Early Printed Books

Books & Manuscripts

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…

Books & Manuscripts

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…

Books & Manuscripts

A Brief Publishing History of Don Quixote

Collectors of Don Quixote have fastened on to the complex parameters of published editions like true bibliomaniacs. …

19th & 20th Century Literature

2023: Year in Review

Swann Galleries continued to offer exceptional auctions of quality material in 2023. The year featured several colle…

Books & Manuscripts

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 …

Books & Manuscripts

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…

Books & Manuscripts

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…