Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium, 359870, Columbia

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Auction Date
March 09, 2025 - March 09, 2025
Page Size: 104 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 CARROLL, Lewis

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

London 1872 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 620.00
52 TWAIN, Mark

Roughing It

Hartford, Conn. 1872 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 385.00
53 VERNE, Jules

Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa

New York 1874 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 240.00
54 William Hepworth Dixon

Title: Robert Blake, admiral and general at sea

London 1885 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 100.00
55 TWAIN, Mark

The Prince and the Pauper, A tale for young people of all ages

Boston 1882 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 405.00
56 QUEAL, William

The overthrow of American slavery containing descriptions of important events and sketches of some of the prominent actors.

New York ; Cincinnati 1885 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 135.00
57 TWAIN, Mark

The gilded age / The innocents abroad

Hartford 1888-89. USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 310.00
58 various

A memorial of the American patriots who fell at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 : With an account of the dedication of the memorial tablets on Winthrop Square

Boston 1890 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 94.00
59 JONES, William J

The Davis memorial volume, or, Our dead president, Jefferson Davis: and the worlds tribute to his memory

Richmond, VA. 1890 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 305.00
60 SHERMAN, William Tecumseh

Personal memoirs of Gen. W.T. Sherman, written by himself

New York 1891 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 410.00
61 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

Philadelphia 1891 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 305.00
62 VERNE, Jules

De la terre a la lune; trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes

Paris [1891]. USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 190.00
63 TENNYSON, Alfred

The death of Oenone, Akbars dream, and other poems

London 1892 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 310.00
64 DOYLE, A. Conan; PAGET, Sidney (Illus.)

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

London 1894 USD 1,950.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,225.00
65 BROADFOOT, William

Billiards

Boston; London 1896 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 78.00
66 NANSEN, Fridtjof

Fridtjof Nansens "Farthest north": being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen months sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen

New York 1897 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
67 KEMBLE, Edward Winsor

The Blackberries and their Adventures

New York 1897 USD 550.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
68 TWAIN, Mark

Following the equator, a journey around the world.

Hartford, 1897 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 340.00
69 STOWE, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Toms Cabin : A tale of life among the lowly

New York 1897 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 510.00
70 WILLIAMSON, Mrs. Mary L.

Life of Gen. Thos. J. Jackson "Stonewall" for the young, (fourth reader grade) in easy words. Illustrated.

Richmond, VA 1899 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 510.00
71 various

[daily calendar]

ca. 1900. USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 68.00
72 WHITMAN, Walter

Leaves of Grass

Philadelphia [1900]. USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 170.00
73 DEWOLFF, J. H.

Pawnee Bill (Major Gordon W. Lillie), or, from the saddle of a "cowboy and ranger" to the chair of a "bank president.": his experience and adventures on the Western plains

[United States] 1902 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 72.00
74 POE, Edgar Allan

The works of Edgar Allan Poe

New York 1903 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 190.00
75 HENDERSON, G.F.R.

Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War

New York, Bombay 1904 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 300.00
  • Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: The New-England Primer Improved. For the more easy attaining the true reading of English. Boston: Printed and Sold by John Boyles, 1770. EXTREMELY RARE AMERICAN PRIMER.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Lansford W. Hastings. The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California. Cincinnati. George Conclin, 1845. THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston, 1951. first edition, a fine copy, in an unrestored first issue dust jacket.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. THE VERY FINE A.E NEWTON COPY.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. K. Rowling. Only known complete set of full unbound imposed sheets for the First Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility: A Novel in Three Volumes. By a Lady. London: for the author by C. Roworth and published by T. Egerton, 1811. FIRST EDITION IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. First Editions, First Impressions. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1954-1955. A VERY FINE SET.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Declaration of Independence. In: The Pennsylvania Ledger: Or the Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New-Jersey Weekly Advertiser. Philadelphia: James Humphreys, No. LXXVII, 13 July 1776.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: William Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Frank Herbert. Dune. Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, 1965. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
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