Swann Galleries: Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books, 2689, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024
Page Size: 282 items in 12 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES.

Shoveller Duck. Plate CCCXXVII.

London 1836 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,500.00
227

(BALLOONING.) Two printed items relating to pioneering American aeronaut Alan R. Hawley.

Np circa 1910 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
228 Johann Michael Seligmann.

(BIRDS.) Group of 10 hand-colored engraved plates after Mark Catesby or George Edwards from

Nuremberg 1760s USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 618.00
229 Rex Brasher.

(BIRDS.) Pileated Woodpecker [and] Glaucous Gull.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
230 James Wallace Black.

(BOSTON -- GREAT FIRE.) View of the Burnt District from Chauncy Street, Boston, Nov. 1872

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,000.00
231 Robert John Thornton.

(BOTANICAL.) Group of 3 engraved plates from various editions of the Temple of Flora.

London circa 1810-1812 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
232

(BRITISH PAPERCUT.) Jugate mezzotint portraits of King George III and Queen Charlotte framed within an intricately hand-cut panel

England late eighteenth century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.00
233 Currier & Ives.

(BROOKLYN BRIDGE.) The Great East River Bridge. To Connect the Cities of New York & Brooklyn.

New York 1872 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
234 Currier & Ives.

(BROOKLYN BRIDGE.) The Great East River Suspension Bridge. Connecting the Cities of New York and Brooklyn.

New York 1883 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 845.00
235

(BUDDHIST SCROLL -- JODO SECT.) [Illustrated life of Honen].

Japan late Edo period USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 688.00
236

(COSTUME -- WORLD CULTURES.) Miniature folding panorama of 28 hand-colored engraved panels illustrating the outfit and manner of

Np circa mid-nineteenth century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 750.00
237 CURRIER & IVES.

Blue Fishing.

New York circa 1870 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 813.00
238 CURRIER & IVES.

Central Park in Winter.

New York circa 1870 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,500.00
239 CURRIER & IVES.

Group of 4 nice small folio hand-colored lithographs.

New York 1860s-1870s USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,063.00
240 CURRIER & IVES.

Group of 5 small folio hand-colored lithographs.

New York 1840s-1870s USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 488.00
241 CURRIER & IVES.

Group of 7 small folio hand-colored lithographed scenes on the Mississippi River.

New York 1860s USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 2,860.00
242 CURRIER & IVES.

Group of 13 small folio hand-colored lithographs.

New York 1860s-1870s USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 469.00
243 CURRIER & IVES.

The Express Train.

New York circa 1860 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,125.00
244 CURRIER & IVES.

The Lightning Express.

New York circa 1860 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,950.00
245 CURRIER & IVES.

Two hand-colored lithographs from The Life of a Fireman series.

New York 1854; 1861 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,063.00
246 CURRIER & IVES.

The Danger Signal.

New York 1884 [1890] USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,750.00
247 CURRIER & IVES; after A.F. TAIT.

Brook Trout Fishing. An Anxious Moment.

New York 1862 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,250.00
248 CURRIER & IVES; after A.F. TAIT.

Catching a Trout. We Hab You Now, Sar.

New York 1854 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
249 CURRIER & IVES; after GEORGE DURRIE.

Autumn in New England. Cider Making.

New York 1866 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,340.00
250 CURRIER & IVES; after GEORGE DURRIE.

The Old Homestead in Winter.

New York 1864 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD
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