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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Guttenberg Carl | The Tea-Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution |
Nuremberg; Paris | 1778 | Not Available | USD 3,048.00 |
| 27 | Orders of the Council of War; Resolves and Orders of the Council of War; At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode-Island |
Providence | 1778; 1779; 1816 | Not Available | USD 5,080.00 | |
| 28 | Root Jesse | Letter from Continental Congress reporting on the fall of Savannah and the Battle of St. Lucia |
Philadelphia | 1779 | Not Available | USD 3,810.00 |
| 29 | Capt. Paul Jones Shooting a Sailor who had Attempted to Strike his Colours in an Engagement |
London | 1780 | Not Available | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 30 | Resolution of Continental Congress defining the clothing allotment for military officers |
Philadelphia | 1779 | Not Available | USD 10,160.00 | |
| 31 | Cutt John | Bill for a recruiting meeting |
Portsmouth, NH | 1779 | Not Available | USD 1,452.00 |
| 32 | Mandement de Monseigneur l'Eveque-Comte de Chalon |
Chalon, France | 1781 | Not Available | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 33 | Galvez Jose | Proclamation in honor of the recent promotion of Bernardo de Galvez |
Havana | 1782 | Not Available | USD 5,588.00 |
| 34 | Trumbull Jonathan; Wyllys George | Commission for John Chapman as captain of the guard on board the prison ship |
Hartford, CT | 1782 | Not Available | USD 3,048.00 |
| 35 | A Declaration of the Cessation of Arms |
Philadelphia | 1783 | Not Available | USD 762.00 | |
| 36 | Collection of colonial and continental currency |
Philadelphia | 1771-1780 | Not Available | USD 6,604.00 | |
| 37 | Pennsylvania Packet |
Philadelphia | 1782 | Not Available | USD 792.00 | |
| 38 | Warren Mercy | History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution |
Boston | 1805 | Not Available | USD 4,572.00 |
| 39 | Thacher James | Memorandum from Dr. James Thacher of Plymouth |
Barnstable, MA | 1839 | Not Available | USD 889.00 |
| 40 | Hillard Elias B. | The Last Men of the Revolution: A Photograph of Each from Life |
Hartford | 1864 | Not Available | USD 4,064.00 |
| 41 | Erekson Ole | Portraits & Autographs of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence |
New York | 1876 | Not Available | USD 5,588.00 |
| 42 | Smith Dan (1865-1934) | 1776 1926 Sesquicentennial International Exposition |
Philadelphia | 1926 | Not Available | USD 1,016.00 |
| 43 | Muir John | Stickeen |
Boston | 1909 | Not Available | USD 1,905.00 |
| 44 | Photo album of an Alaskan adventure |
1915-1918 | Not Available | Not Sold | ||
| 45 | Fassett Harry Clifford (1870-1953) | Americanizing the Pribilof Island Natives of St. Paul |
San Francisco, CA | 1936 | Not Available | USD 1,143.00 |
| 46 | Johnson Lillian Estelle Kirkeberg (1888-1970) | Diary of the evacuation from Kodiak, Alaska in the wake of Pearl Harbor |
Kodiak, AK | 1941 | Not Available | USD 539.00 |
| 47 | ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: The Story of How More than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism |
New York | 1939 | Not Available | USD 14,470.00 | |
| 48 | Johnson Susannah Willard (1730-1810) | A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson . . . with the Indians and French |
Walpole, NH | 1796 | Not Available | USD 3,302.00 |
| 49 | Catlin George | North American Indians |
Philadelphia | 1913 | Not Available | USD 1,079.00 |
| 50 | Martin; Whitney | Three early stereoviews of Minnesota Indians |
St. Paul, MN | 1864 | Not Available | USD 508.00 |
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