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

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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
51 CARREL (Georges).

La vallee de Valtornenche en 1867.

Turin 1868 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 4,250.00
52 CATELIN (Edmond de).

Le Mont-Blanc, deuxieme ascension scientifique de M. le docteur W. Pitschner, professeur a l'Ecole Polytechnique Royale de Berlin, du 30 aout au 16 septembre 1861 : relation sommaire.

Geneve 1876 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 625.00
53 CATLOW (Agnes et Maria E.).

Sketching rambles ; or, Nature in the Alps and Appennines.

Londres 1861 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
54 CESSOLE (Victor de).

Ensemble de brochures.

1890-1920. EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,875.00
55 CHARNAUX (Freres).

Souvenir de la Suisse.

Geneve vers 1885. EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,000.00
56 CHARPENTIER (Jean de).

Essai sur les glaciers et sur le terrain erratique du bassin du Rhone.

Lausanne 1841 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
57 CICERI (Eugene).

Saint-Martin et le Mont Blanc.

Paris 1864 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 813.00
58 CLISSOLD (Frederick).

Narrative of an ascent to the summit of Mont-Blanc, August 18th, 1822.

Londres 1823 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,250.00
59 Clowes (George).

Forty-Six Days in Switzerland and the North of Italy.

Londres 1856 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 438.00
60 CLUB ALPIN FRANCAIS.

Annuaires.

Paris 1875-1904. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
61 CLUB ALPIN SUISSE (Section de Bale du).

Berg-und Gletscherfahrten des Section Basel des S.A.C. Volumes II et VIII.

Bale 1868-1890. EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 438.00
62 Conway (William Martin).

Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram - Himalayas.

Londra 1894 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,875.00
63 Conway (William Martin).

The Alps Described by W. Martin Conway Painted by A.D. Mc. Cormick.

Londres 1904 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 313.00
64 Coolidge (William Augustus Brevoort).

Swiss travel and swiss guide-books.

Londres 1889 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 188.00
65 COOLIDGE (William Augustus Brevoort)/

The alpine career (1868-1914) of Frederick Gardiner described by his friend W. A. B. Coolidge.

[Woolton] 1920 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 500.00
66 Coppier (Andre-Charles).

Les portraits du Mont Blanc.

Chambery 1924 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,000.00
67 COPPIER (Andre-Charles).

De Tarentaise en Maurienne.

Librairie Dardel 1931 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
68 CORONA (Giuseppe).

In inverno. Escursione alpina.

Brescia 1875 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 563.00
69 CORONA (Giuseppe).

Aria di monti.

Rome 1880 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 625.00
70 COSTELLO (Dudley).

Piedmond and Italy from the Alps to the Tiber.

Londres 1861 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 625.00
71 COURTOIS (Philippe).

Vues de la Savoie.

Chambery 1832-1836 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 688.00
72 COUTTET (Joseph Marie).

Chamonix, le Mont-Blanc, Courmayeur et Le Grand-Saint-Bernard.

Geneve 1851 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,500.00
73 Covino (Andrea).

Il panorama delle Alpi e contorni di Torino.

Turin 1874 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 750.00
74 CUCHETAT (Charles).

Souvenirs d'une promenade en Suisse, pendant l'annee 1827 ; recueillis pour ses amis, par Charles C*******.

Paris 1828 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
75 Cunningham (Carus Dunlop) et Abney (William de Wyveleslie).

The pioneers of the Alps.

Londres 1887 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,125.00
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
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    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
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