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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) 17,003.00
Auction Date January 18, 2026 - January 18, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 54,715.00
Sale Number #395389 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 111,000.00
Total Lots 100
Sold Lots 100.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 54,715.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 111,000.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 15.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
87 MILNE, A.A.

Winnie-the-Pooh

1926 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 810.00
40 John Brown Contributor(s): Thomas Scott, Matthew Henry, and Thomas Haweis (Notes and Commentary)

The Self-Interpreting Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. To Which are Annexed an Extensive Introduction

ca. 1860 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 700.00
1 Catholic Church

In Festo Pentecostes

likely 17th-century USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 520.00
88 Alan Alexander Milne Illustrator: Ernest Howard Shepard

Now We Are Six

1927 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 405.00
12 Basilius Faber Contributor(s): August Buchner (Editor)

Basilii Fabri Sorani Thesaurus eruditionis scholasticae, sive, Supellex instructissima dictionum, verborum, phrasium...

1680 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 395.00
55 Lewis Carroll Illustrator: John Tenniel

Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel.

1877 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 370.00
21 M. de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye

Me?moires sur LAncienne Chevalerie; considere?e comme un e?tablissement politique et militaire

1759 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 355.00
97 George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1949 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 355.00
52 Everett Chamberlin

Chicago and its suburbs

1874 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 340.00
80 Mark Twain Illustrator: F. Strothmann

Extract from Captain Stormfields Visit to Heaven

1904 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 340.00
91 Virginia Woolf

A Room of Ones Own

1929 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 335.00
60 William Shakespeare

The Works of Shakespeare

1880 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 320.00
76 Alexander Hamilton; James Madison; John Jay Contributor(s): Henry Cabot Lodge, editor

The Federalist, a commentary on the Constitution of the United States

1899 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 315.00
100 TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

The Silmarillion

1977 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 315.00
27 John Milton Illustrator(s): Henry Fuseli; William Hamilton Contributor(s): Elijah Fenton, Samuel Johnson

Paradise Lost, In Twelve Books. By John Milton. With A Life of the Author, and A Critique on the Poem.

1802 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 305.00
95 HEMINGWAY, Ernest

For Whom the Bell Tolls

USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 305.00
62 Henry Adams; Daniel Gilman; John Austin Stevens; Sydney Howard Gay Contributor(s): John T. Morse (Editor)

American Statesmen

1884 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 275.00
89 A.A. Milne Illustrator(s): E.H. Shepard

The House at Pooh Corner

1928 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 275.00
73 Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Toms cabin: a tale of life among the lowly

1897 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 265.00
67 CABLE, George

Strange true stories of Louisiana

1889 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 250.00
92 POE, Edgar Allan; CLARKE, Harry (Illus.)

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.

1939 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 235.00
15 Elie Benoist

Historie Der Gereformeerde Kerken van Vrankryk: Vervattende het begin en den voortgang der Reformatie, Begonnen met het jaar 1517

1696 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 230.00
77 Binger Hermann

The Louisiana purchase & and our title west of the Rocky mountains ; with a review of annexation by the United States

1900 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 220.00
65 John Davis Long

The Republican Party; its history, principles, and policies

1888 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 210.00
58 Albion W. Tourgee

Bricks Without Straw: A Novel

1880 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 205.00
  • 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.
  • 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
    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
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000