ALDE: Online - First Editions from the 19th to the 21st Century, 42226a, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285 | AUTOGRAPHES. Correspondance litteraire et divers. |
N/A | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 286 | AYME (Marcel). | Ensemble 5 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1929; 1946; 1950; 1957; 1960 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 287 | BEAUVOIR (Simone de). | Ensemble 5 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1958; 1960; 1963; 1966; 1967 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 288 | BELLMER (Hans). | Ensemble 2 lettres autographes signees. |
1948 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 289 | BERAUD (Henri). | Ensemble 3 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1927; 1933; 1953 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 290 | CARTONNAGES BONET. | Ensemble 10 ouvrages en cartonnage d'editeur realise d'apres la maquette de Paul Bonet. |
1948; 1952; 1957; 1954; 1950; 1947; 1953 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 291 | DEON (Michel). | Ensemble 2 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1978; 1981 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 292 | EDITIONS ALBIN MICHEL. | Ensemble 15 ouvrages. |
1975; 1976; 1973; 1968; 1974; 1971; 1956; 1972; 1966; 1977 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 293 | EDITIONS FLAMMARION. | Ensemble 45 ouvrages broches, certains avec envois. |
1972; 1977; 1968; 1963; 1976; 1965; 1971; 1973; 1970; 1962; 1966; 1974; 1964; 1975; 1972; 1969; 1959; 1967; 1966; 1974; 1971; 1955; 1972; 1971; 1965; 1961; 1968; 1974; 1963; 1962 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 294 | EDITIONS GALLIMARD. | Ensemble 4 ouvrages. |
Paris | 2017; 2022; 2025 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 295 | EDITIONS GALLIMARD. | Ensemble 44 ouvrages broches, certains avec envois. |
1973; 1965; 1977; 1972; 1966; 1967; 1963; 1967; 1973; 1969; 1966; 1965; 1974; 1973; 1966; 1975; 1971; 1965; 1972; 1967; 1972; 1965; 1972; 1959; 1971; 1967; 1966; 1974; 1963; 1962 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,500.00 | |
| 296 | EDITIONS GRASSET. | Ensemble 18 ouvrages broches avec envois. |
1976; 1972; 1974; 1971; 1965; 1975; 1971; 1976; 1964; 1975; 1978; 1971 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 313.00 | |
| 297 | EDITIONS ROBERT LAFFONT. | Ensemble 11 ouvrages. |
1966; 1965; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1974; 1969; 1973; 1967; 1969 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 298 | FARRERE (Claude). | Ensemble 10 ouvrages, la plupart en edition originale. |
Paris | 1908; 1910; 1914; 1920; 1925; 1932 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 299 | FRANCE (Anatole). | Ensemble 3 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1893; 1920 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 300 | GIONO (Jean). | Ensemble 2 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1929; 1943 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 301 | GREEN (Julien). | Ensemble 5 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1963; 1964; 1966; 1971; 1977 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 302 | HARDELLET (Andre) | Ensemble 4 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1962; 1966; 1973; 1958 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 303 | HUGO (Victor). | Ensemble 3 ouvrages. |
Paris; Bruxelles | 1835; 1837; 1840; 1832 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 800.00 |
| 304 | LA VARENDE (Jean de). | Ensemble 10 ouvrages. |
Paris; Monaco | 1938; 1939; 1943; 1944; 1946; 1947; 1949 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 305 | LE CLEZIO (J. M. G.). | Ensemble 3 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1966; 1970; 1975 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 250.00 |
| 306 | LE CLEZIO (J. M. G.). | Ensemble 7 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1969 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 307 | LHOTE (Andre). | Ensemble 4 lettres autographes signees et une lettre dactylographiee signee. |
1934; 1936 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 308 | LITTERATURE. | Ensemble 3 volumes. |
Paris | 1888; 1901 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 150.00 |
| 309 | LITTERATURE. | Ensemble 3 volumes. |
Strasbourg; Paris | 1937; 1936; c. 1944 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 125.00 |
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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.