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

Auction Details

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
26	Francois Alexandre de Garsault	Le Nouveau parfait marechal, ou la Connoissance generale et universelle du cheval	Lyon	1811	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 135.00
27	John Ireland	Hogarth Illustrated from His Own Manuscripts	London	1812	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 150.00
28	Charles Perrault	Contes des Fees par Perrault	Paris	1816	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 220.00
29	James Riley	A journal comprising an account of the loss of the brig Commerce	Hartford	1818	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 200.00
30	Church of England	The Westminster Assemblys Shorter Catechism: Explained by Way of Question and Answer	Philadelphia	1818	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 92.00
31	Benjamin Franklin	The Works of the Late Benjamin Franklin; Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary	Boston	1825	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 250.00
32		Jones views of the seats, mansions, castles, etc. of noblemen and gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and other picturesque scenery	London	1829	USD 550.00 - 1,200.00	USD 205.00
33	Crozat [i.e. A. Le Francois]	Manuel de la Geographie de Crozat, par demandes et par reponses	Paris	1833	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 295.00
34	George Cruikshank	My sketch book	London	1834	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 255.00
35	John MacGowan	Infernal Conference: or, Dialogues of Devils	London	1843	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 68.00
36	George Cruikshank	Life in Mexico, during a residence of two years in that country	London	1843	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 66.00
37	Sir William Jardine	The Naturalists Library, Mammalia... The felinae	London, Edinburgh	1844	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 110.00
38	William V. Moore	Pictorial Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French	Philadelphia	1845	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 255.00
39	Charles Dickens	Dombey and Son	London	1848	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 180.00
40	Zachary Taylor	The Old Rough and Ready Almanac	Philadelphia	1849	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 80.00
41	Orson Spencer	Letters exhibiting the most prominent doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Liverpool	1852	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 110.00
42	George Thompson	Prison Life and Reflections	Hartford	1853	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 130.00
43	Edward Gibbon	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire	Boston	1854	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 405.00
44	Georges Cuvier	Discours sur les revolutions du globe, avec des notes et un appendice dapres les travaux recents de MM. Humboldt, Flourens, Lyell, Lindley, etc. rediges par le Dr. Hoefer	Paris	1854	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 50.00
45	Hinton Rowan Helper	The land of gold : reality versus fiction	Baltimore	1855	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 86.00
46	Jacob Ferris	The States and Territories of the Great West	New York	1856	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 130.00
47	John W. Gunnison	The Mormons, or, Latter-day Saints, in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake	Philadelphia	3750	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 120.00
48	J. Leighton Wilson	Western Africa: Its History, Conditions, and Prospects	New York	1856	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 195.00
49	William S. Hunter Jr.	Hunters Panoramic Guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec	Boston	1857	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 90.00
50	Robert Michael Ballantyne	Hudsons Bay: Or Every-Day Life in the Wilds of North America, During Six Years Residence in the Territories of the Hon. Hudsons Bay Company	Boston	1859	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 120.00

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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