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

Auction Details

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
51	LOT.	Ensemble 8 Prix Goncourt (1961-1970).			EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,000.00
52	LAURENT (Jacques).	Les Betises.	Paris	1971	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,500.00
53	[GARY (Romain)]. Emile AJAR.	La Vie devant soi.	Paris	1975	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 17,500.00
54	MODIANO (Patrick).	Rue des boutiques obscures.	Paris	1978	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 9,375.00
55	LOT.	Ensemble 4 Prix Goncourt (1971-1980).			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,500.00
56	LOT.	Ensemble 8 Prix Goncourt (1981-1990).			EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
57	LOT.	Ensemble 9 Prix Goncourt (1991-2000).			EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
58	LOT.	Ensemble 16 Prix Goncourt (2000-2018).			EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
59	ALAIN-FOURNIER.	Le Grand Meaulnes.	Paris	1913	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,000.00
60	APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume).	Il y a.	Paris	1925	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
61	ARAGON (Louis).	Aurelien.	Paris	1944	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 4,250.00
62	ARAGON (Louis).	La Mise a mort.	Paris	1965	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
63	BEAUVOIR (Simone de).	Memoires d'une jeune fille rangee. ---- La Force de l'age. ---- La Force des choses.	Paris	1958	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,125.00
64	BEAUVOIR (Simone de).	Une Mort tres douce.	Paris	1964	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,625.00
65	BECKETT (Samuel).	Molloy.	Paris	1951	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 4,000.00
66	BECKETT (Samuel).	Comment c'est.	Paris	1961	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
67	BENOIT (Pierre-Andre).	Salut a Rene Char.	Ales	1955	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
68	BENOIT (Pierre).	Notre-Dame de Tortose. Roman. Manuscrit autographe signe. 1938-1939. 144 pages in-folio.	1938-1939		EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
69	BERNANOS (Georges).	Journal d'un cure de campagne.	Paris	1936	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 438.00
70	BLONDIN (Antoine).	Monsieur Jadis ou L'Ecole du soir.	Paris	1970	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,000.00
71	BLOY (Leon).	Meditations d'un solitaire en 1916.	Paris	1917	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 375.00
72	[BRASILLACH (Robert)].	Robert CHENIER. Barreaux.	S.l. [Paris]	1945	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 375.00
74	CAMUS (Albert).	L'Homme revolte.	Paris	1951	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
75	CAMUS (Albert).	L'Ete.	Paris	1954	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,000.00
76	CAMUS (Albert).	La Chute.	Paris	1956	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 500.00

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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.
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.