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
101 CABELL, BRANCH The King Was In His Counting House... New York

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
102 Bates, Mrs. D. B. CALIFORNIA. Incidents on Land and Water, or Four Years on the Pacific Coast Boston

1860

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
103 (Robinson, Alfred) CALIFORNIA. Life in California, during a Residence of Several Years in that Territory . . . New York

1846

USD 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
104 CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO: Message from the President [Zachary Taylor] (Washington)

1850

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
105 CALIFORNIA GOLD REGIONS, with a Full Account of their Mineral Resources . . . New York

1849

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
106 CALVIN, JOHN Institutes of the Christian Religion Philadelphia

1816

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
107 Head, Sir Francis B. CANADA. A Narrative London

1839

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108 CANADA. Memoir of the Distinguished Indian Chief, Sachem and Warrior, Capt. Joseph Brant, compiled from the most Reliable and Authentic Records Brantford, Ontario

1872

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
109 Stevenson, David CANALS. The Principles and Practice of Canal and River Engineering Edinburgh

1872

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
110 CAPMANY Y MONTPALAU, ANTONIO DE Barcelona

1848

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111 CAREY, PATRICK Trivial Poems and Triolets, written in Obedience to Mrs Tomkin's Commands, 20th Aug. 1651 London

1820

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112 CAULFIELD, JAMES Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from the Reign of Edward the Third to the Revolution London

1813

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
113 CHANTS ET CHANSONS POPULAIRES DE LA FRANCE (Paris)

1848

USD 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
114 James W. Sheahan and G. P. Ipton CHICAGO. The Great Conflagration: Chicago, its Past, Present and Future Chicago

1871

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
115 Marshman, Joshua CHINESE. Elements of Chinese Grammar, with a Preliminary Dissertation on the Characters, and the Colloquial Medium of the Chinese Serampore

1814

USD 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
116 CHINESE ART: Introduced by R. L. Hobson New York

1927

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
117 Lord, Frances CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. Christian Science Healing: its Principles and Practice

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
118 CHRONICLES OF LONDON BRIDGE: by an Antiquary [Richard Thomson] London

1827

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119 CIBBER, COLLEY An Apology for the Life of . . . London

1822

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120 Laciar, J. D. CIVIL WAR. Patriotism of Carbon County, Pa., and what her People contributed during the War for the Preservation of the Union Mauch Chunk

1867

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
121 CIVIL WAR. Society of the Army of the Tennessee Cincinnati

1877

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122 CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE CAMERA ... a Complete Illustrated History of the Civil War New York

1912

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
123 French, Hollis CLIPPER SHIPS. The Thatcher Magoun: an American Clipper Ship Andover

1934

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
124 Jaquet, Eugene; Chapuis, Alfred CLOCKS AND WATCHES. Technique and History of the Swiss Watch, from its Beginnings to the Present Day Bern

1953

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
125 Burgess, James W. COACHES. A Practical Treatise on Coach-Building, Historical and Descriptive London

1881

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
126 COLDEN, CADWALLADER D. Memoir ... at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals New York

1825

USD 120.00 - 180.00 Unknown
127 Philip B. Wallace COLONIAL IRONWORK IN OLD PHILADELPHIA: the Craftsmanship of the Early Days of the Republic New York

1930

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
128 Hall, Frank COLORADO. History of the State of Colorado Chicago

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
129 COLOR PLATE JUVENILE. Illustrated World; a Book for the Instruction and Amusement of Our Children (Germany)

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
130 Hugh Craig, editor COLORED ANIMAL PLATES. The Household Book of Nature, containing Full and Interesting Descriptions of the Animal Kingdom New York

1888

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131 Wheeler, Lt. G. M. COLORED BIRD PLATES. Report upon . . . Explorations and Surveys Washington

1875

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
132 COLORED UNIFORMS. Group of 29 handsome color plates of historic French military uniforms, from the periodical LE PASSEPOIL; by Benigni, Rousselot, and others Paris

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
133 COLUMBUS AND COLUMBIA: a Pictorial History of the Man and the Nation Philadelphia

1892

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134 Edwards, John N. CONFEDERATE. Shelby and his Men; or, the War in the West Cincinnati

1867

USD 35.00 - 45.00 Unknown
135 CONFEDERATE. Jefferson Davis: a Memoir, by his Wife New York

1890

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
136 Snow, William Parker CONFEDERATE. Southern Generals: their Lives and Campaigns New York

1866

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
137 CONRAD, JOSEPH Tales of Unrest New York

1898

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138 CONSTITUTIONS OF THE SEVERAL INDEPENDENT STATES OF AMERICA, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Treaties between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America Dublin

1783

USD 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
139 CONSTITUTIONS OF THE SIXTEEN STATES which compose the Confederated Republic of America . . . Boston

1797

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
140 (COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE) The Last of the Mohicans Philadelphia

1836

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
141 COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE New York: an Introduction to an Unpublished Manuscript New York

1930

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
142 CRABB, GEORGE Universal Technological Dictionary, or Familiar Explanation of the Terms used in all Arts and Sciences London

1823

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
143 Mosso, Angelo CRETE. The Palaces of Crete and their Builders New York

1907

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
144 CURTIUS, ERNST Die Stadtgeschichte von Athen Berlin

1891

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
145 Cesnola, Alexander Palma di CYPRUS. Salaminia (Cyprus): the History, Treasures, & Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus London

1884

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
146 DEATH VALLEY...

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147 DECORATIVE ART. Creative Imitative Art: Decoration and Ornamentation Brussels

1873

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148 DELAFIELD, JOHN An Inquiry into the Origin of the Antiquities of America; with an Appendix by James Lakey, M.D. New-York

1839

USD 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
149 Grand, Gordon DERRYDALE PRESS. Old Man, and Other Colonel Weatherford Stories New York

1934

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
150 Hart, Scott DERRYDALE PRESS. The Moon is Waning New York

1939

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
151 (Herbert, Henry W.) DERRYDALE PRESS. The Hitchcock Edition of Frank Forester New York

1930

USD 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
152 Burns, Robert DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. The Entire Works, with an Account of his Life, and a Criticism, by James Currie London

1836

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153 DICCIONARIO RAZONADO DE LEGISLACION Y JURISPRUDENCE: por Joaquin Escriche Madrid

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154 DICKENS, CHARLES. American Notes...

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155 DICKENS, CHARLES The Christmas Carol New York

1890

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156 M. W. de Visser DRAGON, THE: IN CHINA AND JAPAN Amsterdam

1913

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
157 DUNCAN, ISADORA: Soixante-Douze Planches par Jose Clara (Paris)

1928

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
158 DUNLAP, WILLIAM A History of the American Theatre New-York

1832

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159 DUTCH TREAT CLUB. Unusual collection of 31 of the impudent and delightfully illustrated annuals of the Club New York

USD 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
160 EDDY, MARY BAKER G. Science and Health; with a Key to the Scriptures. Sixth Edition, revised Boston

1883

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
161 EDDY, MARY BAKER G. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Boston

1896

USD 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
162 David G. Haskins EMERSON, RALPH WALDO: his Maternal Ancestors, with some Reminiscences of Him Boston

1887

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
163 ENCYCLOPAEDIA, or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature Philadelphia

1798

USD 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
164 ENCYCLOPAEDIA PERTHENSIS: or Universal Dictionary of Knowledge . . . intended to Supersede the Use of All Other English Books of Reference Perth

1800

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
165 Maxwell Sommerville ENGRAVED GEMS: their History, and an Elaborate View of their Place in Art Philadelphia

1889

USD 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
166 William Thaddeus Harris EPITAPHS FROM THE OLD BURYING-GROUND in Cambridge Cambridge

1845

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167 ERASMUS Opus Epistolarum, denuo recognitum et auctum per p. S. ALLEN Oxonii

USD 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
168 FAULKNER, WILLIAM These 13: Stories New York

1931

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
169 Charles Yriarte FLORENCE: its History, the Medici, the Humanists, Letters, Arts London

1882

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170 Goldsmith, Oliver (FOSTER, BIRKET). Poems London

1859

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
171 FOX, CHARLES JAMES A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second London

1808

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172 FOXE, JOHN The Book of Martyrs London

1860

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173 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN Observations on Smoky Chimneys, their Causes and Cure; with Considerations on Fuel and Stoves London

1793

USD 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
174 GALAXY, THE: a Magazine of Entertaining Reading New York

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
175 GAMBLING LIBEL SUIT. Report of the Case Paterson against Shaw, for a Libel, by imputing to the Pursuer FALSE PLAY AT CARDS Edinburgh

1830

USD 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
176 Foster, Joseph GENEALOGY. Pedigrees of the County Families of England London

1873

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177 Anville, Sieur d'. GEOGRAPHY. Analyse Geographique de l'Italie Paris

1744

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178 Langdale, Charles (GEORGE IV). Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert London

1856

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179 GIBB, WILLIAM Naval & Military Trophies & Personal Relics of British Heroes London

1896

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180 Keith, Thomas GLOBES. A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, or a Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens . . . New-York

1811

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181 GODWIN, WILLIAM St. Leon: a Tale of the Sixteenth Century London

1800

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182 Apuleius GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. The xi. Bookes of the Golden Asse

1923

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183 GOLDSMITH, OLIVER She Stoops to Conquer New York

1892

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184 GOTHEIN, MARIE LUISE A History of Garden Art London & New York

1928

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185 GRAHAM'S LADY'S AND GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, for 1842, 1843, 1845, and 1847 Philadelphia

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186 GREENAWAY, KATE Pictures, from Originals presented by her to John Ruskin and other Personal Friends (hitherto unpublished) London

1921

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187 GUY OF WARWICK. The Romances of Sir Guy of Warwick, and Rembrun his Son Edinburgh

1840

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188 Villermont, Comtesse Marie de HAIR STYLES. Histoire de la Coiffure Feminine Bruxelles

1891

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189 HALF., SARAH J., Editor The Opal: a Pure Gift for the Holy Days, 1848 New York

1848

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190 HAMMER, JOSEPH VON Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches, grossentheils aus bisher unbenutzten Handschriften und Archiven Pesth

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
191 HARPER'S WEEKLY, for 1863 New York

1863

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192 HERBERT, HENRY W. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States, and British Provinces of North America London

1849

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193 Francis Johnson HITOPADESA: the Sanskrit Text, with a Grammatical Analysis, Alphabetically Arranged London & Hertford

1847

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194 HODGE, FREDERICK WEBB Handbook of American Indians North of Mexicoo Washington

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195 HOGARTH, WILLIAM HOGARTH, WILLIAM. Works London

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196 HONE, PHILIP Diary, 1828-1851 New York

1889

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197 HORSE AUCTIONS. Collection of 11 catalogues, as below

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
198 HORSE-RACING. Scrapbook comprising daily INDEXED SUMMARY OF RACES in the New York City area, clipped from the New York World, and covering races numbered 511 to 1482

1893

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
199 (Irving, Washington) HUDSON RIVER. A Book of the Hudson New-York

1849

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
200 IRELAND. Suilleabhain. A Handbook of Irish Folklore...

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