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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283 | Composite photograph of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates |
Washington | 1860 | Not Available | USD 5,842.00 | |
| 284 | Hon. Stephen A. Douglas |
New York | 1860 | Not Available | USD 594.00 | |
| 285 | Group of illustrated anti-Andrew Johnson handbills |
circa 1866 | Not Available | USD 1,397.00 | ||
| 286 | McBride James D. | Engraved signatures of the senators who voted on the Andrew Johnson impeachment |
Boston | 1868 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 287 | Roosevelt Theodore | In Memory of My Darling Wife Alice Hathaway Roosevelt and of My Beloved Mother Martha Bulloch Roosevelt |
New York | 1884 | Not Available | USD 20,320.00 |
| 288 | Holbrook Ephraim; Holbrook Nancy | Deed to what became the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Hyde Park, NY | 1843 | Not Available | USD 1,079.00 |
| 289 | Pickering John | The Working Man's Political Economy |
Cincinnati, OH | 1847 | Not Available | USD 539.00 |
| 290 | Abbe James | Signed photograph of James Abbe |
Moscow | 1932 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 291 | Hughes Langston | A New Song |
New York | 1938 | Not Available | USD 444.00 |
| 292 | SDS Fire |
Chicago | 1969 | Not Available | USD 285.00 | |
| 293 | Jayuya: Liberate Puerto Rico Now |
New York | 1970 | Not Available | USD 698.00 | |
| 294 | Ogden Francis Barber | Three letters concerning the original purchase of the historic locomotive John Bull |
Liverpool | 1831 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 295 | Records of the Union Railway Company of Memphis |
Memphis, TN | 1890-1893 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 296 | Records of a freight agent for the Philadelphia & Reading |
Williamsport, PA | 1916-1934 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 297 | The Petersburg Platform: Gov. Wells and his Radical Court |
Virginia | 1869 | Not Available | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 298 | Thomas Isaiah | The History of Printing in America |
Worcester, MA | 1810 | Not Available | USD 429.00 |
| 299 | Elaborate Board of Foreign Missions membership certificate |
Brandywine, PA | 1859 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 300 | Revere Paul | Bookplate engraved for Isaiah Thomas |
ND | Not Available | USD 1,188.00 | |
| 301 | Complaint of an Indian woman whose child was stolen from her during indentured servitude |
Tiverton, RI; Bristol County, MA | 1713-1719 | Not Available | USD 4,826.00 | |
| 302 | Bill of lading for the sloop Sally |
Providence, RI | 1766 | Not Available | USD 1,079.00 | |
| 303 | New York & Boston Steam-Boat Line, for New-Port and Providence |
1834 | Not Available | USD 1,651.00 | ||
| 304 | Toye & Holmes Marble Works broadside advertisement |
Providence, RI | circa 1880s | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 306 | Spalding Lyman | An Inaugural Dissertation on the Production of Animal Heat |
Walpole, NH | 1797 | Not Available | USD 698.00 |
| 307 | Spalding Lyman | A New Nomenclature of Chemistry |
Hanover, NH | 1799 | Not Available | USD 990.00 |
| 308 | Ashmun Jehudi | 2 Books, including: History of the American Colony of Liberia |
Washington; Baltimore, MD | 1826; 1834 | Not Available | Not Sold |
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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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