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
301	COLETTE (SIDONIE-GABRIELLE)	LA RETRAITE SENTIMENTALE	Paris	[1913]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	550.00
302	COLETTE (SIDONIE-GABRIELLE)	CHERI [LA FIN DE CHERI]	PARIS	1920-1926	GBP 1,400.00 - 1,800.00	1,320.00
303	COLETTE (SIDONIE-GABRIELLE)	CHERI	Paris	1929	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
304	CONSTANT (BENJAMIN) ADOLPHE	anecdote trouvee dans les papiers d'un inconnu	London	1816	USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
305	CONRAD (JOSEPH)	ŒUVRES COMPLETES traduites sous la direction de Andre Gide	Paris	1918-1934	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,430.00
306	CROISSET (FRANCIS DE)	LA FEERIE CINGHALAISE	PARIS	1926	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
307	DAUDET (ALPHONSE)	LE PETIT CHOSE	Paris	1868	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,045.00
308	DAUDET (ALPHONSE)	AVENTURES PRODIGIEUSES DE TARTARIN DE TARASCON	Paris	1872	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	3,080.00
309	DAUDET (ALPHONSE)	CONTES DU LUNDI	Paris	1873	GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00	880.00
310	DAUDET (ALPHONSE)	LE NABAB	Paris	1920	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	495.00
311	DE COSTER (CHARLES)	LA LEGENDE ET LES AVENTURES D'ULENSPIEGEL ET DE LAMME GOEDZAK	Paris	1869	USD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
312	DORGELES (ROLAND, i.e. ROLAND LECAVELE)	LES CROIX DE BOIS			USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
313	DRIEU LA ROCHELLE (PIERRE)	GILLES			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	2,420.00
314	ELUARD (PAUL)	CAPITALE DE LA DOULEUR	Paris	1926	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	880.00
315	FENELON (FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTTE)	LES AVENTURES DE TELEMAQUE	Paris	1796	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
316	FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE)	MADAME BOVARY	Paris	1857	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,860.00
317	FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE)	TROIS CONTES	Paris	1877	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	2,640.00
318	FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE)	L'EDUCATION SENTIMENTALE	Paris	1870	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	11,000.00
319	FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE)	SALAMMBO	Paris	1863	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
320	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	LE LYS ROUGE	Paris	1894	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	880.00
321	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	LES POEMES DU SOUVENIR	Paris	1910	USD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
322	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	LES DIEUX ONT SOIF	Paris	1912	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,430.00
323	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE-DAME	Paris	1924	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
324	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	LA ROTISSERIE DE LA REINE PEDAUQUE			GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,540.00
325	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	LA COMEDIE DE LA MORT	Paris	1838	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	880.00
326	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	EMAUX ET CAMEES	Paris	1852	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,090.00
327	GIDE (ANDRE)	LES CAHIERS D'ANDRE WALTER	Paris	1891	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
328	GIDE (ANDRE)	LE TRAITE DU NARCISSE	Paris	1893	GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00	880.00
329	GIDE (ANDRE)	LE VOYAGE D'URIEN	Paris	1893	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
330	GIDE (ANDRE)	L'IMMORALISTE	PARIS	1902	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
331	GIDE (ANDRE)	LA PORTE ETROITE	Paris	1909	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
332	GIDE (ANDRE)	ISABELLE	Paris	1911	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,500.00	4,950.00
333	GIDE (ANDRE)	LES CAVES DU VATICAN	Paris	1914	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
334	GIDE (ANDRE)	CORYDON	[Bruges]	1920	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	880.00
335	GIDE (ANDRE)	THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS TRANSLATION OF EIGHT POEMS BY WALT WHITMAN			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,870.00
336	GIDE (ANDRE)	LES FAUX-MONNAYEURS	Paris	1925	GBP 500.00 - 750.00	1,870.00
337	GIDE (ANDRE)	JOURNAL 1889-1939		1950	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	770.00
338	GIDE (ANDRE)	PALUDES			USD 900.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
339	GIDE (ANDRE)	LES NOURRITURES TERRESTRES			GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,100.00
340	GIONO (JEAN)	LE HUSSARD SUR LE TOIT			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	495.00
341	GIRAUDOUX (JEAN)	SIEGFRIED ET LE LIMOUSIN	Paris	1922	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
342	GIRAUDOUX (JEAN)	JULIETTE AU PAYS DES HOMMES	Paris	1924	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	880.00
343	GIRAUDOUX (JEAN)	CORRECTED TYPESCRIPT OF HIS NOVEL 'BELLA'			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	990.00
344	GIRAUDOUX (JEAN)	AMPHITRYON 38	Paris	1929	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	4,620.00
345	GIRAUDOUX (JEAN)	PART OF THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF 'SIMON LE PATHETIQUE'		1927	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	2,640.00
346	GIRAUDOUX (JEAN)	AMPHITRYON 38	Paris	1929	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	605.00
347	GIRAUDOUX (JEAN)	TESSA			GBP 600.00 - 800.00	660.00
348	GIRAUDOUX (JEAN)	BELLA			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	880.00
349	GRACQ (JULIEN)	AU CHATEAU D'ARGOL		1951	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	7,480.00
350	GRACQ (JULIEN)	LIBERTE GRANDE	Paris	1946	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
351	GREEN (JULIEN)	MOIRA	Paris	1950	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
352	GREEN (JULIEN)	LE VISIONNAIRE			USD 900.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
353	GREEN (JULIEN)	MONT-CINERE	Paris	1926	USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
354	GREEN (JULIEN)	SUD	Paris	1953	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
355	HEINE (HEINRICH)	DE LA FRANCE	Paris		GBP 700.00 - 900.00	1,430.00
356	HEMON (Louis)	MARIE CHAPDELAINE	Paris	1916	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	495.00
357	HENNIQUE (LEON)	LA MORT DU DUC D'ENGHIEN	Paris	1895	USD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
358	HEREDIA (JOSE-MARIA DE)	LES TROPHEES	Paris	1893	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	2,200.00
359	HUGO (VICTOR)	LA LEGENDE DES SIECLES		1859	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
360	IONESCO (EUGENE)	THEATRE			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	1,110.00
361	JARRY (ALFRED)	UBU ROI	Paris	1896	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	7,150.00
362	JARRY (ALFRED)	LE MOUTARDIER DU PAPE			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,210.00
363	JOYCE (JAMES)	ULYSSE	Paris	1929	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,540.00
364	LACRETELLE (JACQUES DE)	THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF 'LA BONIFAS'			USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
365	LACRETELLE (JACQUES)	SILBERMANN			GBP 600.00 - 800.00	550.00
366	LACRETELLE (JACQUES DE)	LE DEMI-DIEU	Paris	1930	USD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
367	LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE)	FABLES CHOISIES mises en vers	Paris	1765-1775	USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
368	LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE)	FABLES CHOISIES mises en vers	Paris	1755-1759	GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	3,080.00
369	LARBAUD (VALERY)	BEAUTE	Paris	1920	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	3,080.00
370	LARBAUD (VALERY)	200 CHAMBRES	The Hague	1927	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	1,210.00
371	LARBAUD (VALERY)	ENFANTINES			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	2,200.00
372	LAFORGUE (JULES)	MORALITES LEGENDAIRES			GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00	880.00
373	LE SAGE (ALAIN-RENE)	HISTOIRE DE GIL BLAS DE SANTILLANE	Paris	1835	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
374	LEDUC (VIOLETTE)	LA BATARDE	Paris	1964	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	550.00
375	LOUYS (PIERRE)	ASTARTE	Paris	1891	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	1,045.00
376	LOUYS (PIERRE)	LES AVENTURES DU ROI PAUSOLE	Paris	1901	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	880.00
377	LOUYS (PIERRE)	APHRODITE			GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00	1,540.00
378	MALAPARTE (GURZIO)	KAPUTT			USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
379	MAC ORLAN (PIERRE)	LE NEGRE LEONARD ET MAITRE JEAN MULLIN			GBP 600.00 - 800.00	550.00
380	MAC ORLAN (PIERRE)	LA CLIQUE DE CAFE BREBIS			GBP 500.00 - 750.00	495.00
381	MALLARME (STEPHANE)	L'APRES-MIDI D'UN FAUNE	Paris	1876	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	2,530.00
382	MALLARME (STEPHANE)	UN COUP DE DES N'ABOLIRA JAMAIS LE HAZARD	Paris	1914	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	770.00
383	MALLARME (STEPHANE)	PAGES	Brussels	1891	GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	4,620.00
384	MALRAUX (ANDRE)	LA TENTATION DE L'OCCIDENT	Paris	1926	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	1,320.00
385	MALRAUX (ANDRE)	LA CONDITION HUMAINE	Paris	1933	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,870.00
386	MALRAUX (ANDRE)	L'ESPOIR	Paris	1937	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	2,640.00
387	MALRAUX (ANDRE)	LES CONQUERANTS			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	3,740.00
388	MARIVAUX (PIERRE CARLET DE CHAMBLAIN DE)	LA MERE CONFIDENTE			USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
389	MARTIN DU GARD (ROGER)	LES THIBAULT	Paris	1922-1940	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	1,430.00
390	MAURIAC (FRANCOIS)	LA CHAIR ET LE SANG	Paris	1920	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
391	MAURIAC (FRANCOIS)	LE BAISER AU LEPREUX	Paris	1922	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
392	MAURIAC (FRANCOIS)	GENITRIX	Paris	1923	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	1,650.00
393	MAURIAC (FRANCOIS)	LE DESERT DE L'AMOUR	Paris	1925	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
394	MAURIAC (FRANCOIS)	THERESE DESQUEYROUX	Paris	1927	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	2,090.00
395	MAURIAC (FRANCOIS)	LE MYSTERE FRONTENAC			GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	770.00
396	MAURIAC (FRANCOIS)	LA FIN DE LA NUIT			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
397	MAURIAC (FRANCOIS)	ASMODEE			USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
398	MAUPASSANT (GUY DE)	LA MAISON TELLIER			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	2,200.00
399	MAUROIS (ANDRE)	AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS BIOGRAPHY OF VOLTAIRE			USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
400	MAUROIS (ANDRE)	LES SILENCES DU COLONEL BRAMBLE			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,100.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.