ALDE: Rare original literary editions - Baudelairean memories, 42226, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 213 | GIDE (Andre). | Les Faux-monnayeurs. |
Paris | 1925 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,750.00 |
| 214 | GIONO (Jean). | Le Grand Troupeau. |
Paris | 1931 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 215 | GRACQ (Julien). | Un balcon en foret. |
Paris | 1958 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 216 | GRACQ (Julien). | Preferences. |
Paris | 1961 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 217 | GRACQ (Julien). | Lettrines 2. |
Paris | 1974 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 218 | GRACQ (Julien). | Autour des sept collines. |
Paris | 1988 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 438.00 |
| 219 | GRACQ (Julien). | Entretiens. |
Paris | 2002 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 220 | GRACQ (Julien). | Manuscrits de guerre. |
Paris | 2011 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 221 | GRACQ (Julien). | Environ 50 L.A.S. ou L.S. adressees a Julien Gracq, par des directeurs de revues, des editeurs, des traducteurs ou agents litteraires, |
1940-1977 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 222 | HEMINGWAY (Ernest). | Paris est une fete. |
Paris | 1964 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,750.00 |
| 223 | HEMINGWAY (Ernest). | Au-dela du fleuve et sous les arbres. |
Paris | 1965 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 250.00 |
| 224 | HEMON (Louis). | Maria Chapdelaine. Recit du Canada francais. [Montreal, J.-A. Le Febvre] ; |
Paris | [1916] | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,875.00 |
| 225 | HOUELLEBECQ (Michel). | H. P. Lovecraft. Contre le monde, contre la vie. |
Monaco | 1991 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 226 | HOUELLEBECQ (Michel). | La Possibilite d’une ile. |
Paris | 2005 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 227 | HOUELLEBECQ (Michel). | Soumission. |
Paris | 2015 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,125.00 |
| 228 | HOUELLEBECQ (Michel). | Serotonine. |
Paris | 2019 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 229 | HOUELLEBECQ (Michel). | Aneantir. |
Paris | 2022 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 230 | ILIAZD (Ilia Zdanevitch, dit). | Ledentu le Phare. |
Paris | 1923 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 231 | JOUHANDEAU (Marcel). | Journaliers. |
Paris | 1961-1982 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 232 | KESSEL (Joseph). | Les Cavaliers. |
Paris | 1967 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,750.00 |
| 233 | KIPLING (Rudyard). | The Two Jungle Books. |
Londres | 1924 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 234 | LARBAUD (Valery). | 200 chambres 200 salles de bains. |
La Haye | 1927 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 235 | LE CLEZIO (J. M. G.). | Tempete. |
Paris | 2014 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,500.00 |
| 236 | LEAUTAUD (Paul). | Le Petit ami. |
Paris | 1903 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 237 | LEAUTAUD (Paul). | Journal litteraire. |
Paris | 1954-1966 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’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, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, 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.