Athenaeus, Deipnosophistarum, Venice, 1514, first edition, in a contemporary Greek-style binding, sold on April 3, 2008 for a record $192,000.

Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes [with Purchas His Pilgrimage], London, 1625-26, irst edition of one of the most important English-language collections of voyages and travels, sold on April 3, 2008 for $156,000.

Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, New York, 1952, one of 30 advance copies, inscribed and signed to Hemingway’s lawyer, Alfred Rice, sold on April 3, 2008 for $96,000--a record for a signed copy of this work.

Declaration of Independence broadside engraving on paper by W.J. Stone, 1823, the first facsimile edition of our nation's founding document, sold on June 5, 2008 for $132,000.

 

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Tobias Abeloff
212-254-4710 ext.18 tabeloff@swanngalleries.com
15th to 18th Century Books
Science & Medicine
Travel & Exploration

Christine von der Linn
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Art & Architecture Books
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Private Press, Illustrated, and Children's Books

Rick Stattler
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Americana

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Magic

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Printed & Manuscript African-Americana

	MAPS & ATLASES, LITERATURE, ART & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS Including Decorative Graphics, Plate Books, and Ephemera June 17, 2010 Featuring Robert Warner's The Orchid Album, containing 527 hand-colored lithographed plates, London, 1882-97.
	SHELF SALE August 25, 2010 The shelf sale includes Books, Autographs, Photographs, Posters and Prints.Shelf list available by e-mail, fax or at Swann after August 17th.
	PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA September 30, 2010 Including a strong selection of American Indian material, trade union banners, early aviation archives, and a set of rejected plans for New York's Central Park.
	EARLY PRINTED BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE INVENTORY OF THE LATE LAWRENCE FEINBERG May 11, 2010 Included early auction catalogues and books on medicine and science.
	EARLY PRINTED BOOKS April 12, 2010 Featured a private collection of Baskerville imprints comprising nearly two-thirds of the 18th-century Birmingham printer's output, as well as a diverse selection of emblem, fable, and other illustrated books.
	THE OTTO PENZLER COLLECTION OF BRITISH ESPIONAGE AND THRILLER FICTION April 08, 2010 The sale represented a select portion of the private library of the well-known mystery fiction specialist and bookseller. Collectors found both famous and obscure treasures in Penzler's collection.
	PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA March 18, 2010 Offered a rich selection of material related to American Indians, the Revolution, the Civil War, Judaica, New York City, Presidents and more. Also featured was the Al Lowman Collection, as well as a section devoted to Latin Americana.
	THE CHRISTOPHER BOU COLLECTION OF OCEAN LINER & AVIATION MEMORABILIA March 04, 2010 The sale's first session offered an extensive collection of memorabilia including brochures, service ware, posters, company-issued photo albums and models for a large selection of ships and lines. The Normandie book illustrated on the cover brought $1,320.
	PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN AMERICANA February 25, 2010 Our 15th annual auction of African Americana offered remarkable material concerning slavery and abolition and the modern American Civil Rights movement, as well as business, sports, religion and the arts.