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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 310 | LITTERATURE. | Ensemble 4 volumes. |
Paris | 1928; 1946; 1947; c. 1942 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 311 | LITTERATURE. | Ensemble 5 ouvrages. |
Paris; Rodez | 1907; 1925; 1926; 1969 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 312 | LITTERATURE. | Ensemble 5 volumes. |
Paris | 1936; 1941; 1944; 1933; 1927 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 313 | LITTERATURE. | Ensemble 9 volumes. |
Paris | 1884; 1878; 1931; 1897; 1822; 1863 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 314 | LITTERATURE. | Ensemble 9 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1972; 2024; 2025; 2023; 1987 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 8,125.00 |
| 315 | LITTERATURE. | Ensemble 18 ouvrages relies. |
Paris; S. l.; Le Jas du Revest Saint Martin | 1916; 1909; 1918; 1945; 1926; 1928; 1911; 1968; 1953; 1957; 1961; 1946; ND; 1927; 1926; 1927; 1936; 1930 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 300.00 |
| 316 | LITTERATURE. | Ensemble 3 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1833; 1865; 1876 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 317 | LITTERATURE. | Ensemble 22 ouvrages, certains avec envoi. |
Paris | 1968; 1967; 1975; 1946; 1976; 1977; 1974; 1976; 1976; 1971; 1965; 1973; 1972; 1974; 1961; 1967; 1977; 1975; 1977; 1976; 1929; 1969 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 318 | LITTERATURE. | Ensemble 59 ouvrages sur grand papier en edition originale. |
N/A | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,500.00 | |
| 319 | MALRAUX (Andre). | Ensemble 4 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1967; 1974; 1975; 1974 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 320 | MAUROIS (Andre). | Ensemble 3 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1927; 1930; 1952 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 321 | MODIANO (Patrick). | Ensemble 7 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1989; 2014; 2017; 2019; 2021; 2023; 2025 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 322 | ORMESSON (Jean d'). | Ensemble 10 ouvrages sur grand papier en edition originale. |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 323 | PEREC (Georges). | Ensemble 8 volumes avec envoi autographe signe de l'auteur. |
Paris; Auvers-sur-Oise | 1966; 1967; 1969; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1978; 1979 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 6,250.00 |
| 324 | PEREC (Georges). | Ensemble 3 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1978; 1979; 1980 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 563.00 |
| 325 | PRIX GONCOURT. | Ensemble 33 ouvrages laureats du prix Goncourt de 1981 a 2018, en edition originale, exemplaires broches. |
Paris | 1982; 1983; 1984; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2012; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2018 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 326 | QUENEAU (Raymond). | Ensemble 4 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1933; 1967; 1969; 1975 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 327 | QUIGNARD (Pascal). | Ensemble 10 ouvrages sur grand papier en edition originale. |
N/A | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 328 | QUIGNARD (Pascal). | Ensemble 11 volumes. |
Paris | 2005; 2006; 2006; 2006; 2006; 2006; 2006; 2008; 2011; 2013 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 329 | SAGAN (Francoise). | Ensemble 5 volumes avec envoi. |
Paris | 1972; 1975; 1984; 1985; 1996 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 330 | SARRAUTE (Nathalie). | Ensemble 4 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1948; 1976; 1980; 1989 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 331 | SARRAUTE (Nathalie). | Ensemble 2 ouvrages. |
Paris | 1953; 1963 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 438.00 |
| 332 | SOLLERS (Philippe). | Ensemble 9 ouvrages sur grand papier en edition originale. |
Paris | 1997 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 333 | VERLAINE (Paul). | Poemes saturniens. – Fetes galantes. – La Bonne chanson. – Romances sans paroles. – Sagesse. – Jadis et Naguere. – Parallelement. |
Paris | 1946 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 334 | VIALATTE (Alexandre). | Ensemble 5 ouvrages. |
Paris; Uzes | 1957; 1937; 1951; 1936; 1968 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 875.00 |
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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.