ALDE: Rare original literary editions - Baudelairean memories, 42226, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026

Page Size: 272 items in 11 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	BARBEY D’AUREVILLY (Jules).	Ensemble 3 lettres et une carte autographes signees.	Hotel Grandval Caligny [Valognes]	26 août 1875	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,250.00
27	BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules).	XIXe siecle. Les Œuvres et les Hommes. Les Bas-Bleus.	Paris	1878	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
28	BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules).	Une histoire sans nom.	Paris	1882	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 500.00
29	BARBEY D’AUREVILLY (Jules).	Manuscrit autographe extrait de Ce qui ne meurt pas.	S.l.	n.d.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,000.00
30	BARBEY D’AUREVILLY (Jules).	Le Theatre contemporain.	Paris	1887	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 250.00
35	[BAUDELAIRE (Charles)].	[MISSEL]. Imitation de Jesus-Christ, par Gonnelieu, avec pratiques et prieres.	Paris	1843	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,875.00
39	[BAUDELAIRE (Charles)].	Portrait de la famille d'Alphonse Baudelaire [vers 1840].		[vers 1840]	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,250.00
41	[BAUDELAIRE (Charles)].	[Album amicorum de Felicite Baudelaire]. [Fontainebleau, vers 1831-1840].	[Fontainebleau,	vers 1831-1840]	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
43	[BAUDELAIRE (Charles)].	Portrait photographique de Felicite Baudelaire.		N/A	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 375.00
46	[BAUDELAIRE (Charles)]. GEROTHWOHL (Joseph), d'apres.	Portrait du general Aupick.		N/A	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 250.00
47	[BAUDELAIRE (Charles)]. CARJAT (Etienne).	Portrait de Charles Baudelaire.	Paris	s.d. [décembre 1861]	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 9,000.00
48	BAUDELAIRE (Charles).	Les Fleurs du Mal.	Paris	1857	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 30,000.00
49	BAUDELAIRE (Charles).	Lettre autographe a sa mere, signee C. B. S.l.,	S.l.,	23 octobre 1858	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 5,625.00
50	BAUDELAIRE (Charles).	Les Paradis artificiels. Opium et Haschich.	Paris	1860	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 22,500.00
51	[BAUDELAIRE (Charles)]. MANET (Edouard).	Portrait de Charles Baudelaire.		1865	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
52	BAUDELAIRE (Charles).	Les Epaves. Amsterdam [Bruxelles], A l'enseigne du Coq [Poulet-Malassis et de Broise],	Amsterdam [Bruxelles],	1866	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
53	BOREL (Petrus).	Champavert, contes immoraux.	Paris	1833	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,375.00
54	CEARD (Henry).	Terrain a vendre au bord de la mer.	Paris	1906	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
55	CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de).	Œuvres completes.	Paris	1833-1834	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
56	CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de).	Vie de Rance.	Paris	s.d. [1844]	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 375.00
57	CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de).	Memoires d'outre-tombe.	Paris	1849-1850	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 11,625.00
58	CORBIERE (Tristan).	Les Amours jaunes.	Paris	1873	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
59	DAUDET (Alphonse).	Les Amoureuses. Paris, Jules Tardieu, 1858. – La Double conversion.	Paris	1861	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
60	DAUDET (Alphonse).	Lettres de mon moulin.	Paris	s.d. [1869]	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,000.00
61	DAUDET (Alphonse).	Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon.	Paris	1872	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 750.00

Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7

Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000

Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000

Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000

Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.