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Swann, Nov. 14: Stephen Sondheim, autograph musical quotation signed and inscribed, 4 bars from “Send in the Clowns,” 1986.Swann, Nov. 14: George Washington, autograph letter signed to Robert Morris, preparing for attack on Philadelphia, 1777.Swann, Nov. 14: Autograph album containing over 250 signatures by members of 29th U.S. Congress, 1845.Swann, Nov. 14: Charles “The Bold,” letter signed to Duke of Milan written during Burgundian Wars, 1475.Swann, Nov. 14: Deng Xiaoping, TIME magazine “Man of the Year” issue signed and dated, 1979.Swann, Nov. 14: Theodor Herzl, autograph letter signed to prospective tutor of his children, 1902.Swann, Nov. 14: Bourienne’s Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte extra illustrated including 1798 letter signed by Napoleon after Battle of the Nile, 1836.Swann, Nov. 14: George Minot, autograph manuscript signed, diary kept during European trip to claim Nobel Prize, 1934.Swann, Nov. 14: Thomas Jefferson, autograph letter signed, introducing George Washington’s personal secretary Tobias Lear, 1793.Swann, Nov. 14: Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, signed in second volume, first edition, 1956-58.Swann, Nov. 14: John Steinbeck, late typescript drafts of 5 chapters from his posthumously published tales of King Arthur, 1959.Swann, Nov. 14: H.G. Wells, group of 14 of his books signed to his mistress Rebecca West or the son they had together, 1910s-40s. -
Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Red-Shouldered Hawk. London: R. Havell, Jr., 1829. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: STEWART, WILLIAM DRUMMOND, SIR. Altowan; or, Incidents of Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountain... New York, 1846. PRESENTATION COPY. $800 - $1,200Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: WILLUGHBY & RAY, JOHN. The Ornithology of Francis Willughby in three books... London, Martyn, 1678. $800 - $1,200Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: SUSAN B. ANTHONY. Autograph Quotation Signed, on equal rights "for men and women," Rochester, 1898. $1,000 - $1,500Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Autograph Letter Signed integrally to Le Comte de Milly arranging a meeting with M. Broignard, Passy, 1778. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: FRANKLIN, JEFFERSON, & ADAMS. Mansucript Signed by all three architects of the American ideal, requesting a Treaty of Amity and Commerce. $750,000 - $1,000,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Endorsement Signed, a pardon for a Confederate soldier, February 6, 1865. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: NAPOLEON FORMALLY RATIFIES THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE. Document Signed ("James Monroe," "Robt. R. Livingston" and "Barbé-Marbois"). $100,000 - $200,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: JAMES MONROE ON THE DIFFICULTIES OF JAY'S TREATY. Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Pinckney, Paris, January 17, 1795. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: GIDEON WELLES FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF FORT PICKENS AND FORT SUMTER ON THE EVE OF CIVIL WAR. Autograph Manuscript, 44 pp, c.1870. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: SIGNED BY BORGES. Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings. 1962. First book publication in English. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: LORENZO DOW TURNER'S COPY. LOCKE, ALAIN. The New Negro: an Interpretation. 1925. $1,000 - $1,500 -
![<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Mayr (Heinrich von). <i>Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient. Vues Pittoresques de l'Orient,</i> first edition in the original 10 parts, Munich, Paris & Leipzig, [1839-40]. £10,000 to £15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d55bdd84-749f-463d-8dbb-b699758ef469.jpg "<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Mayr (Heinrich von). <i>Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient. Vues Pittoresques de l'Orient,</i> first edition in the original 10 parts, Munich, Paris & Leipzig, [1839-40]. £10,000 to £15,000.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Lewis (John Frederick). <i>Illustrations of Constantinople, made during a Residence in that City &c. in the Years 1835-6,</i> first edition, [1838]. £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/543a84e0-0b4b-4ad5-87d2-5a608e848ef0.jpg "<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Lewis (John Frederick). <i>Illustrations of Constantinople, made during a Residence in that City &c. in the Years 1835-6,</i> first edition, [1838]. £6,000 to £8,000.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Cassas (Louis François). <i>[Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte],</i> 3 vol., first edition, [Paris], [1799]. £8,000 to £12,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4dff8ca9-d113-4251-ae8e-ae25228f7956.jpg "<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Cassas (Louis François). <i>[Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte],</i> 3 vol., first edition, [Paris], [1799]. £8,000 to £12,000.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Brindesi (Jean). <i>Souvenirs de Constantinople,</i> first edition, [Paris], [1855-60]. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0ddc823f-dd6d-4282-8aba-978d6ee7abbe.jpg "<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Brindesi (Jean). <i>Souvenirs de Constantinople,</i> first edition, [Paris], [1855-60]. £4,000 to £6,000.")
Forum Auctions
A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World:
The Library of a Gentleman
14th NovemberForum, Nov. 14: Preziosi (Amedeo). Stamboul: Recollections of Eastern Life, first edition, Paris, Lemercier, 1858. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Mayr (Heinrich von). Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient. Vues Pittoresques de l'Orient, first edition in the original 10 parts, Munich, Paris & Leipzig, [1839-40]. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Lewis (John Frederick). Illustrations of Constantinople, made during a Residence in that City &c. in the Years 1835-6, first edition, [1838]. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Dodwell (Edward). Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, Rodwell and Martin, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Cassas (Louis François). [Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte], 3 vol., first edition, [Paris], [1799]. £8,000 to £12,000.Forum Auctions
A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World:
The Library of a Gentleman
14th NovemberForum, Nov. 14: La Chappelle (Georges). Recueil de Divers Portraits des Principales Dames de la Porte du Grand Turc, first edition, Paris, 1648. £8,000 to £12,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Fossati (Gaspard). Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, 1852. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Pertusier (Charles). Promenades Pittoresques dans Constantinople et sur les Rives du Bosphore, 4 vol., inc Atlas, first edition, Paris, H. Nicolle, 1815-17. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Brindesi (Jean). Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition, [Paris], [1855-60]. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Le Bruyn (Cornelius). Voyage au Levant, first French edition, Delft, Henri de Kroonevelt, 1700. £3,000 to £4,000. -
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b3755d4d-1805-4e33-969b-59cca97eb26e.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], \"Carter Dickson\" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b1a17968-ead3-471f-b6b2-ccd4e31c0e2c.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] \"Nicholas Blake\". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.")
Forum Auctions
Online Sale:
The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
Ending 7th November, 2024Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.Forum Auctions
Online Sale:
The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
Ending 7th November, 2024Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
Sothebys: The Library of Pierre Berge: The Final Chapter - online 10/14, pf2433, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 28, 2024 - October 28, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Merimee, Prosper | Carmen. |
Paris | 1846 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 7,200.00 |
| 102 | Michel, Louise | Legendes et chants de gestes canaques. Avec dessins et vocabulaires. |
Paris | 1885 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,840.00 |
| 103 | Mistral, Frederic | Mireio. Pouemo prouvencau. [...] (avec la traduction litterale en regard.) |
Avignon | 1859 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 7,800.00 |
| 104 | Mistral, Frederic | Nerto, nouvelle provencale / nouvello prouvencalo... |
Paris | 1884 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,400.00 |
| 105 | Musset, Alfred de | Contes d'Espagne et d'Italie. |
Paris | 1830 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 11,400.00 |
| 106 | Musset, Alfred de | La Confession d'un enfant du siecle. |
Paris | 1836 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 13,200.00 |
| 107 | Nerval, Gerard de - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Faust, tragedie de Goethe : nouvelle traduction complete, en prose et en vers, par Gerard. |
Paris | 1835 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,640.00 |
| 108 | Nerval, Gerard de - Jacques Cazotte - Edouard de Beaumont | Le Diable amoureux. Roman fantastique [...] precede de sa vie, de son proces, et de ses propheties et revelations par Gerard de Nerval. |
Paris | 1845 | EUR 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 8,400.00 |
| 109 | Nietzsche, Friedrich | Unzeitgemasse Betrachtungen. Erstes Stuck [-Viertes Stuck]. |
Leipzig et Schloss-Chemnitz | 1873-1876. | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 110 | Orleans, Charles d' | Poesies de Charles d'Orleans, pere de Louis XII et oncle de Francois Ier, rois de France. |
Grenoble | 1803 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 8,400.00 |
| 111 | Pouchkine, Alexandre | Poltava [Poltava]. |
Saint-Petersbourg | 1829 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 33,600.00 |
| 112 | Renan, Ernest | Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse. [Et] Feuilles detachees. Faisant suite aux Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse. |
Paris | 1883 et 1892. | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,400.00 |
| 113 | Rimbaud, Arthur | Comptes rendus des seances de la commission centrale de la Societe de geographie . Annees 1883, 1884, 1887, 1888, 1892. |
Paris | 1883-1892. | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,560.00 |
| 114 | Rossini, Gioachino | Otello --- Semiramide --- Il Barbiere di Siviglia. |
Ensemble de 3 partitions. | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,560.00 | |
| 115 | Sand, George | Consuelo. [Avec :] La Comtesse de Rudolstadt. |
Paris | 1842-1844. | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 20,400.00 |
| 116 | [Schopenhauer, Arthur] | Kan Menneskets frie Villie bevises af dets Selvbevidsthed ? [Le libre arbitre peut-il etre demontre par le temoignage de la conscience de soi ?]. |
Trondhjem | 1840 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,200.00 |
| 117 | Schubert, Franz | Winterreise von Wilhelm Muller. In Musik gesetzt fur eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte [...] 89stes Werk, 1te[-IIte] Abtheilung. |
Vienne | [1828]. | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,840.00 |
| 118 | Schumann, Robert | Kreisleriana. Fantasien fur Piano-Forte. Seinem Freunde Herrn F. Chopin zugeignet [...] 16tes Werk. |
Wien | [1839]. | EUR 500.00 - 750.00 | EUR 1,200.00 |
| 119 | Schwob, Marcel | Deux ouvrages en edition originale, avec envois. Coeur double. |
Paris | 1891 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,320.00 |
| 120 | Scott, Sir Walter | Marmion ; A Tale of Flodden Field. |
Edimbourg et Londres | 1808 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,200.00 |
| 121 | Shelley, Percy Bysshe | Alastor; or, the Spirit of Solitude: and other Poems. |
London | 1816 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,200.00 |
| 122 | [Stendhal, Henri Beyle dit] - Germaine de Stael | Considerations sur les principaux evenemens de la Revolution francoise, ouvrage posthume, publie par M. le duc de Broglie et M. le baron de Stael. |
Paris | 1818 | EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | EUR 168,000.00 |
| 123 | Stendhal, Henri Beyle dit | De l'amour. |
Paris | 1822 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,600.00 |
| 124 | Stendhal, Henri Beyle dit | Armance, ou Quelques scenes d'un salon de Paris en 1827. |
Paris | 1827 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 7,800.00 |
| 125 | Stendhal, Henri Beyle dit | Promenades dans Rome. |
Paris | 1829 | EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | EUR 72,000.00 |
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a5a37a4-bc84-4fa8-b8b8-bad6106a9297.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00aa5647-98fa-42e5-aa1f-e306d308a753.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/529a982d-de64-41cf-b68c-93f0df023bfc.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5c121f9c-5368-40ac-a487-76508b5ac622.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.")
