Hansons: The Library Sale (Presented by Rare Book Auctions)
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Library Sale (Presented by Rare Book Auctions) | Total Sales (GBP) | 78,767.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 37,650.00 |
| Sale Number | #52026a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 59,730.00 |
| Total Lots | 252 | ||
| Sold Lots | 156.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 110,970.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 61.90% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 154,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 96 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 50.85% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | J. K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 21,250.00 |
| 3 | D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) | Autograph Letters Signed to Frederic Moulder regarding Lady Chatterley's Lover |
1929 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 5,375.00 |
| 132 | Emanuel Bowen | Atlas of the World |
c. 1744 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 4,625.00 |
| 2 | D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) | Autograph Letter Signed to Frederic Moulder regarding Lady Chatterley's Lover |
1929 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 4,500.00 |
| 59 | J. R. R. Tolkien | The Fellowship of the Ring; The Return of the King; The Two Towers |
1954-55; 1965 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,250.00 |
| 1 | Jane Austen | Mansfield Park |
1816 | GBP 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,875.00 |
| 5 | Alexander Harvey | The Toe and other Tales |
1913 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 11 | Eugene Jolas | Transition; This Quarter |
1927-1938; 1929 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,687.50 |
| 46 | Arthur William Johnson (1920-2004) | The Thames and Hudson Manual of Bookbinding |
1978 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 141 | CHAMBERLAIN B. H. | Aino Fairy Tales: No. 1. The Hunter in Fairy-Land; No. 2. The Birds' Party; No. 3. The Man Who Lost His Wife |
1887-89 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 258 | Henry Barth | Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa |
1857-1858 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 45 | Arthur William Johnson (1920-2004); Tobolka Zdenek | Kniha |
1949 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 47 | Arthur William Johnson (1920-2004); Hartnoll Phyllis | The Grecian Enchanted |
1952 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 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 |
| 14 | Henry Miller | Tropic of Cancer |
1934 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 23 | Edmund Burke | Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London |
1790 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 78 | V Sackville-West | Solitude |
1938 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 6 | James | The Workes of the Most High and Mighty Prince, James, By the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith |
1616 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 687.50 |
| 13 | Gertrude Stein; G. Quitter-Allatini | Dix Portraits; Reves De Gloire, Prague la Ville D'Or |
c.1930; 1938 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 687.50 |
| 217 | Caroll Lewis Charles Lutwidge Dodgson | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
1867 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 83 | David Hockney; Brothers Grimm | 7 Items, including: Hockney Paints the Stage |
1985; 1993; 1982; 1970 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 550.00 |
| 114 | Paolo Giovio; Bartolome Carranza | Elogios o Vidas Breves, de los Cavalleros Antiguos y Modernos, Ilustres en Valor de Guerre; Summa Conciliorum et Pontificum |
1568; 1600 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 550.00 |
| 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. |
1722 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 525.00 |
| 226 | 1000+ Books, including: The Courier |
1787-1803; 1791-1816; 1831; 1897; 1934 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 525.00 | |
| 60 | J. R. R. Tolkien | The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King |
1965 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 500.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
