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ALDE: Letters, Autographs, Manuscripts

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Auction Name Letters, Autographs, Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 193,462.50
Auction Date December 13, 2017 - December 13, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 85,500.00
Sale Number #25873 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 108,670.00
Total Lots 360
Sold Lots 159 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 171,400.00
% of Lots Sold 44.17% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 221,080.00
Unsold Lots 201 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 87.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
20 Pierre BOULEZ (1925-2016)

Manuscrit autographe, Incidences actuelles de Berg, [1948] 

 1948 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 56,250.00
183 George SAND.

Manuscrit autographe signé, Jacques, 1834 

 1834 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
5 Honoré de BALZAC.

L.A.S., vendredi [10 juillet 1840], à Victor Hugo 

 1840 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
111 Victor HUGO (1802-1885)

Poème autographe signé, Fragment, [septembre 1828 ?] 

 1828 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 5,000.00
289 Piotr Alexeïevitch, prince KROPOTKINE (1842-1921)

18 L.A.S. et 2 L.A., 1902-1912, à l’agent littéraire Charles Francis Cazenove (une à George Herbert Perris) 

 1902-1912 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,000.00
206 Paul VALÉRY.

17 L.A.S., [1896]-1920 et s.d., à Francis Viélé-Griffin 

 1896-1920 et s.d. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,750.00
259 Jules DUMONT D’URVILLE (1790-1842)

L.A.S., Paris 3 octobre 1821, à M. Soleyrol, capitaine du génie militaire, à Calvi (Corse) 

 1821 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 3,750.00
341 Louis-Antoine SAINT-JUST (1767-1794)

L.S. cosignée par Bertrand Barère, Lazare Carnot et Claude-Antoine Prieur (de la Côte d’Or), Paris 15 ventose II (5 mars 1794), à Jean-Philibert Maret, « commissaire pour la confection des chemins de la frontière du Nord » 

 1794 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,125.00
263 Jean-Henri FABRE (1823-1915)

Manuscrit autographe signé, Les Épeires. Une originale façon de voyager, Sérignan (Vaucluse) 

 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,875.00
205 Paul VALÉRY (1871-1945)

Manuscrit autographe, Vers perdus entre 1890 et 1897… ou 1900-1922 

 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,750.00
210 Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

P.S. avec apostille autographe, signée aussi par Nestor Roqueplan, Paris 28 février 1852 

 1852 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,750.00
333 Louis PASTEUR (1822-1895)

L.A.S., Paris 11 juillet 1881

 1881 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,750.00
144 Guy de MAUPASSANT (1850-1893)

3 L.A.S., Étretat [automne 1885], à Georges Patinot, directeur du Journal des Débats 

 1885 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,500.00
4 Honoré de BALZAC (1799-1850)

L.A.S., Août 1839 [septembre ?], à Léon Gozlan 

 1839 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,375.00
90 Gustave FLAUBERT (1821-1880)

L.A.S., mardi 21 [octobre 1879, à Jules Lemaitre] 

 1879 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,250.00
41 Paul BOURGET (1852-1935)

Manuscrit autographe signé, Variétés. Le Prêtre de Némi, [1886], et 40 L.A.S., 1886-1893, à Georges Patinot, directeur du Journal des Débats 

 1886-1893 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,875.00
76 Michel DÉON (1919-2016)

35 L.A.S. et 3 L.S., 1958-1998, au journaliste et nouvelliste portugais Luis Forjas Trigueiros (1915-2000) 

 1958-1998 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,750.00
335 Camille Honoré PETITJEAN (1862-1909 ?)

Manuscrit (autographe ?), Aventures de Camille Petitjean. Récit sincère des aventures d’un évadé, injustement condamné à la relégation, suivi de Quelques mots sur la transportation, et Les transports à Cayenne, Gaillon 17 juillet 1898 

 1898 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,750.00
10 Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

P.A.S., 21 juillet 1837 

 1837 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,625.00
112 Victor HUGO.

Poème autographe signé « Victor H. », « J’aime une plaine immense »…, [début 1829 ?] 

 1829 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,625.00
174 Ernest REYER (1823-1909)

Manuscrit autographe d’un discours sur Berlioz, [octobre 1886] 

 1886 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,625.00
190 Friedrich VON SCHLEGEL (1772-1829)

L.A.S., Vienne 1er octobre 1828, à un ami 

 1828 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,500.00
159 Alfred de MUSSET (1810-1857)

L.A.S., Mercredi soir [24 février 1836], à Madame Caroline Jaubert 

 1836 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,375.00
279 François GUIZOT (1787-1874)

20 L.A.S., 1838-1874, la plupart à Armand Bertin 

 1838-1874 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,375.00
54 François-René de CHATEAUBRIAND.

L.A.S., 31 décembre 1820, à Jacques-Joseph de Corbière 

 1820 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,250.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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