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
26 GEIKIE, Sir Archibald

Geological Map of England & Wales

Edinburgh 1897 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
27

Map of England and Wales, Shewing the Boundaries of the Bankruptcy Districts

2nd November, 1842 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
28

A Coroner's Inquest, late-Georgian satirical caricature depicting a paunchy coroner insisting on proceeding with his inquest despite the subject evidently being alive

London 1826 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
29 Jacques Callot (1592-1635)

Les Supplices

c.1630 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
30 George Cruikshank (1792-1878)

The Blue Devils

London 1823 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
31 George Cruikshank (1792-1878)

Mixing A Recipe For Corns

London 1822 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
32

Vinegar valentine...

London c.1840 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
33

Four Evangelists...

c. 1600 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
34

The Paths to Heaven and Hell

(1573-1640) GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
35

Egidius Sadeler II (1570-1629) after Albrecht Durer, Head of An Angel, engraving

1598 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
36

Dirk Volkertsz Coornhert (1522-1590) after Maarten Van Heemskerck, two etchings from the series of twelve depicting Habsburg Emperor Charles V's military victories

1550 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
37

Joh. Mart. Brechenmacher after Claes Bercham (1620-1683), Dutch Golden Age, etching, shepherd stopping at a spring

n.d. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
38

The Committee or Popery in Masquerade, a 17th-century satirical broadside/ballad against non-conformists, the design after Sir Roger L'Estrange

[London] [1680] GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
39 HAECKEL, (Ernst)

Kunst-Formen der Natur

Leipzig & Wien [1899-1904] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
40

Mary Sargant Florence (1857-1954) archive, Including: collection of original preliminary sketches for her frescoes at Oakham School (begun 1902)

Covent Garden n.d. c.1895 GBP 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
41

Georgian period profile portrait, in pencil, appears to be a preliminary sketch, reminiscent of Gillray or Hogarth

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
42

In the manner of Aubrey Beardsley, signed "A. B."

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
43

Patten Wilson (1869-1934) original drawing of a Kestrel, pencil, signed l.r.

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
44

Original drawings and prints, including: two early 1800s pencil drawings depicting rural workers - a drawing of part of Carisbrooke Castle...

c.1800 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 Unknown
45

SCARBOROUGH, 19 Victorian carte de visite portraits from Scarborough...

c.1910s GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
46

Original Victorian/Edwardian Photographs...

1878 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
47

Original 19th/early 20th century photographs, social history...

1925 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
48

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of approximately 800 loose postcards, many real photographic examples [c. 1900-1920]

[c. 1890-1930] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
49

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of 684 Victorian carte de visite photographs, people & portraits

[c. 1860-80] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
50

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of 485 cabinet card photographs

[c. 1870-1920] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 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