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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)	22,365.00
Auction Date	August 25, 2024 - August 25, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	57,206.00
Sale Number	#82524	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	116,000.00
Total Lots	101
Sold Lots	101	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	57,206.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	116,000.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	19.28%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
23	periodical	The London Magazine, Vol. L.	1781	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,000.00
96	PEARY, Robert E	The North Pole, its discovery in 1910 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club	1910	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,075.00
79	TWAIN, Mark	The adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyers comrade); scene: the Mississippi Valley. Time: Forty to fifty years ago	1885	USD 995.00 - 2,000.00	USD 840.00
99	STEINBECK, John	The Grapes of Wrath	(c)1939.	USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00	USD 730.00
21	BUCHAN, William	Me?decine domestique : ou traite? complet des moyens de se conserver en sante?, de gue?rir et de pre?venir les maladies	1780	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 650.00
63	TWAIN, Mark	Roughing It	1872	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 650.00
50	BLAKE, William O	The history of slavery and the slave trade, ancient and modern.	1860	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 620.00
83	SPURGEON, Charles Haddon	The saint and his Saviour : the progress of the soul in the knowledge of Jesus	1889	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 500.00
49	STOWE, Harriet Beecher	Uncle Toms cabin: a tale of life among the lowly	1853	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 490.00
91	BAUM, L. Frank; NEILL, John R. (Illus.)	The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman and also the Strange Experience of the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, Jack Pumpkinhead, the Animated Saw-Horse and the Gump; the Story Being a Sequel to th	(c)1904	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 435.00
10	PLUCHE, Noel Antoine	Histoire du ciel ou lon recherche lorigine de lidolatrie, et les meprises de la philosophie, sur la formation	1744	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 360.00
33	MANCINI-MAZARINI, Louis Jules	Oeuvres de Mancini-Nivernois	1796	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 360.00
8	Catholic Church	Antiphonarium : juxta breviarium Romanum ex decreto sacro-sancti concilii Tridentini	1701	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 355.00
44	BROWN, Thomas	The complete modern farrier : a manual of veterinary science ; comprising instructions for the cure of all diseases incidental to horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and dogs	, [1846].	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 355.00
36	SOWERBY, James	English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, With Their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth.	1804	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 320.00
81	ROOSEVELT, Theodore	Hunting trips of a ranchman : Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains	1886	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 315.00
82	HUGO, Victor	Les Miserables	1887	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 295.00
26	BUNYAN, John	The pilgrims progress from this world to that which is to come. Delivered under the similitude of a Dream	1789	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 285.00
18	"Le Maire"	Les traits de lhistoire universelle, sacre?e et profane. Dapre?s les plus grands peintres, et les meilleurs e?crivains	1784	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 280.00
64	Anon.	The land of the Bible : its sacred heroes and wonderful story	[ca. 1875].	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 280.00
45	DICKENS, Charles	Dombey and Son	1848	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 250.00
56	HOLLAND, Josiah Gilbert	The life of Abraham Lincoln by J. G. Holland, member of the Massachusetts Historical Society.	1866	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 245.00
87	SPURGEON, Charles Haddon	The Soul-Winner; or, How to Lead Sinners to the Saviour.	1897	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 245.00
16	Anon	The annual register : or a view of the history, politics, and literature, for the year 1759.	1777	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 240.00
15	various	The Annual register, or, A view of the history, politics, and literature for the year 1758	1783	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 235.00

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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