Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium | Total Sales (USD) | 15,487.00 |
| Auction Date | September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 56,557.00 |
| Sale Number | #91425 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 114,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 107 | ||
| Sold Lots | 106.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 58,507.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 99.07% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 118,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 13.06% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | HEMINGWAY, Ernest | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
1940 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 430.00 |
| 84 | BAUM, L. Frank | The land of Oz: a sequel to The Wizard of Oz |
(c)1904. | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 415.00 |
| 38 | George Cruikshank | Puss in Boots. From "George Cruikshanks Fairy Library" |
ca.1860 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 405.00 |
| 76 | MILTON, John. | Miltons Paradise Lost. Illustrated by Gustave Dore?. Edited ... by R. Vaughan |
1890]. | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 2 | Anders Sparrman; P Le Tourneur | Voyage au cap le Bonne-Espe?rance, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres. |
1787 | USD 1,950.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 345.00 |
| 97 | MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (Illus.) | Now We Are Six |
1927 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 335.00 |
| 106 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Silmarillion |
1977 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 335.00 |
| 99 | Author: Ernest Hemingway | A Farewell to Arms |
1929 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 103 | Ian Fleming | On Her Majestys Secret Service |
1963 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 29 | Dante Alighieri Illustrator(s): John Flaxman | The Divine Comedy |
1854 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 105 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Silmarillion |
(c)1977. | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 305.00 |
| 85 | Eugene Field | Poems of Childhood |
1904 | USD 399.00 - 800.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 62 | Gustave Dore | The Dore Bible Gallery |
1880 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 265.00 |
| 78 | W. Fletcher Johnson | The Red Record of the Sioux: Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War of 1890--91 |
1891 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 265.00 |
| 18 | Anonymous | The Mariners Chronicle: Containing Narratives of the Most Remarkable Disasters at Sea, Such As Shipwrecks, Storms, Fires and Famines, Also Naval Engagements, Piratical Adventures |
1835 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 86 | Robert Louis Stevenson | A Childs Garden of Verses |
1905 | USD 399.00 - 800.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 57 | Edwin Eastman | Seven and Nine Years Among the Camanches and Apaches. An Autobiography |
1874 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 225.00 |
| 104 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Hobbit, or there and back again |
[1966]. | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 225.00 |
| 55 | Mark Twain | Roughing It |
1872 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 220.00 |
| 25 | DICKENS, Charles | Dombey and Son |
1848 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 215.00 |
| 31 | PERRY, Matthew Clabraith; HAWKS, Francis | Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan : performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States |
1856 | USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 215.00 |
| 20 | State of Missouri, | Laws of the State of Missouri |
1841-53. | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 22 | Charles Dickens Illustrator(s): Hablot Knight Browne (i.e. Phiz) | The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit |
1844 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 36 | Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac; Olivier Illustrator(s): Adolphe Rouargue | Voyage autour du monde contenant la description geographique et pittoresque des divers pays, lesquisse des moeurs de chaque peuple |
1858 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 66 | Henry Gray | Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical |
1883 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 210.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
