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
125		GERMANTOWN IMPRINT. Ausbund, das ist: Etliche Schoene Christliche Lieder, wie sie in dem Gefaengnuess zu Bassau in dem Schloss von den Schweitzeer-Bruedern	Germanton	1751	USD -	Unknown
126	Fellows, Edward B., Editor	GIFT ANNUAL. The Excelsior Annual, or Pupil's Gift for 1849	New York	1848	USD -	Unknown
127	Aitken, Frank W.; and Hilton, Edward	CALIFORNIA. A History of the Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco	San Francisco	1906	USD -	Unknown
128	Bidwell, General John	CALIFORNIA. Echoes: of the Past	Chicago	1920	USD -	Unknown
129	Bowers, Stephen	CALIFORNIA. Reconnaissance of the Colorado Desert Mining District	Sacramento	1901	USD -	Unknown
130	Brick, C. J.	CALIFORNIA. California-Album: eine Erinnerung vom Strande des Stillen Meeres, fuer Deutsch-Amerikaner	San Francisco	1883	USD -	Unknown
131	Bruce, Wallace	CALIFORNIA. The Yosemite [poem]	Boston-New York	1880	USD -	Unknown
132		CALIFORNIA. California Water and Mining Co.	New York	1880	USD -	Unknown
133	Chard, Thomas S.	CALIFORNIA. California Sketches	Chicago	1888	USD -	Unknown
134	Christman, Enos	CALIFORNIA. One Man's Gold: the Letters & Journal of a Forty-Niner	New York	1930	USD -	Unknown
135	Davis, Winfield J.	CALIFORNIA. History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-92	Sacramento	1893	USD -	Unknown
136	Gerstaecker, F.	CALIFORNIA. Scenes de la Vie Californienne	Geneve	1859	USD -	Unknown
137	Graves, J. A.	CALIFORNIA. My Seventy Years in California, 1857-1927	Los Angeles	1928	USD -	Unknown
138	Harrington, Joseph	CALIFORNIA. Sermons	Boston	1854	USD -	Unknown
139		CALIFORNIA. Journal of the House of Assembly, at the Twelfth Session, 1861	Sacramento	1861	USD -	Unknown
140	Charles W. Wendte	CALIFORNIA. King, Thomas Starr: Patriot and Preacher	Boston	1921	USD -	Unknown
141	Letts, P. M.	CALIFORNIA. A Pictorial View of California	New-York	1853	USD -	Unknown
142	Letts, J. M.	CALIFORNIA. A Pictorial View of California	New-York	1853	USD -	Unknown
143		CALIFORNIA. The Old River Bed Gold Mining Company [Butte County]	New York	1879	USD -	Unknown
144	Peck, George W.	CALIFORNIA. Aurifodina; or, Adventures in the Gold Region	New-York	1849	USD -	Unknown
145		CALIFORNIA. Prospectus and Reports of Mining Engineers of the Vallecito Hydraulic Gravel Mining Company	Boston	1877	USD -	Unknown
146		CALIFORNIA. Report on the Red Hill Hydraulic Gold Mines, Junction City Mining District, Trinity County	Boston	1882	USD -	Unknown
147	Stretch, R. H.	CALIFORNIA. The Laporte Gold Gravel Mines, Ltd.	Glasgow	1882	USD -	Unknown
148	Tinkham, George H.	CALIFORNIA. California Men and Events, 1769-1890	Stockton	1915	USD -	Unknown
149	Truesdell, Amelia	CALIFORNIA. A California Pilgrimage, by One of the Pilgrims	San Francisco	1884	USD -	Unknown
150	Wasson, Joseph	CALIFORNIA. Bodie and Esmeralda: Revival of Affairs, n Two Singularly Interesting and Important Mining Districts	San Francisco	1878	USD -	Unknown
151	Wickson, Edward J.	CALIFORNIA. The Vacaville Early Fruit District of California	San Francisco	1888	USD -	Unknown
152	Wills, Mary H.	CALIFORNIA. A Winter in California	Norristown, Pa.	1889	USD -	Unknown
153	Coleman, William	(HAMILTON, ALEXANDER). A Collection of the Facts and Documents relative to the Death of Hamilton	New York	1803	USD -	Unknown
154	Stewart, Charles S.	HAWAII. Journal of a Residence in the Sandwich Islands, 1823-25	New York	1828	USD -	Unknown
155		HEDENDAAGSCHE HISTORIE, of Tegenwoordige Staat van Amerika	Amsterdam	1766	USD -	Unknown
156	HERVEY, JAMES	Considerations on the Prevailing Custom of Visiting on the Sabbath	Boston	1764	USD -	Unknown
157	HITCHCOCK, ENOS	An Oration in Commemoration of the Independence of the United States of America, delivered in Providence, July 4th, 1793	Providence	1793	USD -	Unknown
158	HOFFMAN, CHARLES FENNO	The Pioneers of New-York: Anniversary Discourse before the St. Nicholas Society of Manhattan, Dec. 6, 1847	New-York	1848	USD -	Unknown
159	HOFFMAN, CHARLES FENNO	Greyslaer: a Romance of the Mohawk	New York	1849	USD -	Unknown
160	HOOKER, THOMAS	The Poor Doubting Christian drawn to Christ	Boston	1743	USD -	Unknown
161		HUDSON RIVER. Travellers' Guide of the Hudson River		1845	USD -	Unknown
162	Carr, Clark E.	ILLINOIS. My Day and Generation	Chicago	1908	USD -	Unknown
163	Olson, Ernst W.	ILLINOIS. The Swedish Element in Illinois: Survey of the Past Seven Decades	Chicago	1917	USD -	Unknown
164		INDIANA GAZETTEER: or Topographical Dictionary of the State of Indiana	Indianapolis	1849	USD -	Unknown
165		INDIANA. Discipline of the Society of Friends of Indiana Yearly Meeting Whitewater 1849	Milton, Ind.	1850	USD -	Unknown
166	Fairbanks, Charles W.	INDIANA. Life and Speeches of	Indianapolis	1904	USD -	Unknown
167	Grooms & Smith's	INDIANA. Indianapolis Directory, City Guide, and Business Mirror	Indianapolis	1855	USD -	Unknown
168	Satterthwaite, Myrtillus N.	INDIANA. Hoosier Courtships in the Horse and Buggy Days	Greenfield, Ind.	1943	USD -	Unknown
169		INDIANS. Abbildungen zu Assal Nachrichten ueber die Frueheren Einwohner von Nord-Amerika	Heidelberg	1827	USD -	Unknown
170	Apes, William	INDIANS. A Son of the Forest .... comprising a Notice of the Pequod Tribe of Indians	New-York	1829	USD -	Unknown
171	Bradford. Alexander W.	INDIANS. American Antiquities, and Researches into the Origin and History of the Red Race	New-York	1841	USD -	Unknown
172		INDIANS. Brief Account of the Proceedings of the Committee appointed in 1795 by the Yearly Meeting of Friends in Pa., N. J., etc.	London	1806	USD -	Unknown
173		INDIANS. The Case of the Seneca Indians .... Illustrated by Facts	Philadelphia	1841	USD -	Unknown
174	Drake, Samuel G.	INDIANS. The Book of the Indians of North America, comprising Details in the Lives of about 500 Chiefs	Boston	1833	USD -	Unknown
175	Jones, George	INDIANS. Tecumseh and the Prophet of the West, an Historical Israel-Indian Tragedy in Five Acts; The Life and History of General Harrison, late President of the United States	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
176	Olden, Sarah E.	INDIANS. The People of Tipi Sapa (The Dakotas)	Milwaukee	1918	USD -	Unknown
177		INDIANS. Proceedings of an Indian Council held at the Buffalo Creek Reservation, State of New York, Fourth Month, 1842	Baltimore	1842	USD -	Unknown
178	Smith, Ethan	INDIANS. View of the Hebrews; or the Tribes of Israel in America	Poultney, Vt.	1825	USD -	Unknown
179	Welsh, Herbert	INDIANS. Report of a Visit to the Great Sioux Reserve, Dakota, in behalf of the Indian Rights Association	Philadelphia	1883	USD -	Unknown
180	Whitfield, Henry	INDIANS. Strength out of Meakness	New York	1865	USD -	Unknown
181		INDIANS. Wysgeerige Bespiegelingen over Amerika, of Gewigtige Stukken tot opheldering der Historie van het Menschdom	Deventer	1771	USD -	Unknown
182		IOWA. Constitution for the State of Iowa, adopted in Convention	Washington	1846	USD -	Unknown
183	JACKSON, ANDREW	JACKSON, ANDREW: Life	Philadelphia	1824	USD -	Unknown
184	JACKSON, ANDREW	JACKSON, ANDREW: Life	Cincinnati	1827	USD -	Unknown
185	JACKSON, ANDREW	Biographie du General Andrew Jackson, Ancien President des Etats-Unis	Nouvelle-Orleans	1845	USD -	Unknown
186	JACKSON, ANDREW	Eulogy on .... delivered in Faneuil Hall by Pliny Merrick	Boston	1845	USD -	Unknown
187	Stan V. Henkels	JACKSON, ANDREW: and the Bank of the United States		1928	USD -	Unknown
188	JAY, JOHN	Document Signed, as Governor of New York	Albany	1798	USD -	Unknown
189	JAY, JOHN	The Great Conspiracy: an Address at Mt. Kisco, West Chester County, 4 July 1861	New-York	1861	USD -	Unknown
190	Rochemonteix, Camille de, Editor	JESUIT RELATIONS. Relation par Lettres de l'Amerique Septentrionale (1709-10)	Paris	1904	USD -	Unknown
191	JOHNSON, ANDREW	The Great Impeachment Trial of Johnson	Philadelphia	1868	USD -	Unknown
192	JONES, JOHN FRANKLIN	Analytical Spelling Book, designed for .... the United States of America, and for Foreigners Learning English	New-York	1824	USD -	Unknown
193	JONES, JOHN PAUL	JONES, JOHN PAUL: Life and Character of	New York	1851	USD -	Unknown
194		JONES, JOHN PAUL. Letters, printed from Originals in W. K. Bixby's Collection...			USD -	Unknown
195	Miller, William H.	KANSAS CITY, Missouri. The History of Kansas City	Kansas City	1881	USD -	Unknown
196	KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON	A Review of Mr. Chambreleng's Report from the Committee of Commerce in the House	Baltimore	1830	USD -	Unknown
197	Henry T. Tuckerman	KENNEDY. JOHN PENDLETON: Life	New York	1871	USD -	Unknown
198		KENTUCKY. Letters on the Condition of Kentucky in 1825	New York	1916	USD -	Unknown
199	KNAPP, SAMUEL L.	Lectures on American Literature, with Remarks on Some Passages of American History	New York	1829	USD -	Unknown
200	LA PEROUSE, J. F. G. de	A Voyage Round the World, performed in 1785-88 by the Bousstole and Astrolabe	London	1807	USD -	Unknown
201	LEE, RICHARD HENRY	LEE, RICHARD HENRY. Letters	New York	1911	USD -	Unknown
202	LEONARD, LEVI W.	The Literary and Scientific Class Book	Keene, N. H.	1826	USD -	Unknown
203	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Greeley, Horace; and Cleveland, J F. A Political Text-Book for 1860	New-York	1860	USD -	Unknown
204	Bartlett, D. W.	(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM). The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln	New-York	1860	USD -	Unknown
205	Bartlett, David W.	(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM). The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln	New-York	1860	USD -	Unknown
206	Williamson, David B.	(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM). Illustrated Life, Services, Martyrdom, and Funeral of Abraham Lincoln	Philadelphia	1865	USD -	Unknown
207	LOCKE, JOHN	An Essay concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government	Boston	1773	USD -	Unknown
208	Cutter, Bloodgood H.	LONG ISLAND. Two broadside poems by this "Long Island Farmer Poet	Little Neck	1859	USD -	Unknown
209	Seabury, Samuel	LONG ISLAND. The Efficacy of a Mother's Prayers, illustrated in the Conversion and Labors of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo	New-York	1833	USD -	Unknown
210		LOUISIANA. Recueil de Meditations Instructives et Touchamtes	Nouvelle-Orleans	1850	USD -	Unknown
211	MAFFITT, JOHN NEWLAND	Tears of Contrittion; or Sketches of [his] Life	New-London	1821	USD -	Unknown
212	MAFFITT, JOHN NEWLAND	The Oratorical Dictionary, for the Use of College, Academies, Schools	Nashville	1835	USD -	Unknown
213	Folsom, George	MAINE. A Catalogue of Original Documents in the English Archives relating to the Early History of the State of Maine	New-York	1858	USD -	Unknown
214	Willis, William	MAINE. The History of Portland, from its First Settlement	Portland	1831	USD -	Unknown
215		MAP of the United States, published by H. Phelps	New York	1833	USD -	Unknown
216	Vallette, Elie	MARYLAND. The Deputy Commissary's Guide within the Province of Maryland	Annapolis	1774	USD -	Unknown
217		MARYLAND. The New American Clerk's Magazine, and Complete Conveyancer	Hagers-Town	1808	USD -	Unknown
218	Smith, Roswell C.	MATHEMATICS. Practical and Mental Arithmetic	Providence	1826	USD -	Unknown
219	Haferkorn, Henry E.	MEXICAN WAR. The War with Mexico, 1846-48	Washington	1914	USD -	Unknown
220	Jay, William	MEXICAN WAR. A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War	Boston	1849	USD -	Unknown
221	Mansfield, Edward D.	MEXICAN WAR. The Mexican War: a History of its Origin	New York	1850	USD -	Unknown
222	Polk, James K.	MEXICAN WAR. Message, transmitting Correspondence between the Secretary of War and Generals Scott and Taylor, and between General Scott and Mr. Trist	Washington	1848	USD -	Unknown
223	Dilworth, W. H.	MEXICO. The History of the Conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes	London	1759	USD -	Unknown
224	Oronsoro, Pedro de	MEXICO. Manual Serafico, o Libro de la Vida de los Frayles Menores	Mexico	1779	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.

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.
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