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
104

Charles Peace Authentic Account of the Life, Trial and Execution of the Notorious Burglar

Manchester n. d., c. 1910 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 100.00
105

The Life and Trial of Charles Peace

Sheffield 1879 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 37.50
106

Charles Peace carte-de-visite

c. 1880 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 75.00
107

Charles Peace the Master Criminal

c. 1910 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 37.50
108

A collection of books and ephemera relating to Charles Peace

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 37.50
109 PASTEUR, (Louis)

[Studies on Beer] Etudes sur la Biere

Paris 1876 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 62.50
110 CARTER, (Howard)

The Tomb of Tutankhamen

London 1923 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
111 [BATE, (John)].

The Mysteryes of Nature and Art

London 1634 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 575.00
112 ADAM, (Robert).

Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia

London 1764 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
113

Bye-Laws of the Northern Lodge of China, No. 570, Shanghai

London 1864 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 450.00
114 BYRNE, (Oliver).

The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid

London 1847 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,125.00
115 MOLL, (Herman).

A System of Geography: or, A New & Accurate Description of the Earth in All its Empires, Kingdoms and States

London 1701 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,500.00
116 KOLDEWEY, (Capt.).

The German Arctic Expedition

London 1874 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
117 SQUIER, (E. G.).

Notes on Central America

New York 1855 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 187.50
118 PHILBY, (H. St. J. B.).

Arabian Highlands

New York 1952 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 125.00
119 LAMONT, (E. H.).

Wild Life Among the Pacific Highlanders

London 1867 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 125.00
120 BARTH, (Dr. Henry).

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa

London 1857 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
121 BULL, (H. J.).

The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions

London 1896 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
122 VON SPIX, Dr. Joh. Bapt.; VON MARTIUS, Dr. C. F. Phil.

Travels in Brazil in the Years 1817-1820

London 1824 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
123 FLEURIEU, C. P. Claret; MARCHAND, Etienne (Transl.).

A Voyage Round the World

London 1801 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
124 GILL, (W. Wyatt).

Jottings from the Pacific

London 1885 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 22.50
125 BAILLIE-GROHMAN, (Wm. A.).

Camps in the Rockies

London 1882 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
126 OVINGTON, (J.).

A Voyage to Suratt

London 1696 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,250.00
127 YOUNGHUSBAND, (Lieut. G. J.).

Eighteen Hundred Miles On a Burmese Tat

London 1888 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
128 OSBORN, (Capt. Sherard).

A Cruise in Japanese Waters

Edinburgh & London 1859 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 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.