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April 16, 2018|Ferry Foster|Printed & Manuscript Americana

Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana

Our auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana on April 12 was the department’s highest-grossing sale in four years, continuing an upward trajectory as each offering of Americana and African Americana…

January 30, 2018 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

A Look Inside the Catalogue: Printed & Manuscript Americana

Our April 12 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana illustrates the multifaceted tapestry of American history, featuring a cypress twig cut by General Lafayette at George Washington’s tomb, attractively framed in…

October 7, 2017 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana

Hoards of history-lovers came out to attend the preview for our auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana on September 28. The sale featured a trove of unique material, much of which…

November 3, 2014 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

In Memoriam: W. Michael Mathes, by Brian Dervin Dillon, Ph.D.

On November 6, Swann will auction The Latin Americana Library of Dr. W. Michael Mathes. The catalogue for the auction begins with a biography of the sale’s namesake, written by…

October 17, 2014 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

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 1640, it was certainly the first book printed in the English…

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Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana

A Look Inside the Catalogue: Printed & Manuscript Americana

Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana

In Memoriam: W. Michael Mathes, by Brian Dervin Dillon, Ph.D.

American Books Printed Before the Bay Psalm Book?

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