ALDE: Online - First Editions from the 19th to the 21st Century, 42226a, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026
Page Size: 177 items in 8 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
335 VIGNY (Alfred de).

Ensemble 3 ouvrages.

Paris 1864; 1882; c. 1913; 1927; 1942 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
336 BAUDELAIRE (Charles).

Petits poemes lycanthropes. [Paris, Revue du XIXe siecle, 1866].

Paris 1866 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 313.00
337 BAUDELAIRE (Charles).

Petits poemes en prose. Les Paradis artificiels.

Paris 1869 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 375.00
339 CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de).

Atala. Rene. Les Aventures du dernier Abencerage.‎

Paris 1827 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
340 CONSTANT (Benjamin).

Adolphe. Anecdote trouvee dans les papiers d'un inconnu.

Paris; Londres 1816 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
341 CONSTANT (Benjamin).

Journal intime, et lettres a sa famille et a ses amis.

Paris 1895 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 313.00
342 COURTELINE (Georges).

Potiron. – Lidoire et la biscotte.

Paris 1890-1892 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
343 DAUDET (Alphonse).

La Doulou.

Paris 1929 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
344 FLAUBERT (Gustave).

Lettre a la municipalite de Rouen au sujet d'un vote concernant Louis Bouilhet.

Paris 1872 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
345 FRANCE (Anatole).

L'Ile aux pingouins.

Paris 1908 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 200.00
346 FROMENTIN (Eugene).

Dominique.

Paris 1863 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
347 FROMENTIN (Eugene).

Un ete dans le Sahara. Paris, Michel Levy, 1857. – Une annee dans le Sahel.

Paris 1857; 1859 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 375.00
348 HEREDIA (Jose-Maria de).

Les Trophees.

Paris 1893 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 313.00
349 HUGO (Victor).

William Shakespeare.

Paris 1864 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 200.00
350 LAMARTINE (Alphonse de).

Raphael. Pages de la vingtieme annee.

Paris 1849 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 80.00
351 [LAMENNAIS (Felicite de)].

Paroles d’un croyant. 1833.

Paris 1834 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
352 LAUTREAMONT (Isidore Ducasse, dit le Comte de).

Œuvres completes.

Paris 1938 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 313.00
353 LECONTE DE LISLE.

Poesies barbares.

Paris 1862 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 375.00
354 LEMERCIER DE NEUVILLE (Louis).

Medard Robinot casquettier.

Paris 1891 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 100.00
355 [LOTI (Pierre)].

FARRERE (Claude). Manuscrit sur Pierre Loti.

N/A EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 250.00
356 MAUPASSANT (Guy de).

Le Rosier de Madame Husson.

Paris 1888 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 200.00
357 MERIMEE (Prosper).

Melanges historiques et litteraires.

Paris 1855; 1842; 1853 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
358 [NERVAL (Gerard de)].

GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von). Faust. Nouvelle traduction complete, en prose et en vers, par Gerard [de Nerval].

Paris 1835 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
359 PREVOST (Marcel).

Les Demi-vierges.

Paris 1894 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
360 RIMBAUD (Arthur).

Deux sarcasmes. On me paie en bocks et en filles. [Paris],

Paris 2004 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 188.00
  • 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.