Ader: Autographed Letters and Manuscripts - Part I, 177752, PARIS
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | Arthur de Gobineau (1816-1882) | Autograph Letter Signed |
1875 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 85 | Arthur de Gobineau | File from the Publisher Firmin-Didot on the Exploitation of His Works |
1853; 1858; 1864 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 86 | Remy de Gourmont (1858-1915) | Enquetes et Curiosites; Epilogues |
1892 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 422.00 | |
| 87 | Remy de Gourmont | Les Journaux |
1898-1902 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 88 | Jean-Baptiste Gresset (1709-1777) | Autograph Letter Signed |
1747 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 106.00 | |
| 89 | Sacha Guitry (1885-1957) | Les Perles de la Couronne; Gala Sacha Guitry; Theatre des Celestins Program |
1937; 1940 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 106.00 | |
| 90 | Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) | Autograph Letter Signed |
1891 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 659.00 | |
| 91 | Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) | Uber den philosophiegeschichtlichen Ort Martin Heideggers |
1953/1954 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 92 | Jose-Maria de Heredia (1842-1905) | Mam'selle Therese |
1876 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 93 | Jose-Maria de Heredia | Autograph Letter Signed |
1893 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 198.00 | |
| 94 | Abel Hermant (1862-1950) | Poppee. L'Amante de l'Antechrist |
1934 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 989.00 | |
| 95 | Alexandre Herzen (1812-1870) | Autograph Letter Signed |
1857 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 96 | Alexandre Herzen | Autograph Letter Signed |
1858 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 791.00 | |
| 97 | Victor Hugo (1802-1885) | Autograph Letter Signed |
1844 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,055.00 | |
| 98 | Juliette Drouet (1806-1883) | Autograph Letter Signed |
1844 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 791.00 | |
| 99 | Gustave Kahn (1859-1936) | 35 letters or pieces by publishers, with contracts also signed by Kahn |
1896-1936 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 725.00 | |
| 100 | Jean de La Coste (159.-1671) | Letter to M. Marceau, conseiller du Roy en la Cour des Monnaies |
1654 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101 | Jean Dessoliaire (1811-1885) | 28 letters to Lamennais |
1844-1854 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 950.00 | |
| 102 | Ponce Denis Ecouchard Le Brun (1729-1807) | Ode patriotique sur les divers evenemens de la memorable annee 1792 depuis le 10 aout |
1792 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 396.00 | |
| 103 | Michel Leiris (1901-1990) | Letter to Alain Trutat |
1964 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 104 | Gosselin Lenotre (1857-1935) | La Brouette de Couthon |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 462.00 | |
| 105 | Julie de Lespinasse (1732-1776) | Letter to Turgot |
N/A | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 923.00 | |
| 106 | Approximately 480 letters or pieces |
N/A | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,187.00 | ||
| 107 | Edmond About; Juliette Adam; Jean Bechade-Labarthe; Jean Pelerin | 17 letters or pieces, plus a pencil drawing project for a medallion in homage to Lamartine and Mistral |
1882-1889 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 158.00 | |
| 108 | Gerard Bauer; Andre Bellessort; Henry Bidou; Abel Bonnard; Leon Bocquet; Marcel Boulenger; Auguste Dupouy; Gabriel Faure; Georges Goyau; Abel Hermant; Paul Hazard; Herve Lauwick; Maurice Levaillant; Eugene Marsan; Amelie Murat; Jacques Normand; Marie-Loui | 38 autograph manuscripts and about 70 letters |
1927 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 791.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
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Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000