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
151

(FAMILY PAPERS.) Papers of the Milford-Jones-Banta family of Ohio and Indiana

Various places 1831-1930 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 1,188.00
152

(FAMILY PAPERS.) Photograph albums and papers from the family of W.G. Fargo, founding partner of Wells Fargo

1865-1888 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,524.00
153 Jean-Francois Janinet

(FRANKLIN.) Benjamin Franklin

17 Janvier 1706 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
154

FRANKLIN. The Way to Wealth; or, Poor Richard Improved

Paris 1795 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 594.00
155

(FREEMASONRY.) The Constitutions of the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons

Worcester 1792 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 698.00
156

(FREEMASONRY.) Manuscript of Connecticut Masonic rituals

[Connecticut] circa 1797-1819 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 17,780.00
157 [James Callender]

(HAMILTON.) The History of the United States for 1796

Philadelphia 1797 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,810.00
158

(HAWAII.) Vladimir Ossipoff

[Honolulu] 1961-1970 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,397.00
159 George Bickham

(HISTORY.) A Short Description of the American Colonies Belonging to the Crown of Great Britain

London 1747 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 444.00
160

(ILLINOIS.) Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men of Chicago

[Chicago] [1868] USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 317.00
161

(IMMIGRATION.) Manuscript forms for bringing Dutch emigrants to America during the Federal era

[Baltimore?] circa 1780s-1790s USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,206.00
162

(IMMIGRATION.) Diary kept by an American seaman working on a passenger ship from Liverpool to New York

Various places 21 May to 9 July [1848] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,318.00
163

(IMMIGRATION.) America: A Journal for Americans, Devoted to Honest Politics and Good Literature

Chicago 1889-1891 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 412.00
164

(IOWA.) Ackerman & Bro., Pair of early carte-de-visite views of the town of Independence

Independence, IA 1 September 1864 USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
165 [Samuel B.H. Judah]

(JUDAICA.) Gotham and the Gothamites, a Medley

New York 1823 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 285.00
166

(JUDAICA.) Group of early Jewish-themed sheet music

Various places 1837-1869 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
167

(JUDAICA.) Patriarchal Times, Comprising Interesting Events, Incidents, and Characters

Philadelphia [1847] USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 412.00
168

JUDAICA.) The Pentateuch, Called the Five Books of Moses (School and Family Edition

Milwaukee, WI 1884 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 412.00
169

(JUDAICA.) Order of Service at the Dedication of the Synagogue of the Congregation "B'nai Jeshurun," on Madison Avenue

New York 1885 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,397.00
170

(JUDAICA.) Papers of Meyer Mintz, a New Jersey campaigner for Jewish refugees and Zionist causes

Various places circa 1910-1948 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,794.00
171

(JUDAICA.) Group of 3 pamphlets on international aid for Jews

Various places 1925 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
172

(JUDAICA.) Tired of Giving? / Notice to the World

[Newark, NJ] circa 1926-28 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 762.00
173

(JUDAICA.) [They Need Your Help] Canadian relief poster in Yiddish

[Montreal, QB] 1936 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,206.00
174

(JUDAICA.) Posters promoting a Havana lecture in support of Soviet Jews

[Havana] 1941-11-26 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
175 Jeremiah B. Taylor

(KANSAS.) Letterbook of a frontier missionary with tales of friendly Indians and unfriendly Confederate guerrillas

1839-1887 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 12,065.00
  • 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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