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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | James Heath | A Brief Chronicle of the Late Intestine Warr in the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland & Ireland |
London | 1663 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 168.75 |
| 117 | William Fawcett | Rules & Regulations for the Formations, Field-Exercise, and Movements of His Majesty's Forces; Reef Points |
London | 1808; 1934-1935 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 32.50 |
| 118 | Rudyard Kipling | Kim |
London | 1901 | GBP 40.00 - 50.00 | GBP 27.50 |
| 119 | William Camden; Edmund Gibson | Britannia: Or A Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland |
London | c. 1730 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 100.00 |
| 120 | James Reynolds; John Emslie | Diagrams of the Steam Engine |
London | 1848 | GBP 150.00 - 300.00 | GBP 425.00 |
| 121 | Joshua Barnes | The History of that Most Victorious Monarch Edward III |
Cambridge | 1688 | GBP 150.00 - 300.00 | GBP 162.50 |
| 122 | The Book of Common Prayer |
London | 1681; 1682 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 123 | William Dugdale; William Fithorne the Elder | A Short View of the Late Troubles in England |
Oxford | 1681 | GBP 200.00 - 280.00 | Not Sold |
| 124 | John Maynard Keynes | A Treatise on Money |
London | 1930 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 325.00 |
| 125 | William Temple | The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. |
London | 1731 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 126 | Adam Smith; Baroness De Stael; Edward Gibbon Wakefield | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations; Considerations on the Principle Events of the French Revolution; England and America |
Edinburgh; London; London | 1817; 1818; 1833 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 300.00 |
| 127 | Edward Gibbon | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
London | 1809 | GBP 80.00 - 160.00 | GBP 275.00 |
| 128 | William Russell; William Smith; Charles Darwin; A. H. Johnson; Eric Wood | 12 Books, including: The History of Modern Europe |
London | 1805; 1810; 1869; 1879; 1912; 1923; 1926 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 193.75 |
| 129 | David Roberts; William Gilpin; George Burder; Henry Blunt; W. H. Bartlett; William Bright; Edward Cooper | 21 Books, including: The Practical and Devotional Family Bible |
Glasgow | 1861; 1802; 1806; c. 1900; 1845; 1837; 1901; 1911; 1852; 1888; 1920; c. 1910; 1830 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 81.25 |
| 130 | Agnes Strickland; W. H. Maxwell; Sharon Turner; John Froissart; William Harrison-Ainsworth | 27 Books, including: Lives of the Queens of England |
London | 1844-1848; 1866; c. 1910; 1840; 1884; 1890; c. 1930; 1868; 1885 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 118.75 |
| 131 | Arnold J. Toynbee; S. R. K. Glanville | 4 Boxes of Books, including: A Study of History |
1947 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 132 | Emanuel Bowen | Atlas of the World |
London | c. 1744 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 4,625.00 |
| 133 | John Speed | The North and East Riding of Yorkshire |
London | 1611-1614 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 150.00 |
| 134 | Duncan George Forbes of Culloden; George Lockhart; John Heneage Jesse; Alexander Charles Ewald; Robert Forbes | 10 Books, including: Culloden Papers |
London; London; London; London; Edinburgh | 1815; 1817; 1845; 1875; 1895-1896 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 375.00 |
| 135 | The Old and New Testament |
1619 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 300.00 | ||
| 136 | ALLINGHAM W | The New Method of Fortification |
London | 1702 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 143.75 |
| 137 | MAITLAND Charles | Mr. Maitland's Account of Inoculating the Small Pox Vindicated, from Dr. Wagstaffe's Misrepresentations of that Practice, with some Remarks on Mr. |
London | 1722 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 525.00 |
| 138 | HOPKINS Ezekiel | The Vanity of the World; The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse |
London; London & New York | 1685; 1878 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 139 | The Palestine Police Magazine; For the Record |
Jerusalem | 1947; n.d. | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 118.75 | |
| 140 | The Marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert |
London | 1840 | 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. -
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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