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ALDE: A Century of Literature: 1918-2018

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Auction Name A Century of Literature: 1918-2018 Total Sales (EUR) 1,121,445.00
Auction Date May 19, 2022 - May 19, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 508,850.00
Sale Number #51922 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 656,250.00
Total Lots 250
Sold Lots 236 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 535,350.00
% of Lots Sold 94.40% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 692,050.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 162.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
83 YOURCENAR (Marguerite).

Mémoires d’Hadrien.

1951 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 63,750.00
25 CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand).

Voyage au bout de la nuit.

1932 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 53,750.00
119 GARY (Romain).

La Promesse de l’aube.

1960 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 35,000.00
159 COHEN (Albert).

Belle du seigneur.

1968 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 31,250.00
36 CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand).

Mort à crédit.

1936 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 27,500.00
43 CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand).

Bagatelles pour un massacre.

1938 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 25,000.00
82 GRACQ (Julien).

Le Rivage des Syrtes.

1951 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 25,000.00
94 SAGAN (Françoise).

Bonjour tristesse.

1954 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 22,500.00
136 SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

Les Mots.

1963 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 22,500.00
181 GARY] ÉMILE AJAR ([Romain).

La Vie devant soi.

1975 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
52 CAMUS (Albert).

L’Étranger.

1942 EUR 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 18,125.00
41 BERNANOS (Georges).

Les Grands Cimetières sous la lune.

1938 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 17,500.00
102 CAMUS (Albert).

La Chute.

1956 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 17,500.00
50 SAINT-EXUPÉRY (Antoine de).

Pilote de guerre.

1942 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 16,875.00
35 BERNANOS (Georges).

Journal d’un curé de campagne.

1936 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 16,250.00
39 SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

La Nausée.

1938 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 15,625.00
103 GARY (Romain).

Les Racines du ciel.

1956 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
115 NABOKOV (Vladimir).

Lolita.

1959 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
203 KUNDERA (Milan).

L’Insoutenable Légèreté de l’être.

1984 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
72 MALAPARTE (Curzio).

La Peau.

1949 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 13,125.00
61 SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

Huis clos.

1945 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
69 CAMUS (Albert).

La Peste.

1947 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
78 ORWELL (Georges).

1984.0

1950 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
113 LAMPEDUSA (Giuseppe Tomasi di).

Il Gattopardo.

1958 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 12,500.00
51 VERCORS.

Le Silence de la mer.

1942 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 11,250.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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