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Tessier & Sarrou and Associates: Books and Manuscripts

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 28,004.00
Auction Date December 20, 2024 - December 20, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 27,960.00
Sale Number #159991 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 37,240.00
Total Lots 238
Sold Lots 108 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 134,480.00
% of Lots Sold 45.38% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 174,480.00
Unsold Lots 130 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 16.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
180

[MAP] Map of the Seignelay estate
Title with armorial cartouche, view of Colbert's former chateau, old polychrome, 238 x 130 cm, (accidents).

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,432.00
184

Tables analytique et raisonnee des matieres contenues dans les 33 volumes in-folio des dictionnaires des sciences.

1753 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 1,920.00
63 COCTEAU Jean

Set of handwritten poems used for his collection, Appogiatures

1953). EUR 2,700.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,280.00
32 Jean-Francois CHAMPOLLION (1790-1832).

Autograph letter to his wife Rosine Blanc "Madame Champollion jeune" in Grenoble (address on back).

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,024.00
70 DEON Michel

Le barbare au paradis.

1987 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 960.00
48 CHARDONNE Jacques

Le ciel de Nieflheim.

1943 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 768.00
122 MORAND Paul

Paris-Tombouctou.

1928 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 742.00
129 PEYREFITTE Roger

Les amours de Lucien de Samosate.

1954 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 640.00
191 BRUCE.

Cartes et figures du Voyage en Abyssinie.

1792 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 640.00
15 BARBEY d'AUREVILLY Jules

Du dandysme et de G. BRUMMELL.

1861 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 576.00
208 DE MONARQUE.

Atlas methodique et elementaire de geographie et d'histoire.

1790 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 576.00
14 BALZAC Honore

Histoire de la grandeur et de la decadence de Cesar Birotteau.

1838 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 512.00
66 (COLLOT Andre) POE Edgar Allen

The adventures of Gordon Pym.

1930 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 512.00
75 DUFY Raoul/LA VARENDE Jean de

Les centaures et les jeux.

1957 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 512.00
83 GRACQ Julien

Carnets du grand chemin.

1992 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 512.00
192 CAILLIE Rene.

Journey to Temboctou and Genne.

1830 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 512.00
51 CHARDONNE Jacques

Letters to Roger NIMIER.

1954 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 486.00
107 MODIANO Patrick

Nos debuts dans la vie.

2017 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 486.00
227

Set of 16th and 17th century works.

16th and 17th century EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 486.00
67 [CORSICA] Nicolaos Stephanopoli de Comnene

Genius of the Greek and Spartan colonies and the indigenous people of Corsica.

1843 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 448.00
157

MICHELIN GUIDE 9th year.

1908 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 448.00
73 DRIEU LA ROCHELLE Pierre

L'homme couvert de femmes.

1925 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 384.00
74B DRIEU LA ROCHELLE Pierre

Les Francais d'Europe.

1944 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 384.00
79 FRANCE Anatole

Histoire comique.

1905 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 384.00
217

[ROME] Ancient Rome.

1665 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 384.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD