Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana, 2687, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024
Page Size: 319 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51

Daybook of the early Bay-area merchants T.F. Baylis & Co.

Petaluma, CA 1 July 1859 to 29 June 1861 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 813.00
52

Group of manuscript legal briefs in the Wilson v. Brannan case involving the California Central Rail Road.

[Sacramento, CA] circa April 1864 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
53

File of the "American Headlight" amateur newspaper from Siskiyou County.

Seiad Valley, CA, February 1887 to June 1888 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 469.00
54

Payroll book of Tuolumne County's Oaks Mine with signatures of Chinese laborers.

Soulsbyville, CA 1894-1896 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,000.00
55

Group of pictorial promotional books from northern California.

Various places 1894-1911 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
56

Series of photographs of a Grand Army of the Republic parade in downtown Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, CA circa 1911-1913 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
57

Series of amateur stereoviews of undeveloped California rivers and beaches.

Various places, March to July 1911 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
58

Press photographs from the dynamite bombing of the Los Angeles Times building.

Los Angeles, CA 1905-1911 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
59

Group of Tuolumne County pamphlets and photographs.

Various places 1899 and undated USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 780.00
60

File of Wells Fargo & Company Express employment applications.

Los Angeles, CA 1908-1915 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
61

Correspondence file of the American Railway Express Co. on the planning for Los Angeles Union Station.

Los Angeles, CA 1917-1934 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
62

Advertisement for the Railway Express Agency targeted at the Chinese community of the Sacramento area.

Sacramento, CA circa early 1930s USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
63

Album of California mission photographs.

California circa 1910 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 938.00
64

Photograph of a banquet for the Japanese-American alumni of the Maryknoll program.

Los Angeles, CA 1936-06-14 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
65

Letter from a miner describing Indians, earthquakes, and camping in the rough.

Independence, CA, 4 May 1873 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,500.00
66

Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake long before the Aqueduct.

Keeler, CA, 1904-07-26 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
67

Photo postcard of Owens Lake before its disappearance, with the photographer's business card.

[Bishop, CA] circa 1904-1913 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 594.00
68

Claim book for the Greenwater Mining District.

Greenwater, CA 1906-1907 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 780.00
69

The Old Cerro Gordo.

San Jose, CA circa 1908 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,300.00
70

Three photographs of Death Valley-area wagon trains.

Various places 1907 and 1936 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
71

Small archive on the Keane Wonder Mines.

Inyo County, CA 1914-1935 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
72

Photo album of 1920s family vacations in Death Valley and throughout the West.

Various places 1924-1930 and undated USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
73

Panoramic view of the Gold Rush boomtown of Dawson City, Yukon Territory.

Dawson City, YT circa 1915 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
74

The United States Conscription Law or National Militia Act . . . Official and Complete.

New York 1863 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,250.00
75

Full set of 12 lithographic album cards from the "Our Relations at Home and Abroad" series.

[Philadelphia?] 1863 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,000.00
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
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    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
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    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD