Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana, 2721, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025

Page Size: 360 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		(ALASKA.) The Cave of Gold, or Broadwell's Claim: A Story of the Klondike, an untraced serial novel, nearly complete in 79 parts	Cincinnati, OH	circa 1898	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 2,413.00
2		(ALLEGORIES.) An Emblem of America / An Emblem of Europe	London	21 April 1800	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 594.00
3	Henri Grevedon	(ALLEGORIES.) L'Amerique, Nisida	Paris	[1832]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 297.00
4	William H. Crawford	(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Letter on the Chehaw Massacre and Andrew Jackson	Washington	25 June 1818	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 1,524.00
5	[Sarah Tuttle]	(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Conversations on the Choctaw Mission	Boston	1830	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 635.00
6	Ebenezer Russell	(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Letter from an Illinois frontiersman on the Sauk and Fox, and Potawatomi chief Shabbona	Yellow Banks, IL	[1835?]	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 539.00
7	Paul Kane	(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Wanderings of an Artist among the Indians of North America	London	1859	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 3,048.00
8	George Catlin	(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians	London	1841	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 444.00
9	George Catlin	(AMERICAN INDIANS.) O-Kee-Pa: A Religious Ceremony; and other Customs of the Mandans	London	1867	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 6,604.00
10	George Catlin	(AMERICAN INDIANS.) North American Indians	Philadelphia	1913	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 952.00
11		(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Pair of pamphlets in the Santee dialect of Eastern Dakota	Santee, NE	1894 and 1903	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 508.00
12	Frank Rinehart	(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHY.) Rocky Bear, Sioux	Omaha, NE	1899	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 508.00
13		(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) The Boston Chronicle, with the Massachusetts Circular Letter, Letters from a Farmer and much more	Boston	1767-1768	USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00	Not Sold
14		(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) The New York Tea Party discussed in an issue of Rivington's New-York Gazetteer	New York	28 April 1774	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,778.00
15	John Wentworth	(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) Governor's pass for a British ship to pass Fort William and Mary	Piscataqua, NH	10 November 1774	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,079.00
16		(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1775.) List of casualties at Lexington and Concord, in an issue of Rivington's New-York Gazetteer	New York	11 May 1775	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 2,032.00
17	Benjamin Beal	(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Unpublished diary of a lieutenant serving in the Invasion of Quebec	Various places	17 March to 6 December 1776	USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00	USD 76,200.00
18		(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Slip for administering a Revolutionary loyalty oath in New York, early in the war.	[New York]	[1776]	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 3,302.00
19		(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Newspaper on the burning of the Royal Arms to celebrate the Declaration of Independence	New York	25 July 1776	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 4,064.00
20	Clairac and Nicola	(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) L'Ingenieur de Campagne; or, Field Engineer	Philadelphia	1776	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
21		(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) The Art of War	Philadelphia	1776	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,524.00
22	Richard Price	(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty	Philadelphia	1776	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,524.00
23	George Washington	(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Letter anticipating the coming British campaign against Philadelphia	Morristown, NJ	19 January 1777	USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00	USD 69,850.00
24	James Mathews	(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Letter written by a patriot soldier near occupied Philadelphia	Great Valley, PA	1777	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,397.00
25	Lardner Clark	(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Letter from a provision agent sending grain and butter "as much as you please"	Sussex Court House, NJ	16 April 1777	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 539.00

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.