Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana, 2721, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 360 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 John Wereat

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Three letters from the once and future Governor of Georgia

 Savannah, GA 1777 and 1783 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 825.00
27

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) Roster for B. Generals & Field Officers in Gen'l McDougall's Division

 No place [17] November 1778 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,064.00
28

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) The Battle of Monmouth, discussed in an issue of the New-Jersey Gazette

 Trenton, NJ 15 July 1778 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,397.00
29

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) Israel Evans. A Discourse Delivered, on . . the Day of Public Thanksgiving

 Lancaster, PA 1778 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,318.00
30 Abraham Hyatt

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1780.) A Continental lieutenant's letters describing Loyalist raids in the Mohawk Valley

 Ramapo, NY 31 May 1780 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,556.00
31

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1780.) Order that "that fifteen hundred men should be raised to join the Connecticut battalions"

 [Hartford, CT] 30 June 1780 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,696.00
32

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1781.) An Address to Those of the People Called Quakers, who have been Disowned

 Philadelphia 24 April 1781 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,778.00
33 Thomas Paine

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1782.) Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal on the Affairs of North-America

 Philadelphia 1782 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,206.00
34 James Murray

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--HISTORY.) An Impartial History of the Present War in America

 Newcastle upon Tyne, England USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,032.00
35 Matthias C. Sprengel

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--HISTORY.) Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch . . . der Revolution von Nord-America

 Leipzig and Berlin [1784] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,716.00
36 Richard Price

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--HISTORY.) Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution

 Trenton, NJ 1785 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,524.00
37 [John Marshall]

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--HISTORY.) Atlas to Marshall's Life of Washington

 Philadelphia [1832] USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 571.00
38 Herman Daggett

(ANIMAL RIGHTS.) The Rights of Animals: An Oration, Delivered at the Commencement of Providence-College

 Sag Harbor, NY 1792 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,604.00
39 Owen Biddle

(ARCHITECTURE.) The Young Carpenter's Assistant

 Philadelphia 1805 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,079.00
40

(ARCHITECTURE.) Extensive archive of client files of important architect Dwight James Baum

 Riverdale, NY 1921-1932 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
41 Herbert Berri

(ARCTIC.) Diary of the Peary Relief expedition

 Various places 13 July to 30 August 1901 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 3,432.00
42

(ART.) Family papers of sculptor Sarah Fisher Ames

 Various places 1868 to circa 1910s USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 539.00
43

(ART.) Group of art and papers from the career of Adah Clifford Murphy

 Various places 1887-1954 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 412.00
44

(ART.) Book of sketches and watercolors contributed by a variety of noteworthy artists and illustrators

 No place 1925-1949 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,112.00
45

AUTOMOTIVE.) The Rogers Motor Carriage (wrapper title "Motor-Carriage Designed Patented & Built by W.S. Rogers"

 No place circa 1899-1900 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 297.00
46

(AVIATION.) Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. Photo album of wartime production at the company's plants

 Dayton, OH April to July 1918 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,640.00
47

(AVIATION.) Collection of aviation photos including Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart

 Various places circa 1922-1936 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 444.00
48 Charles Thomson

(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Covenant

 Philadelphia 1808 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,452.00
49 Stephen R.

(BIBLE IN DAKOTA.) Riggs, Dakota Wowapi Wakan Kin / The New Testament in the Dakota Language

 New York 1865 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 3,168.00
50

(BIBLE IN NEZ PERCE.) H.H. Spalding, Matthewnim Taaiskt / The Gospel According to Matthew. Translated into the Nez Perces Language

 New York 1871 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 726.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.