonzo Chappel New York

1857

USD 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
22 Lee, Thomas J. AMERICAN SCHOOLBOOK. A Spelling-Book, containing the Rudiments of the English Language Boston

1823

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
23 AMERICAN SPORTING. Porter's Spirit of the Times. Volumes I and II (Sept. 1856-August 1857)...

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
24 ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN Works, as below, all in the AUTHOR'S EDITION New York

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
25 ANDERSON, JOSEPH Scotland in Pagan Times: The Iron Age... Edinburgh

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
26 (Anderdon, John L.) ANGLING. The River Dove, with some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling London

1847

USD 35.00 - 50.00 Unknown
27 Brookes, R., M.D. ANGLING. The Art of Angling London

1774

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
28 Connett, Eugene V., 3rd ANGLING. Fishing a Trout Stream New York

1934

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
29 Connett, Eugene V., 3rd ANGLING. Random Casts New York

1939

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
30 Daniel, William B. ANGLING. Rural Sports London

1801

USD 35.00 - 50.00 Unknown
31 Flick, Art ANGLING. Streamside Guide to Naturals and their Imitations New York

1947

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
32 Greene, H. Plunket ANGLING. Where the Bright Waters Meet London

1924

USD 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
33 Grimble, Augustus ANGLING. The Salmon Rivers of Scotland London

1902

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
34 Halford, Frederic M. ANGLING. Modern Development of the Dry Fly London

1910

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
35 ANGLING. A History of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill, 1732-1888 Philadelphia

1889

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
36 Mackenzie, Murdo ANGLING. View of the Salmon Fishery of Scotland Edinburgh

1860

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
37 Russel, Alex ANGLING. The Salmon Edinburgh

1864

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
38 Scrope, William ANGLING. Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed London

1843

USD 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
39 Scrope, William ANGLING. Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the River Tweed London & Glasgow

1885

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
40 Southard, Charles Z. ANGLING. Trout Fly-Fishing in America New York

1914

USD 35.00 - 45.00 Unknown
41 Stoddart, Thomas Tod ANGLING. The Art of Angling, as practised in Scotland Edinburgh

1835

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
42 Sturgis, W. B. ANGLING. New Lines for Flyfishers New York

1936

USD 35.00 - 45.00 Unknown
43 Walford, Lionel A. ANGLING. Marine Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast, from Alaska to the Equator Berkeley

1937

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
44 Walton, Izaak ANGLING. The Complete Angler; the Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert, & Sanderson Bloomsbury

1929

USD 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
45 Westwood, T.; & Satchell, T. ANGLING. Bibliotheca Piscatoria: a Catalogue of Books on Angling, the Fisheries and Fish-Culture . . . London

1883

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
46 ANGLING. Cholmondeley-Pennell. The Modern Practical Angler...

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
47 James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, editor APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY New York

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
48 Powys Mathers ARABIAN NIGHTS. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, rendered into English from the French of J. C. Mardrus New York

1972

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
49 Moseley, Walter Michael ARCHERY. An Essay on Archery, describing the Practice of that Art, in all Ages and Nations Worcester London

1792

USD 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
50 C. J. Longman and Col. H. Walrond ARCHERY London

1894

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
51 Loudon, J. C. ARCHITECTURE. An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture London

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
52 F. Schrader, F. Prudent, E. Anthoine ATLAS DE GEOGRAPHIE MODERNE Paris

1904

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
53 Berlinghieri, Francesco ATLAS. Geographia Complete facsimile of the Florence 1482 edition Amsterdam

1966

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
54 Bordone, Benedetto ATLAS. Libro ... Amsterdam

1966

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
55 Ptolomaeus, Claudius ATLAS. Cosmographica Amsterdam

1966

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
56 Ptolomaeus, Claudius ATLAS. Geographia Amsterdam

1966

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
57 Ptolomaeus, Claudius ATLAS. Geographia Amsterdam

1966

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
58 Speed, John ATLAS. A Prospect of the Most Fampus Parts of the World Amsterdam

1966

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
59 Waghenaer, Lucas Jansz ATLAS. The Mariners Mirrour Amsterdam

1966

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
60 Neumayer, George AUSTRALIA. Results of the Meteorological Observations taken in the Colony of Victoria, 1859-1862 . . . Melbourne

1864

USD 35.00 - 50.00 Unknown
61 AUTOGRAPH LEAVES OF OUR COUNTRY'S AUTHORS Baltimore

1864

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
62 BACKGAMMON. Le Grand Trictrac, ou Methode Facile pour apprendre sans Maitre la Marche, les Termes, les Regies, et une Grande Partie des Finesses de ce Jeu Paris

1766

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
63 BANCROFT, GEORGE History of the American Revolution London

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
64 Henry Chadwick, editor BASE-BALL GUIDE FOR 1871 . . .

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
65 Haldane Macfall BEARDSLEY, AUBREY: the Man and his Work London

1928

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
66 BEERBOHM, MAX A Survey London

1921

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
67 BENNETT, EMERSON Ella Barnwell: a Historical Romance of Border Life... Cincinnati

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
68 BIBLIA HEBRAICA, secundum ultimam editionem J. Athiae, a J. Leusden denuo recognitam, illustrata ab Everardo van der Hooght Philadelphia

1814

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
69 BIBLE. The Triglot Bible . . . London

1890

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
70 BIBEL, DIE: oder die Ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments (Berlin)

1908

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
71 BIBEL, oder die ganze Heilige Schrift Berlin

1927

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
72 BIERCE, AMBROSE Battlefields and Ghosts (Palo Alto)

1931

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
73 Kentfield, Edwin BILLIARDS. The Game of Billiards, Scientifically Explained, and Practically Set Forth . . . London

1839

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
74 Garnier BILLIARDS. Scientific Billiards New York

1880

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
75 Byron, Lord BINDING. Poetry London

1895

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
76 Daudet, Alphonse BINDING. Lettres de Mon Moulin Paris

1920

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
77 BINDINGS. Group of 3 Heritage Press books, as below New York

1963

USD 35.00 - 45.00 Unknown
78 BINDINGS. Burke. Works...

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
79 BINDINGS. Scott. The Lady of the Lake...

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
80 (BIRD, ROBERT MONTGOMERY) The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow: a Tradition of Pennsylvania Philadelphia

1835

USD 40.00 - 70.00 Unknown
81 BIRD-LORE: an Illustrated Bi-Monthly Magazine Harrisburg & New York

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
82 BIRD STUDIES AT OLD CAPE MAY: an Ornithology of Coastal New Jersey

1937

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
83 Gentry, Thomas G. BIRDS. Nests and Eggs of Birds of the United States Philadelphia

1882

USD 35.00 - 50.00 Unknown
84 BIRDS. Chapman. The Warblers of North America...

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
85 BLAIR, HUGH Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres Edinburgh

1813

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
86 R. T. H. Halsey BOSTON PORT BILL, AS PICTURED BY A CONTEMPORARY LONDON CARTOONIST New York

1904

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
87 BOY'S OWN TREASURY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES...

USD 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
88 Stiles, Henry R., M.D. BROOKLYN. The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical History, and Commercial and Industrial Record, of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, 1683-1884 New York

1884

USD 35.00 - 50.00 Unknown
89 BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT Poetical Works New York

1885

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
90 Epicurus BRUCE ROGERS. The Extant Remains of the Greek text, translated by Cyril Bailey

1947

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
91 BRYDGES, SIR EGERTON The Population and Riches of Nations, considered together . . . Paris

1819

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
92 BUNYAN, JOHN A True Relation of the Holy War . . . London

1839

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
93 (BURGESS, GELETT) The Lark... San Francisco

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
94 (BURNEY, FANNY) Camilla, or a Picture of Youth London

1796

USD 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
95 (BURNEY, FANNY) The Wanderer, or Female Difficulties London

1814

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
96 (BURNEY, FANNY) Memoirs of Doctor Burney, arranged from his own Manuscripts, from Family Papers, and from Personal Recollections London

1832

USD 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
97 BURTON, SIR RICHARD F. The Book of the Sword London

1884

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
98 BYRON, LORD Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and other Poems... London

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
99 BYRON, LORD Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the Third... London

USD 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
100 BYRON, LORD Sardanapalus, a Tragedy; The Two Foscari, a Tragedy; Cain, a Mystery London

1821

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
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