Ader: Collection Gerard BERNER - A life with STEINLEN, 168326, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 19, 2025 - September 19, 2025

Page Size: 106 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
80	Jehan RICTUS(1867-1933)	Two versions of a long poem, evoking a mother with her child, a touching but painful picture for whom "solitude and poverty" are the only children. The first manuscript, dated May 1909, is accompanied by the note: "fragment to be modified from the book in		1909, 1909-1929	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
81	Jehan RICTUS(1867-1933)	About an incident with Tristan Bernard... "Yesterday confrontation with T?B? at the Societe. No way to understand the Alph. Allais mystery. La Jeunesse. Alfred Capus and Dieudonne testify against my claims. I'm pretty discouraged. I seem to be the one doi	Paris	1912	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
82	Jehan RICTUS(1867-1933)	Letter with erotic drawings.	Paris	1922	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 286.00
83	Jehan RICTUS(1867-1933)	OnSteinlen. He has no drawings bySteinlen for sale, "or rather I only have one or two that are unsaleable. They are covers for a booklet or the 1st edition of Soliloques made at my expense (1897 at the author's house). They are of no interest whatsoever,	Paris	1924	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
84	Jehan RICTUS(1867-1933)	March 17, 1919, to "young poet" Dominique VECCHINI in Bastia, congratulating him on his collection La Joie supreme. March 6, 1923to his self-portrait in pen, complimenting the "greatest of modern poets" (1m83 without heels!) on the birth of Marie-Napoleon	Paris	1919-1927	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
85	BAZOUGE (Francis)	Les Grands enterrements.	Paris	1892	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 506.00
86		Gil Blas illustre hebdomadaire.	Paris	1891-1895 and 1899.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 379.00
87	BRUANT (Aristide)	Dans la rue. Songs & monologues. -Dans la rue. Second volume. Chansons & monologues.	Paris	[1895].	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 2,148.00
88	[CHANSONS].	Set of 3 songbooks illustrated by STEINLEN:			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 190.00
89	RICTUS (Jehan)	Les Soliloques du Pauvre.	S.l.	1897	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,390.00
90	RICTUS (Jehan)	Les Soliloques du Pauvre.	Paris	1897	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 821.00
91	RICTUS (Jehan)	Les Soliloques du Pauvre. Revised, corrected and expanded edition with previously unpublished poems.	Paris	1903	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
92	ADA (Zo d')	La Feuille.	Paris	1897-1899	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 278.00
93	STEINLEN (Theophile Alexandre)	Cats. Images sans paroles.	Paris	[1898].	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 4,044.00
94	NODIER (Charles)	Histoire du Chien de Brisquet preceded by a letter to Jeanne by Anatole France.	Paris	1900	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 190.00
95	FRANCE (Anatole)	L'Affaire Crainquebille.	Paris	1901	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 240.00
96	RICTUS (Jehan)	Cantilenes du Malheur.	Paris	[1902].	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 101.00
97	FRAPIE (Leon)	La Maternelle.	Paris	1904	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 164.00
98		LES ARTS DE LA VIE.	Paris	1904-1905	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 190.00
99	RICTUS (Jehan)	Dimanche et Lundi ferie or The Winning Number. One-act play.	Paris, Reims	1905	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
100	RICTUS (Jehan)	Fil de Fer.	Paris	[1906]	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 101.00
101	MOREL (Emile)	Les Gueules Noires. Preface by Paul Adam.	Paris	1907	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 506.00
102	LES CHANSONNIERS DE MONTMARTRE	Paris: Librairie universelle, 1906. - 6 issues bound in 2 folio volumes, and one issue in paperback. Red half-basane, smooth spine for the two bound volumes (period binding).	Paris	1906	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 2,275.00
103	[WEIL (Georges)].	La Misere sociale de la femme d'apres les ecrivains et les artistes du XVIIeau XXesiecle. Preface by M. Leon Bourgeois.	Paris	[1910].	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 202.00
104	RICHEPIN (Jean)	La Chanson des gueux. Complete edition decorated with 252 original compositions by Steinlen.			EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,643.00

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Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

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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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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Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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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.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.