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…

Printed & Manuscript Americana

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…

Printed & Manuscript Americana

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…

Printed & Manuscript Americana

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…

Printed & Manuscript Americana

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…

Printed & Manuscript Americana

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 …

Printed & Manuscript Americana

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…