ALDE: The Library of Peter Obergfell iI - Precious Books about Mountains, 100825, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025

Page Size: 247 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ACHARD (Amedee).	Une saison a Aix-les-Bains.	Paris	1850	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 175.00
2	ADAMS-REILLY (Antony).	The Chain of Mont-Blanc, from an actual survey in 1863-4.	Londres	1865	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,500.00
3	AGASSIZ (Louis).	A journey to Switzerland, and pedestrian tours in that country, including a sketch of its history.	Londres	1833	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 250.00
4	AGASSIZ (Louis).	Untersuchungen uber die Gletscher.	Solothurn	1841	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 350.00
5	AITKEN (Samuel).	Among the Alps : a narrative of personal experiences.	Northwood	1900	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 5,875.00
6	ALBUM D'UN ALPINISTA.	Ricordi della Valtellina.	Sondrio	1884	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 3,500.00
7	ALPINE CLUB	Peaks, passes, and glaciers.	Londres	1859 [I] ,1862[II].	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 750.00
8	Alpine Club.	The Alpine Journal.	Londres	1864-1945.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,750.00
9	ALTMANN (Johann Georg).	Versuch einer historischen und physischen Beschreibung der helvetischen Eisbergen.	Zurich	1751	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,000.00
10	AMATI (Don Giacinto).	Peregrinazioni al Gran San Bernardo. Losana, Friburgo, Ginevra con una corsa a Lione, Parigi e Londrea.	Milan	1838	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 188.00
11	AMATO (Frederico d').	Il Gran Sasso d'Italia. Ascensioni sul Monte Corno.	Teramo	1888	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 750.00
12	AMCOTTS (Sophia Louisa Emerson).	The Album.		1824-1829.	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,000.00
13	ANGEVILLE (Henriette d') et AUGERD (Victor) .	Le carnet vert d'Henriette d'Angeville.	Lyon	1900	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 625.00
14	APOSTOOL (Cornelis).	Vue de la chute de l'Arve pres de Sallenche.	Londres	vers 1785.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
15	AQUARELLES.	Alpes autrichiennes.	s.l.	1877-1889	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 750.00
16	ATKINS (Henry Martin).	Ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc, on the 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837.	Londres	1838	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 500.00
17	ATTENHOFER (sous la direction d'Adolf).	Skiing the international sport.	New York	1937	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,750.00
18	AUGUSTIN (Ferdinand Freyhern von).	Das Pinzgau.	Pest	1844	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 188.00
19	AULDJO (John).	Narrative of an ascent to the summit of Mont-Blanc, on the 8th and 9th August, 1827.	Londres	1830	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,000.00
20	BAEDEKER (Karl).	La Suisse, les lacs italiens, Milan, Genes, Turin. Manuel du voyageur.	Coblence	1852	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 625.00
21	BAEDEKER (Karl).	La Suisse, les lacs italiens, Milan, Genes, Turin. Manuel du voyageur.	Coblence	1855	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 188.00
22	BALTARD (Louis Pierre).	Journal descriptif et croquis de vues pittoresques faits dans un voyage en Savoye du 10 au 21 aout 1837.	Lyon	1837	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,875.00
23	BARETTI (Martin).	Apercu geologique de la Chaine du Mont-Blanc en rapport avec le trajet probable d'un tunnel pour une nouvelle ligne de chemin de fer.	Turin	1881	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 563.00
24	BARKER (Henry Aston).	Description of a view of Bern and the High Alps ; with the surrounding coutry. Taken by Henry Aston Baker ; And now exhibiting in the great Rotunda of his Panorama, Leicester-Square.	Londres	1821	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
25	BARROW (John).	Summer tours in Central Europe 1853-4. Bavaria, Austrian Tyrol, North Italy, Savoy, Piedmont, &c.	Londres	1855	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 750.00

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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