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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)	22,434.00
Auction Date	April 21, 2024 - April 21, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	58,123.00
Sale Number	#42124	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	119,200.00
Total Lots	102
Sold Lots	101	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	58,722.00
% of Lots Sold	99.02%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	120,400.00
Unsold Lots	1	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	18.63%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
70	GRANT, Ulysses S	Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant	1885-86	USD 795.00 - 1,600.00	USD 1,375.00
71	ALIGHIERI, Dante	The Vision of Hell by Dante Alighieri.	[1886].	USD 950.00 - 2,000.00	USD 920.00
19	William Parry	Voyages North Pole MAPS	1824	USD 950.00 - 2,000.00	USD 650.00
29	CULPEPER, Nicholas	The Complete Herbal, to Which is Added, Upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs, with a Display of their Medicinal and Occult Qualities Physically Applied to the Cure of All Disorders Incident to Mankind: to Which are Now First Annexed, the English Physic	1846	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 620.00
94	PAINE, Thomas	The Life and Works of Thomas Paine	[1925].	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 480.00
73	RICE, Allen Thorndike (Editor)	Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time	1886	USD 399.00 - 800.00	USD 430.00
10	PLUCHE, Noel Antoine	Histoire du ciel conside?re? selon les ide?es des poe?tes, des philosophes et de Moi?se : ou? lon fait voir : 1deg lorigine du ciel poe?tique, 2deg la me?prise des philosophes sur la fabrique du ciel et de la terre, 3deg? la conformite? de lexpe?rience av	1739-1742.	USD 950.00 - 2,000.00	USD 420.00
42	DICKENS, Charles	Little Dorrit.	1857	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 420.00
6	ROHAULT, Jacques	Traite? de physique, tome premier	1696	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 405.00
86	BAUM, L. Frank; DENSLOW, W.W. (Illus.)	The New Wizard of Oz	1903	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 405.00
8	Homer	LOdyse?e dHome?re,	1716	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 390.00
36	various contributors	The Great metropolis: or New-York almanac, for 1850		USD 550.00 - 1,200.00	USD 365.00
32	SMITH, J. Calvin	The illustrated hand-book : a new guide for travelers through the United States of America	1848	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 355.00
92	STOKER, Bram	Dracula	1897, [1920].	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 340.00
7	RIBADENEYRA, Pedro de	Die Triumphierende Tugend, Das ist: Die ausserlessneste Leben Aller Heiligen Gottes. 2, Der andere Theil In sich haltend die sechs letzte Monaten dess Jahrs, vom Heumonat, biss End Christmonats ...	1705	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 330.00
82	KIPLING, Rudyard	Soldier Tales \| The Second Jungle Book	1897-1900.	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 325.00
87	[DAVIS, Richard Harding]; MAHAN, Capt. A.T.	The Russo-Japanese War. A Photographic and Descriptive Review of the great Conflict in the Far East. Gathered From the Reports, Records, Cable Despatches, Photographs, Etc., Etc., of Colliers War Correspondents... Together with an Account of the Great Nav	1904	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 320.00
102	TOLKIEN, J.R.R.	The Silmarillion	1977	USD 599.00 - 1,200.00	USD 320.00
97	POE, Edgar Allan; CLARKE, Harry (Illus.)	Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.	1933	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 315.00
20	LEE, Henry	Memoirs of the war in the southern department of the United States	1827	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 310.00
78	JOHNSON, Willis Fletcher	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 280.00
49	ABBOTT, John S.C.; DARLEY (Illus.)	The History of the Civil War in America; Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion, of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and Individuals, and of Touching Scenes in	1863-1866	USD 750.00 - 1,600.00	USD 275.00
100	HEMINGWAY, Ernest	For Whom the Bell Tolls	1940	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 275.00
34	CAZEAUX, P.	A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition	1850	USD 499.00 - 1,000.00	USD 265.00
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 260.00

Sotheby’s
Modern First Editions
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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