Hansons: The Library Auction, 22625, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

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
176	BABBAGE, Charles.	An Examination of some Questions connected with Games of Chance. Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. ix.		1823	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 87.50
177		Disorders Inquiry Committee 1919-1920 Report, also known as the Hunter Commission, conducted after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, or Amritsar Massacre,...	Calcutta	1920	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 600.00
178		[French Postal Routes in 1844] Livre de Poste pour l'an 1844. Together with La Poste aux Armees et les Relationes Postales Internationales des Origines a 1791,	Paris; Arles	1844. 1968	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
179		Public Records of the Kingdom - 1800. Reports from the Select Committee. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 4 July 1800.		1800	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
180		Votes of the House of Commons 1695 & 1787-94-95.		1695 & 1787-94-95.	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
181	DOMAT, Monsieur; STRAHAN, William (trans.).	The Civil Law,	London	1736	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 137.50
182	DAWKINS, W. Boyd.	Cave Hunting, Researches on The Evidence of Caves respecting the Early Inhabitants of Europe,	London	1874	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
183	GOLDSMITH, Oliver.	The History of England	London	1823	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 181.25
184	XENOPHON; NEWMAN, John (trans.).	History of the Affairs of Greece	London	1685	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 156.25
185	Plutarch	Plutarch's Lives, 6 volumes (complete)	London	1823	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 106.25
186	HUME, David; SMOLLETT, Tobias.	The History of England, complete set of 13,	London	1822	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 156.25
187	BOSWELL, James.	The Life of Samuel Johnson, complete in 4 volumes,	London	1824	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 87.50
188	PUIGBLANCH, D. Antonio; WALTON, William (trans.).	The Inquisition Unmasked, complete 2 volumes	London	1816	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 75.00
189	GIBBON, Edward.	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, complete 12 volumes,	London	1802	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 150.00
190		The British Essayists, prefaces by Rev. Lionel Thomas Berguer	London	1823	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
191		Selection of Poetry, including: The Works of Lord Byron,	London	1833	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
192	SCOTT, Sir Walter.	The Prose Works, complete 28 volume set	Edinburgh	1834-1836.	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 143.75
193	SCOTT, Sir Walter.	The Waverley Novels, Complete 48 volume set,	Edinburgh	1829	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 37.50
194		A collection of miscellaneous titles, including: The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote, Charles Jarvis (trans.),	London	1821	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 87.50
195	SAWYER, (Charles J.) and DARTON, (F. J. Harvey).	English Books 1475-1900: A Signpost for Collectors, 2 vols.	Edinburgh; London	1927	GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 87.50
196	KIPLING, Rudyard.	The Works, vols. 1-26 of the Bombay Edition	London	1913-27	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 500.00
197	KIPLING, Rudyard.	Indian Railway Library, comprising Soldiers Three, The Story of the Gadsbys, In Black and White, Under the Deodars, The Phantom Rickshaw, and Wee Willie Winkie,			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 162.50
198	[DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan.	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]. The Strand Magazine	London	1891-94	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 50.00
199		Selection of books, including: The Encyclopedia of Practical Cookery, volumes 1-4, c.1890			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 156.25
200	HULME, F. Edward.	Familiar Wild Flowers	London	c. 1880	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 150.00

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€
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.

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