October 2, 2012
Live Auction104 East 25th Street
New York, NY, 10010 USA
Phone: 212.254.4710
Fax: 212 979 1017
Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing NotesExhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2287 - Printed & Manuscript Americana - begins at 10:30am in New York on Tues, October 2. All material in Sale 2287 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Thurs, Sept 27: 10am to 6pm - Fri, Sept 28: 10am to 6pm - Sat, Sept 29: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Oct 1: 10am to 6pm - No exhibition on day of sale.
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Lot 1: ADAMS, JOHN. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America.
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Description: ADAMS, JOHN. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. [2], xxxi, [1], 3-392; [4], 451; [2], 528, [36] pages. 3 volumes. 8vo, uniform contemporary calf, moderate wear, front covers coming loose; minor dampstaining, mostly in the first volume. London, 1787-88
View additional info »![(ALASKA.) Dellenbaugh, Frederick S.; artist. [Mt. Fairweather from the Northwest.]](http://image.artfact.com/housePhotos/Swann/53/325853/H0132-L30840474_th.jpg)
Lot 2: (ALASKA.) Dellenbaugh, Frederick S.; artist. [Mt. Fairweather from the Northwest.]
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Description: ORIGINAL PAINTING FROM THE HARRIMAN ALASKA EXPEDITION (ALASKA.) Dellenbaugh, Frederick S.; artist. [Mt. Fairweather from the Northwest.] Oil painting on canvas, 8 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches to sight, in original wood frame; signed "F S Dellenbaugh" in lower left and inscribed "FSD July 24 1899" into the wet paint in lower right, faintly inscribed in pencil on frame verso "Mt. Fairweather and the Fairweather Range from the deck of the George W. Elder 1899." Alaska, 24 July 1899
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Lot 3: (AFRICAN AMERICANS.) "May the Better Man Win!" postcard, mocking boxer Jack Johnson.
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Description: (AFRICAN AMERICANS.) "May the Better Man Win!" postcard, mocking boxer Jack Johnson. Postcard, 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; moderate wear and soiling. Las Vegas, NV, 1912
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Lot 4: (ALMANACS.) The United States Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1781.
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Description: ONE OTHER COPY KNOWN, IN PRIVATE HANDS (ALMANACS.) The United States Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1781. [32] pages. Small 8vo, stitched; moderate wear and faint dampstaining throughout, closed tear and two small holes on title page. (JMR) Chatham, NJ: Shepard Kollock, [1780]
View additional info »![(ALMANACS.) [Bullard, Samuel?] Weatherwise's Federal Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord, 1789.](http://image.artfact.com/housePhotos/Swann/53/325853/H0132-L30840478_th.jpg)
Lot 5: (ALMANACS.) [Bullard, Samuel?] Weatherwise's Federal Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord, 1789.
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Description: (ALMANACS.) [Bullard, Samuel?] Weatherwise's Federal Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord, 1789. Woodcut on preliminary title page. 12mo, stitched; edge wear, corners rounded, closed tears on several leaves. Boston: John Norman, [1788]
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