Hansons: The Library Sale (Presented By Rare Book Auctions), 21826, Etwall, Derbyshire
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
| 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 |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.