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Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan. -
Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026 -
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: The ‘Saxe-Meiningen Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France or adjacent southern Netherlands, second half of the thirteenth century]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: Turing (Alan).- Alan Turing's Slide Rule, engraved initials "A.M.T. Noli Hoc Furari", alongside other ephemera, housed in early 20th-century letter box, [mid.1920s-40s]. £6,000-8,000Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, later impressions, each vol. signed by the author, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1957-58. £15,000-20,000Forum, Nov. 19: Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, [1862]-73; plus a presentation copy of Gould's Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain (6). £35,000-45,000Forum, Nov. 19: Galilei (Galileo). Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle Macchie Solari e loro accidenti, comprese in tre lettere scritte all’illustrissimo signor Marco Velseri Linceo, first edition, Rome, 1613. £15,000-20,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000Forum, Nov. 19: Kitchin (Thomas). A New Universal Atlas, first edition with maps in full original hand-colouring, Printed and Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1796. £8,000-12,000Forum, Nov. 19: Cassas (Louis François). Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte, 2 vol., first edition, [Paris], 1799. £10,000-15,000 -
Heritage, Dec. 9: Philip K. Dick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? First edition, author Brian Aldiss’ copy.Heritage, Dec. 9: Robert A. Heinlein. Assignment in Eternity. First edition, inscribed by Heinlein to author “Doc” Smith.Heritage, Dec. 9: Frank Herbert. Dune. First edition, inscribed by Herbert to his literary agent.Heritage, Dec. 9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. First edition, first impression, in an unrestored dust jacket.Heritage, Dec. 9: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare, perhaps unique variant, English sheets bound in an American Osgood binding.Heritage, Dec. 9: Isaac Asimov. The Naked Sun. First edition, inscribed by Asimov to Alex Berman, founder of Phantasia Press.
Auction Reports
Beaussant Lefevre
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Pictures, Furniture and Objets D'Art
- Auction Date
- 11/04/2026 - 11/04/2026
- Sale Number
- #182469
- Total Lots
- 51
- Sold Lots
- 48.0
- Lots Sold
- 94.12%
- Unsold Lots
- 3
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 12,558.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 5,780.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 8,699.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 6,270.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 9,509.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 132.06%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Ensemble de 27 lettres des Etats-Unis |
1869-1870 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,803.00 | |
| 13 | Rayonnages de livres anciens des XVIIIe et XIXe siecles |
XVIIIe; XIXe | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 1,674.00 | |
| 36 | Felibien Michel (1665-1719); Lobineau (1667-1727) | Histoire de la ville de Paris |
1725; 1726 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,437.00 |
| 18 | Bibliotheque d'ouvrages broches du XXeme siecle |
XXEME | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 1,030.00 | |
| 20B | Clavel Bernard (1923-2010) | Les fruits de l'hiver |
1968 | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 849.00 |
| 103 | Denis Maurice (1870-1943) | Le reflet dans la fontaine |
N/A | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 392.00 |
| 57 | Toppfer | Mannette de livres |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 322.00 |
| 52 | Chretien De Troyes; Dante | 9 Books, including: Jeux et sapience du Moyen-Age |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 274.00 |
| 37 | Gautier Theophile; Hugo Victor; Vigny Alfred de | 8 Books, including: Romans, contes et nouvelles |
N/A | EUR 70.00 - 90.00 | EUR 261.00 |
| 39 | Saint Francois de Sales; Saint-Augustin; Bossuet Jacques-Benigne; Fenelon Francois de; Luther Martin | 9 Books, including: OEuvres |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 258.00 |
| 17 | Baudelaire Charles; Chateaubriand; Decaux Alain; Lamartine; Shakespeare; Benezit; Moliere; Manet; Renoir; Gauguin; Rembrandt | 100 Books, including: L'art Romantique |
XXème | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 258.00 |
| 104 | Terechkovich Constantin (1902-1978); Uria Monzon Antonio (1929-1996) | La famille du peintre; Les trois chevaux; Personnages et chevres; Personnage |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 60.00 | EUR 235.00 |
| 43 | Saint-Simon | 17 Books, including: Memoires |
N/A | EUR 70.00 - 90.00 | EUR 235.00 |
| 40 | Morand Paul; Celine Louis-Ferdinand; Simenon Georges | 6 Books, including: Nouvelles completes |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 70.00 | EUR 232.00 |
| 55 | De Gaulle Charles; Malraux Andre | 8 Books, including: Memoires |
N/A | EUR 70.00 - 90.00 | EUR 196.00 |
| 44 | Aragon Louis; Martin Du Gard Roger | 7 Books, including: OEuvres romanesques completes |
N/A | EUR 70.00 - 90.00 | EUR 196.00 |
| 45 | Wilde Oscar; Melville; Austen Jane; Bronte Emily; Carroll Lewis | 6 Books, including: OEuvres |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 157.00 |
| 23 | Baudelaire; Proust; Balzac; Musset; Gide | 10 Books, including: Baudelaire |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 157.00 |
| 34 | 5 Books, including: Histoire de la philosophie |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 157.00 | |
| 30 | Joyce James; Faulkner William | 5 Books, including: Oeuvres |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 157.00 |
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