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

Auction Details

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
437	PEREC (Georges).	Alphabets. Cent soixante-seize onzains heterogrammatiques.	Paris	1985	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 313.00
438	PONGE (Francis).	Le Savon.	Paris	1967	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 200.00
439	PROUST (Marcel).	A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs.	Paris	1918	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 500.00
440	PROUST (Marcel).	A la recherche du temps perdu. [Tomes III-VIII].	Paris	1920-1927	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 750.00
441	SAMAIN (Albert).	Aux flancs du vase.	Paris	1902	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
442	SAMAIN (Albert).	Lettres a tante Jules.	Paris	1933	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 150.00
443	SARRAUTE (Nathalie).	Le Planetarium.	Paris	1959	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 80.00
444	SARTRE (Jean-Paul).	Visages precede de Portraits officiels.	Paris	1948	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
445	SCHNEIDER (Marcel).	Entre deux vanites.	Paris	1967	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
446	SIMENON (Georges).	Les Pitard.	Paris	1935	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
447	SIMENON (Georges).	Pedigree.	Paris	1948; 1945; 1994	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 150.00
448	SIMENON (Georges).	Quand j'etais vieux.	Paris	1970	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 200.00
449	THIBON (Gustave).	Ensemble 2 ouvrages.	Lyon	1943; 1944	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 200.00
450	TOURNIER (Michel).	Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique.	Paris	1967	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 375.00
451	TOURNIER (Michel).	Le Roi des Aulnes.	Paris	1970	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
452	VAILLAND (Roger).	La Truite.	Paris	1964; 1968	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
453	VALERY (Paul).	Variete. – Variete II. – Variete III. – Variete IV.	Paris	1924-1938	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
454	VARILLON (Pierre).	Ensemble 2 ouvrages.	Lyon	1941; 1942	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
455	VIALATTE (Alexandre).	Battling le tenebreux ou la Mue perilleuse.	Paris	1928	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 313.00
456	VIALATTE (Alexandre).	Badonce et les creatures.	Uzes	1937	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 375.00
457	VIALATTE (Alexandre).	Petites statues de la vie precaire de Jean Dubuffet, du 19 octobre au 10 novembre 1954.	Paris	1954	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 313.00
458	VIALATTE (Alexandre).	La Maison du joueur de flute. Geographie du Grand Tourment.	Paris	1986	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 200.00
459	VIALATTE (Alexandre).	La Dame du Job.	Paris	1986	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 313.00
460	VIAN (Boris).	Le Gouter des generaux. [Paris],	Paris	1962	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
461	[VIAN (Boris)].	Deux publications du College de ’Pataphysique. [1959-1962].		1959; 1962	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00

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.