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