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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | John Ward; Patrick Dickinson; Quentin Blake; Jenny Uglow; Hans Helweg; Michael Bond; Catherine Rayner; Roald Dahl | 16 Books, including: Two Into One |
1988; 2019; 2012; 2005; 2022; 1991; 1975; 2015; c.1950 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 78 | V Sackville-West | Solitude |
London | 1938 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 79 | T. S. Eliot; St.-J. Perse | Anabasis: A Poem by St.-J. Perse |
London | 1930 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 80 | T. S. Eliot | 14 Books, including: The Cocktail Party |
1950; 1935; 1959; 1954; 1939; 1941; 1945; 1927; 1942; 1941; 1940; 1965; 1952 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 225.00 | |
| 81 | Virginia Woolf; E. M. Forster | 9 Books, including: The Moment and Other Essays |
London | 1947; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1980; 1982; 1942 | GBP 150.00 - 300.00 | GBP 156.25 |
| 82 | Ezra Pound; Christine Brooke-Rose; Evelyn Waugh; Max Beerbohm; Sigmund Freud | 8 Books, including: The Cantos of Ezra Pound |
London | 1954; 1971; 1951; 1970; 1968; 1955; 1943; 1974 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 83 | David Hockney; Brothers Grimm | 7 Items, including: Hockney Paints the Stage |
1985; 1993; 1982; 1970 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 550.00 | |
| 84 | David Hockney (b. 1937) | 13 Photographs, including: Two double-exposed colour photographs of David Hockney with Gregory Evans and Vera Russell |
1979; 1980; c. 1979-80 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 375.00 | |
| 85 | David Hockney (b. 1937) | Autograph Postcard Signed |
1980 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 375.00 | |
| 86 | David Hockney (b. 1937) | Eight "home-made" laser prints on six sheets of "Parsons Linen Ledger" cotton fibre paper |
c. 1990 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 90 | R. B. Kitaj (1932-2007) | Photographs and Philosophy |
1964 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 91 | George Devine (1910-1966) | Two Autograph Letters Signed; Photograph of Devine |
1943 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 18.75 | |
| 92 | Harold Acton (1904-1994) | Autograph Letter Signed |
1972 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 118.75 | |
| 93 | Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) | 2 Autograph Letters Signed |
1978; 1980 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 60.00 | |
| 94 | Victor Newsome (1935-2018) | Autograph Letter Signed; Menu; Rejection Letter |
1976 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 12.50 | |
| 95 | Ernst Beyeler (1921-2010) | A series of correspondence with Vera Russell |
1962-1972 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 96 | Dorothy Canning Miller (1904-2003); Alfred H. Barr Jr. (1902-1981); Margaret Scolari Barr (1901-1987); James Johnson Sweeney (1900-1986); Porter A. McCray (1908-2000) | A group of Autograph & Typed Letters Signed |
1960; 1963; 1974; c. 1967 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97 | Jacques Koerfer (1902-1990); John Pope-Hennessy (1913-1994); Vera Russell; Scottie Wilson (1891-1972) | A collection of correspondence highlighting Vera Russell's influence in the art sphere |
1972; 1970; 1973; 1979; 1990-92 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98 | Rene de Obaldia (1918-2022) | 9 Items, including: A collection of three Autograph Letters and Notes Signed |
1962-1966; 1967 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 106 | 4 Art Prints, including: The Intruder at Ellon |
c.1843 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 107 | George Cruikshank (1792-1878) | Mixing A Recipe For Corns |
London | 1822 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 109 | Vinegar valentine; Obadiah or the Wedding Night |
London | c.1840; c.1820 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 113 | Nevins and Lawton | Map of England and Wales, Shewing the Boundaries of the Bankruptcy Districts, As fixed by an Order in Council Dated 2nd November, 1842 |
Manchester | 1843 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 87.50 |
| 114 | Paolo Giovio; Bartolome Carranza | Elogios o Vidas Breves, de los Cavalleros Antiguos y Modernos, Ilustres en Valor de Guerre; Summa Conciliorum et Pontificum |
Granada; Geneva | 1568; 1600 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 550.00 |
| 115 | Nicholas Fontaine; Sieur De Royaumont; Solomon Gessner | The History of the Old and New Testament; New Testament; The Death of Abel |
London; London | 1699; c. 1700-1750; 1818 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 52.50 |
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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. -
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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