Vermot de Pas: Antiquarian Books, 149171, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 21, 2024 - May 21, 2024

Page Size: 254 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	Andre CHAUMEIX (1874-1955)	COLLABORATION - Andre CHAUMEIX (1874-1955) Journalist and writer: Manuscript for an article published in "Candide" on November 8, 1939, entitled "Les illusions perdues" ("Lost illusions").		1939	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
52	Jeau CHIAPPE	COLLABORATION - Jeau CHIAPPE: 2 LAS including a beautiful letter dated February 25, 1940 in support of "L'OEuvre du tricot du soldat".		1940	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
53	REQUIN	REQUIN : A LAS and a L. signed in 1936 about the monument dedicated to Marshal Joffre.		1936	EUR 50.00 - 60.00	Unknown
55	KEMENY (Wolgang)	KEMENY (Wolgang): Signed manuscript copy of a decree published in 1783 With qqq corrections.		1783	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	Unknown
56	LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN	LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN: LAS from Henri de La Rochejaquelein (1805-1867) , politician, Peer of France, son of Mme Louis de La Rochejaquelin, nephew of the famous Vendee leader Henri de La Rochejaquelin. Letter dated July 25, 1864, addressed to M. Levert.		1864	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
57	LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN	LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN: LAS de Henri de La Rochejaquelein (1805-1867) , Important collection of letters addressed to his architect concerning the house the Marquis had built at Le PECQ (Yvelines).		1864	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Unknown
58	LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN	LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN: LAS of Henri de La Rochejaquelein (1805-1867) , LAS to Baron Haussmann.		No date.	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
59	LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN	LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN: LAS from Henri de La Rochejaquelein (1805-1867) , LAS dated November 1857		1857	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
60	LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN	LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN: LAS of Henri de La Rochejaquelein (1805-1867) ,Reunion of 4 LAS, various addressees.			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
61	Lady Jane Churchill (1826-1900)	Lady Jane Churchill (1826-1900): LAS of 3 pages in-12 on paper with her cipher.			EUR 50.00 - 60.00	Unknown
62	LEANDRE (Charles)	LEANDRE (Charles) caricaturist: LAS of 2 pages in-12 to a lady about the Rpo of the Belgians at the time of the 14/18 war:			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
63	LOUCHEUR Louis (1872-1931)	LOUCHEUR Louis (1872-1931) French industrialist and minister: LAS addressed to Winston CHURCHILL, dated August 4, 1922.		1922	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	Unknown
64	LUMBROSO Albert (1872-1942)	LUMBROSO Albert (1872-1942): Important LAS addressed to a colleague, dated May 21, 1906		1906	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
65	MAINTENON (Madame de)	MAINTENON (Madame de) Autograph letter initialled twice, addressed to the bishop of Chartres (Des Monstiers de Merinville) in Saint Cyr, May 2, 1713.		1713	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
66		MANUSCRIT on parchment dated 1765, to be identified.		1765	EUR 50.00 - 60.00	Unknown
67		MANUSCRIT: Morale.			EUR 100.00 - 120.00	Unknown
68		Ville de GOURNAY - Manuscript on parchment, 13 x 30 cm, dated June 4, 1470, concerning a house in Gournay.		1470	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
69	LA ROCQUE (Family de)	LA ROCQUE (Family de): Rare collection of original documents from the family of Jean de La Rocque:			EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
70	Claude CHAUVEL	Claude CHAUVEL: A collection of manuscripts, heavily crossed out and corrected, concerning the writer and above all music critic Eduard Hanslick.			EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Unknown
71	OHNET Georges	OHNET Georges (1848-1918). La Guerre et les moeurs. Complete signed manuscript, with corrections.			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
72	ORNANO Philippe Antoine	ORNANO Philippe Antoine, Comte d'Ornano, Marechal de France (1784-1863), Gouverneur des Invalides: Piece signee a en tete de l'Hotel des Invalides, 1853.		1853	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
73	Baron General DUNESME	Baron General DUNESME: LAS from the Mayor of Butte Montmartre dated 1862,		1862	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
74	CHARLET (Nicolas Toussaint)	CHARLET (Nicolas Toussaint) LAS to his "dear Roger" (a Belgian doctor).	S.l.	n.d. (June 18, 1831).	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
75	FAIN (Baron)	FAIN (Baron) Secretary to Louis-Philippe: LAS to the head of the Maison du Roi, dated August 4, 1836.		1836	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
76	Frederic MASSON (1847-1923)	Frederic MASSON (1847-1923) historian: 15 LAS to a colleague stamped from 1894 to 1901.		1894 to 1901.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown

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.
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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.