Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium, 382762, Columbia

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 05, 2025 - October 05, 2025
Page Size: 103 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Maria Eliza Rundell

A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families

London 1824 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 455.00
27 Jacques-Antoine Dulaure

Histoire civile, physique et morale de Paris

Paris, 1788-89 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 130.00
28 William Darby; Theodore Dwight

A New Gazetteer of the United States of America: Containing a Copious Description of the States...

Hartford 1833 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 78.00
29 Johann Gaspar Spurzheim

Phrenology, in Connexion with the Study of Physiognomy

Boston 1833 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 50.00
30 ELLIS, Robert

Compound Subtraction

ca. 1834 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 115.00
31 NILES, John M.

Niles Weekly Register. volume xlv, fourth series

Baltimore 1834 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 230.00
32 Antoine Galland

Les Mille et Une Nuits : Contes Arabe

Paris 1840 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 135.00
33 Henry Schenck Tanner

A Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the United States: Comprehending Notices of All the Works of Internal Improvement Throughout the Several States

New York, 1840 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 210.00
34 Contributor(s): American Bible Society

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues

New York 1842 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 110.00
35 SCHOMBURGK, Robert H.; [JARDINE, Sir William] (Editor); STEWART, Mr. (Illus.)

The Naturalists Library: Ichthyology. The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana.

Edinburgh; London; Dublin 1843 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 94.00
36

Godeys Ladys Book, Volumes Thirty-Eight and Thirty-Nine

Author(s) 1849 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 210.00
37 JARDINE, Sir William

The Naturalists Library, Mammalia... Monkeys

Edinburgh 1844 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 52.00
38 GOODRICH, Samuel

Lights and shadows of Asiatic history

Boston 1844 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 125.00
39 SCHEIBLE, Johann

Das Kloster... Der Theuerdank nach der Ausgabe von 1519 ; Thomas Murners Schriften und sein Leben

Stuttgart 1846 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 110.00
40 IZNIKI, Kutbeddin

Mur?idul-muteehhilin

Istanbul 1847 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 96.00
41 DICKENS, Charles

Dombey and Son

London 1848 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 220.00
42 BONOMI, Joseph

Nineveh and its Palaces : the discoveries of Botta and Layard, applied to the elucidation of holy writ

London 1852 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 205.00
43 E. Smith

An Inquiry Into Scriptural and Ancient Servitude: In Which It Is Shown That Neither Was Chattel Slavery

Mansfield, Ohio 1852 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 115.00
44 Franklin Pierce

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Third Congress

Washington 1853 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 105.00
45 STIELER, Adolf

Schul-Atlas u?ber alle Theile der Erde nach dem neuesten Zustande

Gotha 1853 USD 550.00 - 1,200.00 USD 135.00
46 Henry W. Arey

The Girard College and Its Founder, Containing the Biography of Mr. Girard, the History of the Institution

Philadelphia 1854 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 40.00
47 William Makepeace Thackeray

The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family

London 1854 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 235.00
48 HILL, Benjamin L

The homeopathic practice of surgery, together with operative surgery

Cleveland, O., 1855 USD 550.00 - 1,200.00 USD 255.00
49 John Bigelow

Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Fremont

New York, 1856 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 82.00
50 Edward Henry Nolan

The Illustrated History of the War Against Russia

London, circa 1857 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 255.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.