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
151

Photograph of the ceremonies which launched the Territory of Hawaii.

Honolulu 1900-07-14 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
152

The British Monarchy / A Short Description of the American Colonies Belonging to the Crown of Great Britain.

London 1743 and 1747 [1749] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
153

"1776 Centennial 1876" swallow-tailed banner.

No place 1876 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 813.00
154

Catalogue of the Library of the United States.

Washington 1815 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 30,000.00
155

Instruction in the Mosaic Religion.

Philadelphia [1830] USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
156

Hegyon Lev: Israelitisches Gebetbuch fur die Hausliche Andacht.

Baltimore, MD 1867 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 625.00
157

Goodman's Passover Matzos, Recommended by Leading Orthodox Rabbis.

New York? circa 1920s USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
158

Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America

New York 1789 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 10,625.00
159

Journal of the House of Representatives.

New York 1790 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,625.00
160

Acts Passed at the Second Congress of the United States.

Philadelphia [1793] USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,750.00
161

The House's own copy of "Journal of the House of Representatives."

Washington 1826 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 625.00
162

The Federalist, on the New Constitution.

New York 1802 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,250.00
163

The Address of the Minority in the Virginia Legislature to the People of that State;

[Richmond, VA 1799] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
164

Volume of "The Evening Fire-Side" including the first magazine printing of the first returning expedition letter.

Philadelphia, January-December 1806 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,063.00
165

Coverage of Lincoln's Senate campaign in the Daily Wisconsin Patriot, with a related cartoon.

Madison, WI, 21 October 1858 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
166

Assassination issue of the Cincinnati Daily Gazette, also featuring a celebration of the war's end.

Cincinnati, OH 15 April 1865 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
167

Pair of Currier & Ives prints depicting Lincoln's assassination and death.

New York 1865 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
168

Statuette of Lincoln standing with the Emancipation Proclamation.

[Providence, RI] 1898 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,640.00
169

Group of 4 birch-bark books.

Ohio and New Hampshire 1883 and undated USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,250.00
170

"Blue Book" guide to the Storyville red light district in New Orleans.

[New Orleans, LA] circa 1912 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
171

"Ye Romance of Casco Bay," extra-illustrated with the author's own original illustrations.

Boston 1891-1892 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
172

Letters written as an American seaman impressed into the British navy.

Various places 1791-1800 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,188.00
173

New Englands First Fruits . . . First of the Conversion of Some of the Indians,

London 1643 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 60,000.00
174

A Narrative of the Miseries of New-England, by Reason of an Arbitrary Government Erected There,

London 1689 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
175

Illustrissimo ac Sublimi Virtute, Optimaque Eruditione . . . in Collegio-Harvardino Defendere.

[Boston 1766 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 500.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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 .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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