Auction Reports
Schilb Antiquarian
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyers Premium
- Auction Date
- 02/15/2026 - 02/15/2026
- Sale Number
- #401049
- Total Lots
- 101
- Sold Lots
- 101.0
- Lots Sold
- 100.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 0
- Total Sales (USD)
- 16,368.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 54,307.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 110,000.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 54,307.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 110,000.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 14.88%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | traditional Hebrew | Form of Prayers for the Feast of Pentecost; Form of Prayers for the Feast of Tabernacles |
1865 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 700.00 |
| 97 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | HEMINGWAY, Ernest |
1940 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 690.00 |
| 84 | John Wesley Powell Contributor(s): Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-86 |
1891 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 560.00 |
| 69 | Benson John Lossing Illustrator(s): Benson John Lossing | The Home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial |
1871 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 445.00 |
| 52 | Samuel Cooper | A Concise System of Instructions and Regulations for the Militia and Volunteers of the United States: Comprehending the Exercises and Movements of the Infantry, Light Infantry, and Riflemen; Cavalry and Artillery |
1854 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 410.00 |
| 76 | Ulysses S. Grant | Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant |
1885--1886. | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 99 | The Hobbit or There and Back Again | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. |
1966 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 380.00 |
| 34 | William Shakespeare Contributor(s): Samuel Johnson (Editor) | The Plays of William Shakespeare |
1771 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 89 | Arthur Conan Doyle Contributor(s): Joseph Bell (Note) | A Study in Scarlet |
1903 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 355.00 |
| 91 | Edgar Allan Poe Illustrator(s): Contributor(s): Edwin Markham (Introduction) | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe |
1904 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 355.00 |
| 47 | Noah Webster Contributor(s): John Walker (pronunciation guide) | An American dictionary of the English language : exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, and definition of words |
1846 | USD 399.00 - 800.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 19 | Jonathan Swift | Works of Jonathan Swift |
1734 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 295.00 |
| 18 | Flavius Josephus Contributor(s): Jacques Chretien Basnage (Translator, Editor) | Vervolg op Flavius Josephus of Algemene historie der Joodsche naatsie, behelzende ene uitvoering beschryving van derzelver regerings-vorm, godtsdienst |
1727 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 290.00 |
| 77 | John Wesley Powell Contributor(s): Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84 |
1887 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 265.00 |
| 41 | Edward Baines | History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking Out of the War in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815 |
1817 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 48 | Benjamin Franklin | The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin; Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary |
1851 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 45 | Homer | Homeri Odyssea |
1839 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 235.00 |
| 98 | Ian Fleming | The Man with the Golden Gun |
1965 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 230.00 |
| 100 | The Silmarillion | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. |
(c)1977. | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 225.00 |
| 46 | Anonymous | Life of William Henry Harrison (of Ohio), the Peoples Candidate for the Presidency; With a History of the Wars with the British and Indians on Our North-Western Frontier |
1840 | USD 399.00 - 800.00 | USD 225.00 |
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![Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/f70b3790-9b4a-4990-b402-f0322021c0de.jpg "Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000")
![Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country,
[1794]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ad2cf7b4-4d93-4231-a956-b440583b39b3.jpg "Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country,
[1794]. £2,000-3,000")
![Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5651043b-3c0d-4e2c-931f-72133bda9b36.jpg "Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000")
![Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8c8244b7-4573-44d3-9c70-e0d3a3ed3cc4.jpg "Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
