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
76 Josephine Pollard

Our Hero General U. S. Grant. When, Where, and How He Fought. In Words of One Syllable

New York, 1885 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 140.00
77 Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Toms Cabin

Boston, 1886 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 300.00
78 BROOKS, Elbridge S

The Story of the American Soldier in War and Peace

Boston 1889 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 90.00
79 traditional nursery rhyme

The House That Jack Built

New York, 1889 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 86.00
80 LOCHER, A.

With Stars and Crescent: a full and authentic account of a recent journey with a caravan from Bombay to Constantinople, comprising a description of the country, the people, and interesting adventures with the natives

Philadelphia 1889 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 88.00
81 Samuel M. Schmucker

The Life and Times of Alexander Hamilton

Philadelphia 1856 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 110.00
82 STANLEY, Henry M.

In Darkest Africa on the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria. With Two Steel Engravings, and One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations and Maps. In Two Volumes.

1890 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 225.00
83 Joel Chandler Harris

Uncle Remus and His Friends: Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads with Sketches of Negro Character

Boston, 1893 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 180.00
84 VERNE, Jules

Face au drapeau

Paris 1896 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 110.00
85 LAHEE, Henry Charles

Famous violinists of today and yesterday

Boston 1899 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 64.00
86 Mrs. Alameda Lambert

Guide for Nut Cookery, Together with a Brief History of Nuts and Their Food Values

Battle Creek, Michigan 1899 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 74.00
87 WHITMAN, Walter

Leaves of Grass

Philadelphia 1900 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 210.00
88 Charles Perrault

Les Contes de Perrault

Paris 1900 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 270.00
89 W.F. Cody

Story of the Wild West and Camp-Fire Chats

Chicago, 1902 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 230.00
90 L. Frank Baum

The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman

Chicago 1904 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 860.00
91 Charles Morris

The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire

Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis 1906 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 105.00
92 Edgar Allan Poe

The Bells

Philadelphia ca.1912 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 130.00
93 John H. Williams

Yosemite and its High Sierra

Tacoma and San Francisco 1914 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 110.00
94 SHANNON, Thomas W

Natures secrets revealed; scientific knowledge of the laws of sex life and heredity; or, eugenics ... Together with important hints on social purity, heredity, physical manhood and womanhood by noted specialists, embracing a department on ethics of the un

Marietta, Ohio 1915 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 170.00
95 Lewis Carroll

Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Chicago/Philadelphia, 1923 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 270.00
96 STOKER, Bram

Dracula

Garden City; New York 1897. [1928]. USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 260.00
97 POE, Edgar Allan; CLARKE, Harry (Illus.)

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.

New York 1933 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 320.00
98 HEMINGWAY, Ernest

For Whom the Bell Tolls

New York 1940 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 305.00
99 LEWIS, C.S.

Surprised by Joy

London 1955 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 180.00
100 Frank Herbert

Dune

Philadelphia 1965 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 275.00
  • 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.