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
301	(SLAVERY.) Douglass, Frederick	My Bondage and My Freedom.	New York	1855	USD 150.00 - 250.00	275.00
302	(SLAVERY.) Farquhar, Robert Townsend	Suggestions, arising from the Abolition of the African Slave Trade, for supplying the Demands of the West India Colonies with Agricultural Labourers.	London	1807	USD 100.00 - 200.00	425.00
303	(SLAVERY)	National Anti-Slavery Standard.	New York	1865--1866	USD 100.00 - 150.00	175.00
304	(SLAVERY.) Van Dyke, Henry J.	The Character and Influence of Abolitionism.	Washington	1860	USD 80.00 - 120.00	60.00
305	(SLAVERY)	Partly Printed Slave Document, recording the sale of a "negro man slave named `Crew,'" by William J. McIntosh to Beers Thompson & Co.	Chatham County, Georgia	18 May 1857	USD 250.00 - 350.00	350.00
306	(SLAVERY and CHRISTIANITY)	Group of 8 volumes dealing with the problem of slavery and Christianity.	Vp	vd	USD 150.00 - 250.00	325.00
307	(SLAVERY---FICTION.) Mayer, Brantz	Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an African Slaver.	London	1855	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
308	SMITH, JOHN; Captain	A Description of New England.	Washington	1837	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
309	SOREN, JOHN	The Narrative of Mr. John Soren, a Native of the United States, Piratically Captured on the High Seas.	London	1800	USD 120.00 - 180.00	140.00
310	STAEHLIN VON STORCKSBURG, JAKOB	An Account of the New Northern Archipelago, lately discovered by the Russians in the Seas of Kamtschatka and Anadir.	London	1774	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	2,800.00
311	STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR	The Friendly Arctic: the Story of Five Years in Polar Regions.	New York	1921	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
312	STEVENS, HENRY	Historical Nuggets: Bibliotheca Americana.	London	1862	USD 150.00 - 250.00	200.00
313	STEVENS, WILLIAM	A System for the Discipline of the Artillery of the United States of America.	New York	1797	USD 200.00 - 300.00	325.00
314	STRAHORN, ROBERT E.	The Hand-Book of Wyoming.	Cheyenne [but Chicago]	1877	USD 250.00 - 350.00	225.00
315	STREETER, THOMAS W.	The Celebrated Collection of Americana.	New York	1966--1969	USD 400.00 - 600.00	650.00
316	STUART, JAMES	Three Years in North America . . . Second Edition.	Edinburgh	1833	USD 100.00 - 150.00	100.00
317	(SUPREME COURT)	The Answer and Pleas of Samuel Chase . . . to the Articles of Impeachment.	Philadelphia	1805	USD 150.00 - 250.00	120.00
318	(TEXAS)	Instruction fuer deutsche Auswanderer nach Texas.	Berlin	1983	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
319	(TEXAS)	State Gazette Appendix, containing Debates in the House of Representatives of the Eighth Legislature of the State of Texas.	Austin	1860	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
320	THOMAS, ISAIAH	The History of Printing in America.	Worcester	1810	USD 250.00 - 350.00	650.00
321	(TOTEM POLES.) Barbeau, Marius	Totem Poles.	(Ottawa)	(1950)	USD 80.00 - 120.00	80.00
322	TROLLOPE, ANTHONY	North America.	New York	1862	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
323	TRUMBULL, HENRY	History of the Discovery of America.	Norwich	1812	USD 100.00 - 200.00	200.00
324	TUTTLE, EDMUND BUTERICK	Six Months on the Plains; or The Travelers' Guide to Cheyenne and the Rocky Mountains.	Chicago	1868	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	6,500.00
325	ULLOA, ANTONIO de; and JUAN y SANTACILLA, JORGE	A Voyage to South America.	London	1758	USD 400.00 - 600.00	350.00
326	(UNITED STATES)	The Articles of Confederation; [etc.].	Richmond	[1784]	USD 250.00 - 350.00	16,000.00
327	VANCOUVER, GEORGE	A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the World.	London	1801	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,800.00
328	(VERMONT.) McCorison, Marcus; compiler	Vermont Imprints, 1778--1820.	Worcester	1963	USD 80.00 - 120.00	70.00
329	(VERMONT.) Thompson, Zadock	A Gazetteer of the State of Vermont.	Montpelier	1824	USD 100.00 - 200.00	70.00
330	(VIRGINIA.) Hall, Virginius Cornick; compiler	Portraits in the Collection of the Virginia Historical Society.	Charlottesville	(1981)	USD 150.00 - 250.00	225.00
331	(VIRGINIA)	Three Proclamations concerning the Lottery for Virginia, 1613--1621.	Providence	1907	USD 100.00 - 150.00	175.00
332	VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN	View of the Climate and Soil of the United States of America.	London	1804	USD 150.00 - 250.00	150.00
333	VOLTAIRE, F.-M.-A. de	Alzire, ou les Americains, Tragedie.	London	1736	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
334	WAGNER, HENRY R.	The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800.	Berkeley	1937	USD 350.00 - 500.00	325.00
335	(WAR OF 1812.) Brown, Samuel R.	Views on Lake Erie.	Troy	1814	USD 200.00 - 300.00	250.00
336	(WAR OF 1812)	Observations on the Speech of the Hon. John Randolph . . . on a Motion for the Non-Importation of British Merchandise.	New York	1806	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
337	(WASHINGTON, GEORGE)	Atlas to Marshall's Life of Washington.	Philadelphia	[1832]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	110.00
338	(WASHINGTON, GEORGE)	Letters from General Washington to Several of His Friends, in June and July 1776.	Philadelphia	1795	USD 100.00 - 200.00	325.00
339	(WASHINGTON BENEVOLENT SOCIETY)	Manuscript working draft of the constitution of the society, with corrections and additions throughout.	Np	late 18th or early 19th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	110.00
340	WEISER, FREDERICK; and HEANEY, HOWELL	The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Pennsylvania.	Breinigsville	1976	USD 200.00 - 300.00	120.00
341	WELD, ISAAC	Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797 . . . Third Edition.	London	1800	USD 250.00 - 350.00	225.00
342	(WESTERN AMERICANA---CATALOGUES)	Catalog of the Yale Collection of Western Americana.	Boston	nd	USD 350.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
343	(WHALING.) N., G. H.	A Short and Concise History of Whales in General, and the Prince of Whales in Particular [cover title].	Chicago	1881	USD 300.00 - 400.00	250.00
344	(WHALING)	Sperm Whales seen by Capt. Reynard during his voyage in the Barque Thomas Pope. Manuscript list of dates with latitudinal and longitudinal readings for whale sightings.	Np	1857--1859	USD 300.00 - 400.00	175.00
345	WHEAT, CARL I.	Mapping the Transmississippi West.	San Francisco	1957--1963	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	1,600.00
346	WILLIS, N. P.	American Scenery.	London	1840	USD 500.00 - 750.00	250.00
347	(WORLD WAR II)	Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal.	Nuremberg	1947	USD 100.00 - 200.00	60.00
348	WROTH, LAWRENCE C.	A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland, 1686--1776.	Baltimore	1922	USD 150.00 - 250.00	90.00
349	(WYOMING TERRITORY.) Triggs, J. H.	History and Directory of Laramie City, Wyoming Territory.	Laramie	1875	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	750.00
350	(ADVENTISM.) Bates, Joseph	The Autobiography . . . and a Brief Account of the Great Advent Movement of 1840--44.	Battle Creek, Michigan	1868	USD 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
351	BARNARD, JOHN	The Imperfection of the Creature and the Excellency of the Divine Commandment.	Boston	1747	USD 300.00 - 400.00	275.00
352	BELLAMY, JOSEPH	Theron, Paulinus, and Aspasio. Or, Letters and Dialogues.	Boston	1759	USD 250.00 - 350.00	175.00
353	BENEDICT, DAVID	A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America.	Boston	1813	USD 100.00 - 150.00	60.00
354	(BIBLE in CHOCTAW)	Joshua, Judges, and Ruth * The First and Second Books of Samuel.	New York	1852	USD 350.00 - 500.00	750.00
355	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs . . . Twenty Sixth Edition.	Boston	1744	USD 250.00 - 350.00	375.00
356	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	A New Version of the Psalms of David . . . By John Barnard.	Boston	1752	USD 350.00 - 500.00	900.00
357	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	A New Version of the Psalms of David.	Boston	1767	USD 120.00 - 180.00	325.00
358	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The New-England Psalter.	Boston	1771	USD 150.00 - 250.00	350.00
359	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament . . . By I. Watts.	New-York	1772	USD 150.00 - 250.00	225.00
360	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Psalms . . . Being the New-England Psalm-Book . . . Second Edition.	Boston	1773	USD 150.00 - 250.00	950.00
361	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	A New Version of the Psalms of David: Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. By N. Brady . . . and N. Tate.	Boston	1774	USD 150.00 - 250.00	450.00
362	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Psalter: or Psalms of David.	Boston	1783	USD 200.00 - 300.00	120.00
363	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The New Testament.	Philadelphia	1789	USD 150.00 - 250.00	1,300.00
364	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	Philadelphia	1790	USD 200.00 - 300.00	750.00
365	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible Abridged . . . For the Use of Children.	New York	1790	USD 200.00 - 300.00	750.00
366	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	Worcester	1791	USD 300.00 - 400.00	1,500.00
367	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	Trenton	1791	USD 600.00 - 900.00	1,900.00
368	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	Worcester	1791	USD 150.00 - 250.00	500.00
369	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	New York	1792	USD 200.00 - 300.00	200.00
370	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Self-Interpreting Bible.	New York	1792	USD 400.00 - 600.00	1,300.00
371	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	Trenton	1793	USD 200.00 - 300.00	750.00
372	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible . . . and the Apocrypha: with Marginal References.	Philadelphia	[1796]	USD 500.00 - 750.00	1,200.00
373	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	Philadelphia	1798	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,800.00
374	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Four Gospels.	Philadelphia	1799	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
375	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	New York	1801	USD 200.00 - 300.00	175.00
376	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	Boston	1801	USD 100.00 - 150.00	60.00
377	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The New Testament.	Worcester	Jun., 1802	USD 150.00 - 250.00	90.00
378	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Self-Interpreting Bible . . . By the late Reverend John Brown . . . Second American Edition.	New York	1806	USD 100.00 - 200.00	60.00
379	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible . . . Translated from the Greek By Charles Thomson.	Philadelphia	1808	USD 500.00 - 750.00	1,100.00
380	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	An English Harmony of the Four Evangelists.	Philadelphia	1809	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
381	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	Philadelphia	1809	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
382	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	Windsor, Vermont	1812	USD 500.00 - 750.00	1,400.00
383	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	Windsor	1812	USD 300.00 - 400.00	175.00
384	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The New Testament.	Concord	1814	USD 100.00 - 150.00	60.00
385	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Holy Bible.	Walpole, New Hampshire	1815	USD 350.00 - 500.00	950.00
386	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The New Testament . . . Stereotyped by S. and J. Collins.	Keene, New Hampshire	1818	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
387	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The Psalms of David . . . By Isaac Watts.	Exeter	1818	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
388	(BIBLE in ENGLISH)	The New Testament.	Augusta	1862	USD 300.00 - 400.00	400.00
389	(BIBLE in GERMAN)	Biblia Das Ist . . . Christoph Saur.	Germantown	1743	USD 350.00 - 500.00	1,700.00
390	(BIBLE in GERMAN)	Biblia Das Ist. . . Dritte Auflage.	Germantown	1776	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,500.00
391	(BIBLE in GERMAN)	Das Neue Testament . . . Erste Auflage.	Germantown	1787	USD 200.00 - 300.00	110.00
392	(BIBLE in GERMAN)	Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi.	Somerset	1814	USD 500.00 - 750.00	1,000.00
393	(BIBLE in GREEK)	Kaine Diatheke, Novum Testamentum . . . Editio Prima Americana.	Worcester	1800	USD 200.00 - 300.00	650.00
394	(BIBLE in HEBREW)	Biblia Hebraica.	Philadelphia	1814	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	4,400.00
395	(BIBLE in MOHAWK)	The Gospel according to St. John.	New York	1818	USD 250.00 - 350.00	500.00
396	(BIBLICAL REFERENCE)	A Dictionary of the Bible.	Worcester	1798	USD 100.00 - 200.00	225.00
397	BLAKE, JAMES	Six Sermons on Divers Subjects, Preach'd at Weymouth.	Boston	1772	USD 100.00 - 200.00	175.00
398	(BOOK of COMMON PRAYER)	The Book of Common Prayer . . . According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.	Worcester	1802	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
399	(BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER)	Group of 4 Books of Common Prayer.	Vp	vd	USD 150.00 - 250.00	120.00
400	(BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER---PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL)	The Book of Common Prayer . . . Revised . . . at a Convention of the said Church in the States of New-York, New-Jrrsey [sic], Pennsylvania, [etc.]	London	1789	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	550.00

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.