Hansons: The Library Sale (Presented By Rare Book Auctions), 21826, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026

Page Size: 305 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Frank Auerbach (German-British, 1931-2024)	AUTOGRAPH LETTERS & ORIGINAL SKETCHES		(1954 to 1973)	GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 10,000.00
2	GREENE, (Graham)	[GRAHAM GREENE - DREAMS & PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE]	London	1971	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 5,875.00
3	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)	[Campaign against the Rajah of Bullum]		Dated 21st to 27th January, 1802	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 2,437.50
4		[ASTRONOMY & GEOGRAPHY]		[c. 1800]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 425.00
5		An archive of 17th-18th century British newspapers featuring news from America (including "Address of President Washington on His Resignation - To the People of the United States")		[1682 to 1805]	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 812.50
6		Bell's Weekly Messenger, newspaper, Sunday November 23rd 1817...		c.1900	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 25.00
7		An admission ticket to Westminster Hall for the Coronation Banquet of George IV, [19 July 1821]		10 June 1793	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 75.00
8		Original 19th century theatre playbills & posters, including Princess's Theatre, Oxford Street	London	1857	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
9		Labour Protection League' trade union sash and regalia, Rotherhithe dock workers, badge presented to Brother J. Edwards, Secretary, 1911		1911	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 168.75
10	FORBES, (Archibald)	[ANGLO-ZULU WAR - BATTLE OF ULUNDI]		[1879]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
11		Napoleonic War -- Letter from HMS Eagle -- 1812	Gulph of Venice	8 August 1812	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
12	Eva Turner (1892-1990)	English dramatic soprano, two typed letters signed		dated 1968/1973	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
13		Georgian and Victorian handwritten letters and addressed envelopes		1804	GBP 60.00 - 120.00	GBP 156.25
14		GROPENHALL, CHESHIRE 1687 handwritten document on vellum, will of William Bordman, clerk and rector of Gropenhall		1687	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 27.50
15		HUTON CRANSWICK, YORKSHIRE 1654 handwritten document on vellum, will of George Fox		1654	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 81.25
16		Oliver Cromwell era 1658 handwritten document on vellum, final concord, Westminster Hall		1658	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 112.50
17		PICKERING, NORTH YORKSHIRE 1735 handwritten document on vellum, concerning William Park of Eastgate, Pickering		1735	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 32.50
18		PORTSMOUTH 1577 handwritten document on vellum, indenture concerning Richard Foster		1577	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 87.50
19		WOOLPIT, SUFFOLK 17th century handwritten document on vellum, concerning Thomas Taylor		17th century	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 37.50
20		HUTON CRANSWICK, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE 1655 handwritten document on vellum, will of George Fox		1655	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 32.50
21		WRELTON, AISLABY, CROPTON, NEAR PICKERING, NORTH YORKSHIRE 1766 handwritten document on laid paper		1766	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
22		Book of Hours c.1400s		c.1400s	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 81.25
23		[JAPANESE MANUSCRIPT]. Oku'in bo [Records of Official Seals]		1875	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
24	KIMURA, (Hisashi)	A collection of 12 offprints comprising	Tokyo	[1931]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
25	LAMB, (Francis)	[Greece and the Levant]	[London]	[1679]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.