Swann was founded as a book auction house and continues to hold general and single-owner book sales in a variety of fields.
Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books: These auctions offer unusual material from the eighteenth century and earlier, and often include medical, scientific and travel books extending into the modern period.
Art, Press & Illustrated Books: We have a strong tradition of handling rare and unique livres d’artiste; fine press, printing and book arts; architecture and design; and rare early through modern art and illustrated books.
19th & 20th Century Literature: Specializing in modern first editions and fine bindings, handling such luminaries as Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Harper Lee, John Steinbeck and Mark Twain, along with science fiction by Ray Bradbury and H.G. Wells, genre fiction of the mystery, detective and pulp variety and children’s literature.
