Swann Galleries: Illustration Art, 2744, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 18, 2026 - June 18, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole Herbert (1867-1930) | Portrait of Kenneth Grahame |
London | Circa 1920 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 2 | Knowles Reginald Lionel (1879-1950) | Seventy Years a Showman |
London | 1927 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 3 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | Victim decked for the altar |
London | 1922 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 4 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | 9 Books, including: The Golden Age |
London | 1928 | Not Available | USD 3,048.00 |
| 5 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | 12 Books, including: Dream Days |
London | 1930 | Not Available | USD 4,064.00 |
| 6 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | He quickened his pace with shrill whines |
London | 1930 | Not Available | USD 4,224.00 |
| 7 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | As he sat on the grass and looked across the river |
London | 1931 | Not Available | USD 30,480.00 |
| 8 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | Embarking again and crossing over, they worked their way up the stream |
1971 | Not Available | USD 22,860.00 | |
| 9 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | H. Mole lift-operator |
Philadelphia | 1949 | Not Available | USD 8,580.00 |
| 10 | Rackham Arthur (1867-1939) | Toad and the Gaoler's Daughter |
New York | Circa 1937 | Not Available | USD 1,016.00 |
| 11 | Rackham Arthur (1867-1939) | Preparatory sketch of a riverside scene |
Scotland | Circa 1940 | Not Available | USD 792.00 |
| 12 | Moore Inga (1945-) | The Wind in the Willows: Mole rediscovers his former underground home |
Scotland | Circa 1999 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 13 | Doyle Richard (1824-1883) | Pictorial border for Pecopin and Bauldour |
Circa 1840 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 14 | van Muyden Evert (1853-1922) | Les trouvailles de M. Bretoncel |
Paris | 1889 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 15 | van Muyden Evert (1853-1922) | La Sonette de Monsieur Berloquin |
Paris | 1891 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 16 | Cox Palmer (1840-1924) | The Brownies in California |
New York | 1895 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 17 | Christy Howard Chandler (1873-1952) | How my Lord would struggle to forget her! |
1896 | Not Available | USD 4,752.00 | |
| 18 | Christy Howard Chandler (1873-1952) | Already nodding o'er his noonday pipe |
1896 | Not Available | USD 2,112.00 | |
| 19 | Christy Howard Chandler (1873-1952) | I mean to write a tale of love |
1896 | Not Available | USD 726.00 | |
| 20 | Denslow William Wallace (1856-1915) | Once in a while she would pass a house |
Chicago | 1899 | Not Available | USD 25,400.00 |
| 21 | Cadman A | The Pilgrim's Progress |
Circa 1900 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 22 | Knowles Reginald Lionel (1879-1950) | Nature's Own Gardens |
London; New York | 1907 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 23 | Homer: The Story of the Iliad |
London | 1905 | Not Available | USD 285.00 | |
| 24 | Adams Frank (1871-1944) | This is the Rat that ate the Malt, that lay in the house that Jack built. |
London | Circa 1912 | Not Available | USD 1,079.00 |
| 25 | Adams Frank (1871-1944) | Mother Goose had a house, ‘twas built in a wood, where an Owl at the door for sentinel stood. |
London | Circa 1915 | Not Available | USD 1,584.00 |
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