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Auction Name Original Bindings & Modern Illustrated Books Total Sales (EUR) 376,430.00
Auction Date December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 212,050.00
Sale Number #120325 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 280,160.00
Total Lots 300
Sold Lots 197.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 296,520.00
% of Lots Sold 65.67% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 390,010.00
Unsold Lots 103 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 96.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
33 LAUTREAMONT (Comte de)

Les Chants de Maldoror

 1934 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 41,250.00
89 KUPKA (Frantisek)

Quatre histoires de blanc et noir

 1926 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 28,750.00
72 MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE (Les)

Publication mensuelle contenant la reproduction des plus belles affiches illustrees des grands artistes, francais et etrangers. Preface de Roger Marx

 1896-1899 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
101 BALZAC (Honore de)

Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu

 1931 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 13,750.00
39 PAULHAN (Jean)

Braque le Patron

 1945 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 11,750.00
48

BIBLE. Biblia sacra vulgata editionis

 1967-1969 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
141 BALZAC (Honore de)

Traite des Excitants Modernes

 1989 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,750.00
26 [BATAILLE (Georges)]

Histoire de l'OEil par Lord Auch

 1928 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,500.00
43 CHAR (Rene)

Le Soleil des eaux

 1949 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,500.00
81 JACOB (Max)

Ne coupez pas mademoiselle ou les erreurs des P.T.T.

 1921 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
163 HUGO (Jean) (1894-1984)

Suite de 7 gouaches

 Jean (1894) EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,125.00
19 STERNE (Lawrence)

Voyage sentimental en France & en Italie

 1920 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
50 BUFFON (Comte de)

Des Hirondelles et de quelques oiseaux connus, meconnus, ou inconnus decrits par le Comte de Buffon et Dado

 1988 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,375.00
82 MALRAUX (Andre)

Lunes en papier

 1921 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,375.00
127 TING (Walasse)

1C/ life

 1964 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,375.00
108 HEISLER (Jindich)

Cache-toi guerre ! Cycle de neuf dessins. 1944

 1947 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,250.00
29 SCHWOB (Marcel)

Vies Imaginaires

 1929 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,000.00
31 CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de)

Les Aventures du dernier Abencerage

 1930 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,000.00
88 KIPLING (Rudyard)

Les Plus beaux contes de Kipling traduits en francais par Louis Fabulet et Robert d'Humieres

 1926 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,875.00
110 KAFKA (Franz)

L'Invite des morts

 1948 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,875.00
35 BAUDELAIRE (Charles)

Le Spleen de Paris

 1940 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,750.00
104 HUGNET (Georges)

OEillades ciselees en branche

 1939 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,750.00
30 BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme)

Physiologie du gout

 1930 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,625.00
15

HASSAN BADREDDINE-EL-BASSRAOUI. Conte des 1001 nuits

 1918 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,500.00
154 WOLS (Otto) (1913-1951)

Les Petits rouges

 1947 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,500.00
  • <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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