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Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium

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Auction Name Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium Total Sales (USD) 24,043.00
Auction Date October 27, 2024 - October 27, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 55,019.00
Sale Number #102724 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 112,000.00
Total Lots 101
Sold Lots 100 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 55,518.00
% of Lots Sold 99.01% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 113,000.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 21.28%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
50 DABNEY, Robert Lewis

Life and campaigns of Lieutenant-General Thomas J. Jackson

1868 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,500.00
89 L Frank Baum<br><br>

Title: The Sea Fairies

1911 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,075.00
40 LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth

Tales of a wayside inn

1863 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 990.00
65 TWAIN, Mark

Life on the Mississippi

1883 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 760.00
95 MELVILLE, Herman; KENT, Rockwell (Illus.)

Moby Dick or The Whale

1930 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 610.00
98

Mickey Never Fails

1939 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 610.00
83 TWAIN, Mark

The Jumping Frog

1903 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 600.00
103 TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

The Silmarillion

1977 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 540.00
101 FLEMING, Ian

You Only Live Twice

1964 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 490.00
67 GRANT, Ulysses S.

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

1885-86. USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 455.00
96 VERNE, Jules; AYLWARD, W.J. (Illus.)

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

1932 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 435.00
68 RICE, Allen Thorndike (Editor)

Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time

1886 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 415.00
94 MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (Illus.)

Winnie-the-Pooh Series by A.A. Milne with Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. In Four Volumes.

1926-1928. USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 415.00
97 GRIMM, Jacob & Wilhelm

Grimms Fairy Tales

1937 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 410.00
78 DOYLE, Arthur Conan

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1892 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 405.00
38 HEADLEY, J.T. Hon.

The Illustrated life of Washington. Giving an account of his early adventures and enterprises, ...

1860 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 380.00
82 STOKER, Bram

Dracula

1897 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 360.00
21 DICKENS, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With illus. by Phiz.

1844 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 335.00
42 MARKS, James Junius

The Peninsular campaign in Virginia: or, Incidents and scenes on the battle-fields and in Richmond

1864 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 330.00
47 COPPEE, Henry

Life and services of gen. U.S. Grant.

1868 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 330.00
86 TWAIN, Mark

Christian science

1907 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 320.00
13 LUTHER, Martin [Holy Bible transl.]

Biblia, Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments, verteutschet

MDCCXCVIII 1798. USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 300.00
11 unknown

[handwritten manuscript]

1790 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 265.00
8 BAUMGARTEN, Siegmund Jacob; SEMLER, Johann

Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertiget worden

1764-1765. USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 260.00
22 FROST, John

The book of the navy: comprising a general history of the American marine and particular accounts of all the most celebrated naval battles from the Declaration of Independence, to the present time compiled from the best authorities

1846 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 255.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD