ALDE: Original Bindings & Modern Illustrated Books, 52726, Paris

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Auction Report
Auction Date
May 27, 2026 - May 27, 2026
Page Size: 350 items in 14 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Boileau-Despreaux Nicolas

Œuvres poetiques

Paris 1889 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,750.00
2 Hugo Victor

Notre-Dame de Paris

Paris 1889 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 750.00
3 Dumas Alexandre

Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge

Paris 1894 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,000.00
4 Theocrite

L'Oaristys

Paris 1896 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
5 Uzanne Octave

Les Rassemblements. Physiologies de la rue

Paris 1896 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,125.00
6 Villon Francois

Les Ballades

Paris 1896 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 563.00
7 Homere

Nausikaa

Paris 1899 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 625.00
8 Verlaine Paul

Fetes galantes

Paris 1899 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,250.00
9 Bouilhet Louis

Melaenis. Conte romain

Evreux 1900 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
10 Hermant Abel

Les Confidences d'une aieule

Paris 1900 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,000.00
11 Nodier Charles

Histoire du Chien de Brisquet

Paris 1900 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,125.00
12 Samosate Lucien de

Scenes de courtisanes

Paris 1901 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,000.00
13 France Anatole

Le Procurateur de Judee

Paris 1902 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 875.00
14 Dumont-Wilden Louis

Fernand Khnopff

Bruxelles 1907 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
15 Loti Pierre

Ramuntcho

Paris 1908 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 875.00
16 Shakespeare William

L'Ile enchantee, conte d'apres Shakespeare

Paris 1908 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 250.00
17 Huysmans Joris-Karl

La Cathedrale

Paris 1909 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,875.00
18 Regnier Henri de

Venise. L'encrier rouge. Esquisses et sonnets. Au cafe Quadri

Paris 1912 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 625.00
19 Heredia Jose-Maria de

Les Trophees

Paris 1914 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 375.00
20 Barres Maurice

La Colline inspiree

Paris 1915 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 375.00
21 Barbusse Henri

Le Feu (Journal d'une escouade)

Paris 1918 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
22 Dinet Etienne; Ben Ibrahim Sliman

La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d'Allah

Paris 1918 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
23 Epstein Jean

Bonjour Cinema

Paris 1921 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
24 Iliazd

Ledentu le Phare

Paris 1923 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,000.00
25 Cain Georges

La Seine du Point du Jour a Bercy

Paris 1927 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 7,000.00
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] 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: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.