Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium, 389905, Columbia

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 26, 2025 - October 26, 2025
Page Size: 105 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Henri Estienne

Comicorum Graecorum sententiae, id est gnomai

Geneva 1569 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 240.00
2 Guyon Guerin de Bouscal

LAntiope de monsieur Guerin

Paris 1644 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 160.00
3 Jean Francois Senault

De lusage des passions

Paris 1669 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 92.00
4 Lewis Bayly

Praxis pietatis, das ist: Uebung der Gottseligkeit

Bern 1683 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 255.00
5 Johan van Heemskerk

Batavische Arcadia, Waer in: Ondert Loof-werck van Liefkooserye, Gehandelt werdt, Van den oorspronck vant oudt Batavien...

Amsterdam 1678 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 90.00
6 Ovid

P. Ovidii Nasonis Operum Tomus Tertius

Amstelodami 1683 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 160.00
7 David Abercromby

Fur academicus

Amstelodami 1689 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 150.00
8 Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy

Les Pseaumes de David

Paris 1690 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 160.00
9 Benoit Haeften

Le chemin royal de la croix

Paris 1691 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 260.00
10 James Beeverell

Les delices de la Grand Bretagne & de l'Irlande

Leide 1707 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 160.00
11 Jean-Jacques Dortous Mairan

Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences

Paris 1719 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 115.00
12 Flavius Josephus

The Works of Flavius Josephus which are extant

London 1733 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 405.00
13

Biblia, das ist die ganze Heil. Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments

Onolzbach 1755 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 300.00
14 George Fox

Life & Journal of Quaker George Fox | William Penn, Society of Friends

London 1765 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 105.00
15 Terence

Les Comedies de Terence : traduction nouvelle avec le texte latin a cote et des notes

Paris 1771 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 94.00
16 Miguel de Cervantes

Histoire de ladmirable et incomparable Don Quichotte de la Manche

Paris 1777 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 360.00
17 Seneca the Elder

M. Annaei Senecae Rhetoris Opera ad optimas editiones collata studiis Societatis Bipontinae

Biponti 1783 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 80.00
18 Jean Louis de Lolme

The Constitution of England: or an Account of the English Government

London 1784 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 335.00
19 Pierre Duplessis

Conquest of PERU | Inca French Opera Libretto

Paris 1785 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 105.00
20 Voltaire

OEuvres Completes de Voltaire

Kehl 1785 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 160.00
21

The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New

Cambridge 1786 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 230.00
22 Luciano de Samosata

OEuvres De Lucien Traduites Du Grec, Avec des Remarques historiques & critiques

Paris 1789 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 84.00
23 James Morgan

The Life and Death of Thomas Walsh: To Which Is Added An Extract from John Nelsons Journal

Philadelphia 1792 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 74.00
24 James Sowerby

English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants. Vol. 15.

London 1802 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 375.00
25 John Peirce

The New American Spelling-Book, Improved

Philadelphia 1808 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 200.00
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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