Hansons: The Library Sale (Presented by Rare Book Auctions), 52026a, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
Page Size: 252 items in 11 pages
Auction Lot Books
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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