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
326 BUSH Vannevar (1890 - 1974)

Visionary Engineer Who Shaped the Digital Age

 GBP 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
327 CANDOLLE Augustin de (1778 - 1841)

Augustin de Candolle Letter on Botanical Assistance

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
328 CARNOT Lazare (1753 - 1823)

Lazare Carnot Partly Printed Letter to Louis Cesar Alexandre Dufresne

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
329 CHAPTAL Jean-Antoine (1756 - 1832)

Jean-Antoine Chaptal Partly Printed Letter to M. Reyset

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
330 CHARCOT Jean-Martin (1825 - 1893)

Father of Neurology in a Moment of Daily Practice

 GBP 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
331 CHASLES Michel (1793 - 1880)

Michel Chasles Letter to a Gentleman

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
332 COMTE Auguste (1798 - 1857)

Auguste Comte Receipt for Rent Payment

 GBP 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
333 DANDOLO Vincenzo (1758 - 1819)

Vincenzo Dandolo Letter on Agricultural Investments

 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
334 DARBOUX Gaston (1842 - 1917)

Gaston Darboux Letter to a Gentleman

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
335 DUMAS Jean-Baptiste (1800 - 1884)

Jean-Baptiste Dumas Letter to Printer Bailleul

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
336 ELLIS Havelock (1859 - 1939)

Havelock Ellis Letter on L'Arbre d'Eden

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
337 EULER Ulf von (Stockholm, 1905 - ib., 1983)

Ulf von Euler's Grateful Recipient Letter for Scientific Publications

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
338 FABRE Jean-Henri (1823 - 1915)

Jean-Henri Fabre Manuscript "La Poterie"

 GBP 500.00 - 600.00 GBP 416.00
339 FOREL Auguste-Henri (1848 - 1931)

Auguste-Henri Forel Letter to Mrs. Speyrs

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
340 FORTUNY Y MADRAZO Mariano (1871 - 1949)

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo Letter

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 Not Sold
341 FOUCAULT Leon (Paris, 1819 - ib., 1868)

A Physicist's Account of the 1849 Paris Cholera Epidemic

 GBP 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 Not Sold
342 FOURIER Jean-Baptiste (1768 - 1830)

Jean-Baptiste Fourier Letter to Jean-Baptiste Balbis

 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
343 FRISCH Karl von (1886 - 1982)

Karl von Frisch Photographic Portrait with Signature

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
344 GAY-LUSSAC Louis-Joseph (1778 - 1850)

Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac Letter to Claude-Francois Mirault

 GBP 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
345 GOODALL Jane (1934 - 2025)

Jane Goodall Autograph Signature below Printed Portrait

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 130.00
346 HAHN Otto (1879 - 1968)

Otto Hahn Photographic Portrait with Autograph Dedication

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
347 HEUBNER Wolfgang (Leipzig, 1877 - Heidelberg, 1957)

Wolfgang Heubner's Research on Hemoglobin Pathology

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
348 JOMARD Edme Francois (1777 - 1862)

Edme Francois Jomard Letter to Marc-Antoine Jullien

 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
349 KAUTSKY Karl (1854 - 1938)

Karl Kautsky Letter in German

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
350 KEYSERLING Hermann von (1880 - 1946)

Hermann von Keyserling Letter to Andre Chaumeix

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
  • <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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