Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium, 33124, Columbia

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Auction Date
March 31, 2024 - March 31, 2024
Page Size: 100 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 TWAIN, Mark

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Leipzig 1876 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 380.00
52 various

Gallery of great artists

Boston 1877 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 305.00
53 MAUND, Benjamin

The botanic garden : consisting of highly finished figures of hardy ornamental flowering plants cultivated in Great Britain

London 1878 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 165.00
54 BARTLETT, W.H.

Nile boat, or glimpses of the land of Egypt

London circa1860-1880 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 425.00
55 TWAIN, Mark

A Tramp Abroad

Hartford, Conn.; London 1880 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 235.00
56 BRYANT, Thomas

A manual for the practice of surgery

Philadelphia 1881 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 160.00
58 BROWN, Walter; BEWICK, Thomas (Illus.)

Tales, Poetry, and Fairy Tales. By Walter Brown. Illustrated with One Hundred Woodcuts, Many of Which are Printed from Original Blocks by the Famous Thomas Bewick.

London 1881 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 135.00
59 POE, Edgar Allan

The Bells

Philadelphia 1881 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 335.00
60 TWAIN, Mark

Life on the Mississippi

Boston 1883 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 580.00
61 BLAINE, James Gillespie

Twenty years of Congress, from Lincoln to Garfield: with a review of the events which led to the political revolution of 1860

Norwich, Conn. 1884-1886 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 150.00
62 BOYD, James P.

Military and Civil Life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Philadelphia 1885 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 125.00
63 SHEYKH-Z?DA; GIBB, E.J.W. (Transl.)

The History of the Forty Vezirs or The Story of the Forty Morns and Eves

London 1886 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 100.00
64 PORTER, Rev. J.L.

The Giant Cities of Bashan and Syrias Holy Places.

London; Edinburgh; New York 1886 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 120.00
65 [NOAH, Mordecai Manuel (Editor)]; [GOULD, Alexander S.]

??? ???? [Sefer Ha-Yashar] or the Book of Jasher. Referred to in Joshua and Second Samuel. Faithfully Translated from the Original Hebrew into English.

Salt Lake City 1887 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 56.00
66 KING, W. C.; DERBY, W.P.

Camp-Fire Sketches and Battle-Field Echoes of the Rebellion.

Springfield, Mass. 1888 USD 350.00 - 800.00 USD 160.00
67 STILLE, Alfred

The national dispensatory : containing the natural history, chemistry, pharmacy, actions, and uses of medicine

Philadelphia 1887 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 115.00
68 TYNDALL, John

Lessons in Electricity at the Royal Institution 1875-6

New York 1888 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 135.00
69 SHERIDAN, Philip Henry

Personal memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army, in two volumes.

New York 1888 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 135.00
70 McKINLEY, Carlyle

An appeal to Pharaoh : the Negro problem, and its radical solution

New York 1889 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 180.00
71 HARRIS, Joel Chandler

Daddy Jake the runaway: and short stories told after dark

New York 1889 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 185.00
72 ALCOTT, Louisa May; CHENEY, Ednah D. (Editor)

Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals

Boston 1889 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 210.00
73 CUSTER, Elizabeth Bacon

Tenting on the plains ; or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas

New York 1889 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 320.00
74 TWAIN, Mark

The innocents abroad, or, The new Pilgrims progress: being some account of the steamship Quaker Citys pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land, with descriptions of the countries, nations, incidents, and adventures as they appeared to the author: wi

Hartford, Conn. 1890, 1869 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 155.00
75 THAYER, William

Marvels of the new West. A vivid portrayal of the stupendous marvels in the vast wonderland west of the Missouri river.

Norwich, Conn. 1891 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 130.00
76 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

Philadelphia 1891 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 490.00
  • 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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