Hansons: The Library Auction, 111225, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025

Page Size: 266 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ROWLING, (J. K.).	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	London	1997	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
2	ROWLING, (J. K.).	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	London	1999	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 10,000.00
3	ROWLING, (J. K.).	Harry Potter, Deluxe Editions, a complete set	London	1999-2007	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,600.00	GBP 1,125.00
4	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	Autograph Letter Signed		1968	GBP 6,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 8,125.00
5	BARFIELD, (Owen).	The Silver Trumpet	London	1925	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
6	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.).	The Lord of the Rings	London	1991	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
7	Jimmy Cauty	Lord of the Rings: The Hobbit, original Athena poster		1980	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
8	Jimmy Cauty	Lord of the Rings: Gandalf, original Athena poster		1976	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
9	Pauline Baynes	Bilbo's Last Song, poster		1977	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 206.25
10	Pauline Baynes	Lord of the Rings: There and Back Again, original poster		1976	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 206.25
11	Pauline Baynes	Lord of the Rings: Map of Middle Earth, original poster		1977	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 187.50
12	Christopher Tolkien	Lord of the Rings: Map of Beleriand		1978	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 131.25
13	Pauline Baynes	Lord of the Rings: Return to Middle Earth, BBC dramatisation poster		1981	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 625.00
14		Lord of the Rings, original calendars		1974, 1977	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 325.00
15	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.).	The Silmarillion	London	1977	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 57.50
16	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	Poems and Songs of Middle Earth		1967	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 57.50
17	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	The Lord of the Rings	London	1977	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 93.75
18	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	The Hobbit, De Luxe Edition	London	1976	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
19	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien	London	1979	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 62.50
20	David Day	A Tolkien Bestiary	London	1979	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
21	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo	London	1975	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 100.00
22	TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)	Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics		1963 & 1977	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 50.00
23	Ruth S. Noel	The Mythology of Middle-Earth	London	1977	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 75.00
24		An extensive collection of journals to include Mallorn [Tolkien Society]...			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 375.00
25	WILLIAMS, (Charles)	Selected Poems 1886-1945	Oxford	1986	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.