Hansons: An Éminence Grise of the Arts: The Collection of Véra Russell (1911-1992), 40126, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 01, 2026 - April 01, 2026

Page Size: 196 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
126	Sergio de Castro (Argentine, 1922-2012)	King Henry VIII			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
127		[Motley Theatre Design Group]...			GBP 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
128	Eugene Ionesco (1909-1994), Romanian-French playwright	Autograph Letter Signed to Vera [Russell]...		1962-09-18	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
129	Yolanda Sonnabend (British, 1922-2012)	Vera Russell			GBP 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
130		[MUSICIANS & COMPOSERS]. A small archive of correspondence (Autograph Letters Signed, Autograph Notes Signed, Typed Letters Signed)...			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
131	Denis ApIvor (1916-2004), British Modernist composer known for his Royal Ballet scores A Mirror For Witches (1952) and Blood Wedding (1953)	An original manuscript music score for "La Belle Dame sans Merci", set to the words of John Keats		[c. 1952]	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
132		A miscellaneous group of Autograph Letters & Notes Signed to Vera and John Russell...			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
133	Vera Russell (1911-1992)	A collection of 23 personal diaries & address books featuring contact details for numerous important figures including Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, Samuel Beckett, Roald Dahl, C. S. Foreste			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
134		[WAR REPORTING]. An archive of material recording Vera Russell's brief career as a war reporter, 1942-50...			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
135	Vera Russell (1911-1992)	[POLIAKOFF FAMILY]. An archive of photographs of Vera during her youth, her parents, grandparents, aunts & uncles...			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
136	Arthur Szyk (Polish-American, 1894-1951)	The original design for the Ex Libris of noted journalist Vladimir Poliakoff (1864-1956)		1933	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
137	POLIAKOFF, (Vladimir)	A collection of works by Poliakoff...			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
138	[James Joyce]	An archive comprising: Vera Russell's manuscript notes recording conversations with Paul Ruggiero and Carola Giedion-Welcker in 1964-65...			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
139	Edward Meneeley (American, 1927-2012)	Illustrations for Tender Buttons...			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
140	Paul Eluard (1895-1952), poet of the French Resistance	[LITERARY AUTOGRAPHS]. A small collection comprising: A signed presentation copy of "Hands From Pictures in the National Gallery"...			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
141		[LIMITED EDITIONS / LIVRES D'ARTISTE & OTHER ART BOOKS]...			GBP 250.00 - 350.00	Unknown
142		[LITERARY AUTOGRAPHS]. A small collection...			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
143		[ART MISCELLANY]. A mixed collection to include: The Mask: A Monthly Journal of the Art of the Theatre...			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
144		[LITERARY AUTOGRAPHS]. A small collection...			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
145	Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004)	Images a la Sauvette	Paris	1939	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
146	Albert Camus (1913-1960)	Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Gerald Barry (1898-1968)		[c.1945]	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
147	DAHL, (Roald)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	New York	1964	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
148	Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)	Autograph Letters and Notes Signed to Vera and John [Russell]			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
149	Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)	German polymath. An archive comprising: 4 Autograph Letters Signed by Schweitzer to John Russell...			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
150		[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of original Kodachrome transparency slides comprising five of Lee Miller (1907-1977)...		[1963-64]	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown

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.