Zwiggelaar Auctions: Books and Graphics, 35, Amsterdam

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 15, 2026 - June 19, 2026

Page Size: 2516 items in 101 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
125	Gide Andre; Aveline Claude; Ayme; Benda J; Bousquet J; de Gourmont R; Prevert J	Gide, Andre. Four titles: (1) La porte etroite. Roman	Paris; Maastricht; Liege; The Hague	1947; 1930; 1929; 1941; 1925; 1926; 1939; 1955	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 126.80
126	Green Julien; Carrington L; Carrieri R; Maeterlinck M; Gevers M; Tzara T; Rilke R.M.	Green, Julien. Five titles, each w. autograph signed dedication, to translator Martin Premsela	Paris; Zwolle	1930; 1951; 1951; 1949; 1895; 1931; 1947; 1935	EUR 70.00 - 140.00	EUR 88.76
127	Harbou Thea von	Harbou, Thea von. Metropolis	Berlin	ND (ca. 1927)	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,141.20
128	Harraden Beatrice	Harraden, Beatrice. Voorbijgaande Schepen in Donkeren Nacht	Amsterdam	1894	EUR 80.00 - 150.00	EUR 101.44
129	Hauser Carry; Haas Robert	[Hauser, C.] Sachs, Hanns. Ein Tischzucht	Vienna	1922	EUR 80.00 - 150.00	EUR 139.48
130	Hugo Victor	Hugo, Victor. Notre-Dame de Paris	Paris	1844	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
131	Jarry Alfred	Jarry, Alfred. Oeuvres completes	Lausanne; Amsterdam	1948; 1922; 1938	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
132	Larbaud Valery; Verlaine P; Valery P	Larbaud, Valery. Paris de France	Maastricht; Paris; Bussum	1926; 1921; 1927	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	EUR 240.92
133	Haraucourt Edmond	Le sire de Chambley (=Edmond Haraucourt). La legende des sexes	Brussels	1882; 1883	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
134	Claudel P; Pushkin; Manley Hopkins G; Pirandello L; Ponge F; Balzac	[Literary periodicals] Mesures		1935-40	EUR 80.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
135	Mann Thomas	Mann, Thomas. Proof copy for Deutsche Horer		1945	EUR 250.00 - 500.00	EUR 456.48
136	O'Hara Frank	O'Hara, Frank (1926-66). Ten typoscript poems		1960s	EUR 80.00 - 150.00	EUR 2,028.80
137	Pinthus Kurt	Pinthus, Kurt. Menschheitsdammerung (dedication copy)	Berlin	1920	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	EUR 152.16
138	Marques Rene	[Puerto Rico] Marques, Rene. Teatro	Mexico City	1959	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
139	d'Ardenne Jean	[Rops, F.] d'Ardenne, Jean. Notes d'un Vagabond, signed copy	Brussels	1887	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 126.80
140	Tsvetaeva Marina	[Russian literature] Tsvetaeva, Marina. Razluka. Kniga stikhov	Moscow; Berlin	1922	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 760.80
141	Schlegel August Wilhelm; Metzoldt Erich; Harris F	Schlegel, August Wilhelm and Erich Metzoldt. Ion. Schauspiel in funf Aufzugen	Munich; New York	1920; 1916	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
142	Oster Marcel; Erens Emile	Seven (rare) titles: (1) Oster, Marcel. under monogram M.O.: Croquis	Antwerp; Maastricht	1926; 1931	EUR 70.00 - 140.00	EUR 88.76
143	Tennyson Alfred	Tennyson, Alfred. In Memoriam, first edition	London	1850	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 253.60
144	Tolkien J.R.R.; Swann Donald	Tolkien, J.R.R. The Road Goes Ever On. A Song Cycle		1968	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	EUR 190.20
145	Vernes Jules	Vernes, Jules. Voyages Extraordinaires	Paris	ca. 1900	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	EUR 88.76
146	Walker Scott	Walker, Scott. Sundog, signed copy		2018	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
147	Whiting Lilian	Whiting, Lilian. Lilies of eternal peace	London	1908	EUR 70.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
148	Woolf Virginia; Dahl R.; Shute N.	Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse	Hamburg; Paris; Milan; London; Melbourne; London; Toronto	1932; 1960; 1957	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
149	Wyatt Robert; Benge Alfie	Wyatt, Robert & Alfie Benge. Side by Side		2020	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	EUR 481.84

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.