Sothebys: The Library of Dr Rodney P Swantko, N11497, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 26, 2024 - June 26, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Poe, Edgar Allan | Tamerlane --- the most poignant rarity in American literature |
Boston | 1827 | USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 | USD 420,000.00 |
| 27 | Poe, Edgar Allan | The earliest Poe manuscripts still in private hands |
Baltimore | circa 1828 or 1829 | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 216,000.00 |
| 28 | Poe, Edgar Allan | "The fever called living is conquered at last." |
Fordham, New York | 1849 | USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 | USD 504,000.00 |
| 29 | Poe, Edgar Allan | The very fine Swann-Self set of the first collected edition |
New York | 1850 (Vols. I-III); 1856 (Vol. IV) | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 48,000.00 |
| 30 | Riley, James Whitcomb | "My doctern is to lay aside Contensions, and be satisfied." |
Indianapolis, Ind. | 1883 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 720.00 |
| 31 | Steinbeck, John | Cup of Gold---a fine first edition of the author's first novel |
New York | 1929 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 10,800.00 |
| 32 | Steinbeck, John | To a God Unknown, inscribed to the author's book designer |
New York | [1933] | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 |
| 33 | Steinbeck, John | Presentation copy of Tortilla Flat in striking condition |
New York | 1935 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 24,000.00 |
| 34 | Steinbeck, John | Cannery Row, presented to the dedicatee |
New York | 1945 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 35 | Steinbeck, John | The First Watch---an exploration of unfulfilled expectations |
[Los Angeles | 1947 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 36 | Stevenson, Robert Louis | Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! |
London | 1883 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 37 | Thomas Taylor [artist] | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 | USD 1,920,000.00 | |
| 38 | Whitman, Walt | "Unscrew the locks from the doors! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!" |
Brooklyn, New York | 1855 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 132,000.00 |
| 39 | Whitman, Walt | "Walt Whitman, an American, one of the roughs, a kosmos" |
Brooklyn, New York | 1855 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 66,000.00 |
| 40 | [Golf] --- Clapcott, C[harles]. B[lackstone]. | An unusually full set of his privately issued works on the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 41 | [Golf] --- Forgan, Robert, Jr. | An early instructional manual by a St. Andrews golfer and club-maker |
Cupar; Edinburgh; London | 1881 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 42 | [Golf] --- Hogan, William Ben | Hogan's tenth major championship? |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 43 | [Golf] --- Hopkinson, Cecil | The "definitive study of early golf literature" |
London | 1938 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 44 | [Golf] --- [Robb, George] | The first---and still a significant---anthology of golf, in the original wrappers |
Edinburgh | 1863 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 5,040.00 |
| 45 | [Golf] --- The Thistle Golf Club | Manuscript record book of the Club |
1820 -1830 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 46 | [Golf] --- Tillinghast, A[lbert]. W[arren]. | Evidently one of just four recorded copies |
(Philadelphia | ca. 1917 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 47 | [Golf] --- Wood, Harry B. | Presentation copy of the limited, large-paper issue |
London | 1911 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/e0a5c41f-2fd1-4645-8816-32d89dc4e5fb.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/58851f55-ad3a-4d3a-8a53-a311900b6f84.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/18c42c85-f730-43c0-bc2e-c8d799ae4308.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ac8ca527-c37b-44d5-b1d8-d369d712b17d.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/05e185d5-1ef2-48ba-943f-e6541c123bfe.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.")
