Christies: Rare Books and Manuscripts, 23810, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 05, 2025 - November 05, 2025
Page Size: 200 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 LAFORGUE, Jules (1860-1887)

Manuscrit autographe signe pour Salome [1885]

 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
52 LEGGE, William Vincent Captain (1841-1918)

A History of the Birds of Ceylon

 Londres 1880-1881 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
53

LIVRE TISSE. Livre de prieres tisse d'apres les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siecle

 Lyon 1886 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 20,320.00
54 MARSHALL, Charles Henry Tillson (1843-1924), et George Frederick Leycester (1841-1927)

A Monograph of the Capitonidae, or Scansorial Barbets

 Londres 1870-1871 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,064.00
55 MEYER, Adolf Bernhard (1840-1911) et Lionel William WIGLESWORTH (1865-1901)

The birds of Celebes and the neighbouring islands

 Berlin 1898 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,651.00
56 POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) et Charles BAUDELAIRE, trad. (1821-1867)

Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires

 Paris 1857 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,270.00
57 RIMBAUD, Arthur (1854-1891)

Une saison en enfer

 Bruxelles 1873 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,525.00
58 ROBERTS, David (1796-1864)

Egypt & Nubia. From drawings made on the spot....with historical descriptions by William Brockedon

 Londres 1846-1849 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 50,800.00
59 ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter (1868-1937)

Extinct birds

 Londres 1907 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 7,620.00
60 SCLATER, Philip Lutley (1829-1913)

A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-Birds, or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae

 Londres [1879-1882] EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,159.00
61 SEEBOHM, Henry (1832-1895)

A monograph of the turdidae or family of thrushes...

 Londres [1898]-1902 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,794.00
62 WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900)

Salome

 Paris - Londres 1893 EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 EUR 825,500.00
63 ALBERS, Josef (1888-1976)

Interaction of Color

 New Haven and London 1963 EUR 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 10,795.00
64 ALECHINSKY, Pierre (ne en 1927) et Michel BUTOR (1926-2016)

Le reve de l'ammonite

 Montpellier [1975] EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,048.00
65 ALECHINSKY, Pierre (ne en 1927) et Karel APPEL (1921-2006)

Suite a deux

 Bougival 1978 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,985.00
66 ANNENKOV, Jurii (1889-1974)

1/4 deviatogo ("Huit heures et quart")

 Segodnia s.d. [1919] EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 762.00
67 APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume (1880-1918)

Les Peintres cubistes

 Paris 1913 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,397.00
68 APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume (1880-1918)

Le poete assassine

 Paris 1916 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,826.00
69 APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume (1880-1918)

Calligrammes. Poemes de la paix et de la guerre (1913-1916)

 Paris 1918 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 50,800.00
70 ARP, Hans (1886-1966) et Tristan TZARA (1896-1963)

Vingt-cinq poemes

 Zurich 1918 EUR 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
71 ARP, Hans (1886-1966) et Georges HUGNET (1906-1974)

La sphere de sable

 Paris 1943 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
72 BACON, Francis (1909-1992) et Michel LEIRIS (1901-1990)

Miroir de la tauromachie

 Paris 1990 EUR 24,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 27,940.00
73 BAJ, Enrico (1924-2003) et Roberto SANESI (1930-2001)

De rerum natura

 Milan 1958 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
74 BAKST, Leon (1866-1924), Arsene ALEXANDRE (1859-1937), et Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963)

The Decorative Art of Leon Bakst

 London 1913 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,715.00
75 BARBIER, George (1882-1932)

Dix-sept dessins sur le Cantique des Cantiques

 Paris 1914 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 8,255.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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