Printed & Manuscript Americana

The value of diaries on the market is largely driven by historical content and the quality of the writing. What could your diary be worth?

William Sydney Porter, best known to posterity as the author O. Henry, was raised in North Carolina and moved west to Texas as a young man in 1882. After a stint on a sheep ranch,…

This sale covers American history from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries, with a diploma from the Princeton Class of 1783, whose commencement was attended by Washington and the…

Bibliophiles of every denomination—Americana, autographs, art books, archives, atlases, ephemera, literature, maps—can…

The September 26 sale of Printed & Manuscript Americana was an overall success with material relating to slavery & the Underground Railroad leading the sale.

An extensive and detailed record of the Underground Railroad is set to come across the block in our upcoming sale of Printed & Manuscript Americana on September 26. Zachariah…

This fall, our Printed & Manuscript Americana auction will be held on September 26, and include manuscript diaries and important archives, ephemera relating to Stanford football,…

Mexican Imprints Bring Significant Interest  in Swann Americana Sale   Our Printed & Manuscript Americana sale on Thursday, April 16 was the…

A West Point graduate blazes a trail from San Antonio to El Paso. A guard in one of the country’s most notorious prisons notes the silence of the inmates. A sailing…

At Auction April 16 Complete Catalogue   This sale includes a dramatic Texan diary by William Farrar Smith, commanding an expedition to find the best trail from San Antonio…