Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium, 102724, Columbia

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 27, 2024 - October 27, 2024

Page Size: 101 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
52	GILLETT, E.H.; CHEEVER, Geo. B.; CROSBY, Howard; McGONEGAL, R.; VAN CLEEF, P.D.; REEVES, D.M.	Pictorial Life. Or, Mans Life; Setting Forth His Nature, Views, Harmonies, and Contrasts, Virtues and Vices, Restraints, Temptations, Remedies, Victories, Responsibilities to Himself, his Fellow-Men, and His Saviour, for Time and Eternity. A Life Study. S	New York	1870	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 250.00
53	COLBERT, Elias; Everett Chamberlin	Chicago and the great conflagration	Cincinnati	1871	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 98.00
54	XIANZHI, Zeng	Eighteen History Outlines; Juuhachi shiryaku, ???? (?????????)	Kagoshima	1871	USD 550.00 - 1,200.00	USD 100.00
55	LUZERNE, Frank	The lost city! drama of the fire fiend! or Chicago, as it was, and as it is	New York	1872	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 42.00
56	PARTON, James	Triumphs of enterprise, ingenuity, and public spirit	New York	1872	USD 350.00 - 800.00	USD 32.00
57	TANEKAZU, Ryukatei<br><br>?????	(Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows, Mirror of the Ages) (Hokusetsu bidan Jidai Kagami)	Japan	1873	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 195.00
58	LONGSHORE, Jos. S.	The Centennial Liberty Bell	Philadelphia	1876	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 68.00
59	VERNE, Jules	Cinq semaines en ballon: voyage de de?couvertes en Afrique par trois Anglais. Illustrations par mm. Riou et de Montaut.	Paris	1876	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 190.00
60	HARDY, Thomas	The Return of the Native	New York	1878	USD 950.00 - 2,000.00	USD 88.00
62	Holy Bible	The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments and revised New Testament together with the Apocrypha	Philadelphia	ca. 1881.	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 185.00
63	HOLLOWAY, Laura	The ladies of the White House, or, In the home of the presidents : being a complete history of the social and domestic lives of the presidents from Washington to the present time, 1789-188	Philadelphia	1881	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 60.00
64	PROCTER, Richard Wright	The barbers shop	Manchester/ London	1883	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 130.00
65	TWAIN, Mark	Life on the Mississippi	Boston	1883	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 760.00
66	PORTER, David	Incidents and anecdotes of the Civil War	New York	1885	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 74.00
67	GRANT, Ulysses S.	Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant	New York	1885-86.	USD 950.00 - 2,000.00	USD 455.00
68	RICE, Allen Thorndike (Editor)	Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time	New York	1886	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 415.00
69	SMITH, Robert	A series of lectures on the signs of the times : fulfillment of prophecy ... and the last judgment	Payson, Utah	1887	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 48.00
70	Alfred Tennyson	Gems from Tennyson	Philadelphia	1888	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 96.00
71	STAUNTON, Howard	The chess-players handbook : a popular and scientific introduction to the game of chess	London	1888	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 160.00
72	CARROLL, Lewis	Sylvie and Bruno	London; New York	1889	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 88.00
73	various	Adventures of famous travellers in many lands : with descriptions of manners, customs and places	New York	1890	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 70.00
74	MOORE, Thomas	Irish Melodies and Sacred Songs. With Memoir and Notes. Illustrated.	New York	ca.1890.	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 90.00
75	BAKER, La Fayette C	The United States Secret Service in the late war : comprising the authors introduction to the leading men at Washington, with the origin and organization of the United States Secret Service Bureau, and a graphic history of rich and exciting experiences, N	Philadelphia	1890	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 145.00
76	JOHNSON, W. Fletcher	Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, Late Retired General.	Philadelphia	1891	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 120.00
77	LOCHER, A.	With Stars and Crescent: a full and authentic account of a recent journey with a caravan from Bombay to Constantinople, comprising a description of the country, the people, and interesting adventures with the natives	Philadelphia	1891	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 80.00

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024

Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024

Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
13 December 2024

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
13 December 2024

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. "Epitome Cosmografica." With the 6 circular celestial and terrestrial charts. 7,000 – 10,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Hurley, Frank. Collection of 69 photographs taken during Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition. 80,000 – 120,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Dec. 10: Sendak, Maurice. Original artwork for the inaugural "New York is Book Country" poster, 1979. 300,000 – 600,00 USD

Sotheby’s, Dec. 10: [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 USD
Bonhams, Dec. 18: A Very Fine Composite Atlas Magnificently Illuminated and Heightened with Gold in a Fine Contemporary Hand Throughout. $300,000 - $500,000

Bonhams, Dec. 18: Saint-Exupéry's Revised Ending for Wind, Sand and Stars. $40,000 - $60,000

Bonhams, Dec. 18: Edith Wharton's Gold Medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1924. $20,000 - $30,000

Bonhams, Dec. 18: Salinger on the Glass Family and on Detachment. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, Dec. 18: Fanny Burney's Groundbreaking First Novel. Evelina, Or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, Dec. 18: Kafka's Earliest Extant Piece of Writing. Autograph Note Signed ("Franz Kafka"). $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, Dec. 18: Wagner Signed "Ride of the Valkries." $6,000 - $9,000

Bonhams, Dec. 18: Dickens on the Death of Little Nell. $5,000 - $8,000

Bonhams, Dec. 18: Sylvia Plath's Copy of Joy of Cooking. $4,000 - $6,000

Bonhams, Dec. 18: Walt Whitman and Friends: Whitman to James Russell Lowell. $8,000 - $12,000

Bonhams, Dec. 18: Walt Whitman and Friends: The Genesis of his Lincoln Lectures. $6,000 - $9,000
Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
Bonhams, Dec. 17: Kelmscott Chaucer: The Finest Book Since the Gutenberg Bible. $60,000 - $90,000

Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Poems Chosen out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, Dec. 17: Morris's Original Manuscript Title-Page Design for Rosetti. Ballads and Narrative Poems. $8,000 - $12,000

Bonhams, Dec. 17: Printed on Vellum: The Founding of the Kelmscott Press. $30,000 - $50,000

Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Voragine, Jacobus De. The Golden Legend. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Lull, Ramon. The Order of Chivalry. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Swinburne. Morris, William, translator. Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane. $4,000 - $6,000

Bonhams, Dec. 17: Printed on Vellum: One of Only 15 Copies. Morris, William, translator. Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile. $15,000 - $25,000

Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Rudyard Kipling. The Book of Wisdom and Lies. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, Dec. 17: William Morris Association Copy in Fine Binding. Morris, William. Child Christopher and Goldilind at the Fair. $8,000 - $12,000

Bonhams, Dec. 17: Morris, William. 1834-1896. The Earthly Paradise. $6,000 - $9,000

Bonhams, Dec. 17: Nuremberg Chronicle. Schedel, Hartmann. 1440-1514. $30,000 - $50,000

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