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
101	COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER	Letter to Rafael Sanchez, written while returning home from his First Voyage	Chicago	1893	USD -	Unknown
102	W. E. Curtis	COLUMBUS. Authentic Letters of	Chicago	1895	USD -	Unknown
103	Guell y Rente, Jose	(COLUMBUS). Los Restos de Colon: Recuerdos Historicos y Observaciones	Paris	1885	USD -	Unknown
104		CONFEDERATE. L'Esclavage dans les Etats Confederes	Paris	1865	USD -	Unknown
105	Jones, Charles C., Jr.	CONFEDERATE. Addresses before the Confederate Survivors' Association in Augusta, at its 3d, 4th, 5th, 10th, and 13th Annual Reunions	Augusta	1881	USD -	Unknown
106		CONFEDERATE. Southern Historical Society Papers	Richmond	1909	USD -	Unknown
107		CONFEDERATE. State Sovereignty and the Doctrine of Coercion	Charleston	1860	USD -	Unknown
108		CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Observations upon the Congregational Plan of Church Government, particularly as it respects the Choice and Removal of Church-Officers ....	Boston	1773	USD -	Unknown
109		CONGRESS --- Broadside. An Act passed at the Second Session of the Fourth Congress	Philadelphia	1797	USD -	Unknown
110		CONNECTICUT. Bishop's Bonus, Seabury College, Divine Rights of Presbyterianism, and Divine Right of Episcopacy	New-Haven	1816	USD -	Unknown
111		CONNECTICUT. Torringford: in Connection with the Centennial of the Settlement of the First Pastor, Samuel J. Mills	Hartford	1870	USD -	Unknown
112		CONNECTICUT --- Trinity College. (Goodrich, Chauncey A.). Considerations Suggested by the Establishment of a Second College in Connecticut...			USD -	Unknown
113	Penrose R. Hoopes	CONNECTICUT CLOCKMAKERS of the Eighteenth Century	Hartford	1930	USD -	Unknown
114	COOPER, SAMUEL	Sermon in the Audience of Spencer Phips 1756	Boston	1756	USD -	Unknown
115	COOPER, WILLIAM	A Guide in the Wilderness, or History of the First Settlement in the Western Counties of New York	Rochester	1897	USD -	Unknown
116		CORRECTOR, The, or Independent American	New-York	1815	USD -	Unknown
117	COTTON, JOHN	The General Practice of the Churches of New-England, relating to Baptism, Vindicated	Boston	1772	USD -	Unknown
118	Shepard, Samuel	CRIME. A Sermon at Lenox, Mass., Feb. 20th, 1806, being the Day of the Execution of Ephraim Wheeler for a Rape committed on his Daughter, Betsy Wheeler	Stockbridge	1806	USD -	Unknown
119	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE	George Cruikshank's Omnibus: a Vehicle for Frolic and Fun	Philadelphia	1845	USD -	Unknown
120		CUBA. Two original photograph albums, containing many hundreds of photographs taken during a visit to Cuba in 1915-16		1915	USD -	Unknown
121		CUBA. Lindsay Cuba and her People of To-day...			USD -	Unknown
122	Hart, A. M.	CURRENCY. History of the Issues of Paper-Money in the American Colonies anterior to the Revolution	St. Louis	1851	USD -	Unknown
123		(CUSTER, GENERAL GEORGE A.). Brininstool...			USD -	Unknown
124	Brown, Jesse; and Willard, A. M.	DAKOTA. The Black Hills Trails: a History of the Struggles of the Pioneers in the Winning of the Black Hills	Rapid City, S. D.	1924	USD -	Unknown
125	Crawford, Lewis F.	DAKOTA. Badlands and Broncho Trails	Bismarck	1922	USD -	Unknown
126	Tostlebe, Alvin S.	DAKOTA. The Bank of North Dakota: an Experiment in Agrarias Banking	New York	1924	USD -	Unknown
127	Winsted, Huldah L.	DAKOTA. In the Land of Dakota: a Little Book of North Dakota Verse	Boston	1920	USD -	Unknown
128	Winsted, Huldah L.	DAKOTA. North Dakota: Land of the Sky, and Other poems	Minot, N. D.	1927	USD -	Unknown
129		DAKOTA TERRITORY. Collection of about 85 pamphlets, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
130	Mesick, John F.	DANCING. A Discourse on the Evils of Dancing	Harrisburg	1846	USD -	Unknown
131	Selden, R. E., Jr.	DECLARATION OF INDEPENCENCE. Criticism on the Declaration of Independence as a Literary Document	New York	1846	USD -	Unknown
132	DE KAY, JAMES E.	Anniversary Address on the Progress of the Natural Sciences in the United States	New-York	1826	USD -	Unknown
133	Rawle, Francis	DELAWARE. Ways and Means for the Inhabitants of Delaware to Become Rich	Philadelphia	1878	USD -	Unknown
134	McCoskry, Bishop S. A.	DETROIT. Episcopal Bishops the Successors of the Apostles: Sermon in St. Paul's Church, Detroit, at the Ordination of Montgomery Schuyler, etc.	Detroit	1842	USD -	Unknown
135		DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Collection of over 40 pamphlets, Congressional documents, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
136		DISTURNELL'S United States National Register and Calendar for 1852	New York	1851	USD -	Unknown
137	John H. Kennedy	DONGAN, THOMAS: Governor of New York, 1682-88	Washington	1930	USD -	Unknown
138		DOW, DANIEL. A Dissertation on the Sinaitic and Abrahamic Covenants...			USD -	Unknown
139	DUANE, WILLIAM	Experience the Test of Government, in Eighteen Essays, to aid the Investigation of .... Constitution and Laws of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1807	USD -	Unknown
140		DUELING. Dwight, Timothy. A Sermon on Duelling...			USD -	Unknown
141		DUELLING. Ware, Henry, Jr. The Law of Honor: a Discourse occasioned by the Recent Duel in Washington...			USD -	Unknown
142	EAMES, WILBERFORCE	Early New England Catechisms: a Bibliographical Record	Worcester	1898	USD -	Unknown
143	EATON, JOHN H.	Candid Appeal to the American Public	City of Washington	1831	USD -	Unknown
144	EHLERS, H. J.	An Essay on Climate, intended especially to explain the Difference between the Climate of America and that of the Eastern Hemisphere	New York	1850	USD -	Unknown
145	ELLIOTT, COMMODORE JESSE D.	Some Correspondence about a Curious Historical Fact	Worcester, Mass.	1874	USD -	Unknown
146		EMMONS, NATHANAEL. A Dissertation on the Scriptural Qualifications for Admission and Access to the Christian Sacraments...			USD -	Unknown
147		EMMONS, NATHANAEL. Christ the Standard of Preaching: Sermon at the Installation of Caleb Alexander, at Mendon...			USD -	Unknown
148		EPISCOPACY. No Church Without a Bishop: or the Controversy between Drs. Pott and Waiwright	New York	1844	USD -	Unknown
149	Birnie, Capt. Rogers, Jr.	FIREARMS. Gun Making in the United States	New York	1888	USD -	Unknown
150	FISKE, NATHAN	The Character and Blessedness of a Diligent and Faithful Servant	Providence	1779	USD -	Unknown
151		FOXCROFT, THOMAS. The Importance of Ministers being Men in Christ .... Ordination of John Taylor, Milton...			USD -	Unknown
152	Fraser, Col. Malcolm	FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Extract from a Manuscript Journal relating to the Siege of Quebec in 1759	Quebec	1868	USD -	Unknown
153	Johnstone, Chevalier	FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. The Campaign of Louisbourg, 1750-'58; a Short Account of what passed at Cape Breton	Quebec	1867	USD -	Unknown
154	Johnstone, Chevalier	FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. A Dialogue in Hades: a Parallel of Military Errors .... during the Campaign of 1759 in Canada...	Quebec	1887	USD -	Unknown
155		FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Johnstone. A Dialogue in Hades...			USD -	Unknown
156		FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. A Journal of the Expedition up the River St. Lawrence ...	Quebec	1868	USD -	Unknown
157	Murray, Gen. James	FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Journal of the Siege of Quebec, 1760	Quebec	1871	USD -	Unknown
158	Sabine, Lorenzo	FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. An Address .... Hundredth Anniversary of the Death of Major General James Wolfe	Boston	1859	USD -	Unknown
159		GALAXY, The: an Illustrated Magazine	New York	1874	USD -	Unknown
160		GARDENING CATALOGUES. Group of 3 catalogues of Ellwanger & Barry's Mount Hope Nurseries	Rochester and Syracuse	1850	USD -	Unknown
161		GAY, EBENEZER. Well-Accomplish'd Soldiers, a Glory to their King, and Defence to their Country	Boston	1738	USD -	Unknown
162	Jones, Charles C., Jr.	GEORGIA. Monumental Remains of Georgia	Savannah	1861	USD -	Unknown
163	Jones, Charles C., Jr.	GEORGIA. Hernando de Soto	Savannah	1880	USD -	Unknown
164	GILL, JOHN	The Glorious State of the Saints in Heaven	Boston	1756	USD -	Unknown
165	McCulloh, Richard S.	GOLD REFINING. Report .... of his Operations at the Mint in Refining California Gold by his Zinc Method	Washington	1852	USD -	Unknown
166	GREEN, J. H.	The Gambler's Mirror	Baltimore	1844	USD -	Unknown
167	J M. Mason	HAMILTON, ALEXANDER: Oration Commemorative of ...	New-York	1804	USD -	Unknown
168	Harrison G. Otis	HAMILTON, ALEXANDER: Eulogy on ...	Boston	1804	USD -	Unknown
169	HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY	Group of 5 obituary addresses, etc.		1840	USD -	Unknown
170	HARRISSE, HENRY	The Discovery of North America by John Cabot: the Alleged Date and Landfall	London	1897	USD -	Unknown
171	HASKINS, R. W.	An Exposition of a Book published by Appleton, called Hazlitt's Translation of Guizot's History of Civilization	Buffalo	1846	USD -	Unknown
172	HORSFORD, E. N.	Scientific Researches	Albany	1852	USD -	Unknown
173	HOWE, EDGAR W. E. W.	Howe's Monthly	Atchison, Kansas	1913	USD -	Unknown
174		IDAHO. Collection of about 65 pamphlets		1900	USD -	Unknown
175	Grand Lodge, I. O.	INDIANA. of Good Templars	Wabash	1868	USD -	Unknown
176		INDIANA IMPRINTS. Group of 10 pamphlets		1843	USD -	Unknown
177		INDIANS. Commissioner of Indian Affairs	Washington	1856	USD -	Unknown
178		INDIANS. A Compilation from the Revised Statutes of the United States .... relating to Indian Affairs	Washington	1875	USD -	Unknown
179	Hetherwold, William	INDIANS. The Man of Bronz: a Poem on the Indian Character, in Six Books	Philadelphia	1852	USD -	Unknown
180		IOWA. Group of well over 50 pamphlets, including local imprints, historical monographs and magazines, numerous Congressional documents, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
181		IOWA. Group of well over 50 pamphlets, including numerous Congressional documents, local imprints, historical magazines and monographs, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
182	JACKSON, CHARLES T., M.D.	First Report on the Geology of the State of Maine...	Augusta	1837	USD -	Unknown
183		JOHNSON IMPEACHMENT. Group of 25 pamphlets, etc.		1868	USD -	Unknown
184		JUDAICA. First Report of the American Society for Meliorating the Condition of the Jews	New-York	1823	USD -	Unknown
185		JUDAICA. Stuart, Moses. Dissertations on the Importance and Best Method of Studying the Original Languages of the Bible...			USD -	Unknown
186	Dunbar, John B.	KANSAS. "The White Man's Foot in Kansas": Address at the Pawnee Village, 1906	Topeka	1908	USD -	Unknown
187	Martin, George W.	KANSAS. Historical Address delivered at the Village of the Pawnee Republic	Topeka	1900	USD -	Unknown
188		KANSAS. Three Memorials ... praying the Immediate Admission of Kansas Territory into the Union as a State	Washington	1856	USD -	Unknown
189	KUNZE, JOHN C.	King Solomon's Great Sacrifice at the Dedication of his Temple	New-York	1801	USD -	Unknown
190		LAGARRIGUE, JOHN FRANCIS. Geometry of Motion: Trisection of Angles and Arches	New-York	1831	USD -	Unknown
191	Huniting, David H.	LONG ISLAND. Historical Address before the Sunday School of the First Presbyterian Church, East-Hampton, on the 50th Anniversary of tis Establishment	Sag-Harbor	1875	USD -	Unknown
192		LOUISIANA. Group of 3 identical printed documents, in French, being licenses issued by the mayor of Nouvelle-Orleans for a slaughter-house		1812	USD -	Unknown
193		LOUISIANA. An Act to Incorporate the City of Jefferson	Baton Rouge	1856	USD -	Unknown
194	Surrey, N. M. Miller	LOUISIANA. The Commerce of Louisiana during the French Regime, 1699-1763	New York	1916	USD -	Unknown
195	William A. Read	LOUISIANA PLACE-NAMES of Indian Origin	Baton Rouse	1927	USD -	Unknown
196		LOWELL OFFERING, for February, March, and July 1845	Lowell, Mass.	1845	USD -	Unknown
197		MAGIC. The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or Hocus Pocus laid open and explained by Sena Sama	Philadelphia	1853	USD -	Unknown
198	Bradford, Alden	MAINE IMPRINT. A Discourse delivered at Hallowell at the Opening of the Academy	Hallowell	1795	USD -	Unknown
199	Lieut. Derby	MAP --- California. The Sacramento Valley from the American River to Butte Creek, Surveyed & Drawn	Washington	1849	USD -	Unknown
200		MAP --- California. Official Map of Amador County ...	San Francisco	1866	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.