Swann Galleries: SWANN Action Galleries, Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6th, 1956, AT 2 P. M., Exhibition from December 3rd To Time of Sale. AMERICANA, TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES, EARLY AMERICAN POETRY, COLONIAL * REVO, 449,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 06, 1956 - December 06, 1956

Page Size: 391 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ADAMS, JOHN	A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, against the attack of M. Turgot	Philadelphia	1797	USD -	Unknown
2	ADAMS, JOHN	Novanglus and Massachusettensis, or Political Essays published in 1774-75 on the Principal Points of Controversy between Great Britain and her Colonies	Boston	1819	USD -	Unknown
3		ALABAMA CLAIMS. Remarkable collection of about 60 pamphlets and books on this landmark in international jurisprudence			USD -	Unknown
4	Lee, Charles A.	ALASKA. Aleutian Indian and English Dictionary	Seattle	1896	USD -	Unknown
5	Jones, Justin	AMERICAN FICTION. Hasserac, the Thief-Taker	Boston	1849	USD -	Unknown
6		AMERICAN LATIN GRAMMAR: or a Complete Introduction to the Latin Tongue	Providence	1794	USD -	Unknown
7	Barlow, Joel	AMERICAN POETRY. Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David	Hartford	1786	USD -	Unknown
8	Burroughs, Charles	AMERICAN POETRY. The Poetry of Religion, and Other Poems	Boston	1851	USD -	Unknown
9		AMERICAN POETRY. The Columbian Muse: a Selection of American Poetry, from Various Authors of Established Reputation	New-York	1794	USD -	Unknown
10	Denny, W. H.	AMERICAN POETRY. Suc-co-tash, written on the occasion of the Centennial Celebration of the Exacuation of Fort Duquesne	Pittsburgh	1858	USD -	Unknown
11	Grenville, A. S.	AMERICAN POETRY. Original Poetic Effusions: Moral, Religious, and Sentimental	Dedham, Mass.	1823	USD -	Unknown
12	Hitchcock, David	AMERICAN POETRY. Poetical Works	Boston	1806	USD -	Unknown
13	Lies, Eugene	AMERICAN POETRY. The Preludes: a Collection of Poems	New-York	1846	USD -	Unknown
14	Nack, James	AMERICAN POETRY. The Legend of the Rocks, and Other Poems	New-York	1827	USD -	Unknown
15	Ogilvie, John	AMERICAN POETRY. Providence: an Allegorical Poem in Three Books	Boston	1766	USD -	Unknown
16	Peyre-Ferry	AMERICAN POETRY. Conseils de l'Esprit d'un Vieillard Septuagenaire a son Ame, et la Metamorphose de l'Ame en Perroquet	Philadelphie	1831	USD -	Unknown
17		AMERICAN POETRY. A Select Collection of Poems, and Other Elegant Poetical Extracts	Boston	1807	USD -	Unknown
18	Story, Joseph	AMERICAN POETRY. The Power of Solitude, a Poem in Two Parts	Boston	1802	USD -	Unknown
19	Story, Joseph	AMERICAN POETRY. The Power of Solitude, a Poem in Two Parts	Salem	1804	USD -	Unknown
20		AMERICAN POETRY. Things of Beauty, set with Gems of Verse	New York	1853	USD -	Unknown
21	Thomson, Charles West	AMERICAN POETRY. Elliner, and Other Poems	Philadelphia	1826	USD -	Unknown
22	Waterbury, J. B.	AMERICAN POETRY. The Brighter Age: a Poem	Boston	1830	USD -	Unknown
23	Waterous, Timothy, Jr. and Sr.; and Waterous, Zachariah	AMERICAN POETRY. The Battle-Axe, and Weapons of War	Groton, Con'n.	1812	USD -	Unknown
24	Weekes, Refine	AMERICAN POETRY. The Life of William Penn, and Other Poems, Religious, Historical, and Sentimental	New York	1822	USD -	Unknown
25		AMERICAN READY RECKONER, and Traders' Infallible Guide, in Dollars and Cents	Baltimore	1817	USD -	Unknown
26	Bloodgood, Simeon De Witt	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. The Sexagenary, or Reminiscences of the American Revolution	Albany	1866	USD -	Unknown
27	Clinton, Sir Henry	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Observations on Some Parts of the Answer of Earl Cornwallis to Clinton's Narrative	London	1783	USD -	Unknown
28	Cornwallis, Earl	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. An Answer to that part of the Narrative of Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry Clinton	London	1783	USD -	Unknown
29	Lapham, Ruth	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Check List of American Revolutionary War Pamphlets in the Newberry Library	Chicago	1922	USD -	Unknown
30	Lee, Henry	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States	Washington	1827	USD -	Unknown
31	Shebbeare, John, M.D.	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. An Essay on the Origin, Progress and Establishment of National Society	London	1776	USD -	Unknown
32		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Society of the Cincinnati	Boston	1812	USD -	Unknown
33	Bordeaux, Albert	AMERICAN TRAVEL. Siberie et Californie: Notes de Voyage et de Sejour, Janvier 1899	Paris	1903	USD -	Unknown
34	Otto, Eduard	AMERICAN TRAVEL. Reiseerinnerungen an Cuba, Nordund Suedamerica, 1838-41	Berlin	1843	USD -	Unknown
35	Sutcliff, Robert	AMERICAN TRAVEL. Travels in Some Parts of North America, in 1804-06	Philadelphia	1812	USD -	Unknown
36	Bewick, Thomas	(ANDERSON, ALEXANDER). A General History of Quadrupeds	New-York	1804	USD -	Unknown
37	ANNE, QUEEN	A Proclamation for Settling and Ascertaining the Current Rates of Foreign Coins in America	New York	1916	USD -	Unknown
38	APTHORP, EAST	The Constitution of a Christian Church, illustrated in a Sermon at the opening of Christ-Church in Cambridge, 1761	Boston	1761	USD -	Unknown
39	Bartlett, Robert A.	ARCTIC. The Log of Bob Bartlett	New York	1928	USD -	Unknown
40	ATLAS. Dr.	Brookes's General Atlas of Modern Geography	London	1815	USD -	Unknown
41	Velasquez, Pedro	AZTECS. Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America, resulting in the Discovery of the Idolatrous City of IXIMAYA, and the possession of two Remarkable Aztec Children	New York	1850	USD -	Unknown
42		BALTIMORE. Trial of Gerard von Harten, late Merchant of Baltimore, for Forgeries, committed to the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars	Baltimore	1807	USD -	Unknown
43	BARBIER, JOHN W.	Historical Religious Events	Hartford	1828	USD -	Unknown
44	BARBER, JOHN W.	Interesting Events in the History of the United States	New-Haven	1831	USD -	Unknown
45	BARNUM, PHINEAS T.	Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections	Buffalo	1882	USD -	Unknown
46	BARTLETT, JOSEPH	Aphorisms on Man, Manners, Principles & Things	Portsmouth, N. H.	1810	USD -	Unknown
47	BELKNAP, JEREMY	American Biography, or an Historical Account of those Persons who have been distinguished in America	Boston	1794	USD -	Unknown
48		BIBLE. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments	Philadelphia	1794	USD -	Unknown
49	Heartman, Charles F.	BIBLIOGRAPHY. The New England Primer issued prior to 1830		1922	USD -	Unknown
50		BIRD, ROBERT MONTGOMERY. Calava'r, or the Knight of the Conquest, a Romance of Mexico	New York	1854	USD -	Unknown
51		BOSTON. The By-Laws and Town-Orders of the Town of Boston, made and passed in 1785 and 1786	Boston	1786	USD -	Unknown
52		BOSTON IMPRINT. A Narrative of the Proceedings of those Ministers of the County of Hampshire	Boston	1736	USD -	Unknown
77	Head, Thomas	CONFEDERATE. A. Campaigns and Battles of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the War Between the States	Nashville	1885	USD -	Unknown
78	Porter, William D.	CONFEDERATE. State Sovereignty and the Doctrine of Coercion	Charleston, S. C.	1860	USD -	Unknown
79	Underwood, Major-General J. C.	CONFEDERATE. Report of Proceedings incidental to the Erection and Dedication of the Confederate Monument		1897	USD -	Unknown
80		CONGRESS. Journal of the Second Session of the Senate of the United States, begun January 4th, 1790	New-York	1790	USD -	Unknown
81		CONGRESS. Journal of the Third Session of the Senate of the United States, begun December 6th, 1790	Philadelphia	1791	USD -	Unknown
82		CONGRESS. Journal of the Senate of the United States	Philadelphia	1793	USD -	Unknown
83		CONNECTICUT EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE	Hartford	1800	USD -	Unknown
84	Nicholson, Elizabeth	COOKERY. The Economical Cook and House-Book	Philadelphia	1867	USD -	Unknown
85	Trail, R. T., M.D.	COOKERY. The New Hydropathic Cook-Book	New York	1854	USD -	Unknown
86	Woodbury, C. J. H.	COTTON. Bibliography of the Cotton Manufacture	Waltham	1909	USD -	Unknown
87	CRAM, JACOB	Journal of a Missionary Tour in 1808 through	Rochester	1909	USD -	Unknown
88		CRIME. Celebrated Trials of All Countries	Philadelphia	1835	USD -	Unknown
89	DAKOTA	Dakota Proofs in support of the Protest against its Admission as a State		1882	USD -	Unknown
90	Hagerty, Frank H.	DAKOTA. 1889: The Territory of Dakota	Aberdeen	1889	USD -	Unknown
91	Hazel, Harry; and Lewis, S. L.	DAKOTA. The Divorce Mill: Realistic Sketches of the South Dakota Divorce Colony	New York	1895	USD -	Unknown
92	Hebert, Frank	DAKOTA. 40 Years Prospecting and Mining in the Black Hills of South Dakota	Rapid City	1921	USD -	Unknown
93	Peterson, P. D.	DAKOTA. Through the Black Hills and Bad Lands of South Dakota	Pierre	1929	USD -	Unknown
94	Sterling, William B.	DAKOTA. Biography and Speeches of	Chicago	1900	USD -	Unknown
95	Tallent, Mrs. Annie D.	DAKOTA. The First White Woman in the Black Hills, as told by Herself		1899	USD -	Unknown
96		DAKOTA. Tom's Exerience in Dakota	Minneapolis	1883	USD -	Unknown
97		DAKOTA. Boyles and Coursey. Where the Sod Shanty Stood...			USD -	Unknown
98		DAVENPORT, BISHOP. A New Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary of North America and the West Indies	Baltimore	1833	USD -	Unknown
99	DAVIES, BENJAMIN	A New System of Modern Geography	Philadelphia	1805	USD -	Unknown
100	DAVIS, MATTHEW L.	Report of the Case between the Rev. Cave Jones and the Rector and. Inhabitants of .... the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New-York, as argued before the Supreme Court of the State	New-York	1813	USD -	Unknown
101	DAY, JEREMIAH	The Divine Right of Infant Baptism Concisely Proved from the Holy Scriptures	Litchfield, Conn.	1790	USD -	Unknown
102	DEFOE, DANIEL?	A True Account of the Design and Advatanges of the South Sea Trade	London	1711	USD -	Unknown
103	Roberts, Robert E.	DETROIT. Sketches and Reminiscences of the City of the Straits and its Vicinity	Detroit	1884	USD -	Unknown
104	DICKINSON, JONATHAN	Reflections upon Mr. Wetmore's Letter in Defence of Dr. Waterland's Discoursle of Regeneration	Boston	1744	USD -	Unknown
105	DICKINSON, JONATHAN	A Brief Illustration and Confirmation of the Divine Right of Infant Baptism	Newbury-Port	1781	USD -	Unknown
106	DISTURNELL, JOHN	A Trip through the Lakes of North America	New York	1857	USD -	Unknown
107	Smith, Sol. Sol Smith's	DRAMA. Theatrical Apprenticeship, comprising a Sketch of the First Seven Years of his Professional Life	Philadelphia	1854	USD -	Unknown
108	EMERSON, JOSEPH	The Poetic Reader: Selections from the Most Approved Authors	Wethersfield	1832	USD -	Unknown
109		EMPORIUM of Arts and Sciences	Philadelphia	1812	USD -	Unknown
110	FESSENDEN, THOMAS GREEN	The Register of Arts, or a Compendious View of Some of the Most Useful Modern Discoveries and Inventions	Philadelphia	1808	USD -	Unknown
111	Murray, Lindley	FRANCO-AMERICAN. Lecteur Francois, ou Recueil de Pieces en Prose et en Vers tirees des Meilleurs Ecrivains	Philadelphia	1812	USD -	Unknown
112	FRASER, DONALD	A Compendium of the History of All Nations	New-York	1807	USD -	Unknown
113	Hall, Benjamin F.	(FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES). The Republican Party and its Presidential Candidates	New York	1856	USD -	Unknown
114		FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Memoirs of the Life and Gallant Exploits of the Old Highlander	London	1791	USD -	Unknown
115	FRINK, THOMAS	A King Reigning in Righteousness, and Princes Ruling in Judgment	Boston	1758	USD -	Unknown
116	GALLATIN, ALBERT	The Right of the United States to the North-Eastern Boundary Claimed by Them	New York	1840	USD -	Unknown
117		GAY, EBENEZER. The Devotions of God's People Adjusted to the Dispensations of his Providence	Boston	1771	USD -	Unknown
118	Seller, Edwin J.	GENEALOGY. Captain John Avery, President Judge at the Whorekill in Delaware Bay, and his Descendants	Philadelphia	1898	USD -	Unknown
119	Brookes, R., M.D.	GEOGRAPHY. The General Gazetteer, or Compendious Geographical Dictionary	London	1791	USD -	Unknown
120	Brookes, R.	GEOGRAPHY. Brookes's General Gazetteer Improved	Philadelphia and Richmond	1812	USD -	Unknown
121	Smith, Charles	GEOGRAPHY. Universal Geography Made Easy, or a New Geographical Pocket Companion	New York	1795	USD -	Unknown
122	Turner, R., Jr.	GEOGRAPHY. A New and Easy Introduction to Universal Geography	London	1800	USD -	Unknown
123	Shipp, J. E. D.	GEORGIA. Giant Days, or the Life and Times of William	Americus, Ga.	1909	USD -	Unknown
124	McMurtrie, Douglas C.	GEORGIA. The First Printing in Georgia	Metuchen, N. J.	1927	USD -	Unknown

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.

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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.
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