Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana, 2708, New York

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Auction Date
June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025
Page Size: 267 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
103

Photograph of an expedition to Florida by the Williams College Lyceum of Natural History.

[Fernandina, FL?] circa March 1857 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
104 (FOOD & DRINK). Jerry Thomas.

(FOOD & DRINK). Jerry Thomas. The Bar-Tender's Guide; or, How to Mix All Kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks.

New York [1876] USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 563.00
105 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces.

London 1779 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,375.00
106 ALEXANDER HAMILTON.

Letter . . . Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams.

New York 1800 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 594.00
107

Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, between Her Majesty and the King of the Sandwich Islands.

London 1852 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 750.00
108 George Bickham.

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

London 1747 [1749] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
109 Isaac W. Hallam.

A Sermon Delivered at St. James' Church, Chicago.

Chicago 1839 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
110

Photograph of Colgate student Moung Kyaw of Burma.

[Hamilton, NY] circa early 1860s USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 585.00
111 THOMAS JEFFERSON.

Notes on the State of Virginia.

London 1787 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 750.00
112 Isaac Leeser.

Discourses on the Jewish Religion.

Philadelphia 5627-5628 [1866-1868] USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,250.00
113 Joseph Johlson.

Instruction in the Mosaic Religion.

Philadelphia 5590 [1830] USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
114 Isaac Leeser, editor.

The Book of Daily Prayers for Every Day in the Year, According to the Custom

Philadelphia 5608 [1848] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
115 Herman M. Moos.

Mortara: or, The Pope and his Inquisitors, a Drama. Together with Choice Poems.

Cincinnati, OH 1860 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,000.00
116

Group of gold mining claim deeds from the Levy family of Aurora.

Aurora, CA/NV 1862-1863 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
117 Henry A. Alexander.

Some Facts about the Murder Notes in the Phagan Case.

[Atlanta, GA circa early 1914] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
118

Group of 3 World War One Liberty Bond posters in Yiddish.

New York or no place circa 1918-1919 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,000.00
119

Pair of World War II posters from the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Cleveland, OH and no place 1941 and 1943 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 688.00
120 Arthur Szyk, artist and author.

Jewish New Year's card, in honor of the new State of Israel.

New Canaan, CT 1948 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
121 John F. Kennedy.

Address as congressman to the Boston chapter of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.

Boston, 1950-04-30 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 563.00
122 John Filson.

Histoire de Kentucke, Nouvelle Colonie a l'Ouest de la Virginie.

Paris 1785 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
123 Courtius, artist.

Klyn Loretten in Noord-America / Petit-Lorette etats unis de L'amerique / Little Loretto, Kentucky.

[Belgium] circa 1812 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,000.00
124 Thomas Herty, editor.

A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America.

Baltimore 1800 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 250.00
125 Patrick Gass.

(LEWIS & CLARK.) Patrick Gass. Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under . . . Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke.

Philadelphia 1811 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,250.00
126 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

The Republican Party Vindicated--The Demands of the South Explained: Speech . . . at the Cooper Institute.

No place [1860] USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 469.00
127

Trade card of Drs. Brown & Alexander, Embalmers of the Dead, who served as Lincoln's embalmers.

Washington circa late 1862 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
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