Sothebys: Illustrated and Private Press Books Conjuring and Circus Children's Books and Juvenilia Related Drawing, GRAIL,

Auction Details

Auction Date
June 17, 1987 - June 17, 1987
Page Size: 867 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Gus Bofa---Mac Orlan (Pierre) U-713 ou les Gentilshommes d'Infortune Paris

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
2 Robert Bonfils---Lover Au Moins Soyez Discret! Paris

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
3 Pierre Bonnard---Terrasse (Charles) Bonnard Paris

1927

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 319.00
4 Pierre Bonnard---Gide (Andre) Le Promethee Mal Enchaine Paris

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 286.00
5 Auguste Brouet---Geffroy (Gustave) L'Apprentie Paris

1924

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 352.00
6 Auguste Brouet---Suares (Andre) Le Livre de L'Emeraude Paris

1927

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
7 Eugene Boudin---Cahen (Gustave) Eugene Boudin Paris

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 506.00
8 Rene Carlegle-Boylesve La Lecon d'Amour dans un Parc Paris

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
9 Carlegle---Royer (L.C.) La Fermiere Nue Paris

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
10 Henry Cheffer---Franc-Nohain Aux Quatre Coins de Paris

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
11 Paul Cezanne---Venturi (Lionello) Cezanne Paris

1936

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 3,740.00
12 Salvador Dali---Yourcenar (Marguerite) Alexis ou le Traite du Vain Combat Paris

1971

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
13 Charles-Francois Daubigny---Moreau-Nelaton (etienne) Daubigny raconte par Lui-Meme Paris

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
14 Edgar Degas Catalogue des Tableaux Paris

1918-1919

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 770.00
15 Edgar Degas Quatre-Vingt-Dix-Huit Reproductions Signees par Degas Paris

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 275.00
16 Edgar Degas---Valery (Paul) Degas Danse Dessin Paris

1936

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 528.00
17 Andre Derain Amis et Amille Paris

1957

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 330.00
18 Desligneres-Gourmont (Remy de) Lettres d'un Satyre Paris

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
19 Andre Dignimont---Viollis (Jean) Bonne-Fille Paris

1926

GBP 350.00 - 500.00 396.00
20 Andre Dignimont---Courteline (Georges) Le Train de 8h.47 Paris

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
21 Raoul Dufy---Saint Pierre (Michel de) Les Cotes Normandes Paris

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 572.00
22 Drian-Regnier (Henri de) La Canne de Jaspe Lausanne

USD 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
23 Henri Fantin-Latour---Benedite (M. Leonce) L'Oeuvre de Fantin---Latour Paris

1906

GBP 350.00 - 500.00 2,715.00
24 Leonor FinI---Reage (Pauline) Histoire d'O Paris

1962

GBP 350.00 - 500.00 352.00
25 Paul Gauguin Avant et Apres Leipzig

1918

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 275.00
26 Paul Gauguin---Morice (Charles) Paul Gauguin Paris

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 396.00
27 Jose Pedro Gil---Grappe (Georges) Un Soir Paris

USD 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
28 Jean Hugo---Bibesco (La Princesse) Le Perroquet Vert Paris

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 275.00
29 Camille-P. Josso---Maurras (Charles) Les Amants de Venise Paris

1952

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
30 Gustave Klimt---Strobl (Alice) Gustav Klimt: 25 Zeichnungen Vienna

1964

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 275.00
31 Charles Laborde---Careo (Francis) L'Ami des Filies

1921

GBP 350.00 - 500.00 506.00
32 Maurice Lalau---Piccolomini (Enea Silvio) Histoire de Deux Amants Paris

1931

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
33 A. M. Lauzet---Lecomte (Georges) L'Art Impressioniste

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
34 Pierre Lesieur---Proust (Marcel) Journees de Lecture Paris

1969

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
35 Lobel-Riche---Mirbeau (Octave) Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre Paris

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 352.00
36 Edouard Manet---Jamot (Paul) and Georges Wildenstein Manet Paris

1932

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 396.00
37 Emile Mas---Halevy (Ludovic) La Familie Cardinal

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 286.00
38 Constantin Meunier---Lemonnier (Camille) Constantin Meunier Paris

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 275.00
39 Louis Morin Jeannik

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
40 Bernard Naudin---Valles (Jules) Le Bachelier Geant

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
41 Pablo Picasso---Suares (Andre) Helene chez Archimede Paris

1955

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
42 Tigraine Polat---Boylesve (Rene) Nymphes Dansant avec des Satyres Paris

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
43 Meusnier de Querlon Les Soupers de Daphne Paris

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
44 Jean-Francois Raffaelli---Alexandre (Arsene) Jean-Francois Raffaelli Paris

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
45 Pierre-Auguste Renoir---Andre (M. Albert) and Marc Elder L'Atelier de Renoir Paris

1931

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,860.00
46 Pierre-Auguste Renoir---Vollard (Ambroise) La Vie et L'Oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir Paris

1919

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 1,320.00
47 Louis Renefer-Bertrand La Grece du Soleil et des Pay sages Paris

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
48 Felicien Rops---Exsteens (Maurice) L'Oeuvre Grave et Lithographie de Felicien Rops Paris

1928

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 484.00
49 Andre Rouveyre Le Reclus et le Retours Paris

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
50 F.-L. Schmied---Lucien-Graux (Docteur) Le Tapis de Prieres

1938

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 660.00
51 A.Dunoyer de Segonzac---Dorgeles (Roland) Le Cabaret de la Belle Femme Paris

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 275.00
52 Maurice Sureda-Barres Un Jardin sur L'Oronte Paris

1927

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 275.00
53 J. Touchet Croquis d'un Prisonnier de Guerre Paris

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
54 Jacques Thevenet---Maurois (Andre) Bernard Quesnay Paris

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
55 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec---Joyant (Maurice) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Paris

1927

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 550.00
56 Maurice Utrillo---Careo (Francis) Montmartre vecu par Utrillo Paris

1947

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 3,520.00
57 Maurice Utrillo---Vertex (Jean) Le Village Inspire Paris

1950

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 2,860.00
58 Maurice de Vlaminck En Noir et Couleur Paris

[1962]

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 462.00
59 Maurice de Vlaminck---Salmon (Andre) Rive Gauche: Quartier Latin Paris

1951

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,310.00
60 Maurice de Vlaminck---Salmon (Andre) Rive Gauche: Quartier Latin Paris

1951

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,650.00
61 Kees Van Dongen---Leclere (Paul) Venise Paris

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 825.00
62 A. Willette---Beuve (Paul) Iconographie de A. Willette

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
63 Evert Van Muyden---[Husson (Jules)] "Champfleury"

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 286.00
64 Hans Henning Voight Alastair

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 880.00
65 Yvette Alde---Musset (Alfred de) Lorenzaccio Paris

1967

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
66 Arnaud Ansaldi Sinbad le Marin Nice

1970

GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 1,980.00
67 Assiette au Beurre Paris

1901-1904

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
68 RenE Aubert---Montherlant (Henry de) Port-Royal Paris

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
69 Paul Aizpiri and others---Montherlant (Henry de) Theatre Paris

1965-1966

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
70 Paul Aizpiri---Gerson (Jehan) La Passion de Notre Seigneur Paris

1960

USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
71 Gaston Barret---Genevoix (Maurice) La Boite a Peche Paris

1957

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 385.00
72 Leon Bakst---Levinson (Andre) The Story of the Artist's Life

1923

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 462.00
73 Pierre Bonnard---Terrasse (Claude) Petit Solfege Illustre Paris

1893

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 825.00
74 Lucy Boucher and Georges Bronner Marie de France Nice

1960

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 396.00
75 Lucy Boucher Adam de la Halle Nice

1962

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 506.00
76 Georges Braque---Tudal (Antoine) Souspente Paris

1949

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 484.00
77 Georges Braque---Moliere (J.B.P.) Le Tartuffe Paris

1970-1971

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 396.00
78 Yves Brayer and others Napoleon I Paris

1969

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
79 Henri Boutet Pointes Seches Paris

1898

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 330.00
80 Raymond Brenot and others---Voltaire (F.M. Arouet de) Contes et Romans Paris

[?1971]

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
81 Heronde Brianchon-Villefosse A Travers Nos Vignes Paris

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 341.00
82 Byblis Paris

1922-1931

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 715.00
83 Georges Bronner L'Ecclesiaste Nice

1959

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
84 Caricature Paris

1888-1890

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
85 Paul Cezanne---Venturi (Lionello) Cezanne Paris

1936

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,090.00
86 Marc Chagall---Lassaigne (Jacques) Chagall Paris

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 990.00
87 Edouard Chimot---Fezensac (Jean de Montesquiou) Siroco ou le Recit Nocturne Paris

1933

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 341.00
88 Marianne Clouzot Ovid Paris

1947

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
89 Jean Commere and others---Achard (Marcel) and others Beautes de l'Europe Paris

1971

USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
90 Michel Ciry---Fromentin (Eugene) Dominique Paris

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
91 C. Coppier---Lamartine (A. de) Nouvelles Meditations Poetiques Paris

GBP 350.00 - 500.00 330.00
92 E. Cottin---Moinaux (Jules) Clauses Grasses et Causes Salees Paris

[1890]

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
93 Jean Commere---La Varende (Jean de) Venerie Paris

1965

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
94 Lovis Corinth---Balzac (Honore de) Die Frau Konnetable Berlin

1922

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 374.00
95 H. Da Ros---La Perouse (J.F.G. de) Le Voyage Extraordinaire Nice

1971-1972

GBP 1,500.00 - 1,750.00 1,430.00
96 H. Da Ros---Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de) Les Essais Nice

1973-1974

GBP 1,750.00 - 2,000.00 1,650.00
97 Salvador Dali Dante Alighieri Paris

1959-1963

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 506.00
98 Salvador Dali---Hugnet (Georges) Onan Paris

1934

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 715.00
99 Salvador Dali Tristan et Iseult

1970

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
100 Gabriel Dauchot---Radiguet (Raymond) Le Diable au Corps Paris

1961

USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
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