Swann Galleries: Printed & Manuscript Americana: Semiquincentennial Edition, 62526, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 231 | Brevitt Joseph | The Female Medical Repository; The History of Anatomy |
Baltimore, MD | 1810; 1799 | Not Available | USD 528.00 |
| 232 | Lecture tickets issued to a student at New York University |
New York | 1857-1859 | Not Available | USD 792.00 | |
| 233 | Kevorkian Jack (1928-2011) | Papers of Jack "Doctor Death" Kevorkian relating to his campaign for legal euthanasia |
1982-2007 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 234 | The 2nd Division of Regulars, as Drawn-Up at Cerro Gordo, under the Command of Gen. Twiggs |
circa 1847 | Not Available | USD 1,016.00 | ||
| 235 | Occupation of Veracruz described in a broadside extra of the Daily Chronicle |
Philadelphia | 1847 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 236 | Whitmer John | Autograph Letter Signed |
1877 | Not Available | USD 322,200.00 | |
| 237 | Lambert Joseph R. | 9 Books, including: Objections to the Book of Mormon . . . Answered and Refuted |
Lamoni, IA; Plano, IL | 1875-1914 | Not Available | USD 349.00 |
| 238 | Woodruff Wilford | The Scottish Tourist |
Edinburgh, Scotland | 1842 | Not Available | USD 6,604.00 |
| 239 | Young Brigham; Kimball Heber C.; Richards Willard | Commission |
Salt Lake City | 1849 | Not Available | USD 17,780.00 |
| 240 | Pratt Orson | The True Faith, and 7 other tracts |
London | 1856-1857 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 241 | Hyde Charles Walker | Patriarchal blessing granted to Peter Hansen |
Salt Lake City, UT | 1868; 1876 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 242 | Savage C.R. | Collection of stereoviews |
circa 1870s-1890s | Not Available | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 243 | Anderson George Edward | Temple Memorial |
Springville, UT | 1893 | Not Available | USD 476.00 |
| 244 | Smith Joseph F.; Winder John Rex; Lund Anthon | Letter refusing to seal a widow to her wayward late husband |
Salt Lake City, UT | 1902 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 245 | Tans'ur William; Williams Aaron | American Harmony, or Royal Melody Complete; The American Harmony; or Universal Psalmodist |
Newburyport, MA | 1769 | Not Available | USD 1,079.00 |
| 246 | Weiner Leigh | Photographs of Los Angeles Philharmonic's tour of Asia |
1956 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 247 | Hough Romeyn Beck;Hough Marjorie G | The American Woods |
Lowville, NY | 1892-1916 | Not Available | USD 5,842.00 |
| 248 | McHenry James | Uniform for the Navy of the United States of America |
Philadelphia | 1797 | Not Available | USD 4,318.00 |
| 249 | Hanks Alexander Perry Rogers (1848-1916) | Manuscript journal of the USS Purveyor |
1868-1869 | Not Available | USD 412.00 | |
| 250 | Avery George P | The Duke of Gilford and his Dog |
Gilford, NH | 1830 | Not Available | USD 363.00 |
| 251 | Livingston William;Smith William Jr | Laws of New-York |
New York | 1752 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 252 | Torrey Benjamin | A Memorandum of Mr. Abraham Valentine's Family |
Freetown, MA | circa 1792-1798 | Not Available | USD 635.00 |
| 253 | Anti-Rent Lyrics: A Correct Likeness of an Anti-Renter Lecturing |
circa 1845 | Not Available | USD 792.00 | ||
| 254 | The Western Transportation Co., steamship and canal broadside |
New York | 1857 | Not Available | USD 762.00 | |
| 255 | Ritchie William Augustus (1903-1995) | Report on archaeological digs at Algonquian sites in western New York |
New York | 1919-1928 | Not Available | USD 1,524.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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