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
225	Oliver, David D.	MICHIGAN. Centennial History of Alpena County, from 1837 to 1876	Alpena	1903	USD -	Unknown
226	Wait, S. E.; and Anderson, W. S.	MICHIGAN. Old Settlers .... of the Grand Traverse Region	Traverse City	1918	USD -	Unknown
227	MILLER, JOAQUIN	The Baroness of New York	New York	1877	USD -	Unknown
228	Harper, L.	MISSISSIPPI. Preliminary Report on the Geology and Agriculture of the State of Mississippi	Jackson	1857	USD -	Unknown
229		MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications. Centenary Series	Jackson	1918	USD -	Unknown
230		MISSOURI. Laws of the State passed at the Regular Session of the Twenty-Fifth General Assembly	Jefferson City	1869	USD -	Unknown
231	MORSE, JEDIDIAH	Geography Made Easy: an Abridgement of the American Geography	Boston	1790	USD -	Unknown
232	MORSE, JEDIDIAH	The American Gazetteer	Boston	1797	USD -	Unknown
233	Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell	NAVAL. Proceedings of the Naval Court Martial in [his] case	New York	1844	USD -	Unknown
234		NEW HAVEN IMPRINT. A Letter from the Association of the County of New-Haven	New-Haven	1770	USD -	Unknown
235	Griffith, William	NEW JERSEY. A Treatise on the Jurisdiction and Proceedings of Justices of the Peace, in Civil Suits	Newark	1797	USD -	Unknown
236	Lee, Francis B.	NEW JERSEY. New Jersey as a Colony and as a State	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
237	Lee, Francis B.	NEW JERSEY. Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey	New York	1910	USD -	Unknown
238	Fish, Joseph	NEW LONDON IMPRINT. The Examiner Examined: Remarks on a Piece wrote by Mr. Isaac Backus of Middleborough, printed in 1768	New-London	1771	USD -	Unknown
239		NEW YORK. Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer and Business Directory of Montgomery and Fulton Counties for 1869-70	Syracuse	1870	USD -	Unknown
240	Child, Hamilton	NEW YORK. Gazetteer and Business-Directory of Rensselaer County for 1870-71	Syracuse	1870	USD -	Unknown
241	Child, Hamilton	NEW YORK. Gazetteer and Business Directory of Ulster County for 1871-2	Syracuse	1871	USD -	Unknown
242	Child, Hamilton	NEW YORK. Gazetteer and Business Directory of Sullivan County for 1872-3	Syracuse	1872	USD -	Unknown
243	Jones, Pomroy	NEW YORK. Annals and Recollections of Oneida County	Rome	1851	USD -	Unknown
244	Swe-Kat-Si Chapter, D.A.R., editor	NEW YORK. Reminiscences of Ogdensburg, 1749-1907	New York	1907	USD -	Unknown
245	Tappan, John	NEW YORK. The County and Town Officer: a Concise View of the Duties and Offices of County and Town Officers in the State of New-York	Kingston	1816	USD -	Unknown
246	Jones, J.	NEW YORK IMPRINT. An Impartial Narrative of	South Newberlin, N. Y.	1834	USD -	Unknown
247		NEW YORK ---- Salem Imprint. M'Ewen, William. Select Essays	Salem	1814	USD -	Unknown
248		NEW YORK ---- Stanford Imprints. Roberts. Some Memoirs of the Life of John Roberts...			USD -	Unknown
249		NORTH CAROLINA and its Resources	Winston	1896	USD -	Unknown
250		NORTHERN TRAVELLER: containing the Routes to Niagara, Quebec, and the Springs	New-York	1825	USD -	Unknown
251	Genin, Sylvester	OHIO. Selections from [his] Works in Poetry, Prose, and Historical Design	New-York	1855	USD -	Unknown
252		OHIO IMPRINT. The Farmer's & Mechanic's Assistant, containing a System of Book Keeping	Steubenville	1832	USD -	Unknown
253	Sommierville, William	OHIO IMPRINT. The Psalms of David', designed for Standing Use in the Church	Xenia	1835	USD -	Unknown
254	OSGOOD, DAVID	The Wonderful Works of God are to be Remembered	Boston	1794	USD -	Unknown
255	Watson, Bisihop Richard	(PAINE, THOMAS). An Apology for the Bible, in a Series of Letters addressed to Paine	New-Brunswick	1796	USD -	Unknown
256		PANOPLIST, The. Volume I in 12 monthly numbers	Boston	1806	USD -	Unknown
257	PEABODY, OLIVER	That Ministers are to separate Men to the Work of the Ministry, by Laying on their Hands	Boston	1736	USD -	Unknown
258	PENN, WILLIAM	A Defence of a Paper, entituled Gospel-Truths, against the Exceptions of the Bishop of Cork's Testimony	London	1698	USD -	Unknown
259	PENN, WILLIAM	Primitive Christianity Revived	Philadelphia	1783	USD -	Unknown
260	PENN, WILLIAM	Primitive Christianity Revived, in the Faith and Practice of the People called Quakers	Cincinnati	1829	USD -	Unknown
261	Thomas Clarkson	PENN, WILLIAM: Memoirs of [his] Private and Public Life	London	1813	USD -	Unknown
262	John W. Graham	PENN, WILLIAM: Founder of Pennsylvania	London	1918	USD -	Unknown
263		(PENN, WILLIAM). The Tryal of Penn & Mead for Causing a Tumult...			USD -	Unknown
264		PENNSYLVANIA. Proceedings and Debates of the General Assembly, taken in Short-Hand by Thomas Lloyd	Philadelphia	1787	USD -	Unknown
265	Sergeant, Thomas	PENNSYLVANIA. View of the Land Laws of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1838	USD -	Unknown
266	PETERS, SAMUEL	A History of the Rev. Hugh Peters	New-York	1807	USD -	Unknown
267	PETERS, SAMUEL A.	A General History of Connecticut	New-Haven	1829	USD -	Unknown
268	Cheever, George B.	PILGRIMS. The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, New England, in 1620	New York	1848	USD -	Unknown
269	John S. Jenkins	POLK, JAMES KNOX: and a History of his Administration	Auburn	1850	USD -	Unknown
270	PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH	Lectures on History and General Policy	Philadelphia	1803	USD -	Unknown
271		PSALMS, carefully suited to the Christian Worship in the United States of America	Elizabeth-Town	1797	USD -	Unknown
272		PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND STATUARY of the Government .... at the City of Washington	Washington	1839	USD -	Unknown
273	Crisp. Stephen	QUAKER. An Epistle to Friends concerning the Present and Succeeding Times	Philadelphia	1780	USD -	Unknown
274	Richardson, John	QUAKER. an Account of [his] Life, giving a Relation of many of his Trials and Exercises	Philadelphia	1759	USD -	Unknown
275		QUAKERS. A Collection of Memorials concerning Divers Deceased Ministers and others of the People called Quakers in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, and Parts adjacent	Philadelphia	1787	USD -	Unknown
276	Walker, Jamies	RAILROADS. Report to the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, on .... Locomotive and Fixed Engines	Philadelphia	1831	USD -	Unknown
277	Easton, Alexander	RAILROADS. A Practical Treatise on Street or Horse-Power Railways	Philadelphia	1859	USD -	Unknown
278		RAILROADS. Baldwin Locomotive Works	Philadelphia	1881	USD -	Unknown
279	RAMSAY, DAVID, M.D.	The History of the American Revolution	Philadelphia	1789	USD -	Unknown
280	RIPPON, JOHN	A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns	Elizabethtown	1792	USD -	Unknown
281	RUSH, JACOB	Charges and Extracts of Charges on Moral and Religious Subjects	New-York	1804	USD -	Unknown
282	L. U. Reavis	SAINT LOUIS: the Future Great City of the World	St. Louis	1871	USD -	Unknown
283	H. Harbaugh	SCHLATTER, MICHAEL: Life of	Philadelphia	1857	USD -	Unknown
284	SCHLOEZER, AUGUST LUDWIG	Briefwechsel, meist Historischen und Politischen Inhalts	Goettingen	1780	USD -	Unknown
285	SEWALL, JOSEPH	The Duty, Character and Reward of Christ's Faithful Servants: a Sermon after the Funeral of the Reverend Mr. THOMAS PRINCE	Boston	1758	USD -	Unknown
286	SEYBERT, ADAM, M. D.	Annales Statistiques des Etats-Unis	Paris	1820	USD -	Unknown
287	Evans, F. W. Shakers	SHAKERS. Compendium of the Origin, History, Principles, etc.	New York	1859	USD -	Unknown
288	L. P. Brockett, M.D.	SILK INDUSTRY in America: a History	New York	1876	USD -	Unknown
289		SLAVERY. Considerations addressed to Professors of Christianity	London	1792	USD -	Unknown
290	Crafton, William Bell	SLAVERY. An Address to the People of Great Britain, on the Utility of Refraining from the Use of West India Sugar and Rum	Sunderland	1791	USD -	Unknown
291	Hopkins, Samuel	SLAVERY. A Dialogue concerning the Slavery of the Africans, shewing it to be the Duty and Interest of the American States to emancipate all their African Slaves	New-York	1785	USD -	Unknown
292	Jay, William	SLAVERY. A View of the Action of the Federal Government in Behalf of Slavery	New-York	1839	USD -	Unknown
293	Jay, William	SLAVERY. A View of the Action of the Federal Government, in Behalf of Slavery	Utica	1844	USD -	Unknown
294		SOCIETY for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures	Albany	1801	USD -	Unknown
295	Thompson, Henry T.	SOUTH CAROLINA. Ousting the Carpetbagger from South Carolina	Columbia	1927	USD -	Unknown
296		SOUTH SEA COMPANY. An Argument to shew the Disadvantage that would Accrue to the Publick	London	1720	USD -	Unknown
297		SOUTH SEA COMPANY. A Comparison between the Proposals of the Bank and the South-Sea Company	London	1720	USD -	Unknown
298	Rand, Luke P.	SPIRITUALISM. A Sketch of the History of the Davenport Boys	Oswego	1859	USD -	Unknown
299	STEUBEN, BARON von	Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States	New-York	1794	USD -	Unknown
300		STILE'S, EZRA. Oratio Inauguralis habita in Sacello Collegii Yalensis...			USD -	Unknown
301	STILES, EZRA	The United States elevated to Glory and Honour	Worcester	1785	USD -	Unknown
302	Abiel Holmes	STILES. EZRA: Life	Boston	1798	USD -	Unknown
303	Love, John	SURVEYING. Geodaesia, or the Art of Surveying and Measuring Land Made Easy	New-York	1796	USD -	Unknown
304		TAILOR'S ASSISTANT: comprising Rules & Directions for Cutting Men's Clothes by the Square Rule	Whitehall (N. Y.)	1823	USD -	Unknown
305	TANNER, H. S.	Memoir on the Recent Surveys, Observations, and Internal Improvements in the United States; with Brief Notices of the New Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, and Rail-Roads	Philadelphia	1830	USD -	Unknown
306	TANNER, H. S.	The American Traveller, or Guide through the United States	Philadelphia	1836	USD -	Unknown
307	Smith, Francis O. J.	TELEGRAPH. The Secret Corresponding Vocabulary, adapted for use to Morse's Electro-Magnetic Telegraph	Portland, Maine	1845	USD -	Unknown
308	Pearson, Samuel	TEXAS. An Incurable Pioneer	Fort Worth	1928	USD -	Unknown
309	THORBURN, GRANT	Lawrie Todd: Life and Writings of Grant Thorburn, prepared by Himself	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
310		THORBURN, GRANT: Life and Writings of, prepared by Himself	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
311	Thompson, James	TIMBER. A Complete Treatise on the Mensuration of Timber	Troy, N. Y.	1805	USD -	Unknown
312	TOM THUMB	Sketch of the Life, Personal Appearance, Character and Manners of Charles S. Stratton, known as General Tom Thumb, and his Wife, Lavinia Warren Stratton	New York	1868	USD -	Unknown
313	TOWNSEND, JONATHAN	A Caveat against Strife, especially amoug Christian Brethren	Boston	1749	USD -	Unknown
314	Burton, H. W.	VIRGINIA. The History of Norfolk, Va., 1736-1877	Norfolk	1877	USD -	Unknown
315		VIRGINIA. Lloyd's Official Map of the State of Virginia, from Actual Surveys made by order of the Executive, 1828 & 1859	New York	1862	USD -	Unknown
316	VOLNEY, C. F. C., COMTE de	The Ruins: or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires	New-York	1796	USD -	Unknown
317	WALSH, MICHAEL	A New System of Mercantile Arithmetic, adapted to the, Commerce of the United States	Newburyport	1804	USD -	Unknown
318	WALTER, NEHEMIAH	Discourses on the whole LVth Chapter of Isaiah	Boston	1755	USD -	Unknown
319		WAR OF 1812. Stubbs, Corporal Samuel. A Compendious Account of tlhe Late War	New York		USD -	Unknown
320	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Washington's Political Legacies	Boston	1800	USD -	Unknown
321	Aaron Bancroft	WASHINGTON, GEORGE: An Essay on [his] Life	Worcester, Mass.	1807	USD -	Unknown
322	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Die Lebensbeschreibung und Merkwuerdige Handlungen von Georg Waschington	Friederichstadt	1809	USD -	Unknown
323	WEBSTER, NOAH	An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking	Hartford	1793	USD -	Unknown
324	WEBSTER, NOAH	A Philosophical and Practical Grammar of the English Language	New-Haven	1807	USD -	Unknown

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