Hansons: The Library Auction, 22625, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 26, 2025 - February 26, 2025
Page Size: 256 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Pauline Baynes (English, 1922-2008).

Middle Earth [Lord of the Rings, Tolkien], original poster

London 1970 GBP 150.00 - 275.00 GBP 300.00
27 Paul Davis (American, b. 1938).

Threepenny Opera [Bertolt Brecht], original 2-sheet 1-piece poster

New York 1976 GBP 80.00 - 130.00 GBP 100.00
28 Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954).

Hommage a Teriade: French Graphic Art, original poster for Royal Academy of Arts, Diploma Galleries

1975 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 37.50
29 David Hockney (English, b. 1937).

Original Tate exhibition poster

1980 GBP 50.00 - 75.00 GBP 50.00
30 Julia Bimfield (20th Century).

Original poster for Olivetti

1990 GBP 80.00 - 125.00 Not Sold
31 Aage Rasmussen (Danish, 20th Century).

Hans Christian Andersen's House: Odense, Denmark, original poster, 40" x 25"

1958 GBP 140.00 - 175.00 Not Sold
32 Ensak (20th Century).

Phillips Radio: The World of Entertainment, original map poster

GBP 180.00 - 250.00 GBP 187.50
33

Original fairground poster by Willson's Green Dragon, 30" x 40"

Leicester c. 1930s GBP 40.00 - 55.00 GBP 50.00
34 Harland Miller (English, b. 1964).

York: So Good They Named It Twice,

2020 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 250.00
35

Manuscript Music. A William IV period album of manuscript folk songs, anonymously copied from various composers & lyricists

1832 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
36 Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855)

Our Village - which described life in Three Mile Cross, Shinfield, Berkshire.

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 193.75
37 James Davies of Youghal [Ireland] & Longford [Staffordshire], Priest and Captain of the 8th Royal Irish Dragoons.

A manuscript book of sermons,

1787 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 325.00
38

Vaishnavism/Hinduism. A 19th-century Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscript, a Vaishnava religious text

Odisha [formerly Orissa] 19th century GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
39

Persian manuscript fragment,. Together with a Japanese manuscript fragment

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
40 SELLERS, W. H.

Mensuration, a manuscript workbook, bearing printed title for John D'Arby's Academy, Leeds,

c. 1861 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
41 Robert Kerr [or Carr], Viscount Rochester, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. 1587-1645).

Autograph Letter Signed to the Earl of Northampton, [c. 1613].

c. 1613. GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 750.00
42 Henry III of France (1551-1589), King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, also King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.

Autograph on document

1577 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 450.00
43

European Manuscripts & Autograph Letters Signed. A small archive

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
44

Medieval Illuminated Manuscript. A very fine, small leaf from a medieval Book of Hours

c. 1400 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 100.00
45

Suffolk -- Hundred of Lowestoft, Lothingland & Mutford -- 1608. Grant by King James I & VI to Clement Hyrne of Haveringland, Norfolk

1608 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 400.00
46

RATCLIFFE UPON TRENT -- NOTTS. -- 1715. A rare vellum document relating to 242 pieces of land etc.

1715 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
47

Parish of Etwall -- Derbyshire -- 1685. Barrowecoate (sic) & Burnaston. Deed of Sale by Katherine Bonnington of Derby to Robert Burditt (sic) of Bromcoate,...

1685 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 131.25
48

A small archive of manuscript estate plans relating to New Mills, Derbyshire,

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
49 William Tallon, "Backstairs Billy" (1935-2007).

Three autograph letters signed, Clarence House and Sandringham letterheads,

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 50.00
50

A large collection relating to the formative years of the Labour Party,

GBP 600.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,000.00
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
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