Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with No Reserve No Buyers Premium!, 415952, Columbia

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026
Page Size: 103 items in 5 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 William Hone

The every-day book, or, Everlasting calendar of popular amusements

London 1826-1827 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 125.00
27 Alexander Scott Withers

Chronicles of border warfare, or A history of the settlement by the whites of north-western Virginia: and of the Indian wars and massacres

Clarksburg, Va. 1831 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 125.00
28 Edward Jesse

Gleanings in Natural History

London 1834 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 100.00
29 George Combe

The constitution of man considered in relation to external objects

Boston ca. 1850 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 64.00
30 William Beattie

Switzerland… illustrated in a series of views

London 1836 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 240.00
31 B.J. Lossing

5 Books, including: Painters and Sculptors, nos. 17-19

New York 1844-1846 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 52.00
32

5 Books, including: Painters and Sculptors, nos. 17-19, 66-67

New York 1844-1846 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 64.00
33 James Fenimore Cooper

History of the Navy of the United States of America. abridged in one volume

Richmond, VA. 1846 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 140.00
34 Darius Meed

The Christian Parlor Magazine

New York 1846-47 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 74.00
35 James Henry Carleton

The Battle of Buena Vista, with the operations of the "Army of Occupation" for one month

New York 1848 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 205.00
36 Charles Dickens

Dombey and Son

London 1848 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 94.00
37 Theodore Parker; Stephen A. Douglas; William H. Seward

Miscellaneous works

1850s-1860s USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 115.00
38 Samuel G. Goodrich

A History of All Nations, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time, or, Universal History

Auburn; Cincinnati 1852 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 340.00
39

The Self-explanatory reference Bible. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues

London 1852 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 220.00
40 Jonah Barrington

Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation

New York 1854 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 105.00
41 Edward William Pritchard

A complete report of the trial of Dr. E.W. Pritchard for the alleged poisoning of his wife and mother-in-law

Edinburgh 1865 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 66.00
42 Bayard Taylor; G.A. Henty; Denton J. Snider; James A. Harrison

Travels in Greece and Russia; In Greek Waters; A Walk in Hellas; Greek Vignettes

1859; 1892; 1881; 1878 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 76.00
43 David Livingstone

Livingstones travels and researches in South Africa including a sketch of sixteen years residence in the interior of Africa

Philadelphia 1859 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 285.00
44 Frederick C. Bakewell

Great facts a popular history and description of the most remarkable inventions during the present century

New York 1860 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 135.00
45 Francis Leopold MClintock

A narrative of the discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin and his companions

Philadelphia 1860 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 54.00
46 Josiah Gilbert Holland

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Springfield, Mass. 1866 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 205.00
47

Condition of the Indian Tribes: Report of the Joint Special Committee, Appointed under Joint Resolution of March 3, 1865

Washington 1867 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 205.00
48 May Wentworth

Fairy tales from gold lands

New York 1867 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 120.00
49 Queen Victoria

Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands from 1848 to 1861

New York 1868 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 160.00
50 Stephanos Xenos

Depredations; or, Overend, Gurney & Co., and the Greek and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

London 1869 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 74.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000