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The Library of Dr. Rodney P. Swantko

Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond St., London, W1A 2AA, United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7293 5000 · +44 (0)20 7293 5989

Date of the auction: 26.06.2024

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Adams, Ansel | Half Dome, Merced River
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US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$600
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Lot number 2
Baum, L. Frank | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; first edition, presentation copy
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US$120,000 - US$180,000
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US$108,000
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Lot number 3
[Burke, Edmund — French Revolution] | An Historical Sketch of the French...
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US$800 - US$1,200
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n. a.
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Lot number 4
[Chicago Architecture] | The Architectural Work of Graham Anderson Probst...
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US$4,000 - US$6,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 5
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne | A most attractive example of Clemens's first...
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US$18,000 - US$25,000
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US$22,800
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Lot number 6
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne | An exquisite example of Huckleberry Finn in...
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US$25,000 - US$35,000
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US$48,000
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Lot number 7
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne | A fine, bright copy of Huckleberry Finn in...
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US$8,000 - US$12,000
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US$9,000
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Lot number 8
Dickens, Charles | An extraordinary presentation copy of the author's...
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US$200,000 - US$300,000
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US$228,000
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Lot number 9
Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir | The most significant Sherlock Holmes...
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US$800,000 - US$1,200,000
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US$960,000
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Lot number 10
[Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir] | Sidney Paget's original illustration...
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US$250,000 - US$350,000
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US$384,000
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Lot number 11
Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir | The Hound of the Baskervilles; perhaps...
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US$6,000 - US$8,000
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US$7,200
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Lot number 12
[Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir] — Vincent Starrett | The Unique Hamlet...
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US$30,000 - US$40,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 13
[Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir] — Vincent Starrett | The Private Life...
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US$1,500 - US$2,000
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US$1,320
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Lot number 14
Fitzgerald, F. Scott | The Beautiful and Damned; first edition...
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US$15,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
US$20,400
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Lot number 15
Fitzgerald, F. Scott | The Great Gatsby; first edition, inscribed to...
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US$180,000 - US$250,000
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US$336,000
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Lot number 16
Fitzgerald, F. Scott | Tender is the Night; first edition, inscribed to...
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US$70,000 - US$100,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 17
Frost, Robert | A Boy's Will, signed by the author
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US$4,000 - US$6,000
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US$7,200
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Lot number 18
Frost, Robert | "Good fences make good neighbors."
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$2,880
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Lot number 19
[Gaspey, Thomas, attributed] | Richmond; or, Scenes in the Life of a Bow...
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US$1,200 - US$1,800
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US$840
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Lot number 20
Hemingway, Ernest | The author's first book, retaining the elusive glassine...
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US$50,000 - US$70,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 21
[Irving, Washington] | The first appearances of "Rip Van Winkle" and "The...
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US$2,500 - US$3,500
Price realised:
US$2,640
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Lot number 22
Kerouac, Jack | On the Road; first edition, inscribed to Joyce Johnson
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US$100,000 - US$150,000
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US$120,000
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Lot number 23
Melville, Herman | "To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme."
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US$20,000 - US$30,000
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US$21,600
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Lot number 24
Nabokov, Vladimir | Lolita; first edition, inscribed to Graham Greene with...
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US$180,000 - US$250,000
Price realised:
US$264,000
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Lot number 25
Nabokov, Vladimir | Lolita; first American edition, inscribed to his wife...
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US$100,000 - US$150,000
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US$72,000
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Lot number 26
Poe, Edgar Allan | Tamerlane — the most poignant rarity in American...
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US$400,000 - US$600,000
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US$420,000
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Lot number 27
Poe, Edgar Allan | The earliest Poe manuscripts still in private hands
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US$200,000 - US$300,000
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US$216,000
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Lot number 28
Poe, Edgar Allan | "The fever called living is conquered at last."
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US$400,000 - US$600,000
Price realised:
US$504,000
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Lot number 29
Poe, Edgar Allan | The very fine Swann-Self set of the first collected edition
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US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
US$48,000
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Lot number 30
Riley, James Whitcomb | "My doctern is to lay aside Contensions, and be...
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US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$720
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