Swann Galleries: Printed & Manuscript Americana: Semiquincentennial Edition, 62526, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026
Page Size: 380 items in 16 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
206

Journal of the House of Representatives

Washington 1826 Not Available USD 1,206.00
207 Tulin Leon

Papers on the premature death of law professor Leon Tulin

1927-1934 Not Available Not Sold
208 Gass Patrick

A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery

Pittsburgh 1807 Not Available USD 4,064.00
209 Clapp Theodore

Letter describing a new Lincoln Wigwam in Ohio, and ordering copies of the Cooper Union speech

Fremont 1860 Not Available Not Sold
210

The Fremont Journal

Fremont 1860 Not Available USD 889.00
211

The Daily Illinois State Register

Springfield 1861 Not Available Not Sold
212 Lincoln Abraham

Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States

New York [1864] Not Available USD 7,620.00
213 Lincoln Abraham

The President's Dedication Address at Gettysburg

[New York] [1864] Not Available USD 5,842.00
214 Middleton Elijah C.

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Cincinnati 1864 Not Available USD 1,524.00
215

New York Tribune

New York 1865 Not Available USD 381.00
216 Ream Lavinia (1847-1914)

Letter concerning her medallion portrait of Lincoln

Washington 1866 Not Available Not Sold
217

Papers of the Hall family of Illinois

1863-1942 Not Available USD 6,350.00
218

Correspondence of Abigail Hopper Gibbons and her literary circle

1834-1889 Not Available USD 1,905.00
219 Bossu Jean Bernard

Travels through that Part of North America Formerly Called Louisiana

London 1771 Not Available USD 1,651.00
220

Treaty between the United States of America and the French Republic

Worcester, MA 1803 Not Available USD 825.00
221

Articles of association for a Barbados-bound ship

Alexandria, VA 1807 Not Available USD 528.00
222 Josselyn John

An Account of Two Voyages to New-England

London 1675 Not Available USD 7,620.00
223 Hathorne John; Corwin Jonathan; Herrick George

Document signed by three key officials from the Salem witch trials

Salem, MA 1691 Not Available USD 4,318.00
224

The Athenian Mercury

London 1692 Not Available USD 762.00
225 Neal Daniel

The History of New-England

London 1720 Not Available USD 1,651.00
226

The Perpetual Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Worcester, MA 1788 Not Available USD 508.00
227

Duties of Innkeepers &c., Extracts from the Laws of Massachusetts

circa 1810s Not Available USD 594.00
228 Hathaway George (1821-1903)

A satirical drawing of the mythical Gerrymander

Windsor, MA 1842 Not Available USD 6,350.00
229

3 Broadsides, including: Democrats of Lynn!

Lynn, MA 1848-1851 Not Available USD 3,048.00
230

Aristotle's Master-Piece Completed

New York 1793 Not Available Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s Geek Week
    14-15 July
    Sotheby’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.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000