• Sotheby’s, June 26: Poe, Edgar Allan. Tamerlane — the most poignant rarity in American literature. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: The Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." 2,500,000 - 5,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: William Blake. “Poems with very wild and interesting pictures” 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Thomas Taylor [artist]. The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
  • Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 4. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map in Full Contemporary Color (1642) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 125. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $15,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 673. Rare Frontispiece in Full Contemporary Color with Gilt Highlights (1662) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 717. Complete Tanner Atlas with Important Maps of Texas & Iowa (1845) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 3. Henricus Hondius' Baroque-Style World Map (1641) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 258. Complete Set of De Bry's Native Virginians & Picts from Part I of Grands Voyages (1608) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 608. Superb Work on 18th Century Russia with over 100 Maps and Plates (1788) Est. $3,500 - $4,250
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 49. One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1556) Est. $5,000 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 706. Superb Image of the Annunciation in Contemporary Hand Color (1518) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 123. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 631. One of the Earliest Printed Maps of Afghanistan & Pakistan (1482) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 689. Proof Copy Engraving of the Senate Floor During the Compromise of 1850 (1855) Est. $1,500 - $1,800
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 19: Lot 70 - Warner (Robert). The Orchid Album, 11 volumes, 1882-1897. £5,000 to £8,000
    Dominic Winter, June 19: Lot 151 - United States. Melish (John), Map of the United States with..., British & Spanish Possessions, 1816. £40,000 to £60,000
    Dominic Winter, June 19: Lot 159 - World. Speed (John), A New and Accurat Map of the World, 1676. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 503 - American Civil War playing cards. Union Cards, New York: American Card Co., 1862. £500 to £800
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 573 - Shepard (Ernest Howard), 'The Hour is Come’, original watercolour, [1959]. £10,000 to £15,000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 922 - Wilde (Oscar). An Ideal Husband, large paper limited issue, 1899. £4,000 to £6,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 744 - Disney (Walt). “Sketch Book” [of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs], 1938. £700 to £1,000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 771 - Auden (Wystan Hugh). Portrait of the head of W. H. Auden, 1970. £1,000 to £1,500
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 822 - Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st edition, signed by the author, 1959. £6,000 to £8,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 895 - Rowling (J. K.). A complete inscribed set of Harry Potter books plus ephemera. £8,000 to £12,0000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 883 - Orwell (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. £3,000 to £5,000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 700 - Ashendene Press. T. Lucreti Cari De Rerium Natura Libri Sex, Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1913. £4,000 to £6,000

Vermot de Pas: 500 Autographs, Photographs and Drawings, 151328, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 03, 2024 - April 03, 2024
Page Size: 500 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
251

VAL DE MARNE (94) - VILLENEUVE-SAINT-GEORGES / "Fief de Belleplace a Villeneuve-Saint-Georges": "Extraits des anciens Titres de Propriete du ci-devant Fief de Bellepl

 1867 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
252 Aristide Viguie

GARD (30) - CHEMIN DE FER / "Une Excursion sur le nouveau Chemin de Fer d'Allais a Brioude" by Aristide Viguie, Nimes, Typographie Clavel-Ballivet, 1869, 30 p booklet

 1869 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 96.00
253

CAMBACERES family / Inventory after the death of Count Louis de Cambaceres (1832-1868): notarial deed (expedition), 72 p in-4, dated October 24, 1868, drawn up at the

 1868 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 230.40
254 Edouard CLAVERY

WAR 39-45 - Edouard CLAVERY (Paris 1867 - Le Vesinet 1949, diplomat and economist) / Copy of "La Guerre a travers les ages" by J. Ullrich, NRF, 1942, bound in half-pe

 1942 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 76.80
255

Napoleon-Jerome BONAPARTE (known as "Plon-Plon", 1822-1891, son of Jerome Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon I, brother of Princess Mathilde and first cousin of Napoleon I

 1887 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 128.00
256 Andre-Alexandre GUILLERMOND

LYON - PHARMACY - Andre-Alexandre GUILLERMOND (Lyon 1812-1890, Lyon pharmacist, credited with "inventing" the cachet or tablet in 1835) / Correspondence of 11 autogra

 1850 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
257 Auguste LE MAOUT

COTE D'ARMOR (22) - Auguste LE MAOUT (Saint-Brieuc 1817 - Saint-Quay-Portrieux 1897, pharmacist, journalist and printer, Breton militant, republican activist who took

 1872-1892 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 320.00
258

RELIQUE - VITRE (35) / Old handwritten attestation on folded paper, that this envelope thus formed, contains hair of Father Rene Sebastien Bretteau de La Gueretterie

 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
259 Champagne GIESLER

MARNE - AVIZE - Champagne GIESLER (Friedrich Giesler, 1793-1870, founder in 1827 of Maison Mumm & Cie with Gotlieb Mumm, created in 1837 his own Champagne House in Av

 1878-79 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 230.40
260 Paul ELUARD

Paul ELUARD (1895-1952, poet) / Autograph dedication signed in colored pencil on a flyleaf (single page, 12 x 18.5 cm)

 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 358.40
261 Charles-Marie-Michel de GOYON Duc de FELTRE

COTE D'ARMOR (22) - Charles-Marie-Michel de GOYON Duc de FELTRE (the 3rd, 1844-1930, diplomat and Deputy of Guingamp) / Correspondence of 4 long autograph letters sig

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
262 Rosalia GWIS ADAMI

FEMINISM - Rosalia GWIS ADAMI (1880-1930, Italian woman of letters, feminist pacifist activist) / Signed autograph correspondence to Emile ARNAUD, President of the Li

 1910 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
263

ESCRIME BELLE-EPOQUE / Beautiful collection of 25 invitation cards and programs for assaults at Paris's leading fencing halls: Salle Mimiague-Rouleau, Societe "L'Escr

 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 230.40
264

CHINA - HONKONG / Rare Chinese-only newspaper from April 10, 1896 (it wasn't until the end of the nineteenth century that Chinese-only newspapers were published, prev

 1896 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 121.60
265 Adolphe FORCADE-LAROQUETTE

BORDELAIS - Chateau MALROME - Adolphe FORCADE-LAROQUETTE (1820-1874, politician, owner of the Grand Cru classe Chateau de Malrome) / Correspondence of 18 autograph le

 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
266 Jean-Marie DEGOUTTE

AIN (01) - MIRIBEL - General Jean-Marie DEGOUTTE (1866-1938, important player in the 14-18 War) / Private archive of 142 Belle-Epoque (1900-1910) postcards received b

 1902 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
267 [Liane de POUGY,

[Liane de POUGY, 1869-1950, dancer and courtesan, who became Princess Ghika] / Correspondence of 19 signed autograph letters sent to her, including: 2 War godchildren

 1926-27 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 256.00
268 ORLEANS FAMILY

ORLEANS FAMILY - [Isabelle d'Orleans, Duchesse de Guise, 1878-1961, daughter of Philippe d'Orleans, wife of Jean d'Orleans, Orleanist pretender, mother of the Comte d

 1920s EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
269 Henri BIZETTE

PHYSICS - Henri BIZETTE (1903-1979, physicist) - Aime COTTON (1869-1951, physicist) - Belling TSAI (1906-1993, physicist of Chinese origin) / Important joint work by

 1930s EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
270

LOURDES - PELERINAGE DE 1934 / Composite album of the Pelerinage International des Anciens Combattants Catholiques a Lourdes les 22-24 septembre 1934, bound in tobacc

 1934 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
271 Fernand PINAL

REIMS (51) - LES ECRIVAINS DE CHAMPAGNE / Extensive file kept by painter Fernand PINAL (1881-1958), member of the "Ecrivains de Champagne" association, 1940s-50s: 50

 1940s-50s EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
272 Ferdinand DUBREUIL

BOURBONNAIS - Ferdinand DUBREUIL (1894-1957, writer and illustrator) / "J'ai vu mourir Sainte Barbe au Pays des Mineurs", Tours, Chez l'Auteur, 1952 (printed by Barbo

 1952 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
273 Remi BOUCHER de MOLANDON

ORLEANS (Loiret) - Remi BOUCHER de MOLANDON (Orleans 1805-1893, historian of the Orleans region, specialist in Joan of Arc) / Correspondence of 4 autograph letters, t

 1860 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 76.80
274 JASMIN (Jacques Boe dit,

POET-COIFFEUR - JASMIN (Jacques Boe dit, Agen 1798-1864, poet-hairdresser) / Autograph letter signed, 3 p in-8, Agen, August 6, 1845, to Sylvain Dumon, his colleague

 1845 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 76.80
275 Leon VANIER

[Paul VERLAINE] - Leon VANIER (1847-1896, publisher of Paul Verlaine) / Fragment autograph by Vanier of the account book Vanier kept with Verlaine, in which he record

 1891 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
  • Heritage Auctions, June 27
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Great Gatsby
    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Mary Shelley
    Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus
    London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    J. R. R. Tolkien
    The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again
    London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1937
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Jane Austen
    Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice," &c. &c.
    London: Printed for John Murray, 1816
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    An Inland Voyage
    London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1878
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Ernest Hemingway
    Three Stories & Ten Poems
    Paris: Contact Publishing Co., 1923
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
    History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark
    Philadelphia, 1814
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Emily Dickinson
    Autograph letter signed ("Emily and Vinnie"), to Mary Adelaide Hills
    Amherst, MA, Late April, 1880
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    John Keats
    Autograph letter signed ("John Keats"), to Mrs. Jeffrey
    Honiton 4 or 5 May 1818
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Samuel Johnson
    A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are deduced from their Originals…
    London, 1765
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    H. P. Lovecraft
    Small archive of nine lengthy autograph letters signed variously over a period of six years to J. Vernon Shea.
    Various places, 1931-1937
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Izaak Walton
    The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation…
    London: T. homas Maxey for Rich. ard Marriot, 1653
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Keats, John] Spenser, Edmund: The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. $50,000 - $80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: (Walton, Izaak): The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Thomas, Gabriel: An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. $25,000 - $35,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Carroll, Lewis]: The Game of Alice in Wonderland. $2,000 - $3,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Athias, Joseph, et al.: Biblia Hebraica. $7,000 - $10,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Warhol, Andy, and Jens Quistgaard] Dansk Designs Salesman's Presentation Catalogue. $2,500 - $3,500.
  • Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes
  • Doyle, June 20: CLAUDE MCKA. Home to Harlem. New York: Harpers, 1928. First edition. $700 to $1,000.
    Doyle, June 20: Haydn's VI Original Canzonettas, signed by the composer. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Doyle, June 20: A rare EP sleeve inscribed by John Lennon. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 20: An extremely rare 1961 concert set list and autograph letter from The King. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 20: Bryan Batt's copy of the Mad Men Yearbook, 2008-2014. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 20: An original Al Hirschfeld depicting comedian Fred Allen. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 20: A signed note from George Gershwin with reference to Porgy and Bess. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 20: An original Harold Arlen manuscript musical quotation from "Over the Rainbow.” $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 20: A fine original Edith Head sketch for Grace Kelly's wedding trousseau. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 20: The poster for New Faces with inscriptions and the signature of Eartha Kitt. $200 to $300.
    Doyle, June 20: The classic "Jazz" Bowl by Viktor Schreckengost for Cowan Pottery. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, June 20: Tony Award Medallion won for "Kismet." $3,000 to $5,000.
  • Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's personalized Sweeney Todd asylum coat and jacket. $400 to $600.
    Doyle, June 18: Twelve Posters for Stephen Sondheim Musicals. $400 to $600.
    Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's Gold Record for the soundtrack to West Side Story. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 18: A manuscript musical quotation from Passion. The quotation headed "Tranquillo" above the music, the lyrics are also written out: "lov-ing you is not a choice, it's who I am..." 11 x 14 inches. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's retained set of The Sondheim Review. Comprising a complete run of Volume 1, Number 1 (Summer 1994) to Volume XXI, Number 4 (Fall 2015). $500 to $800.
    Doyle, June 18: Five amusing Victorian-era game boards, including Snakes and Ladders. $200 to $300.
    Doyle, June 18: A cased tabletop croquet set and two horse racing games. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 18: Four Posters Related to Various Sondheim Productions. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 18: The rare first American edition of The Phantom of the Opera. $100 to $200.
  • Sagen & Delås Auctions
    Towards the Poles: Accounts of Polar Exploration
    June 15, 2024
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: ROALD AMUNDSEN: PHOTO of «Fram» SIGNED by 17 members of the South Pole Expedition, Including Amundsen. €6,900 to €8,600.
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen», 1912. IN PARTS. €1,280 to €2,150.
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: JEAN-BAPTISTE CHARCOT: «Expédition Antarctique Francaise […] 1903-1905. », 1906. RARE, SIGNED. €2,100 to €3,400.
    Sagen & Delås Auctions
    Towards the Poles: Accounts of Polar Exploration
    June 15, 2024
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: FREDERICK A. COOK: «Through the first Antarctic Night 1898-1899. […]», 1900. First LIMITED & SIGNED edition. €2,100 to €3,400.
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: JAPANESE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION UNDER NOBU SHIRASE: «Watashi no Nankyoku Tanken-ki», 1942. Publisher's wrappers. €1,280 to €2,135.
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: FRIDTJOF NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet», 1897. LOT - 6 Variant bindings. €1,250 to €2,100.
    Sagen & Delås Auctions
    Towards the Poles: Accounts of Polar Exploration
    June 15, 2024
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: ABRAHAM ORTELIUS: «Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip», 1570. Beautiful handcoloured first state map. €2,950 to €3,800.
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION: [W. S. BRUCE]: «Life in the Antarctic», 1907. 2 copies in wrappers. €85 to €250.
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9», 1909. Publisher's wrappers. €510 to €1,025.
    Sagen & Delås Auctions
    Towards the Poles: Accounts of Polar Exploration
    June 15, 2024
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «South», 1919. An attractive copy in publisher's cloth. €2,550 to €4,265.
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION UNDER CHARLES WILKES (1838-1842): «Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition», 1845. €3,400 to €5,100.
    Sagen & Delås, June 15: HUBERT WILKINS: «Under the North Pole», 1931 | CONTRIBUTORS EDITION - LIMITED TO 29 COPIES. €1,280 to €2,550.
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