Auction Reports
Schilb Antiquarian
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyers Premium
- Auction Date
- 12/07/2025 - 12/07/2025
- Sale Number
- #395057
- Total Lots
- 103
- Sold Lots
- 103.0
- Lots Sold
- 100.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 0
- Total Sales (USD)
- 17,002.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 54,007.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 109,200.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 54,007.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 109,200.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 15.57%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | William Shakespeare | Title: The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere |
1786 | USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 27 | Antoine Vincent Arnault | Title: Life and Campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte: Giving an Account of All His Engagements, from the Siege of Toulon to the Battle of Waterloo |
1847 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 640.00 |
| 103 | J.R.R. Tolkien Illustrator(s): Tolkien | Title: The Silmarillion |
1977 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 620.00 |
| 13 | Flavius Josephus Contributor(s): George Henry Maynard (Translator) | Title: The Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus, the Celebrated Warlike, Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian |
ca. 1785 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 465.00 |
| 35 | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Title: Uncle Toms Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly |
1852 | USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 97 | George Orwell | Title: Nineteen Eighty-Four |
1949 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 445.00 |
| 19 | MOULE, Thomas | Antiquities in Westminster Abbey, Ancient oil paintings, and sepulchral brasses in the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster |
1825 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 395.00 |
| 38 | William Shakespeare Contributor: Rev. William Dodd (editor) | Title: The Life and Beauties of Shakspeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play; with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
1856 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 365.00 |
| 72 | James Otis Illustrator(s): George A. Traver | Title: The Life Savers: A Story of the United States Life-Saving Service |
1899 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 355.00 |
| 25 | Felix Emmanuel Henri Philippoteaux Illustrator(s): Charles Bour | Title: Le Siecle de Napoleon, galerie des illustrations de lEmpire : guerriers, diplomates, ecrivains, magistrats, savants, artistes, medecins, manufacturiers |
1846 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 350.00 |
| 22 | L. Carroll Judson | Title: A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and of Washington and Patrick Henry |
1839 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 335.00 |
| 100 | Ian Fleming | Title: You Only Live Twice |
1964 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 315.00 |
| 90 | Alan Alexander Milne Illustrator: Ernest Howard Shepard | Title: Now We Are Six |
1927 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 285.00 |
| 57 | Edgar Allan Poe | Title: Poems of Edgar Allan Poe: with Memoir |
1882 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 16 | Daniel Defoe | Title: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: Including an Account of His Shipwreck, and Residence for Twenty-Nine Years on an Unknown Island |
ca. 1812 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 76 | L. Frank Baum Illustrator(s): John R. Neill | Title: The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman |
1904 | USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 255.00 |
| 30 | Samuel Kercheval | Title: A History of the Valley of Virginia |
1850 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 24 | Charles Dickens Illustrator: Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne) | Title: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit |
1844 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 94 | HEMINGWAY, Ernest | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
1940 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 55 | various Contributor(s): William Chambers (Editor); Robert Chambers (Editor) | Title: Chamberss Pocket Miscellany |
ca. 1878 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 245.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.