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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Barry David F. | Catalogue of Noted Indian Chiefs |
Bismarck, ND | circa 1886-1890 | Not Available | USD 1,397.00 |
| 52 | Bonaparte Roland | 7 portraits commissioned by Prince Roland Bonaparte |
Paris | circa 1883 | Not Available | USD 1,651.00 |
| 53 | Chase Dana | Boudoir card portraits of two American Indians |
New Mexico | circa 1890 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 54 | Fly Camillus S. | Yuma Scouts |
Tombstone, AZ | circa 1885 | Not Available | USD 3,302.00 |
| 55 | Fly Camillus S. | Geronimo and Natches Mounted |
Tombstone, AZ | 1886 | Not Available | USD 4,572.00 |
| 56 | Fly Camillus S. | Geronimo, the Apache Chief |
Tombstone, AZ | 1886 | Not Available | USD 4,572.00 |
| 57 | Grabill John C.H. | The Interview |
Sturgis, SD | 1887 | Not Available | USD 3,048.00 |
| 58 | Jackson Edward; Jackson William Henry | Portrait of a rifle-wielding Ute or Pawnee man |
Omaha, NE | circa 1868 | Not Available | USD 1,143.00 |
| 59 | Ormsby Sanderson Woodruff | 9 Books, including: Walks on the Ground, Assiniboine |
Montana | 1900; undated | Not Available | USD 1,016.00 |
| 61 | Smith Watson | Sketch of an iceberg in Baffin Bay |
1855 | Not Available | USD 3,696.00 | |
| 62 | Mount William Sidney (1807-1868) | Carte-de-visite portrait |
mid-1860s | Not Available | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 64 | Berks Robert (1922-2011) | Archive of drawings and documents for his Linnaeus monument |
1981-1983 | Not Available | USD 1,452.00 | |
| 65 | Wild Horace B. | Papers of early dirigible pilot Horace B. Wild |
circa 1906-1940 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 66 | Davison Frederick Trubee (1896-1974) | Boyhood diary |
[1908] | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 67 | Forbes Alexander | California: A History of Upper and Lower California |
London | 1839 | Not Available | USD 2,032.00 |
| 68 | Benton Joseph Augustine | View of Sutter's Fort |
Sacramento, CA | 1851 | Not Available | USD 2,159.00 |
| 69 | Stanly Edward | Arguments of the Hon. Edward Stanly at the Trial of Alfred A. Cohen on a Charge of Embezzlement |
San Francisco, CA | 1856 | Not Available | USD 317.00 |
| 70 | San Francisco Daily Morning Call |
San Francisco, CA | 1869 | Not Available | USD 349.00 | |
| 71 | Catalogue of Photographic Views of Scenery on the Pacific Coast |
San Francisco, CA | 1870 | Not Available | USD 6,350.00 | |
| 72 | Muir John | The Mountains of California |
New York | 1894 | Not Available | USD 594.00 |
| 73 | Muir John | Our National Parks |
Boston | 1902 | Not Available | USD 4,318.00 |
| 74 | Muir John | The Yosemite |
New York | 1912 | Not Available | USD 858.00 |
| 75 | Muir John | John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals |
Boston | 1938 | Not Available | USD 1,848.00 |
| 76 | Muir John | 7 Books, including: Letters to a Friend, Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr |
Boston; New York | 1901-1916; 1935 | Not Available | USD 3,048.00 |
| 77 | Conflicting orders regarding the admission of white students to a segregated school |
Philippi | 1932 | Not Available | Not Sold |
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