Swann Galleries: Fine Books, 2701, New York

Auction Details

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
201 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, William Bell Scott's annotated copy

London 1859 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,000.00
202 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, with a letter and manuscript poem by William Dean Howells

London 1868 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,000.00
203 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, with the original illustrated jacket

New York 1913 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
204 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; and the Salaman and Absal of Jami

London 1879 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
205 Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Justin Huntly McCarthy, trans. (1859-1936)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, bound by Ruban

London 1889 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,000.00
206 Sett, Mera K., illus.

Omar Khayyam

Cambridge 1914 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 813.00
207 Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) & Maurice Denis, illus.

Vita Nova, extra-illustrated in a fine Art Deco binding

Paris 1907 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
208

Devotional Book with Embroidered Binding

Parma 1789 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,125.00
209

Jeweler's Binding of Gilt Celluloid

Paris [circa 1870] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 625.00
210

New Testament, Psalms & Hymns in German. In a Metal-edged Gilt Binding

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
211

Ornate Metal Binding. French Devotional Work

19th century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.00
212 Segonzac, Andre de (1884-1974), illus. & Pierre Brisson (189

Le Lierre, in a fine binding...

Paris 1953 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 688.00
213 Segonzac, Andre-Dunoyer de, (1884-1974)

Dessins sur les Danses d'Isadora Duncan

Paris 1911 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 438.00
214 Valmy-Baysse, Jean (1874-1962) & J.E. Laboureur, illus.

Tableau des Grands Magasins, Tableaux Contemporain no. 5

Paris 1925 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
215 Verlaine, Paul (1844-1896) & Maurice Denis, illus. (1870-1943)

Sagesse

Paris 1911 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
216 Walton, Izaak (1593-1683)

The Compleat Angler

Chiswick 1905 USD 2,400.00 - 3,400.00 USD 2,500.00
217 Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) & J.E. Laboureur, illus. (1877-1943)

Le Portrait de Dorian Gray, extra-illustrated in a fine binding

Paris 1928 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
218 Chamberlain, Basil Hall (1850-1935)

Aino Fairy Tales, Nos. 1 & 2...

Boston & Tokyo 1887 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,625.00
219 Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851)

The Deerslayer, First English & American Editions

London 1841 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 563.00
220 Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851)

The Prairie, A Tale

London 1827 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
221 Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851)

The Red Rover, A Tale

London 1828 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 75.00
222 Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

London 1839 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
223 Dickens, Charles (1843-1848)

Great Expectations, extra-illustrated first edition

London 1861 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 13,750.00
224 Dickens, Charles (1843-1848)

Oliver Twist, a fine first edition in original cloth

London 1838 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,500.00
225 Dickens, Charles (1843-1848)

Oliver Twist

London 1838 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,375.00
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