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Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Printed and Manuscript Americana	Total Sales (USD)	486,217.00
Auction Date	June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	264,050.00
Sale Number	#2708	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	392,050.00
Total Lots	267
Sold Lots	209.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	369,250.00
% of Lots Sold	78.28%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	549,400.00
Unsold Lots	58	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	88.50%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
134		Personal letter from Joseph Smith's maternal grandmother Lydia Mack, among papers of his New Hampshire uncle.	1777-1822	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 32,500.00
226	Maturino Gilberti.	Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan	1559	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 20,000.00
101		Papers of naval engineer Harry H. Rousseau, an important force in the construction of the Panama Canal.	bulk 1898-1930	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 16,250.00
176	Frederick Douglass.	(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.	1845	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 16,250.00
135		Papers of John Silvanus Davis and his daughter Julia, a Welsh Mormon immigrant family in early Salt Lake City.	bulk 1853-1877	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 13,750.00
175		(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Letters and diary of a northerner in Mississippi, with vivid descriptions of whippings and slave auctions.	1859-1860	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 13,000.00
19	Charles Smith.	The Monthly Military Repository.	1796-1797	USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 12,500.00
230	Horacio Carochi.	Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios.	1645	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 10,400.00
100		Papers of diplomat Herbert Squiers: photo albums and letters from postings in Cuba and Boxer Rebellion-era Beijing.	circa 1880s-1912	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 9,750.00
80		Family letters of Judge George W. Summers, a noted Charleston Unionist.	bulk 1860-1865	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 8,750.00
3	Thomas McKenney and James Hall.	History of the Indian Tribes of North America.	1848, 1849; and 1854	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 8,450.00
26	Robert E. Peary.	His designs for a transport sledge built and used on his Greenland expedition.	late 1899 to January 1900	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 6,750.00
14		The Lottery Magazine with an early British printing of the Declaration of Independence,	1758-1781	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 6,500.00
20	Fittler & Lerpiniere, after Paton.	(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Fittler & Lerpiniere, after Paton. The Memorable Engagement of . . . the Serapis with Paul Jones	12 December 1780 copyright (early restrike)	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 6,500.00
73		Civil War diary and letters of Capt. William Wood of the 9th New York (Seward's Pets) and other family papers	1829-1910	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 6,500.00
147		Papers of three generations of the Bill family of Gilsum, NH (cousins of Joseph Smith).	1814-1909	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 6,500.00
8		Invoice to the Town of Boston for advertising pre-revolutionary content in the Boston Post Boy.	July 1768	USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00	USD 6,000.00
11	Samuel Stearns.	The North-American's Almanack, and Gentleman's and Lady's Diary, for . . . 1776.	[1775]	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 6,000.00
96		Now in the Press . . . The Life and Adventures of a Certain Quaker Presbyterian Indian Colonel.	[1 October 1766]	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 6,000.00
250		Reglas de la Compania de Jesus.	1698	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 6,000.00
83	Samuel Nott.	Record book kept for 70 years as pastor of the Congregational Church of Franklin.	1782-1852	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 5,750.00
97		Family photographs and correspondence of Bessie Rockefeller Strong, daughter of John D. Rockefeller.	1882-1905 and undated	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 5,720.00
112	Isaac Leeser.	Discourses on the Jewish Religion.	5627-5628 [1866-1868]	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 5,250.00
265		Papers of Cosme Furlong, who commanded the defenses of Puebla against the United States.	1845-1849	USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00	USD 5,250.00
17	[Christoph Heinrich Korn.]	Geschichte der Kriege.	1776-1777	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 5,000.00

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.
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