Printed & Manuscript Americana
Dream vs. Reality in the Civil War
Personal correspondence and manuscript material are always a highlight in our auctions of Printed & Manuscript A…
A Look Inside the Catalogue: Printed & Manuscript Americana
Our April 12 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana illustrates the multifaceted tapestry of American history…
Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana
Hoards of history-lovers came out to attend the preview for our auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana on Sep…
Diary of a Syrian-American Woman, 1908
On a trip to her homeland, a young Syrian-American woman named Mary Arbeely kept a diary recording her attempts to c…
A Nineteenth-Century Honolulu Gossip Rag
The book arrived in Honolulu by ship from San Francisco on New Year’s Day, 1863, and soon caused a stir throug…
Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana
On Thursday, April 27, our tenth consecutive auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana exceeded $700,000. Much o…
The Cherokee Messenger
The complete set of The Cherokee Messenger, Oklahoma’s earliest periodical, will be coming to auction in our P…
Civil War Correspondence Between Sweethearts: “Scattered, Knew Not Where To Go”
Coming to auction November 17, 2016: Printed & Manuscript Americana Charles L. Taylor married his sweetheart Har…
Thomas Paine’s American Crisis Makes the Albany News
“These are the times which try men’s souls…” so begins Thomas Paine’s The American Cri…
The 14th State: Thomas Jefferson Signs Vermont Statehood Act
Among the highlights of today’s auction of Autographs was one of 28 copies of the act making Vermont the …
In Memoriam: W. Michael Mathes, by Brian Dervin Dillon, Ph.D.
On November 6, 2014 Swann auctioned The Latin Americana Library of Dr. W. Michael Mathes. The catalogue for the auct…
American Books Printed Before the Bay Psalm Book?
The Bay Psalm Book is often described as the first book printed in America. Issued in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 16…