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
76		(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Hardee Hat eagle badge, said to be worn at the funeral of a Confederate officer killed by his enslaved people	No place	circa 1855-1863	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 508.00
77		(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Letters to David Copeland Randolph with inside discussion of the war	Richmond	1861-1865	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,254.00
78	William H. Tabb	(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Letters of a captain in the 14th Mississippi, at Fort Donelson, Jackson, Atlanta, and more	Various places	1861-1865	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 8,255.00
79		(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Papers of John Quincy Dickinson, a West Virginian Confederate merchant and cavalryman	Various places	1858-1865	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,302.00
80		(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Eugene Blackford	Richmond, VA	20 June 1861	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 444.00
81	W.R. Scruggs	(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.). Letter discussing Lee's Maryland Campaign just before the Battle of Antietam	Richmond, VA	13 September 1862	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 444.00
82		(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) The Yankee President, a satirical songsheet composed in Texas		circa January 1863	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,905.00
83		(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Issue of the Richmond Sentinel on the recent Confederate "'mighty victory" at Gettysburg	Richmond, VA	8 July 1863	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
84	William W. Hunter	(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Order to observe President Davis' Day of Prayer in the Savannah Squadron	Savannah, GA	19 August 1863	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 200.00
85	Jane Steptoe Cobb	(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Letter discussing a visit by General Lee's family		9 October 1863	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 254.00
86		(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) When will the War be Over?, a broadsheet poem to promote a soldier's home in Houston	Houston, TX	1 November 1863	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,397.00
87	William Dillard	(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Pair of letters written as a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute during the war	Lexington, VA	1863	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 1,079.00
88	Simon S. Bohannan	(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Courtship letters of a North Carolina officer	Various places	1863-1864	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 232.00
89		(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Philip Slaughter A Sketch of the Life of Randolph Fairfax, a Private . . Attached to the Richmond	Richmond, VA	1864	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,079.00
90		(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Enlistment form for 131/2-year-old Confederate Marine musician	Richmond, VA	23 February 1864	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 412.00
91	Junius Fowlkes	(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Letter written from defenses of Atlanta, predicting a Confederate victory within a year		5 June 1864	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 539.00
92	Robert H. Anderson	(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Plea for reinforcements against Sherman's March to the Sea	Hardeeville, SC	15 December 1864	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 603.00
93	Clarence Morfit	(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Letter describing the last looted currency held by the Confederate prison system	Charlotte, NC	25 April 1865	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 571.00
94		(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Group of Confederate currency and obsolete banknotes	Various places	1860-1872	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 462.00
95	Theodore C. Glazier	(CIVIL WAR--CONNECTICUT.) Soldier's letter on the Emancipation Proclamation	Alexandria, VA	23 September 1862	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 381.00
96	George F. Edgerton	(CIVIL WAR--CONNECTICUT.) Letters of a soldier stationed just outside occupied New Orleans	Various places	November 1862 to March 1863	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 2,794.00
97	Homer S. Sackett	(CIVIL WAR--CONNECTICUT.) Description of a deserter being drummed out of camp	Fort Ellsworth, Alexandria, VA	30 October 1863	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 349.00
98	L.V. Phillips	(CIVIL WAR--ILLINOIS.) The Battle of Stone's River, an unrecorded soldier composition	No place	circa 1863	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 476.00
99		(CIVIL WAR--KENTUCKY.) Resolutions on Federal Relations, Adopted by the Legislature of Kentucky	[Frankfort, KY]	circa 1863	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 2,032.00
100		(CIVIL WAR--MAPS.) Union-drawn manuscript map of the area southwest of Alexandria very early in the war	Virginia	circa September 1861	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 3,048.00

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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