For over two decades, Cowan’s has been auctioning and evaluating books and manuscripts from Cincinnati, one of the historic hubs of American publication. Specializing in items from the earliest days of publishing through the 20th century, Cowan’s includes books and manuscripts in its American History Live Salesroom Auctions as well as in select American History and Discovery Online-Only Auctions.
PRICES REALIZED FOR EXCEPTIONAL OBJECTS
The First Book of Western Expansion
Sold for $103,500
Well Documented Book From Thomas Jefferson Library, With Annotation in His Hand
Sold for $24,675
Manuscript 1867 Treaty Negotiations and Photographs of Arapaho Chief Little Raven
Sold for $20,700
Mathematical Collections and Translations, Galileo and Thos. Salusbury
Sold for $20,400
The Birds of America by John James Audubon
Sold for $10,575
