
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
![[Burke, Edmund — French Revolution] | An Historical Sketch of the French Revolution](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4955a00/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F7e%2F41%2F73a5d6284820975d2f332f835396%2Fn11497-cvjlb-t3-rx01.jpg)
3. [Burke, Edmund — French Revolution] | An Historical Sketch of the French Revolution
![[Chicago Architecture] | The Architectural Work of Graham Anderson Probst & White, Chicago and Their Predecessors](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0a924ef/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F31%2F3e%2F58bbeb7c4283ab50e65938eb6e82%2Fn11497-cvjkl-t2-rx01.jpg)
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
![[Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir] | Sidney Paget's original illustration of "The Death of Sherlock Holmes"](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6ecfd29/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1425x2000+0+0/resize/150x211!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F59%2F43%2Fd7811a434839a10b20e2430f6223%2Fn11497-cvjcd-t1-02.jpg)
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
![[Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir] — Vincent Starrett | The Unique Hamlet: "one of the rarest pieces of Sherlockiana"](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c9a91ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1506x2000+0+0/resize/150x199!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F05%2Ffb%2Fa8fa7aea4344990f4271319d870b%2Fn11497-cvjk9-t1-03.jpg)
12. [Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir] — Vincent Starrett | The Unique Hamlet: "one of the rarest pieces of Sherlockiana"
![[Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir] — Vincent Starrett | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, a large paper dedication copy of this pinnacle of Sherlockiana](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3f2ef98/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1403x2000+0+0/resize/150x214!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F47%2Fef%2F5fab1885448dbc79ca20310bff65%2Fn11497-cvjlj-t3-02.jpg)
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."
![[Gaspey, Thomas, attributed] | Richmond; or, Scenes in the Life of a Bow Street Officer](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/50dfa26/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F6b%2F32%2F75fd69ba4be489cb150c8e32d487%2Fn11497-cvjbj-t3-rx01.jpg)
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
![[Irving, Washington] | The first appearances of "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3be3a68/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1247x2000+0+0/resize/150x241!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F59%2F81%2Fc9cbb94743609262160ffecdca6f%2Fn11497-cvjlc-t2-03.jpg)
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!
![Thomas Taylor [artist] | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b800c9d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1485x2000+0+0/resize/150x202!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Ff2%2Fc2%2F2caad95842fa8bc567fa014a6b08%2Fn11497-cvjkc-t1-05.jpg)
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"
![[Golf] — Clapcott, C[harles]. B[lackstone]. | An unusually full set of his privately issued works on the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers.](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/55000d8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1753+0+0/resize/150x131!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fba%2F6b%2F3983b1174a92bc74989d01140655%2Fn11497-cvjlm-t2-04.jpg)
40. [Golf] — Clapcott, C[harles]. B[lackstone]. | An unusually full set of his privately issued works on the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers.
![[Golf] — Forgan, Robert, Jr. | An early instructional manual by a St. Andrews golfer and club-maker](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7ea8d09/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1498x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F15%2F50%2Fe32519f34d13b5586f5061687ed2%2Fn11497-cvjln-t2-02.jpg)
41. [Golf] — Forgan, Robert, Jr. | An early instructional manual by a St. Andrews golfer and club-maker
![[Golf] — Hogan, William Ben | Hogan's tenth major championship?](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d592bb1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1554x2000+0+0/resize/150x193!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Ff8%2F15%2F35e1a32a416d99a481481f7281f2%2Fn11497-cvjlp-t2-02.jpg)
42. [Golf] — Hogan, William Ben | Hogan's tenth major championship?
![[Golf] — Hopkinson, Cecil | The "definitive study of early golf literature"](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a98ca0b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fcc%2F26%2F07c5c2714f759547cd1ac83dd869%2Fn11497-cvjlq-t2-rx01.jpg)
43. [Golf] — Hopkinson, Cecil | The "definitive study of early golf literature"
![[Golf] — [Robb, George] | The first—and still a significant—anthology of golf, in the original wrappers](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5f4073a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1445x2000+0+0/resize/150x208!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F4d%2F69%2F936a6fd44c368ca7406db86d26f2%2Fn11497-cvjlr-t2-02.jpg)
44. [Golf] — [Robb, George] | The first—and still a significant—anthology of golf, in the original wrappers
![[Golf] — The Thistle Golf Club | Manuscript record book of the Club](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/767fd33/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1428x2000+0+0/resize/150x210!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F4d%2F01%2F486e1d2d41689e65806908dae70c%2Fn11497-cvjkd-t1-02.jpg)
45. [Golf] — The Thistle Golf Club | Manuscript record book of the Club
![[Golf] — Tillinghast, A[lbert]. W[arren]. | Evidently one of just four recorded copies](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/54bfa45/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1016x2000+0+0/resize/150x295!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F9e%2F71%2Faec0b0194247b90966de0e415bad%2Fn11497-cvjlk-t2-02.jpg)
46. [Golf] — Tillinghast, A[lbert]. W[arren]. | Evidently one of just four recorded copies
![[Golf] — Wood, Harry B. | Presentation copy of the limited, large-paper issue](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9e00b6b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1635x2000+0+0/resize/150x183!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fb6%2Fc9%2F8cccf12447f2ade3133de827d7d1%2Fn11497-cvjll-t2-02.jpg)
47. [Golf] — Wood, Harry B. | Presentation copy of the limited, large-paper issue