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
201 MUDIE, Robert

The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands

London 1834 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
202 DODS, Mistress Margaret

The Cook and Housewife's Manual

Edinburgh 1842 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
203 GOLDSMITH, Oliver

A miscellaneous collection of antique books, including: GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield...

London 1825 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
204 RIDDELL, Robert

The Carpenter and Joiner, Stair Builder and Hand-Railer

London 1880 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
205 ROBERTSON, William

BINDINGS, including: ROBERTSON, William. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V...

London 1772 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
206

[SHERLOCK HOLMES]. The Strand Magazine

[1891-1904] GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
207

Manuscript play 'Mistress Jean's Promise', complete play

July 24th 1866 GBP 20.00 - 60.00 Unknown
208

[INTERIOR DESIGN]. A sales catalogue of vibrant fabric swatches

Paris [c. 1950] GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
209 LANG, Andrew (ed.)

The Grey Fairy Book

London 1900 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
210 MITFORD, Mary Russell

Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery

London 1824-1832 GBP 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
211 KEYNES, John Maynard

A Tract on Monetary Reform

London 1923 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
212

Fur, Feather and Fin

London 1898 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
213

Two 1827 notebooks/albums

November 1827 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
214 ROSSETTI, (Dante Gabriel)

[MIXED LITERATURE]. ROSSETTI, (Dante Gabriel). The Ballad of Jan Van Hunks

Cambridge 1929 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
215 IRELAND, (Samuel)

[HISTORY & TOPOGRAPHY]. IRELAND, (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the River Medway

London 1793 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
216 REITZ, Deneys

Trekking On

London 1933 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
217 SKELTON, (John)

Royal House of Stuart

London 1890 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 Unknown
218 MILTON, (John)

Paradise Lost

London 1802 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
219 SELDEN, (John)

Opera Omnia

[c. 1726] GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
220

Nat Fleischer's All Time Ring Record Book, unbroken run, 1941 [1942] to 1986/87

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
221

Boxing figurine, possibly depicting French Champion Georges Carpentier, figure and plinth in metal, height 23cm, c.1910

c.1910 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
222

Max Schmeling SIGNED photograph, signed and dated January 1938

1938-01-01 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
223

Original Boxing poster, promoting Light Heavyweight contest between Eddie Phillips (East End boxer and British Light Heavyweight Champion) and Eddie Wenstob (the 'Canadian Cowboy')

8th October 1935 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Unknown
224

Boxing archive: original boxing photographs, including Associated Press and press agency photographs, and publicity material

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
225

Boxing News, weekly newspaper, complete editions for years 1955, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63

GBP 40.00 - 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