L'Autographe Auctions: Antique Books and Autographs, 7, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 24, 2025 - November 24, 2025
Page Size: 478 items in 20 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
251 LOOS Anita (1888 - 1981)

Anita Loos Submitting a Book Resume

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
252 MANN Heinrich (1871 - 1950)

Brother of Thomas Mann, With a Literary Gesture

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
253 MARINETTI Filippo Tommaso (Alexandria, 1876 - Bellagio, 1944)

Love and Futurism -- Two Autograph Letters by F.T. Marinetti to Benedetta Cappa

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 GBP 390.00
254 MARLBOROUGH Sarah (1660 - 1744)

Sarah Marlborough Autograph Signature

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
255 MAURRAS Charles (1868 - 1952)

Charles Maurras Letter on Literary Work

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
256 MENDES Catulle (Bordeaux, 1841 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1909)

Catulle Mendes' Receipt for Payment for the Premiere of Doctor Blume

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
257 MILNE Alan Alexander (1882 - 1956)

A. A. Milne Photographic Portrait with Signature

GBP 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
258 PINKERTON Percy Edward (London, 1855 - Porthleven, 1946)

Percy Edward Pinkerton's Contract Assigning Rights to an English Version of a Venetian Serenade

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
259 PREVERT Jacques (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1900 - Omonville-la-Petite, 1977)

The Pen and a Sketch - A Poetic Dedication

GBP 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
260 PROUST Marcel (1871 - 1922)

Master of Memory in Delicate Intimacy

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,080.00
261 RUSSELL Bertrand (1872 - 1970)

Bertrand Russell Typed Letter to Miss Hocken

GBP 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
262 SACHER-MASOCH Leopold von (1836 - 1895)

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Letter to J. H. Mackay

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
263 SADE Marquis de (1740 - 1814)

Marquis de Sade Reporting the Pain of an Ocular Treatment

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
264 SAND George (1804 - 1876)

George Sand Letter to a Lady

GBP 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
265 SEBALD Winfried Georg (1944 - 2001)

Winfried Georg Sebald Letter to Mrs. Schutte

GBP 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 Not Sold
266 SHAW George Bernard (Dublin, 1856 - Herfordshire, 1950)

George Bernard Shaw's Candid Note on Visiting His Remote Residence

GBP 1,400.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
267 VERGA Giovanni (Vizzini, 1840 - Catania, 1922)

Giovanni Verga's Invitation to Collaborate on a Newspaper

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
268 VERNE Jules (1828 - 1905)

Voyages Constrained by Failing Sight --- Jules Verne's Apology

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
269 Ellery Queen --

Masters of Mystery in Correspondence Forty Years of Signed Autograph and Typed Letters by the Legendary Crime-Writing Duo

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
270 HELMHOLTZ Hermann von (1821 - 1894)

Hermann von Helmholtz Letter to Friedrich Dorn

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
271 HOLMES Oliver Wendell (1809 - 1894)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Autograph Quotation from Union and Liberty

GBP 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
272 AUGE DE LASSUS Lucien (Paris, 1846 - ib., 1914)

Lucien Auge de Lassus' Correspondence on Musical and Artistic Ambitions

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
273 BERNSTEIN Leonard (Lawrence, MA 1918 - New York, 1990)

Maestro Of American Music: The Multifaceted Conductor and Composer

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
274 BUSONI Ferruccio (Empoli, 1866 - Berlin, 1924)

Ferruccio Busoni -- Autograph Postcard to Edith Andreae (1910)

1910 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
275 BUSONI Ferruccio (Empoli, 1866 - Berlin, 1924)

Music and Intimacy -- Busoni at the Piano, Signed Postcard to Edith Andreae (1911)

1911 GBP 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
  • 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.
  • 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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