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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | Juliette Adam; Adolphe Aderer; Claude Anet; Henri Barbusse; Pierre Benoit; Jean de Bonnefon; Paul Brulat; Alphonse de Chateaubriant; Leon Daudet; Henri Duvernois; Rene Ghil; Frantz Jourdain; Gustave Kahn; Sebastien-Charles Leconte; Paul Reboux; Romain Rol | 26 Autograph Letters Signed to Marc Henry |
1905 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 356.00 | |
| 110 | Robert Badinter; Jean Bastaire; Francois Bayrou; Jacques de Bourbon-Busset; Jacques Debu-Bridel; Michel Droit; Suzanne Flon; Jean Hamburger; Maurice Herzog; Jean Lacouture; Louis Nucera; Rene de Obaldia; Jean d'Ormesson; Jean-Marie Pelt; Alain Peyrefitte; | 57 Autograph Letters Signed to Marcel Cordier |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 528.00 | |
| 111 | Pierre Louys (1870-1925) | Autograph Letter Signed to Jean de Tinan |
Paris | 1895 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 237.00 |
| 112 | Pierre Louys | 10 Autograph Letters Signed to Claude Farrere |
circa 1909-1911 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,055.00 | |
| 113 | Lodois de Martin du Tyrac comte de Marcellus (1795-1865) | L'Evangile selon St Jean |
1859; 1861 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 114 | Jean-Francois Marmontel (1723-1799) | Autograph Letter to Jean-Baptiste Suard |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 857.00 | |
| 115 | Andre Maurois (1885-1967) | Le dehors et le dedans |
London | 1925 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 116 | Andre Maurois | Advice to a young Frenchman who is going to live in liaison with Americans |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 117 | Elisa Mercœur (1809-1835) | Autograph Letter Signed to Jean Gigoux |
1833 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 106.00 | |
| 119 | Prosper Merimee (1803-1870) | Autograph Letter Signed to a Friend |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 120 | Jean de Belcier | Letter Signed to Madeleine de Jarnac |
Paris | 1536 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 121 | Ferdinand Bac; Maurice Barres; Gustave Jacquet; Samuel Pozzi; Rejane; Herminie duchesse de Rohan; Marie de Rohan-Chabot; Robert de Montesquiou | 10 Autograph Letters Signed to Robert de Montesquiou |
1901; 1897; 1899; 1910 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 462.00 | |
| 122 | Bernard de Montfaucon (1655-1741) | Letter to President de Mazangues |
Paris | 1733 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 123 | Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) | Letter to a lady |
N/A | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 725.00 | |
| 124 | Charles Nodier (1780-1844) | Cimetiere des Innocents |
1838-1839 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 125 | Jean de Palaprat (1650-1721) | Letter to M. Robert |
1684 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 126 | Paul Pellisson-Fontanier (1624-1693) | Letters to Scipion du Puy |
Saint-Germain; Paris; Versailles; Fontainebleau | 1666-1685 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,055.00 |
| 128 | Lucien-Anatole Prevost-Paradol (1829-1870) | Letters to a friend; Les Anciens Partis |
1860 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 129 | Auguste-Henry-Edouard de Queux de Saint-Hilaire (1837-1889) | Letters to Alidor Delzant |
1873-1889 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 130 | Louis Racine (1692-1763) | Letter to Dr. Gerhard Nicolaus Heerkens |
1758 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 131 | Andre-Michel de Ramsay (1686-1743) | Letter to Comte d'Ozambray |
Paris | 1731 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 528.00 |
| 132 | Salomon Reinach (1858-1932) | Letter to M. Gauckler |
Paris | 1898 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 133 | Ernest Renan (1823-1892) | Letter to a friend |
Paris | 1881 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 237.00 |
| 134 | Henri Rochefort (1831-1913) | Autograph Letter Signed to M. Diaz |
Paris | 1868 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 135 | Marius Roux (1838-1905) | Family Correspondence, 1878-1880 |
1878-1880 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
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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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The Private Library:
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
The Private Library:
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
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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