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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)	19,321.00
Auction Date	February 18, 2024 - February 18, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	54,956.00
Sale Number	#21824	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	111,000.00
Total Lots	108
Sold Lots	103	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	57,551.00
% of Lots Sold	95.37%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	116,200.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	16.63%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
74	WILSON, Edward L.	Wilsons Cyclopaedic Photography. A Complete Hand-Book of the Terms, Processes, Formulae and Appliances Available in Photography, Arranged in Cyclopaedic Form for Ready Reference.	1894	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 700.00
94	TYNDALE, Walter	An artist in Egypt	1912	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 590.00
24	DEFOE, Daniel	A System of Magic	1840	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 475.00
86	MALORY, Sir Thomas	Le Morte Darthur by Syr T. Malory. The original edition of William Caxton now reprinted and edited	1908	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 380.00
40	[POLLARD, Edward A.]	Southern History of the War. The First Year of the War.	1864	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 350.00
101	MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (Illus.)	The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne with Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard	1928	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 340.00
95	BAUM, L. Frank	The Patchwork Girl of Oz	1913	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 335.00
1	unknown	Sententiae sive loci communes utrius juris, serie alphabetica digesti : quibus utrunque jus mira quadam brevitate comprehenditur, nunc denuo in lucem editi	1568	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 330.00
102	HUGO, Victor	[works]		USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 325.00
71	HOLLEY, Frances Chamberlain	Once their home, or, Our legacy from the Dahkotahs : historical, biographical, and incidental, from far-off days down to the present	1892	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 320.00
36	periodical	The Illustrated London News, vol XL Jan. to June	1862	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 315.00
49	ALCOTT, Louisa May	Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jos Boys	1871	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 315.00
84	SINCLAIR, Upton	The Jungle	1906	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 310.00
4	URSIN, Johann Heinrich	Joh. Henrici Ursini Spirensis Acerra philologica : mille variarum historiarum, physicarum, ethicarum, mythicarum, de rebus fere? omnibus, ex innumeris autoribus selectarum, ac pulcherrimis, qua? sacris, qua? aliis, sententiis illustratarum libri quinque,	1670	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 305.00
81	BAUM, L. Frank; DENSLOW, W.W. (Illus.)	The New Wizard of Oz	(c)1903	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 300.00
66	SHERIDAN, Philip Henry	Personal memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army, in two volumes.	1888	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 295.00
70	JOHNSON, W. Fletcher	The Red Record of the Sioux. Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War of 1890-91. A Graphic Account of the Life of the Great Medicine Man and Chief Sitting Bull; His Tragic Death; Story of the Sioux Nation; Their Manners and Customs, Ghost Dance	(c)1891.	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 265.00
108	TOLKIEN, J.R.R.	The Silmarillion	(c)1977.	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 265.00
87	BARRIE, J.M.; RACKHAM, Arthur (Illus.)	Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens	1908	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 260.00
35	MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley; WHARNCLIFFE, Lord (Editor); THOMAS, W. Moy	The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. In Two Volumes.	1861	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 255.00
55	HOUGHTON, Rev. Ross C.	Women of the Orient: An Account of the Religious, Intellectual, and Social Condition of Women in Japan, China, India, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey.	[1877]	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 255.00
58	LOSSING, Benson J.; DARLEY, Felix O.C. (Illus.)	Our Country. A Household History For All Readers, From the Discovery of America to the Present Time.	1879	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 255.00
97	BARRIE, J.M.; ATWELL, Mabel Lucie (Illus.)	Peter Pan and Wendy	1921	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 255.00
27	DICKENS, Charles	Dombey and Son	1848	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 245.00
73	TWAIN, Mark	Mark Twain... illustrated	1894	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 240.00

Sotheby’s
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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes
Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.

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