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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 309 | Tappan Arthur | Circular letter with four petitions issued by the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society |
New York | 1850 | Not Available | USD 952.00 |
| 310 | Stowe H. B. | Pre-publication notice of Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Washington | 1851 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 311 | Tappan Lewis;Douglass Frederick | To the Radical Political Abolitionists |
1855 | Not Available | USD 9,525.00 | |
| 312 | Files of John Brown's prosecutor Andrew Hunter relating to the trial |
1857-1862 | Not Available | USD 40,640.00 | ||
| 313 | Mitchell Edgar | Group of early space program photographs |
1957-1962 | Not Available | USD 528.00 | |
| 314 | The Chicago Roller |
Chicago | 1885 | Not Available | USD 603.00 | |
| 315 | Chadwick Henry | Handbook of Winter Sports |
New York | 1879 | Not Available | USD 889.00 |
| 316 | Rogers John I. | Diary of the co-owner of the Philadelphia Phillies |
Philadelphia | 1890 | Not Available | USD 6,350.00 |
| 317 | Peter Jackson: Champion of Australia and the Pacific Coast |
Chicago | circa 1889 | Not Available | USD 8,255.00 | |
| 318 | Tabb William H. | Letters and diary written as a student at Cumberland College |
Lebanon, TN | 1856-1860 | Not Available | USD 635.00 |
| 319 | Rogers Robert | A Concise Account of North America |
London | 1765 | Not Available | USD 1,079.00 |
| 320 | Chastellux Francois Jean | Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782 |
London | 1787 | Not Available | USD 349.00 |
| 321 | Foss John | A Journal of the Captivity and Sufferings . . . at Algiers |
Newburyport, MA | 1798 | Not Available | USD 571.00 |
| 322 | La Rochefoucault Liancourt Francois | Travels through the United States of North America, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada |
London | 1799 | Not Available | USD 889.00 |
| 323 | Wilkes Charles | Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition |
Philadelphia | 1845 | Not Available | USD 1,079.00 |
| 324 | Clapham Thomas Richard | Extensive stereoview collection of T.R. Clapham |
1862-1870 | Not Available | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 325 | Key Francis Scott | Defence of Fort McHenry |
New York | 1814 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 326 | The War |
New York | 1812-1813 | Not Available | USD 571.00 | |
| 327 | Fly Camillus S. | George Parsons, Just Back from Mexico |
Tombstone, AZ | circa 1883 | Not Available | USD 5,334.00 |
| 328 | Fly Camillus S. | Upward |
Tombstone, AZ | circa 1885 | Not Available | USD 3,556.00 |
| 329 | Hand-Book of Colorado |
Denver, CO | 1871 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 330 | Russell | Colorado Scenery by Russell |
circa 1890s | Not Available | USD 2,413.00 | |
| 331 | Papers of Deadwood-area miner John Fortune |
1879-1884 | Not Available | Not Sold | ||
| 332 | Grabill John C.H. | In Market |
Sturgis, SD | 1888 | Not Available | USD 476.00 |
| 333 | de Thoma Francisco | Historia popular de Nuevo Mexico |
New York | [1896] | 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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