Swann Galleries: Autographs, 2661, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 07, 2024 - March 07, 2024

Page Size: 180 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	BALFOUR, ARTHUR JAMES.	(PRIME MINISTERS--UK.) BALFOUR, ARTHUR JAMES. Group of 4 letters	London or Bad Gastein	1892-1911	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 406.25
52	CHAMBERLAIN, NEVILLE.	(PRIME MINISTERS--UK.) CHAMBERLAIN, NEVILLE. Photograph Signed,	Np	nd	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 375.00
53	DISRAELI, BENJAMIN.	(PRIME MINISTERS--UK.) DISRAELI, BENJAMIN. Group of 5 Autograph Letters,	[High Wycombe or London]	1868-72	USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00	USD 1,500.00
54	DISRAELI, BENJAMIN.	(PRIME MINISTERS--UK.) DISRAELI, BENJAMIN. Autograph Letter Signed,	Shrewsbury	29 August 1844	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 593.75
55	GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART.	(PRIME MINISTERS--UK.) GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART. Three Autograph Letters Signed	Hawarden; Np	26; 30 December 1874; 19 April 1879	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 625.00
56	GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART.	(PRIME MINISTERS--UK.) GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART. Autograph Manuscript Signed	Np	April 1889	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 937.50
57	GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART.	(PRIME MINISTERS--UK.) GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART. Archive of 10 letters Signed	Vp	1879-96	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 625.00
58	GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART.	(PRIME MINISTERS--UK.) GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART. Small archive of 7 Autograph Letters Signed	Vp	1885-92	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,250.00
59	MACMILLAN, HAROLD.	(PRIME MINISTERS--UK.) MACMILLAN, HAROLD. Small archive of 4 Typed Letters Signed	Vp	1956-72	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 375.00
60	SCHWEITZER, ALBERT.	SCHWEITZER, ALBERT. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "To Anita Daniel with my good thoughts,"	Gunsbach	1957-06-15	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,750.00
61	SCHWEITZER, ALBERT.	SCHWEITZER, ALBERT. Group of 7 partly-printed Documents Signed	Lambarene	1958-64	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,000.00
62	SCHWEITZER, ALBERT.	SCHWEITZER, ALBERT. Autograph Letter Signed, to "Mr. Michel, Dear Friend"	Lambarene	1963-12-16	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,000.00
63	FLEMING, ALEXANDER.	(SCIENTISTS.) FLEMING, ALEXANDER. Photograph Signed and Inscribed	[London?]	1949	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,625.00
64	WATSON, JAMES DEWEY; AND FRANCIS CRICK.	(SCIENTISTS.) WATSON, JAMES DEWEY; AND FRANCIS CRICK. Joyce Baldwin. DNA Pioneer	New York:	1994	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,125.00
65		(SCIENTISTS.) TIME Magazine cover Signed by 14 of the scientists featured on the cover,	Np	1961-63	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
66		(SCIENTISTS.) Group of 8 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, on small card or slip of paper.	Vp	vd	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
67	WEBSTER, DANIEL.	WEBSTER, DANIEL. Autograph Letter Signed, "Dan'l Webster,"	Boston	17 April 1829	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 406.25
68	WEBSTER, DANIEL.	WEBSTER, DANIEL. Autograph Letter Signed, "Dan'lWebster," to [Arthur?] Livermore ("My Dear Sir"),	[Washington]	5 August 1845?	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 406.25
69	WINDSOR, EDWARD; DUKE OF.	WINDSOR, EDWARD; DUKE OF. A King's Story. Signed, "Edward," on the limitation page.	New York	1951, nd	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,000.00
70		(MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of over 20 items Inscribed, Signed, or Signed and Inscribed	Vp	1858-1969	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 937.50
71		(MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 10 magazine covers, each Signed, or Signed and Inscribed	Np	1960-2000s	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 437.50
72	ARTHUR, CHESTER A.	ARTHUR, CHESTER A. Signature, as President, on a White House card.	Washington	1881-85	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 625.00
73	EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.	EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Phillips and Fisher. Elements of Geometry. Signed, twice	New York	(1986); inscriptions: circa 1907	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 1,625.00
74	EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.	EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Admiral Morton L. Deyo,	Washington	1955-06-09	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 625.00
75	EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.	EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Photograph Signed and Inscribed,	Np	nd	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 406.25

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Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
30th May 2024

Forum, May 30: Potter (Beatrix). Complete set of four original illustrations for the nursery rhyme, 'This pig went to market', 1890s. £60,000 to £80,000.

Forum, May 30: Dante Alighieri.- Lactantius (Lucius Coelius Firmianus). Opera, second edition, Rome, 1468. £40,000 to £60,000.

Forum, May 30: Distilling.- Brunschwig (Hieronymus). Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis, first edition of the so-called 'Grosses Destillierbuch', Strassburg, 1512. £22,000 to £28,000.

Forum, May 30: Eliot (T.S.), W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, Robert Lowell, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, & others. A Personal Anthology for Eric Walter White, 60 autograph poems. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum, May 30: Cornerstone of French Enlightenment Philosophy.- Helvetius (Claude Adrien). De l'Esprit, true first issue "A" of the suppressed first edition, Paris, 1758. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
30th May 2024

Forum, May 30: Szyk (Arthur). The Haggadah, one of 125 copies, this out-of-series, Beaconsfield Press, 1940. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, May 30: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, 1953. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, May 30: Japan.- Ryusui (Katsuma). Umi no Sachi [Wealth of the Sea], 2 vol., Tokyo, 1762. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, May 30: Computing.- Operating and maintenance manual for the BINAC binary automatic computer built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation 1949, Philadelphia, 1949. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, May 30: Burmese School (probably circa 1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c.1870s]. £8,000 to £12,000.

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