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

Auction Details

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
26	Robert E. Peary.	His designs for a transport sledge built and used on his Greenland expedition.	Etah, Greenland,	late 1899 to January 1900	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
28		Papers of artist Leon Kroll.	Various places	1910-1953, bulk 1949-1953	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
29		Family commonplace book featuring two landscapes by Daniel Huntington.	Various places	1831-1848	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
30		Designs and papers of Los Angeles artist Judson Powell.	Los Angeles, CA	circa 1979-2005	USD 500.00 - 750.00	Unknown
31		First issue of The Horseless Age, a Monthly Journal Devoted to the Interests of the Motor Vehicle Industry.	New York	November 1895	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
32		Stockholder prospectus for the Liquid Air, Power & Automobile Co. of Boston.	No place	circa 1899	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
33		The Rogers Motor Carriage	No place	circa 1899-1900	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
34		Silk message carried aboard The Graphic on its doomed trans-Atlantic balloon flight attempt.	New York	10 September 1873	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
35		Stock certificate for Petersen's American Aerial Navigation Company.	New York,	5 September 1883	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
36		Sequence of 12 photographs depicting the Hindenburg disaster.	Lakehurst, NJ	1937	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
37		Group of press photos of American airships, including the USS Akron and USS Macon.	Various place	1929-1935 and undated	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
38	Charles C. Donnell.	Letters from an early Gold Rush emigrant describing San Francisco and Sacramento.	San Francisco and Sacramento, CA	1850-1863	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Unknown
39		Stock certificate for 50 shares in the Bodie Bluff Consolidation Mining Co., signed by Leland Stanford.	Aurora, CA,	9 May 1863	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
40		Illustrated prospectus for the Michigan Tunnel and Mining Company.	No place	circa 1864	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
41		William C. Ralston: or, He Never Went Back on the Poor.	San Francisco	circa 1875	USD 500.00 - 750.00	Unknown
42		Account books and diaries of the Maguire family, hydraulic mine operators in Nevada County.	Liberty Hill, CA and elsewhere	1876-1930	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
43		Log book of work done at the La Grange Hydraulic Mining Company.	La Grange, CA,	March-November 1893	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
44	Noah Wrinkle.	Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake long before it was drained by the Aqueduct.	Keeler, CA	1904-07-26	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
45		Los Angeles Evening Herald Express Best News Photos of 1947 [and 1948].	Los Angeles	1947-1948	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
46		Group of Inyo County photographs and manuscripts.	Various places	1907-1935	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
47		Group of California manuscripts and ephemera.	Various places	1864-1934	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
48	[Caleb Bingham.]	An Astronomical and Geographical Catechism, for the Use of Children.	Boston	1795	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
49		Large group of children's chapbooks from the 1810s to 1830s.	Various places	1815-1837 and undated	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
50		March for Freedom Now . . . Assemble Opposite the White House.	Washington	1963-06-14	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
51		Call for a National Campaign for a Strong Civil Rights Bill by Christmas!	New York	circa October 1963	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown

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Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR