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
101

Group of letters to New York's anti-Lincoln governor Horatio Seymour.

Various places 1862-1864 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
102

To Horse, To Horse! My All For a Horse! The Washington Cavalry.

Philadelphia [August 1862] USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,750.00
103

Pair of playbills for performances by the Geary Thespian Corps.

Philadelphia 1861-1862 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 563.00
104

Group of 3 mounted photographs from Mathew Brady's "Incidents of the War."

Various places, images dated 1861-1863 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,250.00
105

Group of 3 mounted photographs from Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War.

Various places, images dated 1863-1865 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,375.00
106

Group of 3 unmounted field photographs from Alexander Gardner's studio.

Various places, images from 1862-1864 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 594.00
107

Letter from the Western Virginia campaign: killing a stray Confederate colonel.

Near Hawks Nest, Nicholas County, WV 18 October 1861 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
108

Letter appointing an officer on the New York frontier after the French attack on Hoosick.

New York, 2 September 1754 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
109

A Chinese Commercial Guide.

Canton, China 1856 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,000.00
110

Register of baptisms performed in Durham in the early 18th century.

Durham, CT 1711-1756 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 13,750.00
111

Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut, in America.

New London, CT 1784-1793 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 15,000.00
112

Letter notifying Governor John Trumbull Jr. of his selection to an agricultural society.

Boston, 20 January 1804 USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
113

Pictorial autograph book of the Yale Class of 1853.

New Haven, CT 1853 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,063.00
114

View of the Warrenton Woolen Mills in Torrington.

[Torrington, CT circa 1900 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
115

The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America; the Declaration of Independence;

London 1783 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,000.00
116

Illustrated coverage of the Massachusetts ratification of the Constitution, in an issue of the Columbian Centinel.

Boston, 9 February 1788 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,000.00
117

The first published draft of the Bill of Rights, as it appeared in the Salem Mercury.

Salem, MA, 23 June 1789 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,375.00
118

Professional Criminals of America,

New York, [1886] and [1895] USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 594.00
119

Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, Bank Note Engravers, New-York.

New York Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 875.00
120

Volume of Gentleman's Magazine, including a very early British magazine printing of the Declaration.

London, January to December 1776 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,125.00
121

Pair of decorative engravings from the 1840s.

Boston 1841 and circa 1849 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
122

Group of press photographs of Colorado's Ridge Home for Mental Patients.

Colorado 1952-1969 (bulk 1963-1969) USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
123

[Pillars of Salt: An History of Some Criminals Executed in this Land for Capital

[Boston 1699] USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,875.00
124

The Divine Original and Dignity of Government Asserted.

Boston 1710 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 813.00
125

Coelestinus: A Conversation in Heaven, Quickened and Assisted,

Boston 1723 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,063.00
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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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    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.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    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