Swann Galleries: SWANN GALLERIES, INC., AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS OF, Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6th, 1958, AT 2 P. M., Exhibition from February 3rd, To Time of Sale. AMERICANA, PAMPHLETS --- BOOKS, MAPS --- , 490,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 06, 1958 - February 06, 1958

Page Size: 400 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		ABEILLE AMERICAINE: Journal Historique, Poiltique et Litteraire	Philadelphia	1815	USD -	Unknown
2	ABERT, LT. JAMES W.	Message from the President .... communicating a Report of an Expedition led by Abert on the Upper Arkansas and through the Country of the Camanche Indians, in the Fall of 1845	Washington	1846	USD -	Unknown
3	ABERT, LT. JAMES W.	Report of the Secretary of War	Washington	1848	USD -	Unknown
4		ABOLITION. Right and Wrong in Boonton [caption-title]	Boonton, N. J.	1840	USD -	Unknown
5		ALABAMA. Group of over 50 pamphlets, including numerous Congressional documents		1900	USD -	Unknown
6		ALABAMA. Group of over 50 pamphlets, including speeches by Alabama Senators and Congressmen, Congressional documents, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
7	Bristed, C. Astor	AMERICAN FICTION. The Upper Ten Thousand	New-York	1852	USD -	Unknown
8		AMERICAN MAGAZINE, The: a Monthly Miscellany	Albany	1815	USD -	Unknown
9	French, B. B.	AMERICAN POETRY. Fitz Clarence, a Poem	Washington	1844	USD -	Unknown
10	Gray, Thomas, Jr., M.D.	AMERICAN POETRY. Change: a Poem pronounced at Roxbury in Commemoration of the First Settlement of that Town	Roxbury	1830	USD -	Unknown
11	M'Jilton, John N.	AMERICAN POETRY. The Sovereignty of Mind: a Poem before the Philomathaean Society of Pennsylvania College	Gettysburg	1841	USD -	Unknown
12	Pierpont, John	AMERICAN POETRY. The Portrait: a Poem delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society of Newburyport	Boston	1812	USD -	Unknown
13	Power, Thomas	AMERICAN POETRY. Secrecy: a Poem Second Edition	Boston	1832	USD -	Unknown
14	Cazeau Claim	AMERICAN RiVOLUTION. In Senate of the United States	Washington	1817	USD -	Unknown
15		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A Collection of Papers relative to Half-Pay, and Commutation thereof .... together with a Circular Letter from His Excellency General Washington	Boston	1783	USD -	Unknown
16	Coombe, Thomas	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A Sermon .... on July 20, 1775	Philadelphia	1775	USD -	Unknown
17	Lathrop, John	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A Discourse preached December 15th, 1774, being the Day recommended by the Provincial Congress to be observed in Thanksgiving to God for the Blessings enjoyed, and Humiliation on account of Public Calamities	Boston	1774	USD -	Unknown
18	Pratt, George W.	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. An Account of the British Expedition above the Highlands of the Hudson River, and of Events connected with the Burning of Kingston in 1777	Kingston	1860	USD -	Unknown
19	Quincy, Josiah, Jr.	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill, with Thoughts on Civil Society and Standing Armies	Boston	1774	USD -	Unknown
20	Tuttle, Joseph F.	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Revolutionary Fragments, Morris County, N. J.	Morristown	1896	USD -	Unknown
21		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Group of over 25 pamphlets			USD -	Unknown
22		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Group of over 25 pamphlets			USD -	Unknown
23		ANDERSON, ALEXANDER. Choice lot of 8 wood-engravings by Anderson for Forbes' Edition of "Paradise Lost," ACCOMPANIED BY A DUPLICATE SET IN PROOF-BEFORE-LETTER STATE			USD -	Unknown
24		ARIZONA. Group of over 50 pamphlets relating to archeology, Indians, agriculture, mining, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
25		ARIZONA. Group of over 50 pamphlets		1900	USD -	Unknown
26		ARIZONA. Remarkable collection of over 200 Congressional documents relating to Arizona --- memorials of the Territorial legislature, reports on the Indian tribes, reservations, explorations, land improvements, pensions, etc.	Washington	1900	USD -	Unknown
27		ATLAS. School Alas to Cummings' Ancient & Modern Geography	Boston	1820	USD -	Unknown
28	BECKWITH, LT. EDWARD G.	Report upon the Routes near the 41st and 38th Parallels	Washington	1855	USD -	Unknown
29	BRENT, JOHN CARROLL	Letters on the National Institute, Smithsonian Legacy, the Fine Arts, and Other Matters connected with the Interests of the District of Columbia	Washington	1844	USD -	Unknown
30	BROOKS, JOHN	A Discourse delivered before the Humane Society of Massachusetts, 9th June 1795	Boston	1795	USD -	Unknown
31	BROWN, JOHN	An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times	Boston	1758	USD -	Unknown
32	BURR, AARON	An Examination of the Various Charges exhibited against [him], and a Development of the Characters and Views of his Political Opponents	New-York	1803	USD -	Unknown
33		BURR-HAMILTON DUEL. Particulars of the Late Duel fought at Hoboken between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton	New-York	1804	USD -	Unknown
34	Hunt, T. Dwight	CALIFORNIA. Address delivered before the New England Society of San Francisco	San Francisco	1853	USD -	Unknown
35		CALIFORNIA. The Invalidity of the "Queue Ordinance" .... Opinion of the Circuit Court in Ho Ah Kow vs. Matthew Nunan	San Francisco	1879	USD -	Unknown
36	King, Thomas Starr	CALIFORNIA. Group of 4 obituary addresses		1864	USD -	Unknown
37	Nicholls, P. R.	CALIFORNIA. A Star has left its Native Sphere: a Monody on the Death of Rev. Thomas Starr King	San Francisco	1864	USD -	Unknown
38		CALIFORNIA. Report of the Secretary of War communicating Information in relation to the Geology and Topography of California	Washington	1850	USD -	Unknown
39		CALIFORNIA. Santa Clara County: a Valley which has won the title of the "Garden of the World"	San Jose	1890	USD -	Unknown
40		CALIFORNIA. Scott, William Anderson, of New Orleans	San Francisco	1854	USD -	Unknown
41	Trask, John B.	CALIFORNIA. Report on the Geology of the Coast Mountains and part of the Sierra Nevada	Sacramento	1854	USD -	Unknown
42		CALIFORNIA Group of 8 U. of California Publications in American Archeology and Ethnology	Berkeley	1904	USD -	Unknown
43		CALIFORNIA. Group of 9 U. of California Publications in American Archoeology and Ethnology	Berkeley	1906	USD -	Unknown
44		CALIFORNIA. Group of 9 U. of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology	Berkeley	1916	USD -	Unknown
45		CALIFORNIA. Group of 10 U. of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology	Berkeley	1908	USD -	Unknown
46		CALIFORNIA. Collection of well over 50 pamphlets		1900	USD -	Unknown
47		CALIFORNIA Collection of well over 50 pamphlets on anthropology, natural history, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
48		CALIFORNIA. Collection of well over 150 Congressional documents relating to California lands, federal buildings and stations, pension claims, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
49		CANADA. British Columbia: its Position, Resources and Climate			USD -	Unknown
50	Ganong, W. F.	CANADA. A History of Miscou...			USD -	Unknown
51	Gesner, Abraham	CANADA. First Report on the Geological Survey of the Province of New-Brunswick...			USD -	Unknown
52		CANADA. Histoire du Montreal, 1640-72	Montreal	1871	USD -	Unknown
53		CANADA --- Manitoba. Spence...			USD -	Unknown
54		CANADA. Manuscript relating to the Early History of Canada: "Relation sur le Canada," 1682-1712	Quebec	1871	USD -	Unknown
55	Murdoch, Beamish	CANADA. History of Nova Scotia or Acadie	Halifax	1867	USD -	Unknown
56	Prud-homme, L. A.	CANADA. Notes Historiques sur la Vie de P. E. de RADISSON	Saint Boniface	1892	USD -	Unknown
57		CANADA. Quebec Literary and Historical Society	Quebec	1864	USD -	Unknown
58	Riel, Louis "David"	CANADA. Poesies Religieuses et Politiques	Montreal	1886	USD -	Unknown
59	Sihantz, Jacob Y.	CANADA. Relation d'un Voyage a Manitoba; accompagnee d'une Analyse de l'Act concernant les Terres de la Puissance	Ottawa	1873	USD -	Unknown
60		CANADA. McCord. Errors in Canadian History...			USD -	Unknown
61	George M.	CANADA. McDougall. McDougall, the Pioneer, Patriot and Missionary...			USD -	Unknown
62		CANADA. Group of about 20 American Congressional documents relating to the Northeastern Boundary Dispute, 1830's-60's			USD -	Unknown
63		CANADIAN NORTHWEST. St. John. The Province of British Columbia...			USD -	Unknown
64		CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY		1880	USD -	Unknown
65		CATHOLIC. Hughes, Archbishop John. A Lecture on the Mixture of Civil and Ecclestical Power in the Governments of the Middle Ages...			USD -	Unknown
66		(CHAPLIN, EBENEZER). A Treatise on Church-Government...			USD -	Unknown
67	Jackson, C. Loring (and asociates)	CHEMISTRY. Group of 11 monographs, all extracted from Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and all headed "Contributions from the Chemical Laboratory of Harvard College		1877	USD -	Unknown
68		CHICAGO IMPRINT. Constitution, Laws and Regulations, of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons	Chicago	1856	USD -	Unknown
69	Graves, K.	CHICAGO IMPRINT. The Biography of Satan, or a Historical Exposition of the Devil and his Fiery Dominions	Chicago	1865	USD -	Unknown
70		CHICAGO IMPRINTS. International Order of Good Templars, Grand Lodge of Illinois...			USD -	Unknown
71		CHICAGO IMPRINTS. Group of 9 items, as below	Chicago	1858	USD -	Unknown
72		CHINESE IMMIGRATION. Group of about 20 pamphlets, Congressional speeches, etc.		1870	USD -	Unknown
73		CHRISTIAN HERALD: Weekly. Collection of scattered issues	New-York	1816	USD -	Unknown
74	Smith, William	CINCINNATI. Annual Statement of the Trade and Commerce of Cincinnati	Cincinnati	1859	USD -	Unknown
75	Vail, R. W. G.	CIRCUS. Random Notes on the History of the Early American Circus	Worcester	1934	USD -	Unknown
76	Dodge, Major-Gen. Grenville M.	CIVIL WAR. The Battle of Atlanta, and! Other Campaigns, Addresses, etc.	Council Bluffs	1911	USD -	Unknown
77	Howard, F. K.	CIVIL WAR. Fourteen Months in American Bastiles	Baltimore	1863	USD -	Unknown
78	Joyce, Col. John A.	CIVIL WAR. Jewels of Memory	Washington	1895	USD -	Unknown
79	Stearns, Amos E.	CIVIL WAR. Narrative of Stearns, a Prisoner at Andersonville	Worcester	1887	USD -	Unknown
80	Tyler, Moses	CIVIL WAR. Our Solace and our Duty in this Crisis	Poughkeepsie	1861	USD -	Unknown
81		CIVIL WAR. Teall, Sarah S. Onondaga's Part in the Civil War...			USD -	Unknown
82		CIVIL WAR PRISONS. A Voice from the Rebel Prisons...			USD -	Unknown
83	CLARKSON, THOMAS	An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, particularly the African	Philadelphia	1786	USD -	Unknown
84	CLAY, HENRY	An Address to the Public, containing Certain Testimony in refutation of the Charges against him made by Gen. Andrew Jackson	New-Brunswick	1828	USD -	Unknown
85	CLINTON, DE WITT	Group of 4 addresses on his death, as below		1828	USD -	Unknown
86	Richardson, Albert D.	CLOCKS. Ancient and: Modern Time Keepers, containing an Interesting Notice of the Works of the National Watch Company at Elgin, Ill.		1870	USD -	Unknown
87		COBBETT'S Weekly Register	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
88	COLMAN, BENJAMIN	The Blessing of Zebulun & Issachar: a Sermon before the Great and General Court or Assembly in Boston, November 19, 1719	Boston	1719	USD -	Unknown
89	COLMAN, BENJAMIN	The Case of Satan's Fiery Darts in Blasphemous Suggestions and Hellish Annoyances	Boston	1744	USD -	Unknown
90		COLMAN, BENJAMIN. Souls Flying to Jesus Christ Pleasant and Admirable to Behold...			USD -	Unknown
91		COLORADO: Official Information	Denver	1872	USD -	Unknown
92		COLORADO. Board of Immigration	Denver	1874	USD -	Unknown
93	Coolidge, Calvin	COLORADO. Group of 10 Executive Orders regarding public lands in Colorado	Washington	1924	USD -	Unknown
94		COLORADO. Massacre of Cheyenne Indians: Testimony of Jesse H. Leavenworth, etc.	Washington	1865	USD -	Unknown
95	Rickard, T. A.	COLORADO. Across the San Juan Mountains	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
96	Ruffner, Lt. E. H.	COLORADO Report of a Reconnaissance in the Ute Country, made in 1873	Washington	1874	USD -	Unknown
97	Ruffner, Lt. E. H.	COLORADO. Annual Report upon Explorations and Surveys in the Department of the Missouri	Washington	1878	USD -	Unknown
98	Stanton, Edwin M.	COLORADO. Report of the Secreary of War	Washington	1867	USD -	Unknown
99		COLORADO. State Board of Library Commissioners	Denver	1910	USD -	Unknown
100		COLORADO. Union Colony of Colorado	New York	1871	USD -	Unknown

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.