Swann Galleries: Americana: Slavery, Confederacy, Civil War, Latin America, Mexican Broadsides, Travel, Literature, Illustrated Books, Colonial & Revolution, State & Local History, Canada Military, Imprints, Etc., 1246,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 04, 1982 - February 04, 1982

Page Size: 442 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ABERT, J. W.	Western America in 1846-1847	San Francisco	1970	USD 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
2	ADAIR, JAMES	The History of the American Indians	London	1775	USD 600.00 - 900.00	450.00
3	ADAMS, JOHN	A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America	Philadelphia	1797	USD 200.00 - 300.00	60.00
4	ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY	Report upon Weights and Measures	Philadelphia	1821	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
5	ALASKA. Nelson, Edward W.	Report upon Natural History Collections made in Alaska, 1877-1881	Washington	1887	USD 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
6	ALLEN, PAUL	A History of the American Revolution	Baltimore	1819	USD 50.00 - 75.00	45.00
7	ALLSTON, WASHINGTON	Monaldi	Boston	1841	USD 40.00 - 60.00	40.00
8	J. B. McMaster	AMERICAN EXPLORERS	New York	1922	USD 40.00 - 60.00	45.00
9	Charles L. Flint	AMERICAN FARMER, the: a Complete Agricultural Library	Hartford	1884	USD 60.00 - 90.00	100.00
10	Charles L. Flint	AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE and critical review	New-York	1818	USD 50.00 - 75.00	100.00
11	Charles Brockden Brown	AMERICAN REGISTER, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Science	Philadelphia	1807-1811	USD 100.00 - 150.00	120.00
12	Charles Brockden Brown	AMERICAN REVOLUTION Group of 7 volumes Fleming	Vp		USD 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
13	Charles Brockden Brown	ANALECTIC MAGAZINE	Philadelphia	1814	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
14	ANBUREY, THOMAS	Travels through the Interior Parts of America	London	1791	USD 300.00 - 400.00	325.00
15	ARCTIC. Greely, Adolphus W.	Report on the Proceedings of the United States Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay Grinnell Land	Washington	1888	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
16	Bary Goldwater	ARIZONA PORTRAITS: by 24 photographic plates	Np	1940	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
17	BAILEY, WILLIAM	Records of Patriotism and Love of Country	Washington	1826	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
18	BANCROFT, GEORGE	History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent	Boston	1850-1874	USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
19	BARCLAY, CAPTAIN ROBERT	Agricultural Tour in the United States and Upper Canada; with Miscellaneous Notices	Edinburgh	1842	USD 60.00 - 90.00	90.00
20	BARLOW, JOEL	Political Writings	New-York	1796	USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
21	BAY PSALM BOOK	Facsimile of the 1640 edition, plus Zoltan Haraszti's "Enigma of the Bay Psalm Book."	Chicago	1956	USD 30.00 - 40.00	20.00
22	BAYARD, NICHOLAS	A Narrative of an Attempt made by the French of Canada upon the Mohaque's Country	New York	1903	USD 35.00 - 50.00	35.00
23	BERCHON, ERNEST	En Steamer: d'Europe aux Etats-Unis			USD 50.00 - 75.00	19.00
24	BEVERLEY, ROBERT	The History of Virginia, in Four Parts. By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place	London	1722	USD 300.00 - 400.00	400.00
25		BIBLIA	Germantown	1743	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
26	BIRKBECK, MORRIS	Notes on a Journey in America	London	1818	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
27	BOARDMAN, JAMES	America and the Americans. By a Citizen of the World	London	1833	USD 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
28	BOSSU, NICOLAS	Nouveaux Voyages aux Indes Occidentales, contenant une Relation des differens Peuples qui habitent les environs du grand Fleuve Saint-Louis	Paris	1768	USD 300.00 - 400.00	275.00
29		BOSTON GAZETTE 1774	Barre, Mass	1972	USD 30.00 - 40.00	20.00
30	BOWEN, ABEL	The Naval Monument, containing Official and Other Accounts of All the Battles Fought Between the Navies of the United States and Great Britain during the Late War	Boston	1816	USD 100.00 - 150.00	100.00
31	BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, J. P.	New Travels in the United States of America	New-York	1792	USD 60.00 - 90.00	45.00
32	BRISTED, JOHN	America and her Resources, or a View of the Agricultural, Commercial, Manufacturing, Financial, Political, Literary	London	1818	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
33	BROWN, WILLIAM H.	Portrait Gallery of Distinguished American Citizens	New York	1931	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
34	BUCHANAN, JAMES	Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion	New York	1866	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
35	BROWN, WILLIAM H.	BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY	Washington	1877-1893	USD 250.00 - 350.00	225.00
36	BURKE, EDMUND	An Account of the European Settlements in America	London	1757	USD 120.00 - 180.00	200.00
37	BURR, AARON	Memoirs of, with Miscellaneous Selections from his Correspondence. By Matthew L. Davis	New-York	1836	USD 35.00 - 50.00	70.00
38	Frank Soule, John H. Gihon, and James Nisbet	CALIFORNIA Annals of San Francisco: containing a Summary of the History... of California	New York	1855	USD 70.00 - 100.00	70.00
39	GRABHORN Baird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr	California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869	San Francisco	1967	USD 80.00 - 120.00	140.00
40	GRABHORN	Billings, Frederick	San Francisco	1854	USD 50.00 - 75.00	70.00
41	GRABHORN Boggs, Mae Helene Bacon	My Playhouse was a Concord Coach	Oakland	1942	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
42	GRABHORN	Cronise, Titus Fey	San Francisco	1868	USD 60.00 - 90.00	20.00
43	GRABHORN	Los Angeles Illustrated, showing Homes, Public Buildings, Business Blocks, Parks, and General Views	Los Angeles	1898	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
44	GRABHORN	The Maywood Colony Advocate	New York	1899	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
45	GRABHORN. Salvator, Ludwig G.	Eine Blume aus dem Goldenen Lande oder Los Angeles	Prag	1878	USD 80.00 - 120.00	25.00
46	GRABHORN	Woodward's Gardens	San Francisco	1873	USD 35.00 - 50.00	35.00
47	GRABHORN, Woods, Daniel B.	Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings	New York	1851	USD 50.00 - 75.00	45.00
48	CAMPBELL, THOMAS	Annals of Great Britain	Edinburgh	1807	USD 50.00 - 75.00	20.00
49	CAMPBELL, THOMAS, Traill, Catherine P.	The Backwoods of Canada	London	1846	USD 50.00 - 75.00	19.00
50	Traill, Catherine P., Young, Egerton R.	CANADA	London	1893	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
51	Augustine T. Smythe, H. R. Sass	CAROLINA LOW-COUNTRY. by Archibald Rut-ledge, DuBose Heyward, et al	New York	1931	USD 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
52	CARVER, JONATHAN	Travels through the Interior Parts of North America	London	1779	USD 300.00 - 400.00	400.00
53	CATLIN, GEORGE	Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians	London	1842	USD 150.00 - 250.00	140.00
54	CATLIN, GEORGE	Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians	London	1844	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
55	CATLIN, GEORGE	Life Among the Indians	London & Edinburgh	1870	USD 60.00 - 90.00	20.00
56	CATLIN, GEORGE. Donaldson, Thomas	The George Catlin Indian Gallery in the U.S. National Museum	Washington	1886	USD 80.00 - 120.00	150.00
57	CHAMBERLAIN, SAMUEL	Group of 5 volumes illustrated with photographs by this popular New England photographer	New York and Boston	1938-1948	USD 30.00 - 40.00	30.00
58	CHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY	Discourses	Boston	1832	USD 50.00 - 75.00	50.00
59	CHASTELLUX, MARQUIS de	Voyages dans 1'Amerique Septentrionale dans les annees 1780, 1781, & 1782	Paris	1786	USD 300.00 - 400.00	300.00
60	CHASTELLUX, MARQUIS de	Travels in North-America	London	1787	USD 300.00 - 400.00	225.00
61	CHEVALIER, MICHEL	Lettres sur l'Amerique du Nord	Bruxelles	1837	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
62	Rossiter Johnson	CIVIL WAR	New York	1894	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
63	Rossiter Johnson	CIVIL WAR	Philadelphia	1864	USD 70.00 - 100.00	250.00
64	Rossiter Johnson	CIVIL WAR	Philadelphia	1865	USD 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
65	Reed, C. W.; & Harlow, Louis K.	CIVIL WAR. Bits of Camp Life	Munich and New York	1888	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
66	COKE, E. T.	A Subaltern's Furlough, descriptive of Scenes in Various Parts of the United States, Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia	London	1833	USD 70.00 - 100.00	140.00
67	COLDEN, CADWALLADER	The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada	London	1747	USD 350.00 - 500.00	350.00
68	COLDEN, CADWALLADER	Letters and Papers	New York	1918-1937	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
69	COLDEN, CADWALLADER DAVID	Memoir... at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals	New York	1825-1826	USD 150.00 - 250.00	275.00
70	COLTON, GEORGE H.	Tecumseh: or, The West Thirty Years Since	New-York	1842	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
71	COLTON, GEORGE H.	COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER: Documents and Proofs of his Genoese Origin	Bergamo	1932	USD 60.00 - 90.00	80.00
72	COMBE, GEORGE	Notes on the United States of North America	Philadelphia	1841	USD 50.00 - 75.00	70.00
73	Davis, Jefferson	CONFEDERATE	New York	1881	USD 50.00 - 75.00	100.00
74	Moore, Albert Burton	CONFEDERATE Conscription and Conflict in the Confederacy	New York	1924	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
75	Richardson, James D.	CONFEDERATE	Nashville	1905	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
76	James W. McDowell	CONFEDERATE IMPRINT	Atlanta	1861	USD 150.00 - 200.00	160.00
77	Hardee, W. J. Rifle	CONFEDERATE IMPRINT	Memphis	1861	USD 150.00 - 200.00	160.00
78	Lee, James K.	CONFEDERATE IMPRINT	Raleigh	1861	USD 40.00 - 60.00	70.00
79	Moore, Mrs. M. B.	CONFEDERATE IMPRINT	Raleigh	1863	USD 350.00 - 500.00	550.00
80	Moore, Mrs. M. B.	CONFEDERATE IMPRINT	Richmond	1862	USD 200.00 - 300.00	180.00
81	Worthington C. Ford	CONTINENTAL CONGRESS	Washington	1904-1922	USD 100.00 - 150.00	100.00
82	COPWAY, GEORGE	The Life, History, and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, a Young Indian Chief of the Ojebwa Nation	Albany	1847	USD 40.00 - 60.00	70.00
83	COPWAY, GEORGE	Organization of a New Indian Territory, East of the Missouri River. by the Indian Chief Kah-ge-ga-gah-bouh	New York	1850	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
84	George Houston	CORRESPONDENT	New-York	1827-1829	USD 60.00 - 90.00	70.00
85	COWLES, CALVIN D.	Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies	Washington	1891-1895	USD 400.00 - 600.00	325.00
86	COXE, TENCH	A Statement of the Arts and Manufactures of the United States of America	Philadelphia	1814	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
87	COYNER, DAVID H.	The Lost Trappers; a Collection of Interesting Scenes and Events in the Rocky Mountains	Cincinnati	1850	USD 50.00 - 75.00	50.00
88	CREVECOEUR, ST. JEAN de	Voyage dans la Haute Pensylvanie et dans I'Etat de New-York	Paris	1801	USD 400.00 - 600.00	275.00
89	CURTISS, DANIEL S.	Western Portraiture, and Emigrants' Guide: a Description of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa	New York	1852	USD 60.00 - 90.00	45.00
90	DARBY, WILLIAM	A Tour from the City of New-York	New-York	1819	USD 150.00 - 250.00	100.00
91	DAVIS, PARIS M.	An Authentick History of the Late War between the United States and Great Britain	Ithaca	1829	USD 50.00 - 75.00	45.00
92	DE ROOS, LT. FRED. FITZGERALD	Personal Narrative of Travels in the United States and Canada in 1826	London	1827	USD 80.00 - 120.00	130.00
93	DEL RIO, ANTONIO	Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City, discovered near Palenque	London	1822	USD 100.00 - 150.00	1,000.00
94	WILLIAM de	DEUX-PONTS, COUNT My Campaigns in America: a Journal	Boston	1868	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
95	DICKINSON, JOHN	Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania	London	1768	USD 100.00 - 150.00	120.00
96	DOMENECH, EMMANUEL	Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America	London	1860	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
97	DOUGLASS, WILLIAM	A Summary, Historical and Political, of the first Planting	Boston	1749	USD 250.00 - 350.00	200.00
98	DOUGLASS, WILLIAM	A Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting	London	1755	USD 100.00 - 150.00	225.00
99	DRING, CAPTAIN THOMAS	Recollections of the Jersey Prison-Ship	Providence	1829	USD 80.00 - 120.00	110.00
100	DUNBAR, SEYMOUR	A History of Travel in America	Indianapolis	1915	USD 60.00 - 90.00	90.00

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