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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