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
252		(PENNSYLVANIA.) Company ledger of the Martin Kinports Cigar Mfg. Co.	Manheim, PA	1905-1910	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 162.00
253		(PERIODICALS.) The New Republic	New York	1914-11-07	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 381.00
254	James A.	(PHOTOGRAPHY.) Cutting, a self-portrait of the photography pioneer, using his rarely seen photolithography process	Boston	circa 1858	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
255		(POLITICS.) [Elkanah Tisdale,] The Gerry-Mander, first appearance of this loathsome creature	Boston	26 March 1812	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 6,600.00
256	[Theodorus Bailey]	(PRESIDENTS--1802.) Authentic Information Relative to the Conduct of the Present & Last Administrations	Wilmington, DE	1802	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 6,096.00
257		(PRESIDENTS--1812 CAMPAIGN.) Whig Patriotism handbill	[Maine]	[November 1812]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,143.00
258	James Monroe	(PRESIDENTS--1819.) Broadside printing of his State of the Union address issued by the National Intelligencer	Washington	7 December 1819	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
259	James Monroe	(PRESIDENTS--1823.) State of the Union address with the Monroe Doctrine, in the Rhode-Island American	Providence, RI	1823	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 254.00
260	Andrew Jackson	(PRESIDENTS--1829.) First printing of his first State of the Union Message, featuring his Indian removal policy	Washington	8 December 1829	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
261	Endicott & Swett, John Q.	(PRESIDENTS--1831.) Adams, Sixth President of the U.S.	Baltimore, MD	1831	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 381.00
262		(PRESIDENTS--1832 CAMPAIGN.) The Rejected Minister	New York	[1832]	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,143.00
263		(PRESIDENTS--1852 CAMPAIGN.) The Last Gun! / Federalism and Its Allies Exposed!	[New London, CT]	1 November [1852]	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 539.00
264	Henry S.	(PRESIDENTS--1852.) Sadd, [Union]	[New York]	[1852]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 349.00
265		(PRESIDENTS.) Kimmel & Forster, Columbia's Noblest Sons	New York	1865	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 508.00
266		(PRESIDENTS--1868.) Ticket to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson	Washington, DC	3 April 1868	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 762.00
267	Mariano Floresca	(PRESIDENTS.) Diary and memoir of a Filipino-American naval steward, serving on cruises with Franklin Roosevelt	Various places	1929-1945	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 698.00
268		(PRESIDENTS.) Notes from White House residents to chef Hans Raffert	[Washington]	circa 1980-1990	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
269	[Sy Rubin]	(PRESIDENTS.) Suite of photographs depicting the construction of Trump Tower	New York	circa 1980-1983	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,540.00
270		(PRESIDENTS--2021.) "Emergency No Parking" notice in advance of the January 6 United States Capitol attack	[Washington]	2021-01-05	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 726.00
271		(RADICALISM.) Fact Sheet on the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and a related legal brief	New York	[1947]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 698.00
272	[Edward L. Topp]	(RECONSTRUCTION.) Diary kept by a young cotton magnate during the first year of Reconstruction	Various places	1 January to 8 June 1866	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,651.00
273	Ulysses S. Grant	(RECONSTRUCTION.) Message . . in Relation to Outrages . . . in North Carolina and Other Southern States	Washington	1871	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 412.00
274		(RELIGION.) Papers of the Rev. Paul Dresser, part of the founding family of the New Thought religious movement	Various places	circa 1892-1937	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,651.00
275		(SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.) The Rules and Instructions for the Information and Guidance of the Employees of the Western Union Telegraph Company	New York	1870	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 396.00
276		(SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.) Alfred Eisenstaedt, Portrait of Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer	[Princeton, NJ]	[December 1947]	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,056.00

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.
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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