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

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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
51 Rossiter W. Raymond

Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains

Washington 1869 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 82.00
52 James D. McCabe

Great fortunes, and how they were made; or the struggles and triumphs of our self-made men.

Cincinnati, Chicago; San Francisco 1871 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 115.00
53 Aesop

Three hundred Aesops fables literally translated from the Greek

New York c. 1875 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 155.00
54 Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)

Mark Twains Sketches, New and Old

Hartford and Chicago 1875 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 350.00
55 John Clark Ridpath

A popular history of the United States of America : from the aboriginal times to the present day

New York 1876 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 175.00
56 Sarah N. Randolph

The life of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, ("Stonewall" Jackson)

Philadelphia 1876 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 305.00
57 Lord George Byron

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron

Boston 1878 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 130.00
58 Hugh Quigley

The Irish race in California and on the Pacific Coast

San Francisco 1878 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 84.00
59 Paul Lacroix

XVIIIe Siecle: Lettres, Sciences et Arts en France 1700–1789

Paris 1878 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 170.00
60 Gustave Dore

The Dore Bible gallery: containing one hundred superb illustrations

Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis c. 1880 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 215.00
61 Jules Verne

The Tour of the World in Eighty Days

New York 1880 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 205.00
62 Julia Clinton Jones

Valhalla. The Myths of Norseland, a Saga in Twelve Parts

New York 1880 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 110.00
63 W. Hamilton Gibson

Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making

New York 1881 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 90.00
64 Theodore Gerrish

Army life : a privates reminiscences of the Civil War

New York; Portland 1882 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 210.00
65 William Yarrell

A History of British Birds

London 1882 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 98.00
66 Joseph-Francois Michaud

Histoire des Croisades : abrege a lusage de la jeunesse

Tours 1883 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 120.00
67

Index to the miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives, 47th Congress

Washington 1883 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 40.00
68 A. Egmont Hake

The story of Chinese Gordon : with additions, bringing down the narrative to the present time

New York 1884 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 68.00
69 Edward Greey

The Bear-Worshippers of Yezo and the Island of Karafuto (Saghalin)

Boston; New York 1884 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 78.00
70 George Washington Cable

The Creoles of Louisiana

London 1885 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 250.00
71 Henry M Stanley

In darkest Africa: or, The quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria

New York 1890 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 175.00
72

Quebec, the Gibraltar of America

Grand Rapids, Mich. c. 1890 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 32.00
73 John Wesley Powell

Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-86

Washington 1891 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 770.00
74 W. Fletcher Johnson

The Red Record of the Sioux: Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War of 1890–91

Philadelphia 1891 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 230.00
75 James G. Blaine; J.W. Buel; John Clark Ridpath; Benjamin Butterworth

Columbus and Columbia : a pictorial history of the man and the nation, embracing a review of our countrys progress

Richmond, Va. 1892 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 72.00
  • 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