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

Auction Details

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
  • 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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