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
188	CURIE (Pierre et Marie).	Sur une substance nouvelle radio-active contenue dans la pechblende. Note de M. P. Curie et de Mme S. Curie, presentee par M. Becquerel. – Sur une nouvelle substance fortement radio-active, contenue dans la pechblende…, presentee par M. Becquerel. – Sur l	Paris	1898	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,250.00
189	DEBORD (Guy) et Asger JORN.	Fin de Copenhague. [Copenhague],	Le Bauhus imaginiste	1957	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 11,250.00
190	DEON (Michel).	Les Poneys sauvages.	Paris	1970	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 750.00
191	DEON (Michel).	Un taxi mauve.	Paris	1973	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 7,625.00
192	DEON (Michel).	Les Vingt ans du Jeune homme vert.	Paris	1977	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,000.00
193	DORGELES (Roland).	Les Croix de bois.	Paris	s.d. [1919]	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 8,500.00
194	DUNAN (Renee).	Je l’ai echappe belle !	Paris	1927	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 375.00
195	DURAS (Marguerite).	Le Ravissement de Lol. V. Stein.	Paris	1964	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 563.00
196	ELSKAMP (Max).	En symbole vers l’apostolat.	Bruxelles	[1895]	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,750.00
197	ERNST (Max).	Sept microbes vus a travers un temperament.	Paris	1953	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 563.00
198	FARRERE (Claude).	Thomas l'Agnelet, gentilhomme de fortune.	Paris	1913	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 500.00
199	FITZGERALD (F. Scott).	The Great Gatsby.	New-York	1925	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
200	FRAPIE (Leon).	La Maternelle.	Paris	s.d. [1904]	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
201	GARY (Romain).	La Promesse de l'aube.	Paris	1960	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 25,000.00
202	GARY (Romain).	Lady L.	Paris	1963	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
203	GARY (Romain).	Les Mangeurs d'etoiles.	Paris	1966	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 375.00
204	GARY (Romain).	La Danse de Gengis Cohn.	Paris	1967	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 338.00
205	GARY (Romain).	La Tete coupable.	Paris	1968	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
206	GARY (Romain).	Chien blanc.	Paris	1970	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 625.00
207	[GARY (Romain)].	Emile AJAR. La Vie devant soi.	Paris	1975	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 9,250.00
208	GENET (Jean).	Pompes funebres. A Bikini [Paris], aux depens de quelques amateurs [Gaston Gallimard et Robert Chatte],	A Bikini [Paris],	1947	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
209	GENET (Jean).	Querelle de Brest. S.l.n.d. [Paris, Paul Morihien, 1947].	S.l.n.d. [Paris,	1947]	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
210	GENET (Jean).	L'Enfant criminel & ’Adame Miroir.	Paris	1949	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 563.00
211	GIDE (Andre).	Le Voyage d'Urien.	Paris	1893	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 4,250.00
212	GIDE (Andre).	La Symphonie pastorale.	Paris	1919	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 5,250.00

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.