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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