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Swann Auction Galleries Printed & Manuscript Americana
Thu Nov 17, 2016 - Thu Nov 17, 2016
104 East 25th Street - New York City
Swann Auction Galleries Printed & Manuscript Americana
NOVEMBER 17
Preview: Nov 12, 12-5; Nov 14 to 16, 10-6; Nov 17, 10-12
104 East 25th St, New York, NY 10010 • tel 212 254 4710
WWW.SWANNGALLERIES.COM
Specialist: Rick Stattler • rstattler@swanngalleries.com
John Burroughs, In Nature’s Laboratory, signed by Burroughs, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone, 1916. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Edward McGowan, Narrative of . . . Adventures and Perils, first edition, San Francisco, 1857. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Francisco de Xerez, Libro primo de la conquista del Peru, first Italian edition, Venice, 1535. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000.
Archive kept by William Durkin, relating to his rescue of Howard Hughes from the wreckage of an airplane, 1946. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
The Book of Mormon, first edition, Palmyra, NY, 1830. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000.
Richard Franck, A Philosophical Treatise of the Original and Production of Things, London, 1687. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
Illustrated log of the USS Narragansett’s Pacificc cruise, kept by Midshipman George A. Calhoun, 1871-72. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
Edward Vischer, Vischer’s Views of California, portfolio with 24 lithographs, San Francisco, 1862. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Civil War correspondence and diary of Sergeant Charles L. Taylor of the 16th Connecticut, 1862-65. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
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