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
401	PYLE, HOWARD	The Story of the Champions of the Round Table	New York	1905	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
402	QUESADA, VICENTE G.	Recuerdos de mi Vida Diplomatica	Buenos Aires	1904	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
403	RABELAIS, FRANCOIS	Oeuvres, publiees sous le Titre de Faits et Dits du Geant Pantagruel et de son fils Pantagruel; avec la Prognostication Pantagrueline		1732	USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
404	(RACKHAM, ARTHUR)	King Albert's Book: a Tribute to the Belgian King and People . . .	New York	1915	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
405	REINACH, JOSEPH	La Guerre de 1914-1918: les Commentaires de Polybe	Paris		USD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
406	REINACH, JOSEPH	Original manuscript of "De l'Amerique et Joffre," signed "Polybe"		1917	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
407	REMINGTON, FREDERIC	The Way of an Indian	New York	1906	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
408	REPINGTON, LT. COL. C. A COURT	The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences	Boston	1920	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
409	REWALD, JOHN	Post-Impressionism, from Van Gogh to Gauguin	New York	1956	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
410	REYES, ALFONSO	Group of 10 volumes by this noted Mexican author			USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
411	RILKE, RAINER MARIA	Mir zu Feier: Gedichte. Floral and other text decorations	Berlin	1899	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
412	Bertrand H. Bronson	RITSON, JOSEPH: Scholar-at-Arms	Berkeley	1938	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
413	ROBERTS, KENNETH	Sun Hunting	Indianapolis	1922	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
414	ROBERTS, KENNETH L.	Why Europe Leaves Home	(Indianapolis)	1922	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
415	ROBERTSON, W.	Designs in Architecture, for Garden Chairs, Small Gates for Villas, Park Entrances, Aviarys, Temples, Boat Houses, Mausoleums, and Bridges	London	1800	USD 250.00 - 350.00	Unknown
416	ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON	The Children of the Night...	New York		USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
417	ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON	Lancelot, a Poem	New York	1920	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
418	ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON	Collected Poems	New York	1922	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
419	ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON	Sonnets, 1889-1927	New York	1928	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
420	ROGERS, SAMUEL	Italy, a Poem	London	1830	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
421	ROOSEVELT, NICHOLAS	The Philippines: a Treasure and a Problem...			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
422	Henry Cabot Lodge	ROOSEVELT, THEODORE	Boston	1919	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
423	(ROOSEVELT)	T. R. in Cartoon	Akron	1910	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
424	ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, JR.	Beyond the Call of Duty		1947	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
425	ROSEN, ERIC VON	En Forgangen Varld: Forskningar och Aventyr Bland Andernas Hogfjall...	Stockholm		USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
426	ROSSI, FILIPPO	Chefs-d'Oeuvre de l'Orfevrerie	(Milano)	1956	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
427	ROSTAND, EDMOND	Cyrano de Bergerac	Paris	1898	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
428	J. Poisle Desgranges	ROUGET DE LISLE ET LA MARSEILLAISE	Paris	1864	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
429	(ROUSSEL, P. J. A.)	Correspondance Secrette de Plusieurs Grands Personnages Illustres, a la fin du XVIIIe	Londres et se trouve a Paris	1802	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
430		ROYAL INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS. Catalogue of the Library	London		USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
431		RUSSIA. Tchemavin. Escape from the Soviets...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
432	Nevinson, Henry W.	RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. The Dawn in Russia, or Scenes in the Russian Revolution	London	1906	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
433	Hamilton, Lt. Gen. Sir Ian	RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. A Staff Officer's Scrap Book during the Russo-Japanese War	London	1907	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
434		RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. James. The Siege of Port Arthur: Records of an Eye-Witness...			USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
435	MacVeagh, Mrs. Charles	(RUZICKA, RUDOLPH). Fountains of Papal Rome	New York	1915	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
436	Wilde, Oscar	(RUZICKA, RUDOLPH). The Happy Prince, and Other Tales	Stamford	1936	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
437	Paul & Virginie	SAINT-PIERRE, BERNARDIN DE. Avec Notices et Notes par Anatole France	Paris	1876	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
438	SALVERTE, COMTE FRANCOIS DE	Les Ebenistes du XVIIIe Siecle: leurs Oeuvres et leurs Marques	Paris	1927	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
439		SCULPTURE. Daridian. Sept Siecles de Sculpture Japonaise...			USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
440	SEVIGNE, MADAME DE	Recueil des Lettres a Madame la Comtesse de Grignan, sa Fille	Paris	1763	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
441	SHAW, HENRY	Details of Elizabethan Architecture	Edinburgh	1898	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
442	SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE	La Sensitiva. Traduzione di Adolfo de Bosis	(Roma)	1892	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
443	Kenneth Neill Cameron, editor	SHELLEY AND HIS CIRCLE, 1773-1822	Cambridge	1961	USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
444	SHIEL, M. P.	Shapes in the Fire	London & Boston	1896	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
445		SIERRA CLUB. Moser. The Peninsula: a Story of the Olympic Country...	San Francisco		USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
446		SIERRA CLUB. Muir. Gentle Wilderness: the Sierra Nevada...	San Francisco		USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
447	Larwood, Jacob; & Hotten, J. C.	SIGNBOARDS. The History of Signboards, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day	London	1900	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
448	SITWELL, EDITH	SITWELL, EDITH. Collected Poems	London	1957	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
449	SITWELL, SIR OSBERT	Four Songs of the Italian Earth		1948	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
450	SITWELL, SACHEVERELL	German Baroque Art	London	1927	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
451	SITWELL, SACHEVERELL	Bridge of the Brocade Sash: Travels and Observations in Japan	London	1959	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
452	SITWELL, SACHEVERELL	Journey to the Ends of Time	London	1959	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
453	Florence M. A. Hilbish	SMITH, CHARLOTTE: Poet and Novelist (1749-1806)	Philadelphia	1941	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
454	Kobbe, Gustav	SOCIETY OF ICONOPHILES. The Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909	New York	1910	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
455	SODERHJELM, WERNER	La Nouvelle Franchise au XVe Siecle	Paris	1910	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
456	Smith, Alice R. Huger	SOUTH CAROLINA. Twenty Drawings of the Pringle House on King Street, Charleston, S. C.		1913	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
457	Sanchez Canton, F. J.	SPANISH ART. Los Retratos de los Reyes de Espana	Barcelona	1948	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
458		SPANISH ART. Lafuente Ferrari. Breve Historia de la Pintura Espanola...			USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
459	SPENDER, STEPHEN	SPENDER, STEPHEN. Collected Poems, 1928-1953	New York	1955	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
460	SPENSER, EDMUND	Epithalamion and Amoretti	London	1903	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
461	Scholz, Janos, editor	STAGE. Baroque and Romantic Stage Design	New York	1950	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
462	STANHOPE, LADY HESTER	STANHOPE, LADY HESTER. Memoirs	London	1845	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
463	STEDMAN, EDMUND CLARENCE	The Blameless Prince, and Other Poems	Boston	1869	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
464	STEDMAN, EDMUND CLARENCE	Victorian Poets	Boston	1876	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
465	STEDMAN, EDMUND CLARENCE	Songs and Ballads		1884	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
466	STEDMAN, EDMUND CLARENCE	Songs and Ballads	New-York	1884	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
467	STEIN, GERTRUDE	Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia	(Firenze)	1912	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
468	STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS	Vailima Letters: Correspondence addressed to Sidney Colvin, 1890-1894	London	1895	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
469	STEWART, JAMES, & COMPANY	A Century in Construction: an Historical Account, 1844-1944	New York & Chicago	1944	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
470	STOKES, ANSON PHELPS	Church and State in the United States: a Historical Survey . . .	New York	1950	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
471	STRATTON, ARTHUR	The English Interior: a Review of the Decoration of English Homes from Tudor Times to the XIXth Century	London	1920	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
472	Jardine, Sir William	SUN-BIRDS. Nectariniadae, or Sun-Birds	Edinburgh	1843	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
473		SWEDISH ART. Stockholms Slott och dess Konstskatter, av Ake Setterwali, Stig Fogelmarck och Lennart af Petersens	Stockholm	1950	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
474	Soderberg, Bengt G.	SWEDISH CHURCH ART. Svenska Kyrkomalningar fran Medeltiden	Stockholm	1951	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
475	SWIFT, JONATHAN	Le Conte du Tonneau, contenant tout ce que les Arts et les Sciences ont de plus Sublime et de plus Mysterieux; avec plusieurs autres Pieces tres-curieuses	Amsterdam	1757	USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
476	SWINBURNE, A. C.	The Queen-Mother and Rosamond	London	1868	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
477	SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON	Studies of the Greek Poets	London	1893	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
478	Horatio F. Brown	SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON: a Biography	London	1895	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
479	SYMONDS, R. W.	English Furniture from Charles II to George II	London	1929	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
480	TAINE, HIPPOLYTE	Les Origines de la France Contemporaine	Paris		USD 70.00 - 100.00	Unknown
481	TARBELL, IDA M.	He Knew Lincoln...	New York		USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
482		TENNESSEE. History of Homes and Gardens of Tennessee	Nashville	1936	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
483	(THACKERAY, W. M.)	The Newcomes	London	1855	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
484	THOMPSON, FRANCIS	Shelley	London	1909	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
485	THOMSON, JAMES	Biographical and Critical Studies	London	1896	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
486	THOREAU, HENRY D.	The Maine Woods	Boston	1864	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
487	THOREAU, HENRY D.	Cape Cod	Boston	1865	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
488	THOREAU, HENRY D.	Journal	New York	1962	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
489	TINKER, EDWARD LAROCQUE	The Horsemen of the Americas, and the Literature They Inspired	New York	1953	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
490	TIPPING, H. AVRAY, Editor	English Homes of the Early Renaissance: Elizabethan and Jacobean Houses and Gardens	London	1910	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
491	TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS DE	De la Democratic en Amerique	Paris	1888	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
492	Edmund R. Murphy	TONTY, HENRY DE: Fur Trader of the Mississippi	Baltimore	1941	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
493	TOUSSAINT, FRANZ	La Flute de Jade: Poesies Chinoises...	Paris		USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
494		UNITED NATIONS. Charter of the United Nations, and Statute of the International Court of Justice	San Francisco	1945	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
495	UZANNE, OCTAVE	Dictionnaire Bibliophilosophique: Typologique, Iconophilesque, Bibliopegique et Bibliotechnique	Paris	1896	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
496	Marlowe and Chapman	VALE PRESS. Hero and Leander	London	1894	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
497	Campion, Thomas	VALE PRESS. Fifty Songs	London	1896	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Unknown
498	VAN GOGH, VINCENT	The Complete Letters, with Reproductions of all the Drawings in the Correspondence	Greenwich, Conn.	1960	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
499	VAUDONCOURT, GENERAL GUILLAUME DE	Histoire des Campagnes de 1814 et 1815 en France	Paris	1826	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
500	VALTVENARGUES, MARQUIS DE	VALTVENARGUES, MARQUIS DE. Oeuvres Completes...	Paris	1821	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown

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