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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
126 FERMOR, (Patrick Leigh)

A Time of Gifts

London 1977 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 193.75
127 LARSSON, (Stieg)

[The Millennium Trilogy]. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

London 2008-09 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 193.75
128 LEONARD, (Elmore)

[American Fiction]. Freaky Deaky (1988)...

New York 1993 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 75.00
129 BARNES, (Julian)

[British Fiction]. The Sense of an Ending

London 2011 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 37.50
130 MANTEL, (Hilary)

[Miscellaneous Fiction]. A Place of Greater Safety

1992 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 37.50
131 PROUST, (Marcel)

Remembrance of Things Past

London 1960-76 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 143.75
132 SASSOON, (Siegfried)

Letters to a Critic

London 1976 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 75.00
133 Barry Humphries (1934-2023)

[ASSOCIATION COPIES]. A miscellaneous collection of books from the personal library of Barry Humphries

London 1988 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 175.00
134 HAYEK, (F. A.)

Law, Legislation and Liberty

London 1977-79 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
135 TOURTEL, (Mary)

Rupert Little Bear's Adventures Number One

London [1924] GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
136 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

A Coast to Coast Walk: St. Bees Head to Robin Hood's Bay

Kendal 1973 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
137 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

Pennine Way Companion

Kendal [1968] GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
138 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

Walks in Limestone Country

Kendal [1970] GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
139 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

A Peak District Sketchbook

Kendal 1984 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 50.00
140 BOWMAN, W. E.

The Ascent of Rum Doodle

London 1956 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
141

[Geneva Bible]. "Breeches Bible"

London 1610 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,125.00
142 TURNER, (J. M. W.)

Picturesque Views of England and Wales

London 1832 GBP 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,625.00
143

[MARQUIS DE SADE]. La Nouvelle Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu, Suivie de l'Histoire de Juliette, Sa Soeur

[Paris] [1799-1801] GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
144 [CLELAND, John]

Memoirs of the Life of Fanny Hill, Or, The Career of A Woman of Pleasure [erotic literature]

London no date [c.1880] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 168.75
145 GENOVESE, Marco Antonio

Praxis Archiepiscopalis Curiae Neopolitanae (Archiepiscopal Practice of the Neapolitan Court)

Rome 1619 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
146 ADAM, (Robert)

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

[London] 1764 GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
147 THACKERAY, (William Makepeace)

Vanity Fair

London 1848 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
148 CAROLL, (Lewis) [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

London 1867 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
149 [LUCRETIUS]

De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]

[Leiden] 1725 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
150 PARKMAN, (Francis)

Francis Parkman's Works

Boston 1902 GBP 150.00 - 300.00 GBP 200.00
  • 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.