Auction Reports
Hansons
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- The Library Sale (Presented by Rare Book Auctions)
- Auction Date
- 05/20/2026 - 05/20/2026
- Sale Number
- #52026a
- Total Lots
- 252
- Sold Lots
- 156.0
- Lots Sold
- 61.90%
- Unsold Lots
- 96
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 78,767.50
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 37,650.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 59,730.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 110,970.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 154,900.00
- 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 |
| 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 |
| 45 | Arthur William Johnson (1920-2004); Tobolka Zdenek | Kniha |
1949 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | 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 |
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