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
501	Savannah and Charleston R.R. Co.	SOUTH CAROLINA.	Charleston	1868-1871	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
502	Simms, William Gilmore	SOUTH CAROLINA.	Charleston	1870	USD 35.00 - 50.00	45.00
503		SOUTH CAROLINA.	Boston	1834	USD 30.00 - 40.00	18.00
504	Turnbull, Robert J.	SOUTH CAROLINA.	Charleston	1827	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
505		SOUTH CAROLINA.	Charleston	1850	USD 35.00 - 50.00	20.00
506		SPAIGHT, RICHARD DOBBS.	Newbern	14 March 1795	USD 35.00 - 50.00	60.00
507	King, W. Nephew	SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.	New York	1900	USD 35.00 - 45.00	16.00
508	SPENCER, J. A.	History of the United States, from the Earliest Period to the Administration of James Buchanan.	New York	1858	USD 50.00 - 75.00	25.00
509	SPENCER, THOMAS	The New Vade Mecum	Lansingburgh	1794	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
510		STAMP ACT.	Boston	1769	USD 350.00 - 500.00	150.00
511		STEAMSHIP LINE TO MEXICO	Washington	1871	USD 35.00 - 50.00	17.00
512	STEELE, JOHN	Group of 6 Signed Letters as Comptroller of the Treasury, on departmental matters.		1796-1801	USD 35.00 - 50.00	70.00
513	STEPHENS, JOHN LLOYD	Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan.	New-York	1841	USD 80.00 - 120.00	70.00
514	STEPHENS, JOHN LLOYD	Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan.	New York	1853	USD 80.00 - 120.00	180.00
515	STEPHENS, JOHN LLOYD	Incidents of Travel in Yucatan.	New-York	1843	USD 200.00 - 300.00	225.00
516	STEPHENS, JOHN LLOYD	Incidents of Travel in Yucatan.	London	1843	USD 150.00 - 200.00	200.00
517	STEVENS, THADDEUS	Autograph Letter Signed, to Ellis Lewis, Philadelphia.	Lancaster	Oct. 9, 1865	USD 50.00 - 75.00	90.00
518	STIRLING, JAMES	Letters from the Slave States.	London	1857	USD 60.00 - 90.00	20.00
519		SWEDISH TRAVEL	Stockholm	1888	USD 40.00 - 60.00	17.00
520	SWETT, DR. JOHN	Remarkably extensive manuscript account of his bill for services to Capt.	York	Sept. 4, 1753	USD 80.00 - 120.00	90.00
521	SWETT, SAMUEL	History of Bunker Hill Battle.	Boston	1826	USD 35.00 - 50.00	17.00
522	SWETT, SAMUEL	History of Bunker Hill Battle; with a Plan.	Boston	1827, 1825.	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
523	SYMONS, LIEUT. THOMAS W.	Report of an Examination of the Upper Columbia River and the Territory in its Vicinity in September and October 1881;	Washington	1882	USD 50.00 - 75.00	60.00
524		TALLEYRAND, CITIZEN.	Boston	1809	USD 35.00 - 50.00	25.00
525	TARLETON, LT. COL. BANASTRE	A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America.	London	1787	USD 400.00 - 600.00	750.00
526	VICTORIA, PRESIDENT GUADALUPE	Circular transcribing the decree concerning the use of the local militia in Coahuila	Mexico	23 de Febrero de 1827	USD 600.00 - 900.00	1,100.00
527	VICTORIA, PRESIDENT GUADALUPE	Decree ordering garrisons to be paid	Mexico		USD 100.00 - 200.00	70.00
528		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.	Mejico	12 de enero de 1829	USD 200.00 - 300.00	80.00
529	GUERRERO, PRESIDENT VICENTE	Decree ordering the verification of money due as a result of the "papel moneda de Tejas.	Mexico	8 de mayo de 1829	USD 100.00 - 200.00	60.00
530	GUERRERO, PRESIDENT VICENTE	Decree establishing an income tax	Mexico	17 de agosto de 1829	USD 200.00 - 300.00	60.00
531	GOMEZ FARIAS, PRESIDENT VALENTIN	Decree opening colonization in the territories of Coahuila and Texas to any free person who has no local commitments to any other point of the republic	Mexico	4 de Febrero de 1834	USD 200.00 - 300.00	325.00
532	RAMIREZ Y SESMA, GENERAL JOAQUIN	Broadside transcribing decree by President Miguel Barragan, 23 May 1835, concerning public order in Coahuila and Texas.	Zacatecas	5 de julio de 1835	USD 100.00 - 200.00	50.00
533	VILLEGAS, GOVERNOR SANTIAGO	Transcribes a Congressional decree authorizing the government to raise up to $500,000 to support the Texan war	Zacatecas	11 de diciembre de 1835	USD 200.00 - 300.00	400.00
534	BARRAGAN, PRESIDENT MIGUEL	Decree establishing	Mexico	13 de Enero de 1836	USD 200.00 - 300.00	240.00
535	CORRO, PRESIDENT JOSE JUSTO	Decree declaring that the government will make effective the right of the nation to be compensated for expenses	Mexico	9 de Abril de 1836	USD 200.00 - 300.00	350.00
536	CORRO, JOSE JUSTO	Transcription of a decree	Mexico	14 de Abril de 1836	USD 200.00 - 300.00	375.00
537	CORRO, JOSE JUSTO	Transcription of a decree	Mexico	18 de Abril de 1836	USD 100.00 - 200.00	400.00
538	VILLEGAS, GOVERNOR SANTIAGO	Broadside transcribing decree of President Corro	Zacatecas	14 de agosto de 1836	USD 100.00 - 200.00	90.00
539	CORRO, JOSE JUSTO	Decree establishing a new territorial and political division of the nation	Mexico	Diciembre 30 de 1836	USD 200.00 - 300.00	100.00
540	CORRO, JOSE JUSTO	Decree establishing a new territorial and political division of the nation		Enero 7 de 1837	USD 200.00 - 300.00	100.00
541	CORRO, PRESIDENT JOSE JUSTO	Circular transcribing the decree making effective the colonizing of lands in Texas	Mexico	Abril 4 de 1837	USD 200.00 - 300.00	140.00
542	CORRO, JOSE JUSTO	Decree abolishing slavery and establishing compensation for the owners	Mejico	abril 5 de 1837	USD 200.00 - 300.00	110.00
543	CORRO, JOSE JUSTO	Circular, transcribing the decree establishing a national account at 5% interest for redeeming the foreign debt.	Mexico	Abril 12 de de 1837	USD 150.00 - 250.00	120.00
544	VILLEGAS, GOVERNOR SANTIAGO	Broadside transcribing decree of President Bustamante	Zacatecas	4 de junio de 1837.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	60.00
545	BUSTAMANTE, PRESIDENT ANASTASIO	Decree granting amnesty to deserters from the army	Mexico	4 de Abril de 1838.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	160.00
546	ESPARZA, GOVERNOR MARCOS de.	Broadside	Zacatecas	Diciembre 11 de 1844	USD 150.00 - 250.00	110.00
547		TEXAS NEWSPAPER.	Brownsville	March 5-April 10, May 7, 1864	USD 350.00 - 500.00	425.00
548		TEXAS POST-CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPERS.		1865, 1867	USD 80.00 - 120.00	100.00
549	TUCKER, THOMAS T.	Two Printed Letters Signed, as Treasurer of the United States.	Washington	1822, 1823	USD 30.00 - 40.00	18.00
550		UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST.	Circleville, Ohio	1837	USD 70.00 - 100.00	30.00
551	VAN BUREN, MARTIN	Autograph Letter Signed to Judge Vander Poel.	Washington	February 3, 1830	USD 200.00 - 300.00	300.00
552	VERPLANCK, GULIAN C.	The State Triumvirate, a Political Tale; and the Epistles of Brevet Major Pindar Puff.	New York	1819	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
553	Bruce, P. A.	Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century.	New York	1907	USD 30.00 - 40.00	40.00
554	Carr, William B.	VIRGINIA.	New Lisbon	November 2, 1850	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
555	Tazewell, Littleton W.	VIRGINIA	Norfolk	March 4, 1815	USD 35.00 - 50.00	25.00
556	VOLCK, ADELBERT J.	The American Cyclops, the Hero of New Orleans, and Spoiler of Silver Spoons	Baltimore	1868	USD 60.00 - 90.00	110.00
557	VOLCK	Confederate War Etchings.	Np	nd	USD 250.00 - 350.00	800.00
558		WAR OF 1812.	Worcester	1814	USD 35.00 - 50.00	30.00
559	Jennings, Lt. Col	WAR OF 1812.	Fort Jennings	Jan. 25, '13	USD 40.00 - 60.00	35.00
560		WAR OF 1812.	Washington	1814-1815	USD 80.00 - 120.00	45.00
561	WARREN, DR. JOSEPH	An Oration, delivered March Sixth, 1775, at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston; to commemorate the Bloody Tragedy of the Fifth of March, 1770.	Boston	1775	USD 300.00 - 400.00	225.00
562	WARREN, JOSEPH	An Oration delivered March 6, 1775, at the Request of the In habitants of the Town of Boston, to commemorate the Bloody Tragedy of the Fifth of March, 1770.	Newport	1775	USD 350.00 - 500.00	175.00
563	WARREN, JOSEPH	Inauguration of the Statue of Warren, by the Bunker Hill Monument Association, June 17, 1857.	Boston	1858	USD 60.00 - 90.00	20.00
564	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Writings.	New York	1889-1893	USD 100.00 - 150.00	200.00
565	WEBB, W. E. Buffalo Land	Authentic Narrative of ... a Late Scientific and Sporting Party upon the Great Plains of the West.	Cincinnati and Chicago	1872.	USD 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
566	WEBSTER, DANIEL	Autograph Letter Signed.	New York	Oct. 26, 1851	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
567	WEBSTER, DANIEL	Short Autograph Letter Signed; to accompany engagement present to his cousin, Mrs. Glover.	Washington	April 8, 1852	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
568	WEBSTER, DANIEL	Speech on the Subject of the Public Lands, &c. delivered in the Senate, January 20, 1830.	Washington	1830	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
569	WELD, ISAAC, JR.	Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797.	London	1800	USD 200.00 - 300.00	300.00
570	Lewis, Thomas	WEST VIRGINIA.	Point Pleasant	April 4, 1791	USD 50.00 - 75.00	175.00
571		WESTERN GUIDE BOOKS.	Vp		USD 50.00 - 75.00	70.00
572		WESTERN TRAVELLER'S POCKET DIRECTORY: and Stranger's Guide	Schenectada [sic]	1836.	USD 80.00 - 120.00	70.00
573	WHEILDON, WILLIAM W.	New History of the Battle of Bunker Hill, Siege and Evacuation of Boston and Charlestown, New Chapter in the History of the Concord Fight.	Boston	1875-76-85.	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
574	Goggin, William L.	WHIGS.	Bedford County	Oct. 10, 1842	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
575	Meriwether, James	WHIGS.	Eatonton	10 Oct. 1842	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
576	WHITE, GEORGE S.	Memoir of Samuel Slater, the Father of American Manufactures, connected with the Rise and Progress of the Cotton Manufacture.	Philadelphia	1836	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
577	WILLIAMS, GENERAL JOHN	Autograph Letter Signed, to Messrs.	Philadelphia	Feby. 8th, 1796	USD 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
578	WILLICH, A. F. M.	The Domestic Encyclopaedia; or, a Dictionary of Facts, and Useful Knowledge.	Philadelphia	1803-1804	USD 70.00 - 100.00	120.00
579	WINSHIP, CAPT. EBENEZER	Manuscript Signed, being a list of "Men that did not belong to the Continential Army Last Campaine.		1776	USD 35.00 - 50.00	17.00
580	WOLCOTT, OLIVER	Autograph Letter Signed, to Samuel Hodgden.	Washington	Dec. 28, 1800	USD 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
581		XYZ MISSION.	Philadelphia	W. Ross, 1798.	USD 60.00 - 90.00	40.00
582		YALE.	Novo-Portu	1764	USD 150.00 - 200.00	80.00

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.