Hansons: The Library Auction, 111225, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025

Page Size: 266 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ROWLING, (J. K.).	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	London	1997	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
2	ROWLING, (J. K.).	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	London	1999	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 10,000.00
3	ROWLING, (J. K.).	Harry Potter, Deluxe Editions, a complete set	London	1999-2007	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,600.00	GBP 1,125.00
4	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	Autograph Letter Signed		1968	GBP 6,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 8,125.00
5	BARFIELD, (Owen).	The Silver Trumpet	London	1925	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
6	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.).	The Lord of the Rings	London	1991	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
7	Jimmy Cauty	Lord of the Rings: The Hobbit, original Athena poster		1980	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
8	Jimmy Cauty	Lord of the Rings: Gandalf, original Athena poster		1976	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
9	Pauline Baynes	Bilbo's Last Song, poster		1977	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 206.25
10	Pauline Baynes	Lord of the Rings: There and Back Again, original poster		1976	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 206.25
11	Pauline Baynes	Lord of the Rings: Map of Middle Earth, original poster		1977	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 187.50
12	Christopher Tolkien	Lord of the Rings: Map of Beleriand		1978	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 131.25
13	Pauline Baynes	Lord of the Rings: Return to Middle Earth, BBC dramatisation poster		1981	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 625.00
14		Lord of the Rings, original calendars		1974, 1977	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 325.00
15	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.).	The Silmarillion	London	1977	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 57.50
16	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	Poems and Songs of Middle Earth		1967	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 57.50
17	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	The Lord of the Rings	London	1977	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 93.75
18	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	The Hobbit, De Luxe Edition	London	1976	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
19	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien	London	1979	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 62.50
20	David Day	A Tolkien Bestiary	London	1979	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
21	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo	London	1975	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 100.00
22	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics		1963 & 1977	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 50.00
23	Ruth S. Noel	The Mythology of Middle-Earth	London	1977	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 75.00
24		An extensive collection of journals to include Mallorn [Tolkien Society]...			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 375.00
25	WILLIAMS, (Charles)	Selected Poems 1886-1945	Oxford	1986	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.