Swann Galleries: Printed & Manuscript Americana., 1811,

Auction Details

Auction Date
January 07, 1999 - January 07, 1999
Page Size: 525 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
001 ACOSTA, JOSE DE Historia Natural y Moral de las Indias. Madrid

1792

USD 250.00 - 350.00 275.00
002 ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY An Address to the Members of the Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society. Boston

1802

USD 80.00 - 120.00 50.00
003 (AGRICULTURE.) [Bordley, John Beale] A Summary View of the Courses of Crops, in the Husbandry of England & Maryland . . . and a System of Improved Courses, proposed for Farms in America. Philadelphia

1784

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 700.00
004 (ALASKA.) Phillips, P. Lee Alaska and the Northwest Part of North America . . . Maps in the Library of Congress. Washington

1898

USD 100.00 - 150.00 175.00
005 ALLEN, ALBERT H. Arkansas Imprints, 1821--1876 * Dakota Imprints, 1858--1889. New York

1947

USD 100.00 - 150.00 60.00
006 (ANTHONY, SUSAN B.) An Account of the Proceedings of the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting . . . and on the Trial of Beverly W. Jones, Edwin T. Marsh and William B. Hall. Rochester

1874

USD 200.00 - 300.00 1,500.00
007 (ARGENTINA.) Martinez, Albert Baedeker of the Argentine Republic . . . 4th Edition. Barcelona

1914

USD 180.00 - 120.00 100.00
008 BATHE, GREVILLE and DOROTHY Oliver Evans: A Chronicle of Early American Engineering. Philadelphia

1935

USD 150.00 - 250.00 90.00
009 [BIGGS, JAMES] The History of . . . Miranda's Attempt to Effect a Revolution in South America. Boston

1810

USD 80.00 - 120.00 130.00
010 (BLACK AMERICANA.) Jones, Laurence C. Piney Woods and Its Story. New York

(1922)

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
011 (BLACK AMERICANA.) Penn, I. Garland The Afro-American Press, and its Editors. Springfield

1891

USD 80.00 - 120.00 100.00
012 BORNEMAN, H. Pennsylvania German Illuminated Manuscripts: a Classification of Fraktur-Schriften. Norristown

1937

USD 100.00 - 150.00 60.00
013 BRADFORD, WILLIAM History of Plymouth Plantation, 1620--1647. (Boston)

1912

USD 100.00 - 150.00 300.00
014 BRIGHAM, CLARENCE S. Paul Revere's Engravings. Worcester

1954

USD 80.00 - 120.00 110.00
015 (BRINLEY SALE) Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Mr. George Brinley, of Hartford, Conn. Hartford

1878--1893, 1946

USD 200.00 - 300.00 250.00
016 (BRINLEY SALE) Catalogue of the American Library. Hartford

1878--1893

USD 200.00 - 300.00 110.00
017 (BRITISH ACT of PARLIAMENT) An Act for the Preservation of White and other Pine-Trees growing in Her Majesties Colonies. London

1711

USD 200.00 - 300.00 225.00
018 (BRITISH ACT of PARLIAMENT) An Act for better Preservation of His Majesty's Woods in America . . . and to encourage the importation of Masts, Yards, and Bowsprights, from the part of Great Britain called Scotland. London

1729

USD 100.00 - 200.00 100.00
019 (BRITISH ACT of PARLIAMENT) An Act for better Preservation of His Majesty's Woods in America . . . and to encourage the importation of Masts, Yards, and Bowsprights, from the part of Great Britain called Scotland. London

1729

USD 100.00 - 200.00 140.00
020 (BRITISH ACT of PARLIAMENT) An Act for establishing an Agreement with Seven of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, for the Surrender of their Title and Interest in that Province to His Majesty. London

1729

USD 150.00 - 250.00 120.00
021 (BRITISH ACT of PARLIAMENT) An Act for establishing an Agreement with Seven of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, for the Surrender of their Title and Interest in that Province to His Majesty. London

1729

USD 150.00 - 250.00 175.00
022 (BRITISH ACT of PARLIAMENT) An Act for taking off the Inland Duty. London

1767

USD 100.00 - 200.00 60.00
023 (BRITISH ACTS of PARLIAMENT) Group of 4 early trade acts related to the American colonies. London

vd

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
024 (BRITISH ACTS of PARLIAMENT) English Historical Documents: American Colonial Documents to 1776. London

1955

USD 100.00 - 150.00 130.00
025 (BROADSIDE) Susannah Don't You Cry For Me. England

19th century

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
026 (BROADSIDE---UNITED STATES) Third Congress . . . An Act authorizing a loan of one million dollars. Philadelphia

1794

USD 400.00 - 600.00 950.00
027 (BROADSIDES.) Bumgardner, Georgia B. American Broadsides: Sixty Facsimiles. Barre

1971

USD 200.00 - 300.00 250.00
028 BUCKINGHAM, J. S. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive. London

[1841]

USD 200.00 - 300.00 110.00
029 BULEY, R. CARLYLE The Old Northwest. Bloomington

1951

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
030 BURGOYNE, JOHN A State of the Expedition from Canada. London

1780

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 2,800.00
031 BURKE, AEDANUS An Address to the Freemen of the State of South-Carolina. Philadelphia

1783

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 750.00
032 (CALIFORNIA) The Alta California . . . Sept. 1, 1851. San Francisco

1851

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
033 (CALIFORNIA.) Baird, Jr., Joseph Armstrong California's Pictorial Letter Sheets: 1849--1869. San Francisco

1967

USD 200.00 - 300.00 110.00
034 (CALIFORNIA.) Barragan, Miguel Se erige en ciudad el pueblo de los Angeles de la Alta California [etc.]. Mexico

23 May 1835

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
035 (CALIFORNIA.) Hoffmann and Craven Map of California and Nevada. New York

1874

USD 350.00 - 500.00 2,200.00
036 (CALIFORNIA) Iturbide, Augustin de El Exmo. Sr. Vice-Presidente . . . a secularizar las misiones de la Alta y Baja California. Mexico

17 August 1833

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 1,100.00
037 (CALIFORNIA.) Joaquin, (The Claude Duval of California); or, the Marauder of the Mines. New York

(1865)

USD 80.00 - 120.00 50.00
038 (CALIFORNIA.) Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de Se faculta al gobierno para que tome todas . . . [etc.]. Mexico

26 November 1833

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 800.00
039 (CALIFORNIA.) Soule, Frank; and others The Annals of San Francisco. New York

1855

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
040 (CALIFORNIA.) Venegas, Miguel A Natural and Civil History of California. London

1759

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,700.00
041 (CAMEL BRIGADE) Report of the Secretary of War . . . respecting the Purchase of Camels. Washington

1857

USD 150.00 - 250.00 225.00
042 (CANADA.) British Act of Parliament An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. London

1840

USD 150.00 - 250.00 250.00
043 (CANADA.) Hunter, W. S. Hunter's Panoramic Guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec. Boston

1857

USD 100.00 - 150.00 325.00
044 (CANADA.) Lande, L. The Lawrence Lande Collection of Canadiana in the Redpath Library of McGill University. Montreal

1965

USD 150.00 - 250.00 175.00
045 (CANADA.) [Ogden, John Cosens] A Tour through Upper and Lower Canada. Litchfield

1799

USD 500.00 - 750.00 800.00
046 (CANADA.) Willis, N. P. Canadian Scenery. London

1842

USD 500.00 - 750.00 800.00
047 (CANADA---INDIANS) Fifth Annual Report of the Society, for Converting & Civilizing the Indians, and Propagating the Gospel, among Destitute Settlers in Upper Canada. Toronto

1835

USD 500.00 - 750.00 650.00
048 (CANALS and RAILROADS.) Strickland, William Reports on Canals, Railways, Roads, and other Subjects. Philadelphia

1826

USD 500.00 - 750.00 400.00
049 (CARICATURE) Whig Appeal for an Excuse. New York

1844

USD 400.00 - 600.00 375.00
050 CARVER, JONATHAN Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. London

1781

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,400.00
051 CASAS, BARTOLOME de las Coleccion de las Obras. Paris

1822

USD 100.00 - 200.00 100.00
052 (CHURCH COLLECTION) Cole, George Watson; editor A Catalogue of Books Relating to the Discovery and Early History of North and South America. New York

1951

USD 200.00 - 300.00 400.00
053 (CIVIL WAR) American Caricatures Pertaining to the Civil War. New York

1918

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
054 (CIVIL WAR.) Crandall, Majorie Confederate Imprints . . . of the Boston Athenaeum. (Portland, Maine)

1955

USD 100.00 - 200.00 110.00
055 (CIVIL WAR.) Dahlgren, Lieut. J. A. Form of Exercise and Manoeuvre for the Boat-Howitzers of the U.S. Navy. Boston

1861

USD 150.00 - 250.00 110.00
056 (CIVIL WAR) Dorr, Eben P. A Brief Sketch of the First Monitor and its Inventor. Buffalo

1874

USD 80.00 - 120.00 70.00
057 (CIVIL WAR.) Grigsby, Melvin The Smoked Yank. Sioux Falls

1888

USD 120.00 - 180.00 100.00
058 (CIVIL WAR) Harper's Weekly. Volumes 5--9, covering the complete period of the Civil War. New York

1861--1865

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 4,000.00
059 (CIVIL WAR.) Miller, Francis Photographic History of the Civil War. New York

1911

USD 200.00 - 300.00 425.00
060 (CIVIL WAR.) Miller, Francis Photographic History of the Civil War. New York

1912

USD 150.00 - 250.00 550.00
061 (CIVIL WAR.) Moore, Frank; editor Heroes and Martyrs: Notable Men of the Time. New York

1862

USD 350.00 - 500.00 225.00
062 (CIVIL WAR) Secession Resisted. 38 pages * Elder, William. Debt and Resources of the United States: and the Effect of Secession. Philadelphia

1861, 1863

USD 100.00 - 200.00 60.00
063 (CIVIL WAR.) Tomes, Benjamin The War with the South. New York

(1862)

USD 100.00 - 200.00 100.00
064 (CIVIL WAR) Group of 26 Partly Printed Documents accomplished in manuscript, being account records of clothing issued to enlisted men in the 186th and 206th Regiments of the Pennsylvania Volunteers. Np

1864

USD 80.00 - 120.00 150.00
065 (CIVIL WAR. CONFEDERATE IMPRINT) The Confederate. [Mobile]

[1863]

USD 100.00 - 150.00 140.00
066 (CIVIL WAR. CONFEDERATE IMPRINT.) Jamison, D. F. The Life and Times of Bertrand du Guesclin. Charleston

1864

USD 200.00 - 300.00 325.00
067 (CIVIL WAR. CONFEDERATE IMPRINT) A Manual of Military Surgery. Richmond

1863

USD 400.00 - 600.00 2,200.00
068 (CIVIL WAR. CORPS d'AFRIQUE) Partly Printed Commission, accomplished in favor of Frank M. Coxe, as 2nd Lieutenant, Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry Corps d'Afrique. New Orleans

11 September 1863

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
069 (CIVIL WAR. LETTERS.) Ball, William Group of 150 Autograph Letters, from Ball, of the 5th Wisconsin Battery, 9th Division, 30th Brigade, to his sister Lib and brother Quig. Vp

January 1862--April 1864

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 4,200.00
070 (CIVIL WAR. LETTERS.) Berry, George L. Group of 25 Autograph Letters Signed, principally from George Berry of the 5th Maine, Company D, to his brother Cyrus in Bryants Pond, Maine. Vp

March 1857--August 1864

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 750.00
071 (CIVIL WAR. LETTERS.) Corbin, Miner H. Group of 27 Autograph Letters Signed, by Corbin of the 22nd Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, to his family at home. Virginia

1862--1863

USD 500.00 - 750.00 475.00
072 (CIVIL WAR. LETTERS.) Scates, Walter B. Group of 45 Autograph Letters, by Scates, presumably a Lieutenant in Company B, 1st Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Artillery (Taylor's Battery), to his mother and father in Chicago. In addition: extended family letters (many from the 1830s--40s), papers of Vp

August 1860--November 1863

USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 5,200.00
073 (CIVIL WAR. LETTERS.) Seymour, D. H. Fine group of 49 Autograph Letters Signed, by D. H. Seymour, Regimental Chaplain of the 157th Regt. of New York Volunteers, principally to his brother Lon, but with a few scattered letters to other family members, with very good content concerning a soldi Vp

March 1863--June 1865

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 3,400.00
074 (CIVIL WAR. LETTERS) Group of over 40 letters written by various Union soldiers in New York Volunteer brigades to Miss Elsie Leake of Rochester, giving news of the war, their current situations, etc. Vp

1861--1865

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,500.00
075 (CIVIL WAR. NEWSPAPER) New York Times. Volume XIV, Number 4248. Headline reads: Amnesty and Pardon. New York

6 May 1865

USD 80.00 - 120.00 50.00
076 (CIVIL WAR. NEWSPAPER) Vicksburg Daily Citizen . . . July 2, 1863. Vicksburg

1863

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 750.00
077 (CIVIL WAR. NEWSPAPERS) New-York Tribune. Group of approximately 340 daily issues of the Tribune, beginning in August 1863 and continuing through June 1865; generally in fine condition. New York

1863--1865

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 900.00
078 (CIVIL WAR. PATRIOTIC COVERS) Group of 34 patriotic covers from the Civil War era, all being unused entires, including some of the common examples, but with a few scarce covers as well. United States

1861--1865

USD 100.00 - 200.00 175.00
079 CLEVER, CHARLES P. New Mexico: Her Resources . . . Her Great Future. Washington

1868

USD 400.00 - 600.00 900.00
080 CLINTON, HENRY Observations on Earl Cornwallis' Answer. Philadelphia

1866

USD 100.00 - 150.00 80.00
081 COKE, HENRY J. A Ride over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California. London

1852

USD 200.00 - 300.00 325.00
082 (COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER.) Winsor, Justin Christopher Columbus And How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery. Boston

1891

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
083 (COLORADO.) Bowles, Samuel The Switzerland of America. A Summer Vacation in the Parks and Mountains of Colorado. Springfield

1869

USD 100.00 - 150.00 60.00
084 COLTON, G. W. and C. B. Colton's New Sectional Map of the State of Missouri. New York

1869

USD 200.00 - 300.00 120.00
085 COLTON, G. W. and C. B. Colton's Railroad & Township Map of the State of New-York. New York

1869

USD 300.00 - 400.00 225.00
086 COLTON, JOSEPH H. Colton's New Topographical Map of the States of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. New York

1864

USD 300.00 - 400.00 900.00
087 [COMPAGNONI, G.] Storia dell' America in continuazione del compendio della Storia Universale del Sig. Conte di Segur. Milan

1820--1823

USD 400.00 - 600.00 425.00
088 CONKLING, ROSCOE P. and MARGARET B. The Butterfield Overland Mail, 1857--1869. Glendale

1947

USD 150.00 - 250.00 90.00
089 (CONNECTICUT.) Russell, Gurdon W. Early Medicine and Early Medical Men in Connecticut. Hartford

1892

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
090 CROFUTT, GEORGE A. Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide. Omaha

1880

USD 100.00 - 150.00 90.00
091 (CUBA) Group of 3 Partly Printed Documents accomplished in manuscript, being tables of revenues and taxes collected by the Port Authority and the General Administration of Royal Land Rents in Havana, noting confiscated goods, liquors, grain, etc.; each Signed or Havana

January 1803

USD 100.00 - 200.00 175.00
092 DAVIS, JOHN Travels . . . in the United States of America; during 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802. London

1803

USD 100.00 - 200.00 300.00
093 (DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE) The London Magazine. London

1776

USD 350.00 - 500.00 600.00
094 DELAFIELD, JOHN An Inquiry into the Origin of the Antiquities of America . . . a View of the Causes of the Superiority of the Men of the Northern over those of the Southern Hemisphere. New York

1839

USD 300.00 - 400.00 650.00
095 (DE RENNE COLLECTION) Books Relating to the History of Georgia in the Library of Wymberley Jones DeRenne. Compiled and Annotated by Oscar Wegelin. (Savannah)

1911

USD 150.00 - 250.00 90.00
096 (DE RENNE COLLECTION) Catalogue of the Wymberley Jones de Renne Georgia Library. Wormsloe

1931

USD 200.00 - 300.00 110.00
097 DE ROOS, FRED F. Personal Narrative of Travels in the United States and Canada in 1826. London

1827

USD 150.00 - 250.00 150.00
098 DIMSDALE, THOMAS J. The Vigilantes of Montana. Virginia City

1882

USD 200.00 - 300.00 175.00
099 DOWNING, A. J. Cottage Residences; or a Series of Designs . . . adapted to North America. New York

1842

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
100 DREDGE, J. The Pennsylvania Railroad. London

1879

USD 100.00 - 150.00 450.00
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