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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)	24,793.00
Auction Date	August 04, 2024 - August 04, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	52,066.00
Sale Number	#80424	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	105,800.00
Total Lots	100
Sold Lots	99	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	52,465.00
% of Lots Sold	99.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	106,600.00
Unsold Lots	1	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	23.26%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
16	WASHINGTON, George	Official letters to the Honorable American Congress: written, during the war between the United Colonies and Great-Britain, by His Excellency George Washington, commander in chief of the Continental forces: now president of the United States	1796	USD 950.00 - 2,000.00	USD 4,050.00
13	FRANKLIN, Benjamin	The annual register: or a view of the history, politics, and literature, for the year 1779	1780	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 2,850.00
46	TENNYSON, Alfred	A Selection from the Works	1869	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 710.00
90	DOYLE, Arthur Conan	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	1903	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 630.00
58	BLAIKIE, William	How to get strong and how to stay so	1879	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 485.00
71	SPURGEON, C.H.	According to Promise; or, The Lords Method of Dealing with His Chosen People. A Companion Volume to "All of Grace."	1890	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 400.00
20	BREWSTER, David	The life of Sir Isaac Newton	1832	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 395.00
101	TOLKIEN, J.R.R.	The Silmarillion	1977	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 385.00
85	WELLS, H.G.; [LANOS, Henri (Illus.)]	When the Sleeper Wakes	1899	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 370.00
15	JOSEPHUS, Flavius	The genuine works of Flavius Josephus : translated from the original Greek according to Havercamps accurate edition	1794	USD 950.00 - 2,000.00	USD 350.00
81	ALCOTT, Louisa May	[works]	1899-1926.	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 345.00
7	Acadamie des Sciences	Histoire de lAcade?mie royale des sciences anne?e 1747	1756	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 340.00
78	VERNE, Jules	Robur-le-conque?rant...	1886. i.e. 1894.	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 330.00
12	HOSTE, Paul	A Compendious Course of Practical Mathematics	1769	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 325.00
94	MELVILLE, Herman; KENT, Rockwell (Illus.)	Moby Dick or The Whale	1930	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 320.00
40	periodical	The Illustrated London News, vol XLV	1864	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 315.00
83	MORTON, William	Utah and her people : containing a sketch of Utah and Mormonism, the doctrine of the Mormon Church, and attractions of the state	1899	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 310.00
98	FLEMING, Ian	The Spy Who Loved Me	1962	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 305.00
99	FLEMING, Ian	The Man with the Golden Gun	1965	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 305.00
19	various	The annual register: or a view of the history, politics, and literature, for the year 1820-1829.	1820-1829	USD 950.00 - 2,000.00	USD 295.00
38	HUGO, Victor	Les miserables	1863	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 290.00
31	Church of England	The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland		USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 280.00
68	KIRK, Thomas H	Illustrated history of Minnesota	1887	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 260.00
42	BANCROFT, George	Memorial address on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln: delivered, at the request of both houses of the Congress of America, before them, in the House of representatives at Washington, on the 12th of February, 1866	1866	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 250.00
52	TYLER, Josiah	Livingstone lost and found; or, Africa and its explorers ... With a comprehensive biographical sketch of Dr. David Livingstone ... and a most interesting account of his discovery by the American expedition, in command of Henry M. Stanley	1873	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 250.00

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
Sotheby’s
10 September 2024
The Shem Tov Bible
Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000

Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

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