Swann Galleries: PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA - Civil War - Slavery - British Acts of Parliament - New York - Newspapers - Travel & Exploration - Fine American Bindings., 1655,

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 07, 1994 - April 07, 1994
Page Size: 409 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
243 (NEW YORK---LONG ISLAND) Book of Records of the Town on Southampton, Long Island. Sag Hargbor

1877--(1893)

USD 80.00 - 120.00 103.00
244 (NEW YORK---NIAGARA FALLS) Falls of Niagara. New York

circa 1873

USD 80.00 - 120.00 115.00
246 (NEW YORK CITY.) Hooker, William Hooker's New Pocket Plan of the City of New York. New York

1837

USD 150.00 - 250.00 230.00
247 (NEW YORK CITY) The Picture of New-York; or the Traveller's Guide through the Commercial Metropolis of the United States. New York

1807

USD 200.00 - 300.00 460.00
248 (NEW YORK CITY) The Society of Iconophiles of New York. New Series, Numbers 3, 4, 6--10 * Series 7, Numbers 2--8. Together, 14 lithographed prints by C. F. W. Mielatz, each in its original lettered folder (New York)

(1898)

USD 100.00 - 150.00 69.00
249 (NEW YORK CITY.) [Stanford, Thomas] A Concise Description of the City of New York. New York

1814

USD 80.00 - 120.00 80.00
250 (NEW YORK CITY.) Stokes, Isaac Newton Phelps The Iconography of Manhattan Island. Profusion of plates. 6 volumes. New York

1915--1928

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,530.00
251 NEW-YORK MIRROR, A Weekly Journal of Literature and the Fine Arts. New York

1839--1840

USD 100.00 - 150.00 103.00
252 (NEWSPAPERS) Fine group of 10 American newspapers from the 18th century, including colonial papers. Vp

18th century

USD 600.00 - 900.00 517.00
253 NICHOLSON, THOMAS An Affecting Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings. Boston

1818

USD 60.00 - 90.00 80.00
254 NUTTALL, THOMAS A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory, during the Year 1819. Folding map (with short expert repairs on verso), 5 plates. Philadelphia

1821

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 862.00
256 (OHIO) Broadsheet, being the text of President Polk's authorization for a sale of lands at Upper Sandusky and Chilicothe. Washington

14 March 1846

USD 100.00 - 150.00 57.00
257 OVERTON, RICHARD C. Gulf to Rockies: the Heritage of the Fort Worth and Denver-Colorado and Southern Railways, 1861--1898. Austin

1953

USD 350.00 - 500.00 287.00
258 PADDOCK, JUDAH A Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Ship Oswego on the Coast of South Barbary. New York

1818

USD 100.00 - 150.00 92.00
259 PATTERSON, ALEXANDER A Petition Presented . . . to the Legislature of Pennsylvania . . . for Compensation for the Monies He Expended. Lancaster

1804

USD 100.00 - 150.00 69.00
261 (PERU.) Fuentes, Manuel A. Lima: Apuntes historicos, descriptivos, estadisticos y de costumbres. Paris

1867

USD 100.00 - 150.00 149.00
262 (PHOTOGRAPH) Tintype portrait of a young man holding a Colt revolver.

1860s

USD 300.00 - 400.00 345.00
263 (PHOTOGRAPHS) Longs Peak and Glacial Gorge, Rocky Mountain Park, Reached via Union Pacific System * Notch Top Mountain, Rocky Mountain Park.

Circa 1900

USD 300.00 - 400.00 373.00
264 POPE, ALEXANDER Ensaios moraes . . . traduzidos em Portuguez pelo Conde de Aguiar. Rio de Janeiro

1811

USD 100.00 - 150.00 172.00
267 (PORTRAITS) The White House Gallery of Official Portraits of the Presidents. New York

1901

USD 80.00 - 120.00 201.00
268 POWELL, JOHN WESLEY Exploration of the Colorado River of the West . . . explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872. Washington

1875

USD 150.00 - 250.00 345.00
269 POWELL, JOHN WESLEY Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, with a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah . . . Second Edition. Washington

1879

USD 80.00 - 120.00 230.00
270 PRIEST, JOSIAH American Antiquities. Albany

1833

USD 150.00 - 250.00 230.00
271 PRIEST, JOSIAH Stories of the Revolution; with an Account of the Lost Child of the Delaware; Wheaton and the Panther, &c. Albany

1836

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
272 (PROSTITUTION.) Mazzulla, Fred and Jo Brass Checks and Red Lights. (Denver)

(1966)

USD 100.00 - 150.00 287.00
273 (RAILROAD.) Forney, M. N. Catechism of the Locomotive. New York

1875

USD 100.00 - 150.00 126.00
274 (RAILROAD.) Smith, William Prescott The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857. New York

1875

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
275 (RAILROAD) Summer Excursion Routes Illustrated---1878---New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. (New York)

1878

USD 80.00 - 120.00 149.00
276 RAMSAY, ANDREW MICHAEL The Travels of Cyrus. Burlington

1793

USD 80.00 - 120.00 230.00
277 RAMSAY, DAVID The History of the American Revolution. 2 volumes. Philadelphia

1789

USD 100.00 - 200.00 149.00
278 REGNAULT, ELIAS; and others Histoire des Antilles * Suite des Etats-Unis * Possessions anglaises dans l'Amerique du Nord * Les Californies. Paris

1849

USD 100.00 - 150.00 172.00
279 (RELIGION) The Larger Catechism, Agreed Upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminser . . . and Received by the Several Presbyterian Churches in America . . . Revised by Alexander M'Leod. New York

1813

USD 100.00 - 150.00 201.00
280 REMINGTON, FREDERIC Done in the Open. New York

1902

USD 600.00 - 900.00 862.00
281 REMINGTON, FREDERIC John Ermine of the Yellowstone. Plates after Remington. New York

1902

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
282 REMINGTON, FREDERIC Pony Tracks. Plates by Remington. New York

(1895)

USD 100.00 - 150.00 230.00
283 REMINGTON, FREDERIC Stories of Peace and War. Plates by Remington. New York

1899

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
284 (REVERE, PAUL.) Brigham, Clarence S. Paul Revere's Engravings. Worcester

1954

USD 60.00 - 90.00 46.00
285 (REVOLUTION) Commonwealth of Massachusetts; In the House of Representatives, November 27, 1780, that the following Persons be appointed in each County to muster the Men that shall inlist into the Continental Army. [Boston]

[1780]

USD 500.00 - 750.00 1,092.00
286 (REVOLUTION) Copy of the proceedings of the Inhabitants of Boston, June 17, 1779. Boston

[1779]

USD 350.00 - 500.00 1,150.00
287 (REVOLUTION) George III, By the King. A Proclamation, for a General Fast . . . the just and necessary Hostilities in which We are engaged, and the unnatural Rebellion carrying on in some of our Provinces and Colonies in North America. London

1779

USD 400.00 - 600.00 862.00
289 (REVOLUTION---MASSACHUSETTS) Manuscript Supply Return Document, issued under the command of Major-General William Heath of the Continental Army, listing in detail the names of various teamsters employed by the army and the presence or loss of draught horses, oxen, carts, yokes, and c Massachusetts

1781

USD 200.00 - 300.00 517.00
290 (REVOLUTION---QUAKERS) From our General Spring Meeting of Ministers and Elders, held in Philadelphia . . . from the 21st of the Third-month to the 24th of the same, inclusive, 1778. Philadelphia

March 1778

USD 250.00 - 350.00 575.00
291 RICHARDS, T. ADDISON American Scenery. New York

(1854)

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
293 SABIN, JOSEPH A Dictionary of Books relating to America. New York

[1967]

USD 300.00 - 500.00 201.00
294 THE SCENERY OF THE UNITED STATES. New York

1855

USD 150.00 - 250.00 316.00
295 SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY ROWE Historical and Statistical Information respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States. Philadelphia

1851--1857

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
296 (SHAKERS.) [Youngs, Benjamin Seth] The Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing . . . Second Edition, Corrected and Improved. Richmond, Albany

1470, 1810

USD 150.00 - 250.00 103.00
297 SIRINGO, CHARLES A. A Texas Cow Boy or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony. New York and Chicago

nd

USD 400.00 - 600.00 258.00
298 (SLAVE DOCUMENT) Autograph Slave Document, acknowledging the sale of Eliza Jones (29 years old) and her son son Sam Jones (16 months old), with the stipulation that upon the death of the purchaser, Eliza shall become free, and that Sam and any further issue of Eliza shall Washington, D.C.

28 June 1849

USD 100.00 - 150.00 258.00
299 (SLAVE DOCUMENT) Autograph Slave Document, acknowledging the sale of Grace, about 45 years of age. Washington, D.C.

2 April 1819

USD 100.00 - 150.00 138.00
300 (SLAVE DOCUMENT) Autograph Slave Document, acknowledging the sale of Emeline, about 29 years of age. Washington, D.C.

13 October 1846

USD 100.00 - 150.00 230.00
301 (SLAVE DOCUMENT) Autograph Slave Document, acknowledging the sale of Susan, about 20 years of age. Washington, D.C.

22 June 1842

USD 100.00 - 150.00 138.00
302 (SLAVE DOCUMENT) Autograph Slave Document, acknowledging the sale of the boy John. Greenville County, North Carolina

27 April 1824

USD 100.00 - 150.00 149.00
303 (SLAVE DOCUMENT) Autograph Slave Document, verifying receipt of a Negro girl named Isabella as settlement of an estate, signed by Anderson Sneed, Jr. but without a location given. Signed in 1845 but docketed in 1852. Np

1845

USD 100.00 - 150.00 230.00
304 (SLAVE DOCUMENTS) Two Slave Document, one a small Autograph Deed of Sale for a boy Wilson, 18 years of age, the other a Partly Printed Receipt, for the sale of Charlotte, a child, and an infant. Montgomery; Richmond

March 1849; 15 February 1850

USD 100.00 - 150.00 230.00
305 (SLAVERY.) Benezet, Anthony Some Historical Account of Guinea . . . with an Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave-Trade. Philadelphia

1771

USD 200.00 - 300.00 230.00
306 (SLAVERY.) Bourne, George Picture of Slavery in the United States of America. Plates showing cruelty to slaves. Middletown, Connecticut

1834

USD 80.00 - 120.00 115.00
307 (SLAVERY.) Eastman, Mary H. Aunt Phillis's Cabin; or, Southern Life As It is. Philadelphia

1852

USD 100.00 - 150.00 69.00
309 (SLAVERY) A History of the Amistad Captives. Np

circa 1840

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 4,370.00
311 (SLAVERY.) Sharp, Granville The Law of Retribution; or, a Serious Warning to Great Britain and Her Colonies . . . against Tyrants, Slave-Holders, and Opperssors. London

1776

USD 400.00 - 600.00 258.00
312 (SLAVERY.) Van Evrie, J. H. Negroes and Negro "Slavery:" The First an Inferior Race; the Latter its Normal Condition. New York

1861

USD 80.00 - 120.00 126.00
314 SMITH, JOSHUA HETT An Authentic Narrative of the Causes which led to the Death of Major Andre. Portrait frontispiece, folding map. London

1808

USD 80.00 - 120.00 138.00
315 SNELLING, WILLIAM JOSEPH The Polar Regions of the Western Continent Explored; embracing a Geographical Account of Iceland, Greenland, the Islands of the Frozen Sea, and the Northern Parts of the American Continent . . . also, a Minute Account of the Whale Fisheries and the Danger Boston

1831

USD 300.00 - 500.00 488.00
317 STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER Il Tugurio dello Zio Tom . . . Prima Traduzione Italiana. Florence

1852

USD 400.00 - 600.00 258.00
318 STRATTON, ROYAL B. Captivity of the Oatman Girls; being, An Interesting Narrative of Life among the Apache and Mohave Indians. New York

1858

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
319 STUART, JAMES Three Years in North America. Folding map. 2 volumes. Edinburgh

1833

USD 150.00 - 250.00 126.00
320 TANNER, HERNY S. The American Traveller; or Guide through the United States. Philadelphia

1837

USD 250.00 - 350.00 373.00
321 TANNER, HENRY S. Memoir on the Recent Surveys, Observations, and Internal improvements in the United States. Philadelphia

1829

USD 100.00 - 150.00 69.00
322 (TEXAS---FRANK DOBIE) Scrapbook with numerous newspaper clippings, dance cards, drawings, etc., all related to the Alpha Rho Chi fraternity at the University of Texas, and including an ALS by Frank Dobie (on fraternity letterhead) in the form of a presentation made to Paul Phi Texas

1924--1938

USD 80.00 - 120.00 172.00
323 THAYER, WILLIAM M. Marvels of the New West. Norwich

1890

USD 60.00 - 90.00 57.00
326 [TRUMBULL, HENRY] Life and Adventures of Robert, the Hermit of Massachusetts. Providence

1829

USD 100.00 - 150.00 69.00
327 (UNITED STATES) Journals of Congress, containing the Proceedings from Sept. 5, 1774 to Jan. 1, 1776. Philadelphia

1777

USD 200.00 - 300.00 460.00
328 (UNITED STATES) The Laws of the United States of America. Philadelphia

1796

USD 100.00 - 150.00 316.00
329 (U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY) Report of the Superintendent . . . Showing the Progress of the Work. Group of 25 annual reports, for the years 1854, 1858, 1866--1887, and 1902. Profusion of maps. Washington

1854--1902

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,990.00
330 WAGNER, HENRY R. California Imprints, August 1846-June 1851. Berkeley

1922

USD 150.00 - 250.00 172.00
331 WAGNER, HENRY R. The Plains and the Rockies. Revised and Extended by Charles L. Camp. Plates. San Francisco

1937

USD 800.00 - 120.00 115.00
332 WAGNER, HENRY R. The Spanish Southwest 1542--1794: an Annotated Bibliography. Numerous reproductions. 2 volumes. Albuquerque

1937

USD 200.00 - 300.00 287.00
333 WAGNER, HENRY R.; and CAMP, CHARLES L. The Plains and the Rockies; a Critical Bibliography. San Francisco

1982

USD 80.00 - 120.00 80.00
334 WALTON, WILLIAM The Army and Navy of the United States. Profusion of illustrations, including many in color. 2 volumes. Boston

(1889--1896)

USD 300.00 - 500.00 201.00
335 (WAR OF 1812.) Adams, John The Inadmissible Principles, of the King of England's Proclamation of October 16, 1807 * An Address of Members of the House or Representatives . . . on the Subject of the War with Great Britain. Boston, Alexandria

1809, 1812

USD 80.00 - 120.00 103.00
336 (WAR OF 1812.) Brown, Samuel R. Views of the Campaigns of the North-Western Army. Burlington

1814

USD 100.00 - 150.00 115.00
337 (WAR OF 1812.) Hull, William Memoris of the Campaign of the North Western Army of the United States, A.D. 1812. Boston

1824

USD 150.00 - 250.00 316.00
339 (WAR OF 1812.) Russell, John The History of the War between the United States and Great Britain. Hartford

1815

USD 100.00 - 150.00 69.00
340 (WAR OF 1812) The War. New York

1812--[1817]

USD 500.00 - 750.00 690.00
341 (WAR OF 1812) Group of 3 volumes in one. An Act for Establishing Rules and Articles for the Government of the Armies of the United States * Laws of the United States, relating to the Military Establishment, in force on the Twelfth Day of April, 1808 * Acts Passed at th Washington

1812

USD 100.00 - 150.00 92.00
342 WASHINGTON, GEORGE Epistles Domestic, Confidential, and Official. New York

1796

USD 100.00 - 150.00 92.00
343 WASHINGTON, GEORGE Letters of George Washington to George and James Clinton. New York

nd

USD 80.00 - 120.00 80.00
345 (WASHINGTON, GEORGE) Atlas to Marshall's Life of Washington. Washington

[1832]

USD 250.00 - 350.00 161.00
346 (WASHINGTON, GEORGE.) Bancroft, Aaron An Essay on the Life of George Washington. Worcester

1807

USD 80.00 - 120.00 138.00
348 (WASHINGTON, GEORGE.) Marshall, John The Life of George Washington. Philadelphia

1805--1807

USD 100.00 - 150.00 149.00
349 (WASHINGTON, GEORGE.) Ramsay, David The Life of George Washington. Portrait frontispiece. London

1807

USD 80.00 - 120.00 103.00
350 WEBSTER, NOAH The Elementary Spelling Book. Middletown, CT

1834

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
351 (WEST INDIES.) Gurney, Joseph John Familiar Letters to Henry Clay of Kentucky, describing a Winter in the West Indies. New York

1840

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
352 (WEST INDIES) Memorial of Alfred Mason Williams. (Providence)

1898

USD 80.00 - 120.00 57.00
353 (WHALING) Pavilion of the Gigantic Whale. London

circa 1831

USD 200.00 - 300.00 431.00
354 (WHITE MOUNTAINS) Chisholm's White Mountain Guide. Portland

(1880), (1880), (1907)

USD 80.00 - 120.00 115.00
356 WILSON, C. H. The Wanderer in America, or Truth at Home . . . Observations and Facts relative to the United States & Canada. Thirsk

1822

USD 150.00 - 250.00 201.00
357 (WISCONSIN.) McMurtrie, Douglas C. Early Printing in Wisconsin. Plates. Seattle

1931

USD 100.00 - 150.00 69.00
358 ZAPPULLO, MICHELE Historie di quattro principali Citta del Mondo . . . Aggiuntoui un Compendio dell'Istorie dell'Indie. Venice

1603

USD 400.00 - 600.00 316.00
359 (ALBUMS.) Riker, J. C., publisher Group of 14 albums, issued blank to be filled by the purchaser. New York

1840s--1850s

USD 300.00 - 400.00 546.00
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