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

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Auction Report
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
26 John Wereat

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Three letters from the once and future Governor of Georgia

Savannah, GA 1777 and 1783 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 825.00
27

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) Roster for B. Generals & Field Officers in Gen'l McDougall's Division

No place [17] November 1778 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,064.00
28

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) The Battle of Monmouth, discussed in an issue of the New-Jersey Gazette

Trenton, NJ 15 July 1778 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,397.00
29

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) Israel Evans. A Discourse Delivered, on . . the Day of Public Thanksgiving

Lancaster, PA 1778 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,318.00
30 Abraham Hyatt

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1780.) A Continental lieutenant's letters describing Loyalist raids in the Mohawk Valley

Ramapo, NY 31 May 1780 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,556.00
31

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1780.) Order that "that fifteen hundred men should be raised to join the Connecticut battalions"

[Hartford, CT] 30 June 1780 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,696.00
32

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1781.) An Address to Those of the People Called Quakers, who have been Disowned

Philadelphia 24 April 1781 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,778.00
33 Thomas Paine

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1782.) Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal on the Affairs of North-America

Philadelphia 1782 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,206.00
34 James Murray

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--HISTORY.) An Impartial History of the Present War in America

Newcastle upon Tyne, England USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,032.00
35 Matthias C. Sprengel

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--HISTORY.) Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch . . . der Revolution von Nord-America

Leipzig and Berlin [1784] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,716.00
36 Richard Price

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--HISTORY.) Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution

Trenton, NJ 1785 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,524.00
37 [John Marshall]

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--HISTORY.) Atlas to Marshall's Life of Washington

Philadelphia [1832] USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 571.00
38 Herman Daggett

(ANIMAL RIGHTS.) The Rights of Animals: An Oration, Delivered at the Commencement of Providence-College

Sag Harbor, NY 1792 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,604.00
39 Owen Biddle

(ARCHITECTURE.) The Young Carpenter's Assistant

Philadelphia 1805 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,079.00
40

(ARCHITECTURE.) Extensive archive of client files of important architect Dwight James Baum

Riverdale, NY 1921-1932 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
41 Herbert Berri

(ARCTIC.) Diary of the Peary Relief expedition

Various places 13 July to 30 August 1901 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 3,432.00
42

(ART.) Family papers of sculptor Sarah Fisher Ames

Various places 1868 to circa 1910s USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 539.00
43

(ART.) Group of art and papers from the career of Adah Clifford Murphy

Various places 1887-1954 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 412.00
44

(ART.) Book of sketches and watercolors contributed by a variety of noteworthy artists and illustrators

No place 1925-1949 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,112.00
45

AUTOMOTIVE.) The Rogers Motor Carriage (wrapper title "Motor-Carriage Designed Patented & Built by W.S. Rogers"

No place circa 1899-1900 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 297.00
46

(AVIATION.) Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. Photo album of wartime production at the company's plants

Dayton, OH April to July 1918 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,640.00
47

(AVIATION.) Collection of aviation photos including Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart

Various places circa 1922-1936 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 444.00
48 Charles Thomson

(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Covenant

Philadelphia 1808 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,452.00
49 Stephen R.

(BIBLE IN DAKOTA.) Riggs, Dakota Wowapi Wakan Kin / The New Testament in the Dakota Language

New York 1865 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 3,168.00
50

(BIBLE IN NEZ PERCE.) H.H. Spalding, Matthewnim Taaiskt / The Gospel According to Matthew. Translated into the Nez Perces Language

New York 1871 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 726.00
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
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    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
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    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
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    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000