Swann Galleries: BOOKS FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE, MILDRED BARNES BLISS, bequeathed to Harvard University. Public Auction Sale Number 942, February 14, 1974 at 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m., EXHIBITION FROM FEBRUARY ELEVENTH TO TIME OF SALE. EXHIBITION AND SALE AT, SWANN GALLER, 942,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 14, 1974 - February 14, 1974

Page Size: 551 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	CHIPPENDALE, THOMAS	The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director			USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
102	CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON S.	Lord Randolph Churchill	New York	1906	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
103	CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON S.	Marlborough: his Life and Times	London		USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
104	CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON S.	Group of 7 speeches, as below	New York		USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
105	la Princesse Bibesco	CHURCHILL: ou le Courage	Paris	1956	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
106	Livermore, Thomas L.	CIVIL WAR. Numbers and Losses in the Civil War in America, 1861-65	Boston	1901	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
107		CLARK, SIR KENNETH. One Hundred Details from Pictures in the National Gallery...	London		USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
108	CLEMENCEAU, GEORGES	Demosthene	Paris	1926	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
109	COCTEAU, JEAN	Les Enfants Terribles	(Paris)	1936	USD 125.00 - 175.00	Unknown
110	COCTEAU, JEAN	Le Secret Professionnd, suivi des Monologues de l'Oiseleur	Paris	1925	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
111		COLLECTTNG, ETC. Savage, et al. Le Manuel du Collectionneur...			USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
112		CONFEDERATE. The Southern Poems of the War	Baltimore	1867	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
113	Sedgwick, Charles F.	CONNECTICUT. General History of the Town of Sharon, Conn., from its First Settlement	Amenia, N. Y.	1898	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
114	CONRAD, JOSEPH	Notes on My Books	Garden City	1921	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
115	Curle, Richard	(CONRAD, JOSEPH). Into the East			USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
116	COOK, SIR THEODORE ANDREA	Twenty-Five Great Houses of France	London	1916	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
117	Stephen P. Mizwa	COPERNICUS, NICHOLAS, 1543-1943	New York	1943	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
118	COX, SAMUEL S.	A Buckeye Abroad; or, Wanderings in Europe, and in the Orient	Columbus	1860	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
119	Hooton, Charles	(CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE). Colin Clink	London	1841	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
120		CUMMINGTON PRESS. Dickens in Italy: a Letter to Thomas Mitton written in 1844	New York	1956	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
121	CURIE, MARIE	Pierre Curie	New York	1926	USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
122	CUSHING, HARVEY	From a Surgeon's Journal, 1915-1918	Boston	1936	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
123	Peignot, Gabriel	DANCE OF DEATH. Recherches Historiques et Litteraires sur les Danses des Morts, et sur l'Origine des Cartes a Jouer	Dijon Paris	1826	USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
124		DANTE: con Lespositione di Christof oro Landino et di Alessandro Vellutello	Venetia	1564	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
125	DANTE	The Divine Comedy	New York	1948	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
126	DANVILA, ALFONSO	Almansa...	Madrid		USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
127	DAUMIER, HONORE	Politische Karikaturen. Biographie und Bilderlauterungen von Janos Erenyi	Zurich	1944	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
128	A. H. Bullen, editor	DAVISON'S POETICAL RHAPSODY	London	1891	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
129	DAWES, CHARLES G.	A Journal of the Great War	Boston	1921	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
130	DE BOSIS, ADOLFO	Liriche	Roma	1900	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
131		DEFENDERS OF DEMOCRACY: President's Edition	New York & London	1918	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
132	P. A. Lemoisne	DEGAS ET SON OEUVRE	Paris		USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
133	DE LA MARE, WALTER	Collected Poems, 1901-1918	New York	1920	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
134	Charles G. Dorman	DELAWARE CABINETMAKERS AND ALLIED ARTISANS, 1655-1855	Wilmington	1960	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
135	DE NAVARRO, ANTONIO	The Scottish Women's Hospital at the French Abbey of Royaumont...	London		USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
136	DE RICCI, SEYMOUR	Louis XVI Furniture	London & New York		USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
137	DES PERIERS, BONAVENTURE	Les Contes, ou les Nouvelles Recreations et Joyeux Devis	Amsterdam	1735	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
138		DIPLOMACY, ETC. Griscom. Dipomatically Speaking...	New York and Boston		USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
139	DOBSON, AUSTIN	The Ballad of Beau Brocade, and other Poems of the XVIIIth Century	London	1892	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
140	DOUGLAS, LORD ALFRED	DOUGLAS, LORD ALFRED. Poems	Paris	1896	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
141	DOWNS, JOSEPH	American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the H. F. DuPont Winterthur Museum	New York	1952	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
142	DOYLE, MARY CONAN (AGED 9)	A Visit to Heven	Hindhead	1899	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Unknown
143	Vivot, Alfredo N.	DRAGO DOCTRINE. La Doctrina Drago	Buenos Aires	1911	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
144	DU DEFFAND, MADAME	Correspondance Complete avec la Duchesse de Choiseul, l'Abbe Barthelemy, et M. Craufurt	Paris	1866	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
145	(DUSE, ELEONORA)	Souvenir program for a benefit performance--"Love Scenes from Four Centuries," for the Duse Fellowship Endowment	(New York)	1929	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Unknown
146	EINSTEIN, LEWIS	The Italian Renaissance in England...			USD 35.00 - 45.00	Unknown
147	EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.	Crusade in Europe	Garden City	1948	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
148	M. Legendre and A. Hartmann	(EL GRECO). Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco	Paris	1937	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
149	ELIOT, GEORGE	Romola	London	1880	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
150		ETCHINGS. Osterling, Anders. Dikter	Stockholm	1924	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
151		FABLES DE FLORIAN, precedees d'une Notice par Charles Nodier	Paris	1840	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
152	FICKE, ARTHUR DAVISON	Twelve Japanese Painters	Chicago	1913	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
153		FINLAND: the Country, its People, and Institutions	Helsinki	1926	USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
154		FINNISH SCULPTOR. Aaltonen, Vaind, 1915-1925: Tutkielma, kirjoittanut Onni Okkonen	Porvoo	1925	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
155	FLAXMAN, JOHN	Bound volume containing 8 series of his outline-engraved plates, as below	Paris		USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
156		FLEMISH PAINTING: the Century of Van Eyck	Skira	1957	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
157	FOCH, MARECHAL	Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire de la Guerre de 1914-1918	Paris	1931	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
158	FOLEY, EDWIN	The Book of Decorative Furniture: its Form, Colour, & History	London		USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
159	FORESTER, THOMAS	Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia	London	1861	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
160	FORT, PAUL	L'Arche de Noe	Paris	1934	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
161	FORT, PAUL	Edition Definitive des Ballades Francaises	Paris		USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
162	FORT, PAUL	FORT, PAUL. Group of 4 volumes by him, as below, in the "La France a travers les Ballades Francais" series	Paris		USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
163	FOUQUIER, MARCEL	De l'Art des Jardins du XVe au XXe Siecle	Paris	1911	USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
164		FOURTH OF JULY ORATIONS. Group of 5 Massachusetts orations, as below		1836	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
165	FRANCE, ANATOLE	Vie de Jeanne d'Arc	Paris	1908	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
166	FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN	FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Memoirs	Berkeley & Los Angeles	1949	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
167		FRENCH BOOKS IN BINDING. Bertrand. Regne de Louis XVIII...	Paris		USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
168		FRENCH BOOKS IN BINDING. Les Contes Remois...	Paris		USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
169		FRENCH BOOKS IN BINDING. Hennessy. Realites de Guerre...	Paris		USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
170		FRENCH BOOKS IN BINDING. Paris. Francois Villon...	Paris		USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
171		FRENCH BOOKS IN BINDING. Riou. Journal d'un Simple Soldat...	Paris		USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
172		FRENCH BOOKS IN BINDING. Taine. Voyage en Italie...	Paris		USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
173	(Montjoye, C. F. L. de)	FRENCH REVOLUTION. Histoire de la Conjuration de Maximilien Robespierre	Paris	1797	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
174	(Luchet, Marquis de)	FRENCH ROMANCE. Olinde, par FAuteur des Memoires du Vicomte de Barjac	Londres	1784	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
175	FROST, ROBERT	West-Running Brook	New York	1928	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
176	FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY	Thomas Carlyle: a History of the First Forty Years of his Life...	London		USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
177	Salverte, Comte de	FURNITURE. Les Ebenistes du XVIIIe Siecle: leurs Oeuvres et leurs Marques	Paris	1962	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
178		FURNITURE. The Furniture of Thomas Chippendale...			USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
179		FURNITURE. Robinson. English Furniture...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
180		FURNITURE. Group of 9 items...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
181	Katherine S. Dreier, J. J. Sweeney, Naum Gabo	(GABO, NAUM). Three Lectures on Modem Art ...	New York	1949	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
182		GARDENS. Djurgarden Forr och Nu, skildrad av Bolin, Ostman och Hedberg	Stockholm	1925	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
183		GARDENS. Sieveking. Gardens Ancient and Modem...			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
184		GARDENS, ETC. Lowell. American Gardens...			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
185	GARLAND, HAMLIN	Hesper, a Novel	New York	1903	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
186	GENUS, COMTESSE DE	Memoires Inedites, sur le Dix-Huitieme Siecle et la Revolution Francaise	Paris	1825	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
187	GETTY, ALICE	The Gods of North Buddhism: their History, Iconography and Progressive Evolution	Oxford	1914	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
188	GIL, ENRIQUE	Evolucion del Panamericanismo: el Credo de Wilson y el Panamericanismo	Buenos Aires	1933	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
189		GOETHEANA: a Centenary Portfolio of Forty-Three Facsimiles Reproductions of Unique or Rare Items from the William A. Speck Collection	New Haven	1932	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
190		GOLDEN GOSPELS OF ECHTERNACH: Codex Aureus Eptemacensis	New York	1957	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
191	GONCOURT, EDMOND AND JULES DE	Histoire de la Societe Francaise pendant le Revolution	Paris	1889	USD 35.00 - 45.00	Unknown
192	Sanchez Canton, F. J.	(GOYA). Le Pitture Nere di Goya alla Quinta del Sordo	(Milano)	1963	USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
193	GRAHAME, KENNETH	The Wind in the Willows	London	1908	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
194	GRAMONT, MARESCHAL DE	GRAMONT, MARESCHAL DE. Memoires . . . donnez au Public par le Duc de Gramont, son fils	Paris	1716	USD 35.00 - 45.00	Unknown
195	GRAND-CARTERET, JOHN	L'Aiglon en Images et dans la Fiction Poetique et Dramatique	Paris	1901	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
196	GRANDVILLE, J. J.	Cent Proverbes	Paris	1845	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
197		GREAT GEORGIAN HOUSES OF AMERICA: Published for the Benefit of the Architects Emergency Committee	New York	1933	USD 30.00 - 50.00	Unknown
198	Stephen G. Xydis	GREECE AND THE GREAT POWERS, 1944-1947: Prelude to the "Truman Doctrine"	Thessaloniki	1963	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
199		GREEK ART, ETC. Richter. Three Critical Periods in Greek Sculpture...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
200	M. H. Spielmann and G. S. Layard	GREENAWAY, KATE	London	1905	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

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.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

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

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.