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Sale #B72

Art, Architecture, & Illustrated Books

including important reference

Americana • Books on Books
Children's Books • Color Plate Books
Decorative Graphics • Literature • Maps
Photographs • Poster Reference • Travel

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to be sold on
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm

Exhibition

Wednesday  January 28   10 am to 6 pm
Thursday January 29   10 am to 6 pm
Friday January 30   10 am to 6 pm
Monday  February 2   10 am to 6 pm
Tuesday  February 3   10 am to time of sale

The lots listed will be sold by Swann Galleries, Inc. as agent for others, subject to the standard Terms and Conditions found in our auction catalogues. The price paid by the purchaser shall be the sum of the final bid, A PREMIUM OF 25% of the final bid, and any applicable sales tax.

All lots are being sold "AS IS", are NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN FOR ANY REASON, and must be removed IN THEIR ENTIRETY from our premises no later than 7 days after the sale.

Estimates are included only as a matter of custom and may bear no relation to the true value of a lot. Potential bidders are advised to examine the material and reach their own conclusions.

1.  Children's Literature and Miscellaneous, mostly 20th century. 1 shelf, approx. 35 vols. [500/750]

2.  Sets & Bindings. Scott's Waverley Novels. Uniformly leather bound. 1 shelf, approx. 75 vols. [400/600]

3.  Children's and 20th Century Literature, including first editions, many with dust jackets, including Salinger, Sandburg & Saroyan. 2 shelves, approx. 60 vols. [500/750]

4.  20th Century Children's Literature, mostly in dust jackets. 1 shelf, approx. 30 vols. [250/350]

5.  20th Century Children's Literature and reference books, mostly first editions, many in dust jackets, including Sendak, Lobel & Ungerer. 1 shelf, approx. 60 vols. [600/900]

6.  Miscellaneous, mostly children's books and 19th century literature. 1 shelf, approx. 40 vols. [300/400]

7.  Americana, 19th and 20th century miscellaneous books including Photographic History of the Civil War, 10 vols. 2 shelves, approx. 50 vols. [500/750]

8.  Miscellaneous, mostly 19th century literature, including Kipling & Harte. 2 shelves, approx. 65 vols. [300/400]

9.  Miscellaneous, mostly bibliography. 2 shelves, approx. 50 vols. [400/600]

10.  Sets & Bindings, including Edgeworth Tales & Novels, 18 vols. * The Aldine Poets, 8 vols. * Fables of La Fontaine. 1 shelf, approx. 25 vols. [300/400]

11.  Poster Reference Books, including Modern Publicity, 7 vols. and Rennert catalogues, 8 vols. 1 shelf, 40 vols. [200/300]

12.  Art Books, including Man Ray, Miro & Bonnard. 2 shelves, approx. 50 vols. [400/600]

13.  Architecture, mostly French publications, including Revoil's Architecture Romane, 3 vols. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [300/500]

14.  Art Books on Mucha and Art Nouveau. 2 shelves, approx. 55 vols. [400/600]

15.  Photobooks, including Arthur Trees. 1 shelf, approx. 25 vols. [200/300]

16.  Architecture and Decorative Arts, including Anciens Chateaux de France & Italian Furniture and Interiors. 2 shelves, approx. 35 vols. [600/900]

17.  Art Reference and Monographs, including L'Art Abstrait, 5 vols, 1 shelf, approx. 25 vols. [200/300]

18.  Art Reference and Monographs on Surrealism and Dada, mostly Salvador Dalí. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [500/750]

19.  Art Reference and Monographs on Pablo Picasso. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [200/300]

20.  Architecture, mostly French, 1 shelf of large, heavy folios, including Croquis D'Architecture, 6 vols. Approx. 10 vols. [400/600]

21.  Art Reference and Monographs, including fashion, costume and Pop Art. 1 shelf, approx. 30 vols. [200/300]

22.  Art Reference and Monographs on 20th century European artists, including Vlaminck, Paul Klee & Joseph Beuys. 2 shelves, approx. 40 vols. [400/600]

23.  Architecture and Decorative Art, mostly French, including Durand's Fabbriche Classiche, 2 vols. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [300/500]

24.  Art Reference and Monographs on 20th century European artists, including Duchamp, Chagall, Matta, Klimt & Tapies. 2 shelves, approx. 55 vols. [400/600]

25.  Art Reference and Monographs, including Russian Avant-Garde. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [200/300]

26.  Architecture and Decorative Art, including: Le Vatican by Letarouilly & Simil, 2 vols. * The Work of McKim Mead and White, 2 vols. * Frank Lloyd Wright, Selected Drawings, 2 vols. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [600/900]

27.  Art Reference and Monographs, mostly Photobooks and European decorative art. 2 shelves, approx. 50 vols. [400/600]

28.  Art Reference and Monographs, mainly design, graphics and typography, including the Centre Georges Pompidou city series. 2 shelves, approx. 55 vols. [400/600]

29.  Furniture and Architecture. 19th and 20th century. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [200/300]

30.  Photobooks, including Cartier-Bresson, Avedon, Sudek, Friedlander, Moholy-Nagy, Mapplethorpe, Beard, Hockney & others. Various sizes and conditions, some duplicates. 1 shelf, approx. 25 vols. [800/1,200]

31.  Architecture and Furniture. 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 45 vols. [400/600]

32.  Architecture, Cabinetmaking and Furniture. 19th and 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 45 vols. [400/600]

33.  Architecture and Furniture, including Dictionary of English Furniture 19th and 20th Century. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [200/300]

34.  Architecture and Furniture, including American Architect and Building News, 6 vols. 2 shelves, approx. 35 vols. [400/600]

35.  Architecture, Furniture and Decorative Arts, 19th and 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 55 vols. [400/600]

36.  Gardening, Design, Architecture and Furniture. 19th and 20th century. 3 shelves, approx. 70 vols. [600/900]

37.  Architecture and Furniture. 20th century. 3 shelves, approx. 70 vols. [600/900]

38.  Architecture and Furniture. 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 60 vols. [400/600]

39.  Architecture. 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 55 vols. [400/600]

40.  Sets and Bindings, including Ackermann's Repository, 33 vols. * Dictionnaire de L'Architecture Francaise, 10 vols. 2 shelves, approx. 50 vols. [600/900]

41.  Architecture and Furniture, mostly 20th century, including duplicates of Acanthus Press editions of Vignola's Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture and Mauch & Normand's Parallel of the Classical Orders of Architecture. 3 shelves, approx. 100 vols. [600/900]

42.  Architecture, Design and Furniture. 19th and 20th century. 3 shelves, approx. 85 vols. [600/900]

43.  Architecture and Furniture, 19th & 20th Century, including The White Pine Series and Die Kunst 1911-32. 3 shelves, approx. 75 vols. [600/900]

44.  Architecture, Design and Furniture. 20th century. 3 shelves, approx. 80 vols. [600/900]

45.  Architecture and Furniture. 19th and 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 40 vols. [400/600]

46.  Russian Art & Architecture. 1 shelf, approx. 25 vols. [300/500]

47.  Architecture and Furniture. 19th and 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 50 vols. [400/600]

48.  Literature, 19th and 20th Century, including Mark Twain. 3 shelves, approx. 60 vols. [600/900]

49.  Architecture and Furniture. 19th and 20th century. 3 shelves, approx. 75 vols. [600/900]

50.  Architecture and Furniture. 19th and 20th century. 1 shelf, approx. 25 vols. [200/300]

51.  Architecture and Furniture, including Perspecta, Les Eglises de France and Samothrace. 19th and 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 75 vols. [400/600]

52.  Architecture and Furniture. 19th and 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 50 vols. [400/600]

53.  Architecture, Design and Furniture. 19th and 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 65 vols. [400/600]

54.  Architecture, Gardens and Furniture. 19th and 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 40 vols. [400/600]

55.  Architecture and Furniture. 19th and 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 50 vols. [400/600]

56.  Gardening and Botanical, 18th and 19th century. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [300/500]

57.  Latin Americana, books, pamphlets and clippings on Mayan archaeology and Central America, 19th and 20th centuries. 1 shelf, approx. 30 vols. [400/600]

58.  Art and Photobooks. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [200/300]

59.  Chamber's Dictionary, includes plate volume. 1786. 1 shelf, 5 vols. [200/300]

60.  Literature, 19th and 20th Century, some signed, including Rowling & Hemingway. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [800/1,200]

61.  Miscellaneous, including Limited Editions Club and incomplete issues of Verve. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [200/300]

62.  Literature and Miscellaneous, mostly 19th century. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [600/900]

63.  Americana, 18th and 19th Century geographies and gazetteers. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [600/900]

64.  Latin Americana, 18th and 19th century. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [500/750]

65.  Americana, mostly relating to New York City and Brooklyn, mostly 19th century. 1 shelf, approx. 30 vols. [500/750]

66.  Miscellaneous, including Turner's Liber Studiorum & The Great Opera. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [400/600]

67.  Americana, 19th and 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 40 vols. [200/300]

68.  Americana, 19th and 20th century pamphlets and books. 1 shelf, approx. 70 vols. [600/900]

69.  Americana, 19th and 20th century. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [300/400]

70.  Americana, 19th and 20th centuries including bound Analectic Magazines. 2 shelves, approx. 40 vols. [600/900]

71.  Americana, 19th and 20th century. 2 shelves, approx. 45 vols. [500/750]

72.  Americana Bibliography, including Evans and Shaw & Shoemaker. 2 shelves, approx. 40 vols. [300/400]

73.  Americana. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [200/300]

74.  Early Printed Books, plus pamphlets, broadsides and letterpress documents, mostly English, 17th and 18th century. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [700/1,000]

75.  Americana Bibliography. 2 shelves, approx. 45 vols. [400/600]

76.  Americana, Vermont history. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [200/300]

77.  Americana, Vermont history, including pamphlets and bound newspapers. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [200/300]

78.  Americana, Vermont history. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [200/300]

79.  Books on Books. 1 shelf, approx. 30 vols. [200/300]

80.  Books on Books, including pamphlets and periodicals. 2 shelves, approx. 75 vols. [300/400]

81.  Books on Books. 3 shelves, approx. 75 vols. [500/750]

82.  Literature, all by John Updike. 1 shelf, 7 vols. [200/300]

83.  Literature. 3 shelves, approx. 80 vols. [400/600]

84.  Ephemera and Maps. 1 shelf, approx. 15 items. [300/400]

85.  Illustration Art, posters and decorative graphics. 1 shelf, approx. 40 items. [400/600]

86.  Literature. 1 shelf, approx. 25 vols. [200/300]

87.  Literature. 2 shelves, approx. 40 vols. [400/600]

88.  Literature. 2 shelves, approx. 50 vols. [400/600]

89.  Literature. 2 shelves, approx. 40 vols. [400/600]

90.  New Yorkiana, mostly 19th century. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [200/300]

91.  Valentine's Manual, etc. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [200/300]

92.  The Bibelot, broken run. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [200/300]

93.  Western Americana, mostly 19th and early 20th century. 1 shelf, approx. 25 vols. [800/1,200]

94.  American Literature, including Mark Twain. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [500/750]

95.  Jacob Abbott, all 1850s. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [200/300]

96.  Literature, works by famous authors in one-volume collected editions. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [30/50]

97.  American Travel, mostly 19th century. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [800/1,200]

98.  Biographies and Autobiographies. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [30/50]

99.  Americana. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [800/1,200]

100.  American Magazines, leatherbound, 19th century, broken runs. 2 shelves, approx. 25 vols. [300/500]

101.  Charles Dickens. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [400/600]

102.  Miscellaneous, leatherbound, 19th century Americana, in poor condition. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [100/200]

103.  Books about Books, including the Streeter sale catalogue. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [300/500]

104.  Miscellaneous. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [150/250]

105.  Literature, worn reading copies. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [20/30]

106.  Miscellaneous, including some 19th century, mixed condition. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [30/50]

107.  Early Printed Books, mostly English, 18th century, poor condition. 1 shelf, approx. 25 vols. [500/750]

108.  American Indians, including some 19th century. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [800/1,200]

109.  Richard Phillips, Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels, incomplete set. 1 shelf, 7 vols. [250/350]

110.  Charles Dickens. Complete Works. 30 vols. "Autograph Edition" London, 1900. Uniformly rebacked with 1/4 fabric. 2 shelves, 30 vols. [600/900]

111.  The Family Library, broken run. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [300/500]

112.  Sporting Books, mostly on hunting. 1 shelf, approx. 25 vols. [400/600]

113.  World War I. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [100/200]

114.  New York State Forest Fish & Game Commission, Annual Reports. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [400/600]

115.  Natural History. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [200/300]

116.  Eclectic Magazine, New Series. (1865-1872) Volumes I-XXVI. 2 shelves, 27 vols. [400/600]

117.  Travel and Exploration. 3 shelves, approx. 50 vols. [1,000/2,000]

118.  Miscellaneous, including Walton, Paris Unknown, 1901, 3 vols. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [300/500]

119.  Hakluyt Society Publications, including The Hakluyt Handbook. 1 shelf, approx. 15 vols. [250/350]

120.  English Literature, including Conan Doyle. 1 shelf, approx. 20 vols. [300/500]

121.  Early Printed Books, including The Works of Francis Bacon, 5 vols., 1778. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [300/500]

122.  Scribner's Monthly, broken run, fair condition. 2 shelves, approx. 20 vols. [150/250]

123.  Illustrated and extra-illustrated 19th century books in bindings, including Barrington, Leech, Mahan & Seymour. 1 shelf, approx. 10 vols. [400/600]

124.  Modern Literature and miscellaneous, mostly paperbacks. 2 shelves, approx. 75 vols. [100/200]

125.  Near-Miniature and Small-Format Books. 1 box, approx. 35 vols. [400/600]

126.  Literature and miscellaneous, mostly paperbacks and pamphlets. Mostly 19th century. 1 box, over 50 items. [100/200]

127.  Autographs, mostly Americana, Literature and Entertainment. 1 box, approx. 100 items [800/1,200]

128.  Entertainment, including scripts from television (soap operas and more) and radio, as well as related correspondence and other papers from the advertising firm Leo Burnett, mostly 1960s and 1970s. 3 boxes, over 100 items. [400/600]

129.  Philatelic, including stamps, albums and first-day covers. 1 box, thousands of stamps. [300/400]

130.  Manuscripts, mostly Americana (letters, documents and more). 1 box, hundreds of items. [1,000/1,500]

131.  Americana, Wheeler's Reports upon United States Geological Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, incomplete set, 1870s-1880s. 1 box, 7 vols. [400/600]

132.  Manuscripts, mostly Americana, bound volumes and oversized documents. 1 box, approx. 20 items. [500/750]

133.  Ephemera (broadsides, decorative graphics, postcards, music, pamphlets and more). 1 box, hundreds of items. [800/1,200]

134.  Decorative Prints, including engravings and lithographs, 18th-20th century. 1 box, 2 sleeves and 1 frame, over 100 items. [300/500]

135.  Maps, engraved and lithographed. 17th-19th century. 1 box, approx. 15 items. [200/300]

136.  Americana. Broadsides, most 19th century. 1 sleeve, approx. 15 items. [500/750]

137.  Americana. Broadsides and Manuscripts, most 19th century. 1 sleeve, approx. 10 items. [300/400]

138.  Miscellaneous, including Autograph Letters Signed, Letters Signed, Documents Signed and others, by Britons, Scots, Americans and others. 1 sleeve, approx. 20 items. [150/250]

139.  Maps. Engraved Maps or Views. 18th century. 1 sleeve, 6 items. [200/300]

140.  Ronald Searle. 4 limited edition lithographs, numbered and signed. [600/900]

141.  Ephemera, including Boxing. 1 sleeve, approx. 25 items. [150/250]

142.  Americana prints and posters in frames, mats and tubes. 9 items. [300/400]

143.  Trajan's Column. Santi Bartoli, Pietro. Colonna Traiana. Title page, dedication, 7 engraved diagrams of Trajan's Column, 119 engravings reproducing the column's continuous narrative frieze. 1 Oblong folio. [500/750]

144.  Dictionary of National Biography, including supplements. 2 boxes, approx. 25 vols. [100/200]

145.  Maps. Engraved, including Bowen and Zatta. 17th-19th century. approx. 15 maps. [1,000/1,500]

END OF SALE

 
 

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