Swann's Fall Fine Books Auction Features First Editions of Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Stoker
On Thursday, October 22, Swann will hold its fall Fine Books auction featuring an impressive array of collectible literature. The catalog includes incunabula and post-incunabula, some with historical bindings, as well as English editions from the 1500s. You'll find remarkable first editions from the 19th and 20th centuries by authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and J.D. Salinger, among others. Standout items include a 1925 first edition of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, valued at $15,000-20,000, Stoker's Dracula from 1897, with an estimate of $7,000-9,000, and a signed first edition of Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. This auction is perfect for both vintage book lovers and fans of contemporary literature.
Key facts
- Swann's fall Fine Books auction is scheduled for Thursday, October 22.
- The sale features incunabula and post-incunabula, including examples in period bindings.
- Sixteenth-century English imprints are also included.
- First editions by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Emily Brontë, Bram Stoker, John Steinbeck, David Foster Wallace, Jack Kerouac, and J.R.R. Tolkien are represented.
- A first edition, first printing of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby in dust jacket, 1925, is estimated at $15,000-20,000.
- Stoker's Dracula, 1897, is estimated at $7,000-9,000.
- Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls is offered as an inscribed first edition in dust jacket.
- The auction covers a spectrum of collecting categories.
Entities
Artists
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Ernest Hemingway
- J.D. Salinger
- Margaret Atwood
- Octavia Butler
- Emily Brontë
- Bram Stoker
- John Steinbeck
- David Foster Wallace
- Jack Kerouac
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Institutions
- Swann