Swann Galleries: Fine Books, 2701, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
April 22, 2025 - April 22, 2025
Page Size: 361 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
176 Kent, Rockwell (1882-1971) & The Typophiles of New York

Two books on typographical design...

New York 1937 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 313.00
177 Kent, Rockwell (1882-1971), illus. & Herman Melville (1819-1891)

Moby Dick, or The Whale

Chicago 1930 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,000.00
178 Nonesuch Press. Paul Nash, illus. (1889-1946)

Genesis

London 1924 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,063.00
179 Rockwell, Kent (1882-1971), illus. & Voltaire (1694-1778)

Candide

New York 1928 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,500.00
180

St. Dominic Press. Horae Beatae Virginis, Eric Gill's personal copy

Ditchling 1923 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,063.00
181 Toomer, Jean (18894-1967) & Martin Puryear, illus. (b. 1951)

Cane

San Francisco 2000 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
182 Bjerregaard, Carl Henrik A. (1845-1922)

Sufi Interpretations of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and Fitzgerald, one of 26 copies

New York 1902 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
183 Bjerregaard, Carl Henrik A. (1845-1922)

Sufi Interpretations of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and Fitzgerald, one of only five copies

New York 1902 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,000.00
184 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Eben Francis Thompson, trans. (1859-1939)

The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur

[Worcester, MA] 1906 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 750.00
185 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, bound by Dudley & Hodge

London 1899 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,000.00
186 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, bound by Roycroft

East Aurora, NY 1900 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
187 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe

[London] [1910] USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,000.00
188 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, elaborately illuminated

London ca. 1922 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
189 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, finely bound limited edition

London 1901 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
190 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illuminated manuscript

United States 1911 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
191 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by Rene Bull

London 1913 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,188.00
192 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by Susan Allix

London 1973 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,750.00
193 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by W. Pogany

London 1930 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,000.00
194 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, in a vibrant binding

London 1897 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
195 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, in an elaborate Riviere binding

London 1928 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,000.00
196 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, limited edition signed by the illustrator

London 1920 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,000.00
197 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, limited edition with illuminated additions

Wausau, WI 1901 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,125.00
198 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, signed by illustrator Edmund Dulac

London 1909 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
199 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Thomas Cleland's copy

Frankfurt 1939 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
200 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Vedder's Riverside Press edition

Boston 1884 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,000.00
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