ALDE: Original Bindings & Modern Illustrated Books, 120325, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025

Page Size: 300 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	BALZAC (Honore de)	Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu	Paris	1931	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 13,750.00
102		COLETTE. La Treille Muscate	Paris	1932	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,250.00
103	DARAGNES (Jean-Gabriel)	Toreros	Sl.	1934	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
104	HUGNET (Georges)	OEillades ciselees en branche	Paris	1939	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,750.00
105	DERRIERE LE MIROIR	Ensemble de 31 numeros de la revue	Paris	1946-1980	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,375.00
106	SOLIER (Rene de)	Naturelles	Paris	1946	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,625.00
107	ELUARD (Paul)	Poesie et verite. 1942	Paris	1947	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
108	HEISLER (Jindich)	Cache-toi guerre ! Cycle de neuf dessins. 1944	Paris	1947	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,250.00
109	NERCIAT (Andrea de)	Felicia ou Mes Fredaines	Paris	1947	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,000.00
110	KAFKA (Franz)	L'Invite des morts	Paris	1948	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 3,875.00
111	SARTRE (Jean-Paul)	Visages precede de Portraits officiels	Paris	1948	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,375.00
112	SARTRE (Jean-Paul)	Nourritures	Paris	1949	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,500.00
113	SARTRE (Jean-Paul)	Nourritures	Paris	1949	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 875.00
114	MORAND (Paul)	Rues et Visages de New-York	Paris	1950	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 750.00
115	VERTEX (Jean)	Le Village inspire. Chronique de la Boheme de Montmartre (1920-1950)	Paris	1950	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,125.00
116		CONTES des mille et une nuits	Paris	s.d.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 750.00
117	DUBUFFET (Jean)	Peintures initiatiques d'Alfonso Ossorio	Paris	1951	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
118	LUCIEN DE SAMOSATE	Dialogues	Paris	1951	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,750.00
119	ARAGON (Louis)	Picasso deux periodes : 1900-1914 & 1950-1954	Paris	1954	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 875.00
120	CLELAND (John)	Memoires de Fanny Hill	Paris	1954	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 500.00
121	GIONO (Jean)	Provence	Paris	1954	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
122	BRYEN (Camille)	2 Bis	Paris	1955	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
123	REVERDY (Pierre)	Au Soleil du plafond	[Paris]	1955	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
124	[CHAGALL (Marc)]	VERVE VIII, nos 33 et 34. Bible	Paris	1956	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
125	COCTEAU (Jean)	La Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Villefranche-sur-Mer	Paris	1958	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,625.00

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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
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.