Sothebys: Continental Printed Books, Manuscripts and Music comprising Printed Books, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts, ASCENSION,

Auction Details

Auction Date
May 28, 1992 - May 28, 1992
Page Size: 702 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 EINSTEIN (ALBERT) TYPED LETTER SIGNED ("A. Einstein")

1 August 19[31]

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 825.00
202 EINSTEIN (ALBERT) REMARKABLE TYPED LETTER SIGNED ("A. Einstein")

22 OCTOBER 1943

GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 3,300.00
203 EINSTEIN (ALBERT) TYPED LETTER SIGNED ("A. Einstein") Long Island

21 June 1937

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
204 FREUD (SIGMUND) A REPRODUCTION OF THE COMMEMORATIVE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FOR FREUD'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 605.00
205 HESSE (HERMANN) WATERCOLOUR BY HESSE of his house in Montagnola

1931

GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 1,980.00
206 HESSE (HERMANN) WATERCOLOUR BY HESSE of a village street

5 April 1921

GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 1,650.00
207 HESSE (HERMANN) WATERCOLOUR BY HESSE of a Tuscan village

GBP 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 7,150.00
208 HESSE (HERMANN) WATERCOLOUR BY HESSE showing a border of flowers with two sunflowers

[19]33

GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 1,980.00
209 HIROHITO (SHOWA, Emperor of Japan) LETTER SIGNED TOKYO

20 JULY 1937

USD 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
210 LENIN (V.l.) IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH DRAFT LETTER (unsigned)

[PROBABLY AUGUST 1915]

GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 9,900.00
211 MATISSE (HENRI) CALLIGRAPHIC AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF LOUISE LABE'S SONNET "Baise m'encor

USD 3,200.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
212 KOLLWITZ (KATHE) TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Kathe Kollwitz'') BERLIN

9 SEPTEMBER 1919 AND 25 JUNE 1920

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,210.00
213 KRUSCHEV (NIKITA) LETTER SIGNED

11 JUNE 1960

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 550.00
214 PROUST (MARCEL) AUTOGRAPH NOTE (unsigned) to Reynaldo Hahn ("Bu-ni-buls")

USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
215 PROUST (MARCEL) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED PARIS

[c. 1 JULY 1922]

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
216 RILKE (RAINER MARIA) AUTOGRAPH POEM ENTITLED 'RODIN' PARIS

10 NOVEMBER 1902

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 1,210.00
217 STRINDBERG (AUGUST) THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS PLAY 'KRONBRUDEN' ('THE BRIDAL CROWN')

[1901]

GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 33,000.00
218 STRINDBERG (AUGUST) FIVE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND POSTCARDS SIGNED ("August Strindberg" Stockholm

DECEMBER 1911 TO MARCH 1912

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
219 BARBIER (GEORGE)---SCHWOB (MARCEL) VIES IMAGINAIRESM PARIS

1929

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,860.00
220 BONNARD (PIERRE)---VERLAINE (PAUL) PARALLELEMENT PARIS

1900

GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 17,050.00
221 BUFFET (BERNARD)---CYRANO DE BERGERAC (SAVINIEN) VOYAGES FANTASTIQUES AUX ETATS ET EMPIRE DE LA LUNE ET DU SOLEIL PARIS

1958

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
222 CHAGALL (MARC) VERVE NO.33/34: BIBLE PARIS

1956

GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 3,080.00
223 FANTIN-LATOUR (HENRI)---CHENIER (ANDRE) LES BUCOLIQUES PARIS

1905

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
224 DERAIN (ANDRE)---APOLLINAIRE (GUILLAUME) L'ENCHANTEUR POURISSANT, FIRST EDITION PARIS

1909

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 17,600.00
225 FOUJITA (TSUGUHARU)---COCTEAU (JEAN) LE DRAGON DES MERS Paris

1955

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
226 JOURDAIN (HENRI)---FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE) PAR LES CHAMPS ET PAR LES GREVES PARIS

1924

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
227 MANET (EDOUARD)---MALLARME (STEPHANE) L'APRES-MIDI D'UN FAUNE PARIS

1876

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,200.00
228 MiRO (JOAN)---JARRY (ALFRED) UBU ROI Paris

1966

GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 7,150.00
229 MATISSE (HENRI) CHARLES D'ORLEANS. POEMES PARIS

1950

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 1,540.00
230 MATISSE (HENRI)---ROUVEYRE (ANDRE) APOLLINAIRE PARIS

1952

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,650.00
231 MINOTAURE Paris

1933-1939

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
232 PICASSO (PABLO) SUENO Y MENTIRA DE FRANCO PARIS

1937

GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 7,150.00
233 SEGONZAC (ANDRE DUNOYER DE)---COLETTE (SIDONIE GABRIELLE) LA TREILLE MUSACATE Paris

1932

GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 17,600.00
234 TAPIES (ANTONI)---DAIVE (JEAN) [EPSILON] PARIS

1975

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
235 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE)---RENARD (JULES) HISTOIRES NATURELLES PARIS

1899

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 8,800.00
236 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE)---CLEMENCEAU (GEORGES) AU PIED DU SINAI PARIS

1898

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 1,760.00
237 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI) Le mirliton PARIS

OCTOBER 1885-APRIL 1906

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 825.00
238 VER SACRUM VIENNA

1898-1899

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,650.00
239 WIENER WERKSTATTE Vienna

1915

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 18,700.00
240 CHERNIKHOV (YAKOV) OSNOVY SOVREMENNOI ARKHITEKTURY [The Fundamentals of Contemporary Architecture]

1931

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
241 CHERNIKHOV (YAKOV) OSNOVY SOVREMENNOI ARKHITEKTURY [The Fundamentals of Contemporary Architecture] Moscow

1394

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 550.00
242 CHERNIKHOV (YAKOV) KONSTRUKTSIYA ARKHISSHEKSHURNYKH I MASCHINNYKH FORM [The Construction of Architectural and Machine Forms]

1931

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
243 CHERNIKHOV (YAKOV) KONSTRUKTSIYA ARKHISSHEKSHURNYKH I MASCHINNYKH FORM [The Construction of Architectural and Machine Forms]

1931

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
244 CHERNIKHOV (YAKOV) ARKHITEKTURNYE FANTASII [Architectural Fantasies]

1933

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
245 IZOFRONT Moscow

1930

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
246 KRASNAYA NIVA MOSCOW

1931

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 550.00
247 KRUCHENYKH (ALEKSEI), VELEMIR KHLEBNIKOV AND E. GURO TROE [The Three] PETERBURG

[1913]

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
248 KRUCHENYKH (ALEKSEI) POBEDA NAD SOLNTSEM [Victory over the Sun] PETERSBURGH

[1913]

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
249 SADOK SUDEI [A TRAP FOR JUDGES] PETERSBURGH

[1910-1913]

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
250 MAYAKOVSKY (VLADIMIR) DLYA GOLOSA [For the Voice] Berlin

1923

GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 660.00
251 SOYUZ MOLODEZHI [Union of Youth] Moscow

1913

USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
252 STENBERG (VLADIMIR AND GIORGI) GLAZA ANDOZII MOSCOW

[?1925]

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
253 STENBERG (VLADIMIR AND GIORGI) NOVYI MIR MOSCOW

[?1926]

USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
254 STENBERG (VLADIMIR AND GIORGI) TRUDNAYA ROL' PARIS

1927

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
255 ALAIN-FOURNIER LE GRAND MEAULNES PARIS

1913

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 770.00
256 APOLLINAIRE (GUILLAUME) VITAM IMPENDERE AMORI PARIS

1917

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
257 APOLLINAIRE (GUILLAUME) CALLIGRAMMES

1918

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
258 APOLLINAIRE (GUILLAUME) LE POETE ASSASSINE

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
259 ARAGON (LOUIS) LES VOYAGEURS DE L'IMPERIALE

1942

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
260 ARAGON (LOUIS) ANICET OU LE PANORAMA Paris

1967

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
261 AYME (MARCEL) BRULEBOIS

1926

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
262 AYME (MARCEL) LE VAURIEN, FIRST EDITION PARIS

1931

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 550.00
263 AYME (MARCEL) LE MOULIN DE LA SOURDINE PARIS

1936

USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
264 AYME (MARCEL) GUSTALIN PARIS

1937

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 605.00
265 AYME (MARCEL) ALLER RETOUR

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 3,300.00
266 BALZAC (HONORE DE) LES CONTES DROLATIQUES PARIS

1861

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 3,740.00
267 BANVILLE (THEODORE DE) THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS OF TWO ESSAYS "Pierre de Ronsard" and "Isaac de Benserade

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
268 BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (JULES) LE CHEVALIER DES TOUCHES PARIS

1864

USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
269 BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (JULES) UN PRETRE MARIE PARIS

1865

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,200.00
270 BAUDELAIRE (CHARLES) LES FLEURS DU MAL PARIS

1861

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
271 BAUDELAIRE (CHARLES, translator)---POE (EDGAR ALLAN) HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES Paris

GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 3,850.00
272 BARBUSSE (HENRI) LE FEU, (Journal d'une escouade) Paris

1916

GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 715.00
273 BAZIN (HERVE) VIPERE AU POING

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 770.00
274 BEAUMARCHAIS (PIERRE AUGUSTE CARON DE) LA FOLLE JOURNEE OU LE MARIAGE DE FIGARO

1785

USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
275 BEAUVOIR (SIMONE DE) THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HER NOVEL 'UNE MORT TRES DOUCE'

[1963-4]

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
276 BEAUVOIR (SIMONE DE) LES BELLES IMAGESM PARIS

1966

USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
277 BEAUVOIR (SIMONE DE) LE DEUXIEME SEXE

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,650.00
278 BERNANOS (GEORGES) SOUS LE SOLEIL DE SATAN Paris

1931

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 935.00
279 BRANTOME (PIERRE DE BOURDEILLE, Seigneur DE) OEUVRES THE HAGUE

1740

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,540.00
280 CAMUS (ALBERT) L'ETRANGER FIRST EDITION PARIS

1942

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,100.00
281 CAMUS (ALBERT) LA PESTE FIRST EDITION PARIS

1947

GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 4,620.00
282 CAMUS (ALBERT) L'HOMME REVOLTE Paris

1956

GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 990.00
283 CAMUS (ALBERT) LA CHUTE Paris

1956

GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 4,400.00
284 CAMUS (ALBERT) L'EXIL ET LE ROYAUME PARIS

1957

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 880.00
285 CARCO (FRANCIS) JESUS-LA-CAILLE PARIS

1914

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 1,870.00
286 CENDRARS (BLAISE) PROFOND AUJOURD'HUI PARIS

1917

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,540.00
287 CENDRARS (BLAISE) J'AI TUE PARIS

1918

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,860.00
288 CENDRARS (BLAISE) DIX-NEUF POEMES ELASTIQUES PARIS

1919

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,760.00
289 CENDRARS (BLAISE) MORAVAGINE

1926

GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 880.00
290 CHAMPION (PIERRE) LE ROMAN DE TRISTAN ET D'ISEULT Paris

1928

GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 4,180.00
291 CELINE (LOUIS-FERDINAND) VOYAGE AU BOUT DE LA NUIT, FIRST EDITION Paris

1932

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
292 CELINE (LOUIS-FERDINAND) MORT A CREDIT PARIS

1936

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 8,800.00
293 COCTEAU (JEAN) LE POTOMAK PARIS

1919

USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
294 COCTEAU (JEAN) POESIES 1917-1920 PARIS

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 550.00
295 COCTEAU (JEAN) CARTE BLANCHE PARIS

1920

USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
296 COCTEAU (JEAN) LE GRAND ECART PARIS

1923

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 715.00
297 COCTEAU (JEAN) POESIES 1916-1919 PARIS

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 990.00
298 COCTEAU (JEAN) LE SANG D'UN POETE PARIS

1948

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 1,320.00
299 COCTEAU (JEAN) LE COQ ET L'ARLEQUIN

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 605.00
300 COLETTE (SIDONIE-GABRIELLE) AND WILLY CLAUDINE A L'ECOLE

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 880.00
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