Hansons: The Library Sale (Presented by Rare Book Auctions), 52026a, Etwall, Derbyshire
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jolas Eugene | I Have Seen Monsters and Angels; The Language of the Night; Cinema: Poems |
Paris; The Hague (Holland); New York | 1938; 1932; 1926 | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 118.75 |
| 27 | Cather Willa; Whitman Walt; Symonds John Addington | Shadows on the Rock; Leaves of Grass; Walt Whitman: A Study |
New York; Boston; London | 1931; 1899; 1893 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 300.00 |
| 28 | Shaw Bernard; Terry Ellen; St. John Christopher | 9 Books, including: The Doctor's Dilemma |
London; New York | 1911; 1921; 1910; 1930; 1939; 1933; 1891; 1931 | GBP 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 29 | Moore George; Bennett Arnold | 4 Books, including: In Single Strictness |
London; New York | 1922; 1912; 1895; 1926 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 75.00 |
| 30 | St. Vincent Millay Edna | 5 Books, including: The Buck in the Snow and Other Poems |
London; New York & London | 1928; c. 1930; 1923; 1931 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | Craig Edward Gordon; Fitch George Hamlin | Nothing or the Bookplate of Edward Gordon Craig; Comfort Found in Old Books |
London; San Francisco | 1925; 1911 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 42.50 |
| 32 | Moore Thomas | Moore's Poetical Works |
London | 1861-1868 | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 143.75 |
| 33 | Harris Frank | My Life |
Nice | 1925 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 81.25 |
| 34 | James Henry; Lawrence T. E.; O'Neil Eugene; Meyrink; Galsworthy John; Maugham W. Somerset | 6 Books, including: A Small Boy and Others |
London; New York | 1913; 1927; 1928; 1928; 1932; 1919 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 35 | Stuart John Watson | 5 Books, including: The Gentleman’s and Citizens Almanack for 1814 |
Dublin | 1814 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 25.00 |
| 36 | Kipling Rudyard | The Jungle Book; Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verses |
New York; London | 1894; 1892 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 37 | Kipling Rudyard | The Light that Never Failed; Many Inventions |
London | 1891; 1893 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 |
| 38 | Riding Laura; Hall Ratcliffe; Barker Elsa; Woolf Virginia | 5 Books, including: Love as Love, Death as Death |
London; Paris | 1928; 1914; 1917; 1930 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 375.00 |
| 39 | Milton John | Lycidas |
Paris | 1933 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 450.00 |
| 40 | Wassermann Jacob; Wells H. G. | 6 Books, including: My Life As A German And Jew |
London; New York | 1934; 1928; 1935; c. 1929; 1934; 1927 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 41 | Alestree Richard; Wister Owen; Ferguson Samuel; Newman John Henry; Wilmshurst W. L. | 5 Books, including: The Causes of Christian Piety |
London; New York | 1671; 1915; 1868; 1864; 1928 | GBP 100.00 - 250.00 | GBP 87.50 |
| 42 | Tomlinson H. M.; Harte Bret; Barrie J. M.; Wilde Oscar; Jerome Jerome K. | 6 Books, including: All Our Yesterdays |
London; Boston; New York | 1930; 1871; 1909; c. 1932; c. 1885; 1898 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 25.00 |
| 43 | Berry Jean; Ward Mrs. Humphry; Meredith George; Gide Andre; Tridon Andre; Ramacharake Yogi | 7 Books, including: Finding Oneself in the Universe |
New York; Paris; Chicago | 1923; 1897; 1894; 1922; 1919; 1905 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 44 | Marquis de Sade | La Nouvelle Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu, Suivie de l’Histoire de Juliette, Sa Soeur |
En Hollande; Paris | 1797; 1799-1801 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 45 | Arthur William Johnson (1920-2004); Tobolka Zdenek | Kniha |
Praha | 1949 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 46 | Arthur William Johnson (1920-2004) | The Thames and Hudson Manual of Bookbinding |
London | 1978 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 47 | Arthur William Johnson (1920-2004); Hartnoll Phyllis | The Grecian Enchanted |
London | 1952 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 48 | Operation Overlord strategic planning dossier |
1943 | GBP 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 50 | William Golding (1911-1993); Sam Neill; Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008); Laurie Lee (1914-1997); Sam Wanamaker (1919-1993); Beryl Cook (1926-2008); Glenda Jackson (1936-2023); Bill Tidy (1933-2023); Tony Benn; Dora Bryan; Joan Bakewell; Barry Fantoni; Jos Ac | Archive of source material for Yours Faithfully, Letters From the Famous About God and Celebrities' Favourite Books |
1986; 1988; 1990; 2009 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 937.50 | |
| 51 | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958); Henry Joseph Wood (1869-1944) | An archive of testimonials endorsing the Hammond organ |
1938-39 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 187.50 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000