Hansons: The Library Auction, 111225, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
54 Thomas Ingoldsby

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels

London 1907 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 250.00
55 Arthur Oliffe

An archive of original artwork & designs...and other ephemera relating to the artist...

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 250.00
56

A small archive comprising: "Port of London Authority - New Offices", architectural plans...

c. 1920-30 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 75.00
57 MURAKAMI, (Haruki)

1Q84

London 2011 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
58 RUSSELL, (Bertrand)

The Good Citizen's Alphabet

London 1953 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
59 BURGESS, Anthony

A Clockwork Orange

London 1962 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
60 MURDOCH, Iris

Under the Net

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
61 MURDOCH, Iris

The Flight From the Enchanter

London 1956 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
62 O'BRIAN, Patrick

Folio Society set

2009 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,625.00
63

SIGNED 1987 BOOKER SHORTLIST

1987 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
64 BURGESS, Anthony

Little Wilson and Big God

London 1987, 1990 GBP 60.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
65 CHATWIN, Bruce

UTZ

London 1988 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
66 RUSHDIE, Salman

The Satanic Verses

London 1988 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 GBP 47.50
67 MURDOCH, Iris

Message to the Planet

London 1989 GBP 60.00 - 90.00 GBP 37.50
68 UNSWORTH, Barry

Pascali's Island

London 1980 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
69 PROUST, Marcel

In Search of Lost Time

2001 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 37.50
70 HEMINGWAY, Ernest

The Old Man and the Sea

London 1952 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
71 MOORE, (Patrick)

The Frozen Planet

London 1954 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
72 JOHNS, (Captain W. E.).

The Cruise of the Condor

London GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
73 FLEMING, (Ian)

Dr. No

London 1958-05-01 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 47.50
74 GAUGUIN, (Paul)

Noa Noa: Voyage de Tahiti

Paris 1929 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
75 MARX, (Enid)

Bulgy the Barrage Balloon

London 1941 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 118.75
76 ORWELL, (George)

Animal Farm: The Strip Version of the Halas and Batchelor Film

no date GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 112.50
77 MEINDERTSMA, (Christien)

PIG 05049 1:1

2007 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
78 AUSTEN, (Joe)

The Magic House

Glasgow 1982-85 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
  • 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.
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  • Swann
    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.