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
301		OREGON. Group of over 50 pamphlets, including speeches by Senators and Congressmen, Congressional documents, brochures, early imprints, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
302	Dodge, Major-Gen.	PACIFIC RAILROAD. Grenville M. Paper on the Transcontinental Railways	New York	1899	USD -	Unknown
303		PACIFIC RAILROAD. Rail Road to San Francisco: At a Meeting of the friends of a Rail Road to California .... at the United States Hotel, 19 April, 1849 ...	Boston	1849	USD -	Unknown
304	PAINE, THOMAS	Dissertations on Government, the Affairs of the Bank, and Paper Money	Philadelphia	1838	USD -	Unknown
305	Sampson, William	(PAINE, THOMAS). Speech on the Trial of James Cheetham for libelling Madame Bonneville in his Life of Paine	New York	1810	USD -	Unknown
306	Marsh, Richard O.	PANAMA. White Indians of Darien	New York	1934	USD -	Unknown
307	Munsell, Joel	PAPERMAKING. A Chronology of Paper and Paper-Making	Albany	1864	USD -	Unknown
308		PARKMAN CLUB PUBLICATIONS. Numbers 6 and 11-18, plus 7 duplicates	Milwaukee	1896	USD -	Unknown
309	PARSONS, JONATHAN; and McGREGORE, D.	A Rejoinder to the Rev. Mr. Robert Abercrombie's late Remarks on a Fair Narrative of the Proceedings of the Presbytery of Boston, against Himself	Boston	1758	USD -	Unknown
310		PATENT OFFICE. Edmund Burke, on the Complaint of Thomas G. Clinton	Washington	1848	USD -	Unknown
311	PENDLETON, EDMUND	The Crisis		1832	USD -	Unknown
312	PENN, WILLIAM	Fruits of a Father's Love: Advice to his Children	London	1760	USD -	Unknown
313	Seidensticker, Oswald	PENNSYLVANIA-GERMANS. Die Erste Deutsche Einwanderung in Amerika und die Gruending von Germantown im Jahre 1683	Philadelphia	1883	USD -	Unknown
314		PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT. The Ground and Nature of Christian Redemption	Philadelphia	1768	USD -	Unknown
315		PHILLIPS, SAMUEL. Political Rulers Authoriz'd! and Influenc'd by God our Saviour...			USD -	Unknown
316		PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON	Washington	1874	USD -	Unknown
317		PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WEST. Jackson, W. H. Among the Rockies: Pictures of Magnificent Scenes...			USD -	Unknown
318	Daniel Appleton White	PICKERING, JOHN: Eulogy on, by Daniel Appleton White	Cambridge	1847	USD -	Unknown
319	PIERCE, FRANKLIN	Speech .... in Senate, May 1, 1840, upon Claims for Seven Years' Half Pay		1840	USD -	Unknown
320	PILLOW, MAJOR-GENERAL GIDEON J.	Defence, before the Court of Inquiry at Frederick, Md.		1848	USD -	Unknown
321	Fairchild, A. G.	PITTSBURGH. Reply to Strictures on a Pamphlet entitled Unpopular Doctrines of the Bible, published in the Pittsburgh Conference Journal	Pittsburgh	1835	USD -	Unknown
322	POINSETT, JOEL R.	Discourse on the Objects and Importance of the National Institution for the Promotion of Science	Washingon	1841	USD -	Unknown
323	POPE, CAPTAIN JOHN	Report of the Secretary of War, communicating the Report of an Exploration of the Territory of Minnesota by Pope	Washington	1850	USD -	Unknown
324	PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH	Character of Dr. Priestley, considered as a Philosopher, Politician, and Divine	London	1794	USD -	Unknown
325		PRINCE, THOMAS. Extraordinary Events the Doings of God .... taking the City of Louisbourg on the Isle of Cape-Breton...			USD -	Unknown
326	PRINCE, THOMAS	An Account of the Revival of Religion in Boston in 1740-3	Boston	1823	USD -	Unknown
327		PRINCETON. Group of 14 pamphlets	Trenton	1800	USD -	Unknown
328	PRINGLE, ALEXANDER	Prayer for the Revival of Religion in All the Protestant Churches, and for the Spread of the Gospel among Heathen Nations, recommended	Edinburgh	1796	USD -	Unknown
329		PURITAN'S FAREWELL TO ENGLAND, being The Humble Request of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts-Bay	New York	1912	USD -	Unknown
330	Evans, John	QUAKERS. A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Religious Society of the People called Quakers in Philadelphia against Evans ...	Philadelphia	1811	USD -	Unknown
331		QUAKERS. Friends' Miscellany	Philadelphia	1834	USD -	Unknown
332		QUAKERS. Barclay. A Catechism and Confession of Faith...			USD -	Unknown
333		QUAKERS. (Besse). A Cloud of Witnesses, Proving that the Bishop of Lichfield...			USD -	Unknown
334		QUAKERS. Papers relating to the Quakers Tythe Bill...			USD -	Unknown
335		QUAKERS. Foulke. Memoirs of Jacob Ritter...			USD -	Unknown
336		QUAKERS. Account of .... Meetings of Friends in New England...			USD -	Unknown
337	Walker, E. C.	RADICAL. Practical Co-operation	Valley Falls	1890	USD -	Unknown
338	RADIN, PAUL	The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian	Berkeley	1920	USD -	Unknown
339	RAFINESQUE, CONSTANTINE S.	American Journal of Science	New-York	1819	USD -	Unknown
340	RAFINESQUE, CONSTANTINE, S.	American Journal of Science	New-York	1818	USD -	Unknown
341		RAFINESQUE, CONSTANTINE S. Description of a New Genus of American Grass, Diplocea Barbata	New-York	1819	USD -	Unknown
342		RAFINESQUE, CONSTANTINE S.: as an Ornithologist...			USD -	Unknown
343		RAILROADS AND CANALS. Remarkable collection of 100 Acts of the New York State Assembly in 1839 regarding incorporation of railorads, aid to various railroads, actions regarding the Erie Canal, relief for persons employed on the Canal, etc.	Albany	1839	USD -	Unknown
344		RALPH, JAMES. Night, a Poem, in Four Books...			USD -	Unknown
345		RED CLOUD INDIAN AGENCY. Report of the Special Commission appointed to investigate the Affairs of the Agency, July 1875	Washington	1875	USD -	Unknown
346	REED, JOHN	An Explanation of the Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, 1774	Philadelphia	1870	USD -	Unknown
347		RHODE ISLAND. Collection of well over 70 pamphlets, including political tracts, local historical discourses, proceedings, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
348		RHODE ISLAND. Collection of well over 70 pamphlets, including local historical discourses, political tracts, proceedings, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
349		ROBIN, ABBE. New Travels through North-America, in a Series of Letters	Philadelphia	1783	USD -	Unknown
350	ROGERS, CLARK	The Husbandman's Aim, to refute the Clergy respecting the Decrees of God; their Doctrine Unfolded and Errors Exposed	New-London	1801	USD -	Unknown
351	Henry S. Ruggles	RUGGLES, GENERAL TIMOTHY, 1711-95		1897	USD -	Unknown
352	L. U. Reavis	SAINT LOUIS: the Future Great City of the World	St. Louis	1870	USD -	Unknown
353	Pike, Benjamin, Jr.	SCIENTIFIC CATALOGUE. A Catalogue of Mathematical, Optical, Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus	New York	1850	USD -	Unknown
354	SEARS, FREEMAN	An Oration on the Nature and Perpetuity of American Independence	Dedham	1809	USD -	Unknown
355		SILK. Report of the Committee of Agriculture on the Growth and Manufacture of Silk	Washington	1830	USD -	Unknown
356		SLAVERY AND THE BIBLE		1838	USD -	Unknown
357	SMITH, WILLIAM	A Brief State of the Province of Pennsylvania	New York	1865	USD -	Unknown
358	Gibbes, Robert W., M.D.	SOUTH CAROLINA. The Present Earth the Remains of a Former World	Columbia	1849	USD -	Unknown
359		SOUTH CAROLINA. The People's Gazette: a Monthly, for April 1854	Abbeville	1854	USD -	Unknown
360		SOUTH CAROLINA. Collection of about 60 pamphlets, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
361		SOUTH DAKOTA. Collection of about 75 pamphlets including brochures encouraging immigration, local historical material, speeches by South Dakota Senators and Congressmen, numerous Congressional Documents, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
362		SOUTHWEST HISTORICAL QUARTERLY	Austin, Texas	1912	USD -	Unknown
363		STEAM ENGINES. Statement of Facts in relation to Frederick E. Sickels' Cut-Off	New-York	1844	USD -	Unknown
364	STILES, EZRA	The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour	Worcester	1785	USD -	Unknown
365	STOCKTON, ROBERT F.	Group of 6 speeches, etc.		1843	USD -	Unknown
366		STOVES. Description of Sanford's Challenge Heaters, to be set in Brick	New York	1865	USD -	Unknown
367	TANEY, ROGER B.	Opinion in the Habeas Corpus Case of John Merryman	Baltimore	1861	USD -	Unknown
368	Hale, Will T.	TENNESSEE. History of DeKalb County	Nashville	1915	USD -	Unknown
369		TENNESSEE. GUllection of well over 60 pamphlets, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
370		TENNESSEE. Collection of well over 60 pamphlets, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
371	Wellcome, I. C.	TOBACCO. The Tobacco Plug and Cigar .... with Some of their Terrible Results upon Mankind	Yarmouth, Maine	1875	USD -	Unknown
372	Young, Samuel	UNION COLLEGE. A Discourse delivered at Schenectady. July 25, 1826, before the New-York Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa	Ballston Spa	1826	USD -	Unknown
373		UNION COLLEGE. Group of 8 pamphlets, as below		1814	USD -	Unknown
374		VERMONT. Group of about 50 pamphlets, including early imprints, local historical monographs, sermons, biographical sketches, items relating to educational institutions, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
375	WASHINGTON, GEORG	[Biography in German]	Chemnitz	1823	USD -	Unknown
376		WASHINGTON STATE. Seattle: published by Charles H. Kittinger		1890	USD -	Unknown
377		WASHINGTON TERRITORY: Her Past, her Present and the Elements of Wealth which ensure her Future	Olympia	1877	USD -	Unknown
378	WEBSTER, DANIEL	Speech in rely [sic!] to Mr. Hayne of South Carolina . . . . relative to the Public Lands	Washington	1830	USD -	Unknown
379	Bradley, Capt. Thomas H.	WEST. O'Toole's Mallet, or the Resurrection of the Second National City of the United States	Seattle	1894	USD -	Unknown
380		WEST. Cassan, Carl Die Waldlaeufer am Winnipeg: Erzaehlung aus Wild-West	Erfurt	1900	USD -	Unknown
381	Doscih, Col. Henry E.	WEST. Vigilante Days at Virginia City: Personal Narartive	Portland	1924	USD -	Unknown
382	Gibbs, George	WEST. A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Trade Language Of Oregon	Washington	1863	USD -	Unknown
383	Lockley, Fred.	WEST. Across the Plains by Prairie Schooner: Personal Narrative of B. F. Bonney of his Trip to Sutter's Fort in 1846, and of his Pioneer Experiences in Oregon	Eugene	1920	USD -	Unknown
384	Owen, Albert K.	WEST. Integral Co-operation: its Practical Application	New York	1885	USD -	Unknown
385	Pearson, C. H.	WEST. The Cabin on the Prairie...	Boston	1869	USD -	Unknown
386		WEST. The Siege of Fort Atkinson	New York	1857	USD -	Unknown
387		WEST INDIES. A Narrative of the Proceedings upon the Complaint against Governor Melvilk	London	1770	USD -	Unknown
388	WHITTLESEY, CHARLES	Mineral Resources of the Cordilleras of North America, particularly as to Precious Metals	Cleveland	1863	USD -	Unknown
389	WHITTLESEY, CHARLES	Geology and Minerals: Report of Explorations in the Mineral Regions of Minnesota...			USD -	Unknown
390	WINDSHIP, CHARLES W., M.D.	Discourse on Religion and Doctrines	Boston	1829	USD -	Unknown
391		WISCONSIN. Group of over 35 pamphlets, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
392		WISCONSIN IMPRINTS. Group of 5 pamphlets published at Madison, 1854-71, and 6 published at Milwaukee, 1846-59		1846	USD -	Unknown
393		(WORCESTER, NOAH). The Friend of Peace	New-York	1816	USD -	Unknown
394	WORCESTER, SAMUEL	Serious and Candid Letters to Thomas Baldwin on his book "The Baptism of Believers Only"	Salem	1807	USD -	Unknown
395		WORCESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications	Worcester, Mass.	1928	USD -	Unknown
396		WORCESTER IMPRINTS. Watts. The Psalms of David, together with Hymns and Spiritual Songs...			USD -	Unknown
397		WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION: History of, edited by William E. Cameron...			USD -	Unknown
398	Coolidge, Calvin	WYOMING. Group of 6 Executive Orders relating to public lands in Wyoming	Washington	1924	USD -	Unknown
399		WYOMING. Group of well over 50 pamphlets, etc.		1900	USD -	Unknown
400		WYOMING. Group of well over 50 pamphlets, etc.		1900	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.