Swann Auction Galleries

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

Auctions

Rare & Important Travel Posters
Sale #2652

Swann Auction Galleries
104 East 25th Street

New York, NY

40.741169463679, -73.9849882

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Book Arts

Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet Becomes Interactive AI Avatar

Ptolemy’s 'Geographia': Rare Book of the Week

Incline Press Launch New Letterpress Edition of 'The Tragical Comedy of Punch & Judy'

Americana

The constitution archetype at Brunk

Rare Printed Archetype of the United States Constitution to Auction

Alexander Hamilton’s Signed Copy of Washington’s Rules of Neutrality, Made Famous in Hamilton Musical, for Sale

National Archives Launches Declaration of Independence 'Declaration250' Campaign

Maps

Unpublished annotated Proof of Harry Beck’s 1933 first edition tube map, with corrections and proposals in Becks own hand

Rare London Underground Maps in New Exhibition and Sale

World War II Maps of Service and Sacrifice

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Maps

Sponsored

reading a book

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Rare Books

Cover of The Adventures of Tintin, King Ottokar’s Sceptre: Rare Book of the Week

The Adventures of Tintin, King Ottokar’s Sceptre: Rare Book of the Week

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Freize Masters 2024

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Rare Book of the Week

Photographs

Pre-Civil War Photograph

Historic Pre-Civil War Photograph of an Interracial Couple to Auction

New York Photographs and Posters in 400th City Anniversary Auction

Photographs by Paul Strand, Tina Modotti, and Hal Gould Go Under the Hammer

Book People

Glen (left) and Cathy Miranker (right) view the teaching collections with RBS Miranker Family Director of Collections, Exhibitions & Scholarly Initiatives Barbara Heritage (center)

Rare Book School Receives $3.1m Donation, Largest In Its History

First Antiquarian Book Fair in Portugal: 1º Salão do Livro Antigo

Book Club of Washington Honors Trio Who Saved Local Library

Visual Art

Laurie Glick, Illustration for Free to Be. . .You and Me record cover

The Story of 'Free to Be...You and Me' Celebrated in New Exhibition

Warburg Institute To Reopen Next Month After £14.5m Transformation

The Art of Paper: Claire Van Vliet and the Janus Press

Auctions

Detail of moths from Albin's natural history of British insects

Toulouse-Lautrec Posters, African Glaciers, Book of Mormon: Auction Preview

Near Complete DC Comics Collection to Auction

Quentin Blake Illustrations to Auction for Charity Fundraiser

Exhibitions

Ben Blount, Passportal, 2024, letterpress printed from wood type and polymer plates, edition of 10. Commissioned by Cynthia Sears Artists' Books Collection

New Artists' Books Exhibition Reimagines the Passport

Chapbooks and Pantomime Ephemera Tell Story of Dick Whittington in New Exhibition

National Archives to Add 19th Amendment to Permanent ‘Charters of Freedom’ Display