ALDE: Original Editions from the 19th and 20th Centuries, 91725, Paris

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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Page Size: 289 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 POE (Edgar Allan).

Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires. ---- Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym. Traduction de Charles Baudelaire.

Paris 1862 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 138.00
27 SAND (George).

Billet autographe signe a Andre Boutet, date

Nohant EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 163.00
28 STENDHAL.

Le Rouge et le noir. Chronique du XIXe siecle.

Paris 1831 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 23,750.00
29 STENDHAL.

Journal d'Italie. OEuvres posthumes.

Paris 1911 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,375.00
30 STEVENSON (Robert Louis).

Voyage avec un ane dans les Cevennes.

Paris 1925 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 563.00
31 TOLSTOI (Leon).

La Sonate de Kreutzer.

Paris 1890 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 750.00
32 VERNE (Jules).

De la Terre a la lune. Trajet direct en 97 heures.

Paris s.d. [1865] EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,000.00
33 VIGNY (Alfred de).

Cinq-Mars, ou Une conjuration sous Louis XIII.

Paris 1826 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 313.00
34 VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM (Auguste de).

L'Eve future.

Paris 1886 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,875.00
35 WAGNER (Richard).

Art et Politique (1ere partie) [seule parue].

Bruxelles 1868 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 375.00
36 ZOLA (Emile).

Lettre autographe signee, datee

Medan 24 novembre 1884 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 313.00
37 PERGAUD (Louis).

De Goupil a Margot. Histoire des betes.

Paris 1910 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,125.00
38 LOT.

Ensemble 8 Prix Goncourt (1903-1910).

EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 563.00
39 CHATEAUBRIANT (Alphonse de).

Monsieur des Lourdines.

Paris 1911 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
40 BARBUSSE (Henri).

Le Feu (Journal d'une escouade).

Paris 1916 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,125.00
41 LOT.

Ensemble 5 Prix Goncourt (1911-1920).

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,000.00
42 MARAN (Rene).

Batouala.

Paris 1921 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 4,000.00
43 GENEVOIX (Maurice).

Raboliot.

Paris 1925 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,125.00
44 LOT.

Ensemble 9 Prix Goncourt (1921-1930).

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,250.00
45 LOT.

Ensemble 9 Prix Goncourt (1931-1940).

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,375.00
46 LOT.

Ensemble 9 Prix Goncourt (1941-1950).

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,000.00
47 GRACQ (Julien).

Le Rivage des Syrtes.

Paris 1951 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,375.00
48 BEAUVOIR (Simone de).

Les Mandarins.

Paris 1954 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,188.00
49 GARY (Romain).

Les Racines du ciel.

Paris 1956 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,000.00
50 LOT.

Ensemble 6 Prix Goncourt (1951-1960).

EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,000.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.