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

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Auction Name Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium Total Sales (USD) 24,043.00
Auction Date October 27, 2024 - October 27, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 55,019.00
Sale Number #102724 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 112,000.00
Total Lots 101
Sold Lots 100.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 55,518.00
% of Lots Sold 99.01% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 113,000.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 21.28%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
50 DABNEY, Robert Lewis

Life and campaigns of Lieutenant-General Thomas J. Jackson

1868 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,500.00
89 L Frank Baum<br><br>

Title: The Sea Fairies

1911 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,075.00
40 LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth

Tales of a wayside inn

1863 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 990.00
65 TWAIN, Mark

Life on the Mississippi

1883 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 760.00
95 MELVILLE, Herman; KENT, Rockwell (Illus.)

Moby Dick or The Whale

1930 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 610.00
98

Mickey Never Fails

1939 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 610.00
83 TWAIN, Mark

The Jumping Frog

1903 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 600.00
103 TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

The Silmarillion

1977 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 540.00
101 FLEMING, Ian

You Only Live Twice

1964 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 490.00
67 GRANT, Ulysses S.

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

1885-86. USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 455.00
96 VERNE, Jules; AYLWARD, W.J. (Illus.)

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

1932 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 435.00
68 RICE, Allen Thorndike (Editor)

Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time

1886 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 415.00
94 MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (Illus.)

Winnie-the-Pooh Series by A.A. Milne with Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. In Four Volumes.

1926-1928. USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 415.00
97 GRIMM, Jacob & Wilhelm

Grimms Fairy Tales

1937 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 410.00
78 DOYLE, Arthur Conan

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1892 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 405.00
38 HEADLEY, J.T. Hon.

The Illustrated life of Washington. Giving an account of his early adventures and enterprises, ...

1860 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 380.00
82 STOKER, Bram

Dracula

1897 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 360.00
21 DICKENS, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With illus. by Phiz.

1844 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 335.00
42 MARKS, James Junius

The Peninsular campaign in Virginia: or, Incidents and scenes on the battle-fields and in Richmond

1864 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 330.00
47 COPPEE, Henry

Life and services of gen. U.S. Grant.

1868 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 330.00
86 TWAIN, Mark

Christian science

1907 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 320.00
13 LUTHER, Martin [Holy Bible transl.]

Biblia, Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments, verteutschet

MDCCXCVIII 1798. USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 300.00
11 unknown

[handwritten manuscript]

1790 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 265.00
8 BAUMGARTEN, Siegmund Jacob; SEMLER, Johann

Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertiget worden

1764-1765. USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 260.00
22 FROST, John

The book of the navy: comprising a general history of the American marine and particular accounts of all the most celebrated naval battles from the Declaration of Independence, to the present time compiled from the best authorities

1846 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 255.00
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.