Early Printed Books
Book Collecting 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Advance Copies
Grace Meschery-McCormack, cataloguer for our Fine Books department, walks us through what advance copies of books ar…
Auctions 101: Consigning Your Rare Book Collection At Auction
How do you assess your rare book collection and know if it’s right for sale at auction? At Swann Galleries, we…
2024: Year in Review
2024 was an eventful year for Swann that brought about exciting changes, including the reorganization of our Fine Ar…
This Season’s Successes: Winter-Spring 2024 Auctions in Review
In the 2024 Winter-Spring season, Swann Galleries continued to provide high-quality auctions of unusual and rare mat…
A Brief Publishing History of Don Quixote
Collectors of Don Quixote have fastened on to the complex parameters of published editions like true bibliomaniacs. …
2023: Year in Review
Swann Galleries continued to offer exceptional auctions of quality material in 2023. The year featured several colle…
Devon Eastland’s Specialist Picks: What to Watch in the October 12, 2023 Auction
Devon Eastland shares her picks for the October 12, 2023, sale of Early Printed books. Gothic Novels If you’ve read …
Auction Highlights: Early Printed Books — October 12, 2023
The fall Early Printed Books auction on October 12, 2023, will feature lots from three important collectors, includi…
A Look Back At Swann’s Book & Manuscripts Sales
Winter/Spring 2023 Brings a Record-Breaking Season for the Books & Manuscripts Department Books and manuscripts …
Records & Results: Focus on Women — June 1, 2023
The house’s third iteration of Focus on Women on June 1, 2023, an auction dedicated to the contributions of wo…
Early Modern Women’s Books: Scholar Sarah Lindenbaum on Gift Books
Cartwright, Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, with Other Poems (1651): Books owned by Mary Kemeys Sarah Lindenbaum is a…