Swann Galleries: Fine Books, 2665, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 11, 2024 - April 11, 2024
Page Size: 308 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Albers, Josef (1888-1976)

Josef Albers: White Line Squares.

Los Angeles 1966 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
2 Aristophanes (c. 466-c. 386 B.C.E) & Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Lysistrata: A New Version by Gilbert Seldes.

New York 1934 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,400.00
3

Art Nouveau Graphic Design. Graphische Neuheiten Serie II.

Vienna & Leipzig 1907 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 275.00
4 Baudelaire, Charles & Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Three Poems from Les Fleurs du Mal.

New York 1997 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,600.00
5 Benedictus, Edouard (1878-1930)

Relais, 1930. Quinze Planches Donnant Quarante-deux Motifs Decoratifs : Enluminure d'Art de J. Saude. Preliminaires de Y. Rambosson.

Paris 1930 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 900.00
6 Budko, Joseph (1883-1940)

Illustrations for the Passover Haggadah.

Berlin no date circa 1921. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
7 Celmins, Vija (b. 1938) & Eliot Weinberger (b. 1949)

The Stars.

New York 2005 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 425.00
8 Chagall, Marc (1887-1985)

Dessins pour la Bible. Paris: French Verve, vol. 10, nos. 37-38, 1960.

Paris 1960 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,800.00
9 Chagall, Marc (1887-1985)

Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VII, Nos. 27 et 28.

Paris 1952 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 325.00
10 Chagall, Picasso, Braque, et alia.

Regards sur Paris.

Paris 1962 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 3,600.00
11 Creeley, Robert (1926-2005) & R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007)

A Day Book.

Berlin 1972 USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 3,800.00
12 Dali, Salvador (1904-1989) & Lewis Carroll (1832-1898).

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

New York 1969 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,600.00
13 De Flers, Robert; illus. Alphonse Mucha.

Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli.

Paris 1897 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,600.00
14 DeCosse, Cy (b. 1929), et al. ed. John Wood.

The Gardens of DeCosse.

South Dennis, MA 2000 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
15 Desmazieres, Erik (b.1948) & Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)

La Biblioteca de Babel / La Bibliotheque de Babel.

N.p. ca. 1997 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,200.00
16 Feingold, Michael (1945-2022)

After.

New York 1993 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
17 Ibsen, Henrik (1828-1906)

Poems.

New York 1987 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
18 Icart, Louis (1888-1950) & Andrea de Nerciat (1739-1801)

Felicia ou Mes Fredaines.

Paris 1947 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 800.00
19 Indiana, Robert (1928-2018) & Robert Creeley (1926-2005)

Numbers, Singed & Inscribed by Indiana.

Stuttgart and Dusseldorf 1968 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 425.00
20 Indiana, Robert (1928-2018) & Robert Creeley (1926-2005)

Numbers.

Stuttgart and Dusseldorf 1968 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,400.00
21 Indiana, Stella, Motherwell, Warhol, Lichtenstein, et alia.

Ten Works by Ten Painters.

Hartford, CT 1964 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 9,000.00
22 Joyce, James (1882-1941)

Bride-Ship and Gulls.

New York 1991 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
23 Motherwell, Robert (1915-1991) & Octavio Paz (1914-1998)

Three Poems.

New York 1987-1988. USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 3,800.00
24 Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973)

Trente-Deux Reproductions des Maquettes en Couleurs d'apres les Originaux des Costumes & Decor par Picasso pour le Ballet "Le Tricorne."

Paris 1920 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,800.00
25 Schulz, Philipp Walter (1864-1920)

Die Persisch-Islamische Miniaturmalerei.

Liepzig 1914 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 550.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
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