Swann Galleries: PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA Slavery, Confederacy, Civil War Politics, Indian Affairs, The West Colonial & Revolution Imprints, Autographs, Periodicals LATIN AMERICANA. Including Collection Of Braziliana, Mexican Imprints (Sold by order of the Lilly Library)., 1237,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 12, 1981 - November 12, 1981

Page Size: 582 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201	COXE, DANIEL	A Description of the English Province of Carolana	London	1726	USD 400.00 - 600.00	425.00
202	COXE, TENCH	A View of the United States of America	London	1795	USD 60.00 - 90.00	45.00
203	DAVID, R.	The Fear of God, the only Preservative from Temporal and Eternal Ruin.	Norwich, England	1782	USD 70.00 - 100.00	20.00
204	DECATUR, STEPHEN, JR.	Autograph Letter Signed, to Commodore John Rodgers.	Galletta Roads	14 August 1805	USD 100.00 - 150.00	175.00
205	DELAWARE	Calligraphic manuscript copy of Resolutions of the Delaware House of Assembly appointing Commissioners to partake in an interstate discussion of "the Trade of the United States."		June 23, 1786	USD 40.00 - 60.00	130.00
206	DENGLER, ADOLF	Soll Ich Auswandern? Nach Gutem Rathe Anderer und Eigener Erfahrung.	Zurich	1849	USD 150.00 - 200.00	60.00
207		DE ROOS, FREDERICK FITZGERALD	London	1827	USD 80.00 - 120.00	160.00
208	DORR, THOMAS W.	Autograph Letter Signed to Dutee J. Pearce.	Providence	March 8, 1842	USD 300.00 - 400.00	200.00
209	DUANE, WILLIAM	Truth Will Out!	Philadelphia	1798	USD 40.00 - 60.00	19.00
210	DUANE, WILLIAM	Politics for American Farmers: a Series of Tracts exhibiting the Blessings of Free Government ...	Washington City	1807	USD 35.00 - 50.00	30.00
211	DUER, WILLIAM	Manuscript Letter Signed, to Capt. Samuel Townsend.		18 March 1777	USD 35.00 - 50.00	40.00
212	DUNHAM, CAPTAIN JOSIAH	Autograph Letter Signed, to Mr. Jacobs, a close friend in Vermont.	Washington City	Jany. 27th, 1808	USD 60.00 - 90.00	70.00
213	DUNLAP, WILLIAM	A Trip to Niagara, or Travellers in America: a Farce in Three Acts.	New-York	1830	USD 35.00 - 50.00	25.00
214	DUNLAP, WILLIAM	History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States.	New-York	1834	USD 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
215	EDWARDS, BRYAN	The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies.	London	1794	USD 100.00 - 150.00	280.00
216	ELIOT, JOHN, and the Indians	Letters to Jonathan Hanmer of Barn staple.	New York	1652-1657, 1915	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
217	ELLSWORTH, OLIVER	Receipt signed.		January 7, 1777	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
218		ENCYCLOPEDIA of eminent and representative men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century.	Madison	1892	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
219	FAIRMAN, GABRIEL	Delightful Autograph Letter Signed, to John Lovett, Albany.	Philadelphia	28th May 1812	USD 50.00 - 75.00	60.00
220	Hamilton, Schuyler	FLAGS, History of the National Flag of the United States of America.	Philadelphia	1853	USD 70.00 - 100.00	20.00
221	FLINT, TIMOTHY	Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky.	Cincinnati	1842	USD 50.00 - 75.00	100.00
222	Sewall, R. K.	Augustine, with a View of its History and Advantages as a Resort for Invalids.	New-York	1848	USD 35.00 - 50.00	25.00
223	FLORIDA. Waite, Captain Carlos A.	Autograph Letter Signed, to Lt. Col. G. Loomis, Fort Clinch, East Florida.		January 30, 1841	USD 50.00 - 75.00	90.00
224	FLOYD, JORDAN	Cultura e Preparacao do Tabaco na Virginia.	Lisboa	1849	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
225	FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN	Saemmtliche Werke, aus dem Englischen und Franz-oesischen uebersetzt ... von G. T. Wenzel.	Dresden	1780	USD 100.00 - 150.00	90.00
226	FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN	El Libro del Hombre de Bien; Opusculos morales, economicos y politicos estractados.	Barcelona	1843	USD 40.00 - 60.00	40.00
227	Haviland, General William	FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR	Crown Point	21 July 1760	USD 50.00 - 75.00	225.00
228	FROEBEL, JULIUS	Seven Years' Travel in Central America, Northern Mexico, and the Far West of the United States.	London	1859	USD 70.00 - 100.00	160.00
229	FROTHINGHAM, RICHARD, JR.	History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill.	Boston	1849	USD 30.00 - 40.00	60.00
230	FROTHINGHAM, RICHARD, JR	History of the Siege of Boston ...	Boston	1849	USD 30.00 - 40.00	40.00
231	GAGE, GENERAL THOMAS	Manuscript Document Signed, and countersigned	New York Head Quarters	12 August 1771	USD 70.00 - 100.00	90.00
232	GARFIELD, JAMES A.	Document Signed	Shiloh Fields	April 30, 1862	USD 150.00 - 200.00	175.00
233	GEORGIA. Cuthbert, Seth M.	Autograph Letter Signed, to Jacob Read	Savanna	20 Sept. 1783	USD 35.00 - 50.00	140.00
234	Eve, Paul F.	Fine Autograph Letter Signed	Augusta	June 7, 1849	USD 35.00 - 50.00	80.00
235	GEORGIA. Foster, Thomas F.	Fine political Autograph Letter Signed	Greensboro	25 April 1833	USD 35.00 - 50.00	45.00
236	GEORGIA. Johnson, Thomas	Autograph Letter Signed, to governor jared irwin.	Louisville	13 Febry, 1797	USD 50.00 - 75.00	50.00
237	GEORGIA. Stevens, William Bacon, M.D.	A History of Georgia, from its First Discovery ... to 1798.	New-York, Philadelphia	1847, 1859	USD 40.00 - 60.00	35.00
238	GEORGIA	Group of 3 lengthy Autograph Letters Signed	Vp		USD 50.00 - 75.00	70.00
239	GEORGIA RAILROAD	Report of the Investigating Committee of the Central Rail road and Banking Company of Georgia.	Savannah	1875	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
240	GERSTAECKER, FRIEDRICH	Die Regulatoren in Arkansas; aus dem Waldleben Amerikas.	Philadelphia	1880	USD 50.00 - 75.00	25.00
241	GIRARD, STEPHEN	The Decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in the Ejectments brought.	Philadelphia	1833	USD 50.00 - 75.00	50.00
242		GOVERNORS		1807-1848	USD 70.00 - 100.00	30.00
243		GOVERNORS		1852-1896	USD 80.00 - 120.00	40.00
244	GRAVIER, GABRIEL	Decouvertes et Etablissements de Cavelier de La Salle de Rouen dans l'Amerique du Nord.	Rouen	1870	USD 70.00 - 100.00	80.00
245	GREELEY, HORACE	Autograph Letter Signed	Office of the Tribune	July 23d, 1862	USD 30.00 - 40.00	45.00
246	GREEN, JACOB	Observations	Philadelphia	1776	USD 70.00 - 100.00	35.00
247	GREENE, MAX	The Kanzas Region ... interspersed with Incidents of Travel.	New York	1856	USD 80.00 - 120.00	220.00
248	GRUNDY, FELIX	Autograph Letter Signed.	Washington	February 13, 1813	USD 50.00 - 75.00	45.00
249	HARDIN, JOHN WESLEY	Life of, from the Original Manuscript	Seguin	1896	USD 50.00 - 75.00	110.00
250	HEARD, ISAAC V. D.	History of the Sioux War, and Massacres of 1862 and 1863.	New York	1864	USD 35.00 - 50.00	25.00
251	HELLEBERG, CARL GUSTAF	Beskrifning ofver Nord-Amerikanska Fristaternas Indianer.	Gotheborg	1848	USD 150.00 - 200.00	125.00
252	HILDRETH, RICHARD	Despotism in America; or an Inquiry into the Nature and Results of the Slave-Holding System in the United States.	Boston	1840	USD 60.00 - 90.00	80.00
253	HILLHOUSE, JAMES	Propositions for Amending the Constitution of the United States	Washington	1808	USD 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
254	HILLHOUSE, JAMES	Propositions for Amending the Constitution of the United States	Washington	1830	USD 70.00 - 100.00	50.00
255	HINTON, JOHN HOWARD, Editor	The History and Topography of the United States of North America, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.	Boston	1834	USD 70.00 - 100.00	80.00
256	HINTON, JOHN HOWARD, Editor	The History and Topography of the United States of America.	London	1850	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
257	HOPKINSON, JOSEPH	Autograph Document Signed--14 words at foot of a legal document.	Philadelphia	September 1830	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
258	HUMFREVILLE, J. LEE	Twenty Years among our Hostile Indians. Profusely illustrated.	New York	1903	USD 30.00 - 40.00	20.00
259	HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL, Signer	Autograph Order Signed	Norwich	August 26, 1788	USD 70.00 - 100.00	50.00
260	Bowman, Jacob	INDIAN AGENT	Brownsville	18 Augt. 1814	USD 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
261		INDIAN AGENT.		August 30, 1809	USD 50.00 - 75.00	90.00
262	Parker, Cynthia Ann	INDIAN CAPTIVITY		1886	USD 50.00 - 75.00	90.00
263	Plummer, Rachael	INDIAN CAPTIVITY.	Austin	1977	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
264		INDIAN LAND SALE	Philadelphia	14	USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
265		1NTRESSANTA SKILDRINGAR; ur Menniskolifvet och Naturen, samlade Till Noeje foer Ungdomen.	Stockholm	1868	USD 40.00 - 60.00	22.50
266	IRVING, WASHINGTON	Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains.	Philadelphia	1836	USD 150.00 - 200.00	110.00
267	JACKSON, ANDREW	Life	New York	1860	USD 35.00 - 50.00	45.00
268	JEFFERSON, THOMAS	Autograph Signature		Nd	USD 100.00 - 150.00	175.00
269	JEFFERSON, THOMAS	An Examination of the President's Reply to the New-Haven Remonstrance; with an Appendix	New-York	1801	USD 35.00 - 50.00	25.00
270	JOINVILLE, PRINCE de	A Civil War Album of Paintings.	New York	1964	USD 35.00 - 50.00	30.00
271	JONES, CHARLES C., JR	Fine Autograph Letter Signed	Augusta	March 8, 1892	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
272	Tyler, John	KENDALL'S SANTA FE EXPEDITION.	Washington	1842	USD 100.00 - 150.00	160.00
273	Trotter, George, Sen	KENTUCKY IMPRINT.	Lexington	1824	USD 35.00 - 50.00	50.00
274	KURZ, RUDOLPH FRIEDERICH	Journal: Experiences among Fur Traders and American Indians on the Mississippi and the Upper Missouri Rivers	Washington	1937, 1846-1852	USD 35.00 - 50.00	70.00
275	LAFAYETTE, Bryan, Daniel	The Lay of Gratitude	Philadelphia	1826	USD 35.00 - 50.00	20.00
276	LIVINGSTON, JAMES	Manuscript Order to the State Treasurer of New York		January 4, 1777	USD 80.00 - 120.00	70.00
277	LOSSING, BENSON J.	The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution.	New York	1851, 1852.	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
278	LOSSING, BENSON J.	The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution.	New York	1859	USD 50.00 - 75.00	17.00
279		LOUISIANA	Atlanta	1909	USD 70.00 - 100.00	80.00
280	Wendels, Maria Anna	LOUISIANA	Berkeley	1914	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
281	LOVELL, JAMES	Oratio in Funere Viri Venerabilis Henrici Flyntij, Arm	Bostoni	1760	USD 70.00 - 100.00	35.00
282	LOWELL, JOHN	Analysis of the late Correspondence between Our Administration and Great Britain & France	Boston	1809	USD 35.00 - 50.00	35.00
283	LYMAN, D.	Autograph Letter Signed to Major General Heath	Newport	March 29, 1783	USD 35.00 - 50.00	60.00
284	McKENNEY, THOMAS L.	Manuscript letter to him from C. Vandeventer.	Department of War	12 Sept. 1821	USD 60.00 - 90.00	40.00
285	McMASTER, JOHN BACH	A History of the People of the United States, from the Revolution to the Civil War.	New York	1902-1913	USD 100.00 - 150.00	30.00
286		MAINE: Resources, Attractions, and its People.	New York	1928-1931	USD 35.00 - 50.00	45.00
287		MARINE INSURANCE	Philadelphia	23 November 1793	USD 50.00 - 75.00	70.00
288	MARSH, JAMES B.	Four Years in the Rockies	New Castle	1884	USD 150.00 - 250.00	250.00
289		MARSHALL, CHRISTOPHER	Philadelphia	1839-1849	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
290	MARSHALL, JOHN	The Life of George Washington.	Philadelphia	1804-1807	USD 100.00 - 150.00	60.00
291	Holden, Ensign John	MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT.	Camp No.	2, June 18, 1777	USD 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
292		MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT.		September 1779	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
293		MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT.	Near Half moon	August the 28, 1777	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
294	MATHER, COTTON	Magnalia Christi Americana	Hartford	1820.	USD 60.00 - 90.00	40.00
295	MENENDEZ-PIDAL, GONZALO	Imagen del Mundo hacia 1570; segun Noticias del Consejo de Indias y de los Tratadistas Espanoles.	Madrid	1944	USD 35.00 - 50.00	18.00
296	ARRONIZ, JOAQUIN	Curso de Geografia Especial de Mexico.	Oribaza	1868	USD 50.00 - 75.00	100.00
297		BASES ORGANICAS de la republica mexicana, acordadas por la Honorable Junta Legislativa; Establecida conforme a los decretos de 19 y 23 de diciembre de 1842, y sancionadas por el Supremo Gobierno provisional con arreglo a los mismos decretos el dia 12 de j	Mexico	1843	USD 400.00 - 600.00	200.00
298		CODIGO DE LA REFORMA.	Zacatecas	1873	USD 300.00 - 400.00	350.00
299		CODIGO DE PROCEDIMIENTOS CIVILES para el Estado Libre y Soberano de Nuevo-Leon.	Monterey	1879	USD 150.00 - 200.00	200.00
300		CONSTITUCION FEDERAL de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, con las Reformas y Adiciones que Constitucionalmente se le han hecho, Leyes Electorales, las de Imprenta y Amparo ...	Coatepec	1880	USD 300.00 - 400.00	250.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
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.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
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.