Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
The Library of Dr. Rodney P. Swantko
7 June - 26 June 2024 • New York
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1 Adams, Ansel | Half Dome, Merced River
2 Baum, L. Frank | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; first edition, presentation copy
3 [Burke, Edmund — French Revolution] | An Historical Sketch of the French Revolution
4 [Chicago Architecture] | The Architectural Work of Graham Anderson Probst & White, Chicago and Their Predecessors
5 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne | A most attractive example of Clemens's first novel, the Swann copy
6 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne | An exquisite example of Huckleberry Finn in blue cloth, the Doheny copy
7 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne | A fine, bright copy of Huckleberry Finn in green cloth
8 Dickens, Charles | An extraordinary presentation copy of the author's best-loved book
9 Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir | The most significant Sherlock Holmes manuscript extant
10 [Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir] | Sidney Paget's original illustration of "The Death of Sherlock Holmes"
11 Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir | The Hound of the Baskervilles; perhaps the best-loved crime story
12 [Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir] — Vincent Starrett | The Unique Hamlet: "one of the rarest pieces of Sherlockiana"
13 [Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir] — Vincent Starrett | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, a large paper dedication copy of this pinnacle of Sherlockiana
14 Fitzgerald, F. Scott | The Beautiful and Damned; first edition, presentation copy to Harry Hansen
15 Fitzgerald, F. Scott | The Great Gatsby; first edition, inscribed to Zelda's sister and her husband
16 Fitzgerald, F. Scott | Tender is the Night; first edition, inscribed to Donald Ogden Stewart
17 Frost, Robert | A Boy's Will, signed by the author
18 Frost, Robert | "Good fences make good neighbors."
19 [Gaspey, Thomas, attributed] | Richmond; or, Scenes in the Life of a Bow Street Officer
20 Hemingway, Ernest | The author's first book, retaining the elusive glassine jacket
21 [Irving, Washington] | The first appearances of "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
22 Kerouac, Jack | On the Road; first edition, inscribed to Joyce Johnson
23 Melville, Herman | "To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme."
24 Nabokov, Vladimir | Lolita; first edition, inscribed to Graham Greene with a butterfly
25 Nabokov, Vladimir | Lolita; first American edition, inscribed to his wife Véra with a butterfly drawing
26 Poe, Edgar Allan | Tamerlane — the most poignant rarity in American literature
27 Poe, Edgar Allan | The earliest Poe manuscripts still in private hands
28 Poe, Edgar Allan | "The fever called living is conquered at last."
29 Poe, Edgar Allan | The very fine Swann-Self set of the first collected edition
30 Riley, James Whitcomb | "My doctern is to lay aside Contensions, and be satisfied."
31 Steinbeck, John | Cup of Gold—a fine first edition of the author's first novel
32 Steinbeck, John | To a God Unknown, inscribed to the author's book designer
33 Steinbeck, John | Presentation copy of Tortilla Flat in striking condition
34 Steinbeck, John | Cannery Row, presented to the dedicatee
35 Steinbeck, John | The First Watch—an exploration of unfulfilled expectations
36 Stevenson, Robert Louis | Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
37 Thomas Taylor [artist] | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
38 Whitman, Walt | "Unscrew the locks from the doors! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!"
39 Whitman, Walt | "Walt Whitman, an American, one of the roughs, a kosmos"
40 [Golf] — Clapcott, C[harles]. B[lackstone]. | An unusually full set of his privately issued works on the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers.
41 [Golf] — Forgan, Robert, Jr. | An early instructional manual by a St. Andrews golfer and club-maker
42 [Golf] — Hogan, William Ben | Hogan's tenth major championship?
43 [Golf] — Hopkinson, Cecil | The "definitive study of early golf literature"
44 [Golf] — [Robb, George] | The first—and still a significant—anthology of golf, in the original wrappers
45 [Golf] — The Thistle Golf Club | Manuscript record book of the Club
46 [Golf] — Tillinghast, A[lbert]. W[arren]. | Evidently one of just four recorded copies
47 [Golf] — Wood, Harry B. | Presentation copy of the limited, large-paper issue