Hansons: The Library Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Library Auction | Total Sales (GBP) | 58,051.25 |
| Auction Date | November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 43,160.00 |
| Sale Number | #111225 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 68,880.00 |
| Total Lots | 266 | ||
| Sold Lots | 157.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 82,030.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 59.02% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 127,730.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 109 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 45.45% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | ROWLING, (J. K.). | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
1999 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
| 4 | TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.) | Autograph Letter Signed |
1968 | GBP 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 8,125.00 |
| 53 | Arthur Rackham RWS | The Quack Frog |
c. 1912 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,875.00 |
| 115 | MOLL, (Herman). | A System of Geography: or, A New & Accurate Description of the Earth in All its Empires, Kingdoms and States |
1701 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
| 114 | BYRNE, (Oliver). | The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid |
1847 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,125.00 |
| 135 | [COCKERAM, Henry]. | The English Dictionarie: or, an Interpreter of Hard English Words |
1626 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,687.50 |
| 62 | O'BRIAN, Patrick | Folio Society set |
2009 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,625.00 |
| 44 | Sir Arnold Bax | Manuscript music score for 'Mask' |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,375.00 | |
| 83 | WAINWRIGHT, Alfred | A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells |
1955 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 126 | OVINGTON, (J.). | A Voyage to Suratt |
1696 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 3 | ROWLING, (J. K.). | Harry Potter, Deluxe Editions, a complete set |
1999-2007 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
| 157 | The Holy Bible |
1613/ 1612 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 937.50 | |
| 31 | ELSIE BOWERMAN & WYCOMBE ABBEY SCHOOL | An Edwardian album of photographs |
1904-08-01 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 687.50 |
| 13 | Pauline Baynes | Lord of the Rings: Return to Middle Earth, BBC dramatisation poster |
1981 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 181 | LAZARNICK, George. | Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read their Signatures |
1982 | GBP 150.00 - 300.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 111 | [BATE, (John)]. | The Mysteryes of Nature and Art |
1634 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 575.00 |
| 163 | CORNWALLIS, Kinahan. | Two Journeys to Japan 1856-7 |
1859 | GBP 450.00 - 800.00 | GBP 575.00 |
| 182 | MEINERTZHAGEN, Frederick. | The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum |
1986 | GBP 150.00 - 300.00 | GBP 550.00 |
| 265 | Boxing archive: original boxing photographs |
GBP 300.00 - 600.00 | GBP 525.00 | ||
| 27 | LEWIS, (C. S.) | A collection of first editions |
GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 475.00 | |
| 241 | Muhammad Ali vs. Rudi Lubbers 20th October 1973, ARCHIVE |
1973 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 475.00 | |
| 113 | Bye-Laws of the Northern Lodge of China, No. 570, Shanghai |
1864 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 450.00 | |
| 158 | LUCKOMBE, (P.) | The History and Art of Printing in two parts |
1771 | GBP 300.00 - 600.00 | GBP 450.00 |
| 257 | [OXBERRY, William]. | Pancratia or a History of Pugilism |
1812 | GBP 400.00 - 800.00 | GBP 450.00 |
| 183 | The Robert S. Huthart Collection of Iwami Netsuki, Volumes 1 & 2 |
2000 | GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | GBP 425.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
