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
229		Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield Railway Archive			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
230	Balio Antonio Conte Miari	Letters to Cav. Giovanni de Conte Lazara in Padua	Vienna	1820-1821	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 25.00
231	Maynard Colchester	Document relating to Wilderness in the parish of Abenhall, Gloucester		1850	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
232		A miscellaneous collection of books to include A Handbook for Travellers in Devon and Cornwall	London	1872	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 37.50
233	Sydney A. Moseley & Herbert McKay,	Television: A Guide for the Amateur	London	1936	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 30.00
234	BIGGART, (Andrew Stevenson)	Occasional Papers on Forth & Tay Bridges		1884-90	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
235	EDWARDS, (Lionel).	Beasts of the Chase	London	1950	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 32.50
236	JENNY, Heinrich (Illust.).	Festival of the Battle of Laupen	Bern	1853	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 25.00
237	JOHNSON, (Samuel).	A Dictionary of the English Language	London	1760	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
238		Victorian Walsall toolmaker's invoice for William Gilpin Sen. & Co.		1857	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
239	Ernest Bowell	Archive of analytical notes		1947-1995	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
240		Muhammad Ali vs. Richard Dunn, May 25th 1976, ARCHIVE		1976	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 225.00
241		Muhammad Ali vs. Rudi Lubbers 20th October 1973, ARCHIVE		1973	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 475.00
242		Original Press and publicity photographs			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 193.75
243		Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks, 1978, ARCHIVE		1978	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 112.50
244		Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Bugner, July 1st 1975, ARCHIVE		1975	GBP 150.00 - 300.00	GBP 162.50
245		Muhammad Ali (Clay) vs. Sonny Liston 1965, ARCHIVE		1965	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 156.25
246		Jimmy Young vs. Muhammad Ali, April 30th 1976, ARCHIVE		1976	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 37.50
247		Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton, September 10th 1973, ARCHIVE		1973	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 37.50
248		ARCHIVE from Reg Gutteridge, inc.: Muhammad Ali (Clay) vs. Floyd Patterson, 1965, telegram press reports		1965	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 37.50
249		ARCHIVE from Reg Gutteridge, inc.: report sent by telex about Muhammad Ali during his exile from boxing			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
250		ARCHIVE from Reg Gutteridge, inc.: Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry...Atlanta 1970, telegram fight report		1970	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 37.50
251		ARCHIVE from Reg Gutteridge inc.: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III, the Thrilla in Manilla 1975, pre-fight telex press reports		1975	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 87.50
252		ARCHIVE from Reg Gutteridge, inc.: Muhammad Ali vs. Jimmy Ellis 1971, typed telegram press report of the fight		1971	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 37.50
253		ARCHIVE from Reg Gutteridge, inc.: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Bugner 1973, pre-fight telegram report		1973	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 37.50

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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.