• Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
  • Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • Forum Auctions
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    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, first edition, John Murray, 1859. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Forum, May 29: Astronomy.- Apianus (Petrus). Cosmographicus Liber a Petro Apiano Mathematico Studiose Collectus., first edition, Landshut, 1524. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum, May 29: Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano. Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet., first edition, first issue, Milan, 1521. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Gill (Eric). Eve, number 1 of 50, hand-coloured wood-engraving, signed at foot in pencil, [1926]. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: America.- Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, Dickinson & Co., 1848. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, May 29: Wodehouse (P.G.) Psmith USA, autograph manuscript of his novel "Psmith Journalist", signed and dated at end and dated "11 November 1909, Hotel Earle, 103 Waverley Place". £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Women.- Wollstonecraft (Mary). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first edition, uncut in original boards, 1792. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, May 29: Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., first editions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1910-13. £20,000 to £30,000.

Sothebys: Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection, pf2527, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date
June 13, 2025 - June 13, 2025
Page Size: 305 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
775 Ogata Gekko (1859-1920)

Two woodblock prints

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
776 Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)

Sleeping cat and butterfly

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
777 Koun (dates unknown) Niwa Tokei (1758-1820)

Two large surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
778 Attributed to Setsuan (dates unknown) Hasegawa Settan (1778-1843)

Two small surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
779 Yabu Chosui (1813-1867) Matsukawa Hanzan (1818-1882) Sato Gyodai II (active circa 1871-1897)

Three surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
780 Suzuki Nanrei (1775-1844) Takashima Chiharu (1777-1859) Ri'in (dates unknown)

Four surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
781 Various artists including Harada Keigaku (1803-1885), Yamagata Soshin (1818-1862), Kawabata Gyokusho (1842-1913), Senko (active circa 1850s), Terukazu (dates unknown)

A group of eleven nagaban surimono

Edo -- Meiji period, 19th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
782 Various artists including Ogino Kosetsu (active circa 1860s), Hada Gesshu (born in 1841), Suzuki Hyakunen (1828-1891), Tamate Baishu (active circa 1850s-1860s) and Sato Hodai (active circa 1833-1870 )

A group of twenty-eight surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
783 Various artists including Tani Buncho (1763-1841), Watanabe Nangaku (1767-1813), Suzuki Nanrei (1775-1844), Matsumura Keibun (1779-1843), Yokoyama Seiki (1793-1865), Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871) and Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)

Twenty-two large and rare surimono formerly in the collection of Jack Hillier

Edo -- Meiji period, 19th century EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
784 Various artists including Harada Keigaku (active circa 1850--1860), Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889), Kawanabe Kyosui (1868-1935), Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891) and Ayaoka Yushin (1846-1910)

A group of twenty-seven surimono with original envelopes

Edo - Meiji period, 19th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
785 Various artists including Tamate Baishu (active circa 1850-1860), Matsukawa Hanzan (1818-1882), Kawabata Gyokusho (1842-1913), Sato Hodai (active circa 1833-1870) and Sato Gyodai II (1871-1897)

A group of eight surimono with original envelope

Edo - Meiji period, 19th century EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 Unknown
786 Various artists including Kita Busei (1776-1856), Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), Suzuki Nanrei (1775-1844) and Takashima Chiharu (1777-1859)

A group of ten surimono

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
787 Various artists including Tanaka Shutei (1810-1858), Hirafuku Suian (1844-1890), Sato Gyodai II (active circa 1871-1897) and Yabu Chosui (1813-1867)

A group of seventeen surimono

Edo -- Meiji period, 19th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
788 Various artists including Suzuki Nanrei (1775-1844)

A group of six surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
789 Various artists including Harada Keigaku (active circa 1850-1860), Tanaka Nangai (active circa 1850-1880) and Hojo Katei (1780-1823)

A group of twenty nagaban surimono

Edo -- Meiji period, 19th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
790 Various artists including Sato Hodai (active circa 1833-1870), Katsukawa Shunsei (dates unknown) and Sato Gyodai II (active circa 1871-1897)

A group of six surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 Unknown
791 Various artists including Iijima Koga (1829-1900), Eisai (dates unknown), Yamaguchi Kogetsu (active circa 1890s-1910s)

A group of six variously sized surimono

Edo - Meiji period, 19th century EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
792 A group of fourteen small paintings and sketches, a woodblock-printed kimono design, a small surimono and woodblock print

Edo - Taisho period, 19th - 20th century

EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
793 Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki, 1870-1945)

Sweet pea and butterflies

Taisho period, early 20th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
794 Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950)

Kibatan Parrot (Kibatan omu)

Taisho period, early 20th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
795 Hashiguchi Goyo (1880-1921)

Yaba Gorge (Yabakei)

Taisho period, early 20th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
796 Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)

Spring (Haru)

Taisho period, early 20th century EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
797 Hashiguchi Goyo (1880-1921)

Woman with a Tray (Bon moteru onna)

Taisho period, early 20th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
798 Hashiguchi Goyo (1880-1921)

Woman with a Towel (Tenugui no onna)

Taisho period, early 20th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
799 Hasegawa Sadanobu III (1881-1963)

Wait Just a Minute! (Shibaraku): Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa

Showa period, 20th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
  • Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • Forum Auctions
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    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, first edition, John Murray, 1859. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Forum, May 29: Astronomy.- Apianus (Petrus). Cosmographicus Liber a Petro Apiano Mathematico Studiose Collectus., first edition, Landshut, 1524. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum, May 29: Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano. Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet., first edition, first issue, Milan, 1521. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Gill (Eric). Eve, number 1 of 50, hand-coloured wood-engraving, signed at foot in pencil, [1926]. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    Forum, May 29: America.- Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, Dickinson & Co., 1848. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, May 29: Wodehouse (P.G.) Psmith USA, autograph manuscript of his novel "Psmith Journalist", signed and dated at end and dated "11 November 1909, Hotel Earle, 103 Waverley Place". £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Women.- Wollstonecraft (Mary). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first edition, uncut in original boards, 1792. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, May 29: Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., first editions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1910-13. £20,000 to £30,000.