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Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyers Premium

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Auction Name Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyers Premium Total Sales (USD) 16,368.00
Auction Date February 15, 2026 - February 15, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 54,307.00
Sale Number #401049 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 110,000.00
Total Lots 101
Sold Lots 101.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 54,307.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 110,000.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 14.88%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
57 traditional Hebrew

Form of Prayers for the Feast of Pentecost; Form of Prayers for the Feast of Tabernacles

 1865 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 700.00
97 For Whom the Bell Tolls

HEMINGWAY, Ernest

 1940 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 690.00
84 John Wesley Powell Contributor(s): Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-86

 1891 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 560.00
69 Benson John Lossing Illustrator(s): Benson John Lossing

The Home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial

 1871 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 445.00
52 Samuel Cooper

A Concise System of Instructions and Regulations for the Militia and Volunteers of the United States: Comprehending the Exercises and Movements of the Infantry, Light Infantry, and Riflemen; Cavalry and Artillery

 1854 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 410.00
76 Ulysses S. Grant

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

 1885--1886. USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 390.00
99 The Hobbit or There and Back Again

TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

 1966 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 380.00
34 William Shakespeare Contributor(s): Samuel Johnson (Editor)

The Plays of William Shakespeare

 1771 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 360.00
89 Arthur Conan Doyle Contributor(s): Joseph Bell (Note)

A Study in Scarlet

 1903 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 355.00
91 Edgar Allan Poe Illustrator(s): Contributor(s): Edwin Markham (Introduction)

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

 1904 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 355.00
47 Noah Webster Contributor(s): John Walker (pronunciation guide)

An American dictionary of the English language : exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, and definition of words

 1846 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 330.00
19 Jonathan Swift

Works of Jonathan Swift

 1734 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 295.00
18 Flavius Josephus Contributor(s): Jacques Chretien Basnage (Translator, Editor)

Vervolg op Flavius Josephus of Algemene historie der Joodsche naatsie, behelzende ene uitvoering beschryving van derzelver regerings-vorm, godtsdienst

 1727 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 290.00
77 John Wesley Powell Contributor(s): Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84

 1887 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 265.00
41 Edward Baines

History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking Out of the War in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815

 1817 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 250.00
48 Benjamin Franklin

The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin; Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary

 1851 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 250.00
45 Homer

Homeri Odyssea

 1839 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 235.00
98 Ian Fleming

The Man with the Golden Gun

 1965 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 230.00
46 Anonymous

Life of William Henry Harrison (of Ohio), the Peoples Candidate for the Presidency; With a History of the Wars with the British and Indians on Our North-Western Frontier

 1840 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 225.00
100 The Silmarillion

TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

 (c)1977. USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 225.00
58 Ed. S. Taylor

The History of Playing Cards, With Anecdotes of Their Use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling, and Card-Sharping

 1865 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 220.00
49 United States Contributor: Hickey, W. Illustrator: E Weber & Co Balt

The Constitution of the United States of America, With an Alphabetical Analysis; the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation; the Prominent Political Acts of George Washington; Electoral Votes for All the Presidents and Vice-presidents;

 1851 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 215.00
90 Edmund Spenser Contributor(s): John W. Hales (Memoir); R. Morris (Editor)

The Works of Edmund Spenser

 1904 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 210.00
1 Johann Wigand

De Neutralibus et mediis, libellus utilis et necessarius

 1560 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 205.00
53 John C. Fremont

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California: to which is added a description of the physical geography of California

 1856 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 200.00