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Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyers Premium

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Auction Name Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyers Premium Total Sales (USD) 15,337.00
Auction Date November 16, 2025 - November 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 55,461.00
Sale Number #111625 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 112,400.00
Total Lots 102
Sold Lots 102.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 55,461.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 112,400.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 13.65%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
82 Mark Twain; Charles Dudley Warner

The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day

1898 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 910.00
46 Theodore Alois Buckley

The Great Cities of the Ancient World, in Their Glory and Their Desolation

1852 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 415.00
92 Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

1929-06-01 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 400.00
58 Jules Verne

Cinq semaines en ballon, voyage de decouvertes en Afrique par trois Anglais... Voyage au centre de la terre

1867 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 385.00
62 OLIVER, Daniel

Illustrations of the Principal Natural Orders of the Vegetable Kingdom. Prepared for the Science and Art Department of the Council of Education.

1874 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 325.00
32 Homer

The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer

1811 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 310.00
64 Agnes Strickland

Lives of the Queens of England

1875 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 305.00
16 JUVENALIS, (Decimus Junius)

The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

1702 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 300.00
80 Alexandre Dumas

Napoleon Romances

1894 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 270.00
93 A.A. Milne

The Christopher Robin Story Book

1929 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 265.00
96 HEMINGWAY, Ernest

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1940 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 265.00
10 CICERO, Marcus Tullius

Les Offices de Cice?ron, ou les Devoirs de la vie civile

1687 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 260.00
1 MUSCULUS, Wolfgang

De Usuris ex Verbo Dei. Appendix ex libro, quem V. Musculus ... scripsit in Psalmos

1558 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 255.00
77 MILTON, John.

Miltons Paradise lost; Illustrated by Gustave Dore. Edited with notes and a life of Milton, by Robert Vaughan.

[1892]. USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 255.00
61 Jules Verne

Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa

1874 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 235.00
43 Samuel Carter Hall

The Book of Gems: The Poets and Artists of Great Britain

1844 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 230.00
25 Charles-Louis de Montesquieu

OEuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu

1785 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 220.00
42 Joseph-Francois Michaud

Histoire des Croisades

1841 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 220.00
22 William Robertson

The History of Scotland

1759 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 215.00
21 Anonymous

Methodus tripartita, sive praxis brevis et clara adjuvandi agonizantes...

1756 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 205.00
69 F. McCready Harris

Bible Scenes and Stories for Young People

1883 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 205.00
95 POE, Edgar Allan

Tales of mystery and imagination; illustrated by Harry Clarke.

1933 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 205.00
89 Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera

c. 1925 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 195.00
37

Ordonnance sur lexercice et les e?volutions de la cavalerie. Du 6 de?cembre 1829

1830 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 190.00
38 SYMES, Michael

Relazione dellambasciata inglese spedita nel 1795 nel regno DAva o nellimpero dei Birmani

1832 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 185.00
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.