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<b><center>Swann Auction Galleries<br>Printed & Manuscript African Americana:<br>March 30, 2023</b><b>Swann March 30:</b> Victor H. Green, <i>The Negro Motorist Green Book,</i> New York, 1949. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Swann March 30:</b> Papers of pianist-composer Lawrence Brown relating to Paul Robeson & more, various places, 1925-54. $5,000 to $7,500.<b>Swann March 30:</b> Freedom Summer archive of civil rights activist Karen Haberman Trusty, Atlanta & elsewhere, 1963-64. $5,000 to $7,500.<b>Swann March 30:</b> E. Simms Campbell, <i>A Night-Club Map of Harlem,</i> New York, 1933. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann March 30:</b> Archive of letters from the sculptor Richmond Barthé to a close Jamaican friend, various places, 1966-85. $25,000 to $35,000.
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<center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 41<br>Books, Autographs & Manuscripts<br>March 21st-23rd 2023</b><b>Gonnelli:</b> Nabokov, <i>Lolita,</i> 1955. First edition, mint copy. Starting price 1900€<b>Gonnelli:</b> Marinetti, <i>Zang Tumb Tuuum,</i> 1914. First edition. Starting price 1600€<b>Gonnelli:</b> A collection of <i>Playboy,</i> starting price from 20€<b>Gonnelli:</b> Kepler, <i>Dioptrice,</i> 1611. First edition. Starting price 9500€<b>Gonnelli:</b> Barbault, <i>Les plus beaux Monuments de Rome,</i> 1761-1766. Starting price 5500€<b>Gonnelli:</b> Watson, <i>Dendrologia Britannica,</i> 1825. Starting price 380€
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<b><center>Koller Auctions<br>Books & Autographs<br>29 March 2023</b><b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> DADA - <i>Cabaret Voltaire.</i> A collection of artistic and literary contributions. Edited by Hugo Ball. CHF 5,000 to 8,000.<b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> EXPRESSIONISM - <i>Der Sturm.</i> Weekly magazine for culture and the arts. Almost complete suite from the years 1910 to 1932. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.<b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> LISBON EARTHQUAKE - <i>Augsburg collection of copper engravings of Lisbon. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.<b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> Hamilton, William. <i>Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London.</i> Naples, 1776-1779. CHF 50,000 to 70,000.<b><center>Koller Auctions<br>Books & Autographs<br>29 March 2023</b><b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> Leonardi, Domenico Felice. <i>Le Delizie della villa di Castellazzo descritte in verso dall'abbate Domenico Felice Leonardi lucchese fra gli Arcadi Ildosio Foloetico.</i> Milan, 1743. CHF 12,000 to 18,000.<b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> Zwingli, Huldrych. <i>Von erkiesen und freyhait der speisen. Von ergernusz und Verbößerung. Ob man gewalt hab die speyß zu etlichen zeyten verbieten [...]</i>. CHF 2,500 to 4,000.<b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> HENDRIK VAN VULLENHOE, UMKREIS. Benedictional and other texts for Johannes von Venningen, Bishop of Basel. Latin manuscript on parchment. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.<b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> Gujer, Hans Rudolf. Master typist's book by Hans Rudolf Gujer from Wermetschweil (Wermatswil). German manuscript on paper. CHF 3,000 to 5,000.
Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - April - 2004 Issue
Unusual 19th Century Literature and<br>Americana from Ken Leach
By Michael Stillman
Ken Leach, of Brattleborough, Vermont, has issued a catalogue of “19th Century Literature & Americana.” It’s an interesting smorgasbord of items you don’t see everyday. Indeed, this may be the only time you’ll see some of these titles. This is not the place to look for books for your Washington or Lincoln collection, nor for the great writers. This is a catalogue where you are more likely to find the item you didn’t know existed.
So, in seeming contradiction to what was just said, we’ll start with an item from one of America’s most famous writers. Perhaps there is still some obscurity in the name “Samuel Clemens,” but once you recognize he as one and the same with Mark Twain, you have arguably America’s most famous writer ever. Early in his career (1869), he published “Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrim’s Progress.” It’s a travelogue of Europe and the Middle East from a trip undertaken by Clemens and a few other American “pilgrims” (a polite word for “tourists”). Not surprisingly, no one is spared Twain’s wit, not his fellow tourists, stuffy European society, nor even the Holy Land. The book was a great success, and if Twain is better known today for youngsters along the Mississippi and frogs in California, “Innocents” was a greater success during his lifetime. If you are a Clemens/Twain collector, you undoubtedly have this book. But, do you have the Innocence Abroad board game (and yes, that’s “innocence,” not “innocents”)? Well here’s you chance. One of Parker Brothers earliest games was based on Twain’s humorous story. It is likely that George Parker himself designed it as this was the case for most of the games he sold. To learn more about this board game, visit the following page on the University of Waterloo (Canada) website: http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~museum/Map%20Games/innocence/ . Item 24. $150.
There are several items for those whose collections turn to music. For example, here’s Tippecanoe Songs of The Log Cabin Boys & Girls of 1840. These songs celebrate General, soon-to-be President, soon-to-be deceased ex-President, William Henry Harrison. Item 77. $200. If this isn’t enough pro-Whig music for you, there’s also sheet music for The Log Cabin Song, “respectfully dedicated to the Whigs of the United States.” Even then, politicians were pretending to be men of the people, in this case Harrison and his log cabin (it was a very nice log cabin that he was born into). Item 94. $50.