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
276 HARRIS CHANDLER, Joel

Uncle Remus, or Mr. Fox, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Terrapin

LONDON (n.d., c.1920) GBP 30.00 - 60.00 Unknown
277 KIPLING, Rudyard

The Second Jungle Book

LONDON 1895 GBP 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
278 STRICKLAND, Agnes

The Use of Sight or I Wish I Were Julia

LONDON 1824 GBP 40.00 - 120.00 Unknown
279 GRAHAME, Kenneth

The Wind in the Willows

LONDON 1919 GBP 100.00 - 300.00 Unknown
280 MARSHALL, R. (Printer)

Exquisite tiny books: MARSHALL, R. (Printer). The Friends ; or, The History of Billy Freeman, and Tommy Truelove

LONDON 1776 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
281 TRIMMER, Mrs.

Fabulous Histories, Designed for the Instruction of Children Respecting their Treatment of Animals

LONDON 1821 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
282 CARROLL, Lewis

Alice in Wonderland

LONDON (n.d., c.1913) GBP 250.00 - 600.00 Unknown
283 BARRIE, (F.M.)

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

LONDON (n.d., c. 1911) GBP 130.00 - 230.00 Unknown
284 DE LA MARE, Walter and JONES, Harold

This Year: Next Year

LONDON 1937 GBP 120.00 - 300.00 Unknown
285 STEVENSON, Robert Louis

A Child's Garden of Verses illustrated by Willbeck le Mair

LONDON 1931 GBP 40.00 - 100.00 Unknown
286

The Shepherds Calender, Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve monethes...

LONDON & NEW YORK 1898 GBP 80.00 - 220.00 Unknown
287 ROLLESTON, (T.W.)

Parsifal or the Legend of the Holy Grail Retold from Ancient Sources with Acknowledgement to the 'Parsifal' of Richard Wagner

LONDON (n.d., c. 1912) GBP 70.00 - 150.00 Unknown
288 His Honour Judge Edward Abbott Parry

Katawampus It's Treatment & Cure and The First Book Of Krab

1927 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
289 WOODWARD, Alice B., O'CONNER, Daniel

The Peter Pan Picture Book

LONDON 1907 GBP 60.00 - 160.00 Unknown
290 BAILEY, Nicola

A fine collection of FIRST ED. children's books all with beautiful illustration and design, The Necessary Cat

LONDON 1998 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 Unknown
291 WEST, Michael

Clairdelune

LONDON (n.d., c.1913) GBP 50.00 - 110.00 Unknown
292

A Fabulous Collection! TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. Morte D'Arthur, Reproduced in Gold and Colours After the Original Illuminated Drawings by Alberto Sangorski, Verse

LONDON 1912 GBP 120.00 - 200.00 Unknown
293 WILDE, Oscar

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

NEW YORK 1937 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
294 GILBERT, (W.S.)

Songs of Two Savoyards

LONDON (n.d., 1892) GBP 20.00 - 60.00 Unknown
295 Earl E. Fisk, editor

Lovely Laughter, An Anthology of Seventeenth Century Love Lyrics

LONDON 1932 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
296 GOLDSMITH, Oliver

The Traveller, the Deserted Village and other Poems

LONDON 1822 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
297 WALTON, Izaak

The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation: being a Discourse of Fish & Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers

LONDON (n.d., c. 1911) GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
298 LONG, George

The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, in the Translation of George Long

LONDON 1912 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Unknown
299 JEROME, K. Jerome

Three Men in a Boat to say nothing of the Dog!

IPSWICH 1975 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 Unknown
300 COLERIDGE, (S.T.)

Kubla Khan, with drawings by Clarke Hutton

SURREY 1984 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 Unknown
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000