Hansons: The Library Auction, 91025, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025

Page Size: 224 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
151	GEORGI, (F.) + SCHUBERT, (A.)	Sheet Metal Working: Cutting, Punching, Bending, Folding, Pressing, Drawing, and Embossing Metals, and Machinery for Same	London	1914	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
152	[David Brandt Berg]	DAVID, (Mose). The Children of God, four pamphlets comprising: "Revolutionary Women"			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
153	AUSTEN, (Jane)	The Novels	London	1892-97	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 187.50
154	BRITTON, (John)	The History & Antiquities of the See and Cathedral Church of Lichfield	London	1820	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
155	JOHNSTON, (Alexander Keith)	The National Atlas of Historical, Commercial, and Political Geography	Edinburgh	[c. 1854]	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 187.50
156		SHAKSPERE, William (sic). Pictorial Shakspere...	London	1851-1852	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
157		Service archive for Royal Navy Engineer Captain James B. Nicholson			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 50.00
158		Vellum Indenture from 1790 relating to the Manor of Beaminster, Dorset, the lord of the manor being Samuel Cox, indenture involves a Mary Hodge, widow of Herman Boerhaave Hodge, of Chantmarle, Cattistock...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 52.50
159		Vellum indenture from 1850 relating to Wilderness in the parish of Abenhall, Gloucester			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
160	FRANKLAND, William	The Speech of Wm. Frankland, Esq. in the House of Commons on Friday, the 29th of March 1811...			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.00
161		Rail road advertisement broadside for train service between Buffalo, New York and Boston			GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 93.75
162		4 French weekly newspapers from just before the Nazi invasion of May/June 1940...			GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 62.50
163		A miscellaneous collection of autographs...			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 62.50
164		Promotional poster for the 1977 Warner Bros. US release of Never Mind the Bollocks by the Sex Pistols			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 13.75
165		Manuscript letters written in Vienna 1820-1821, from Balio Antonio Conte Miari, to Cav. Giovanni de Conte Lazara in Padua...			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
166	STEINER, (Rudolf)	A miscellaneous collection of works to include: The Story of My Life...	London	1928	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 62.50
166A	STEINER, (Rudolf)	A collection of works concerning anthroposophical teaching and the philosophy of spiritual activity...	New York	1948	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
167	MCMURTRIE, (Mary)	Wild Flowers of Scotland	Scotland	1982	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 75.00
168	SOPER, Eileen (Illust.)	The Enid Blyton Nature Plates [classroom posters]	London	[c. 1949]	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 93.75
169	WAIN, Louis (Illust.)	Tinker, Tailor, Stories by Edric Vredenburg	London	[c. 1920]	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 52.50
170	JOHNS, (Captain W. E. )	Feindliche Flieger In Sicht [The Camels are Coming]	Leipzig	1936	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 325.00
171	CHAUCER, Jeffrey (Geoffrey)	The Works of our Ancient, Learned, & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer	London	1687	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
172		A miscellaneous collection of books comprising: The Odyssey of Homer...	London	1763	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
173	UDE, (Louis Eustache)	The French Cook, A System of Fashionable and Economical Cookery, Adapted to the Use of English Families	London	1835	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.00
174	BURNET, Gilbert	Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester	London	1680	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 50.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.