Hansons: The Library Auction, 111225, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
79 TOURTEL, (Mary)

Rupert Little Bear's Adventures Number One

London 1924 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
80 LYON, (Dana)

I'll Be Glad When You're Dead

Canada 1942 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
81 JOHNS, (Captain W. E.).

The Edge of Beyond

London 1958 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.00
82 BAKST, (Leon)

The Designs of Leon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess

London 1923 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
83 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells

Kentmere 1955 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,250.00
84 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

A Lakeland Sketchbook

Kendal n.d. c.1970s GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 150.00
85 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

A Coast to Coast Walk: St. Bees Head to Robin Hood's Bay

Kendal 1973 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
86 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

Pennine Way Companion

Kendal 1968 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
87 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

Walks in Limestone Country

Kendal 1970 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
88 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

A Peak District Sketchbook

Kendal 1984 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
89 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells 50th Anniversary Edition

London 2005 GBP 150.00 - 300.00 GBP 243.75
90 COOPER, A. Heaton

The English Lakes

London 1905 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
91 BOWMAN, W. E.

The Ascent of Rum Doodle

London 1956 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
92

A collection of books relating to the Lake District and walking

GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 37.50
93

A collection of books relating to the Lake District, Snowdonia, and walking

GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.00
94

Two books, one being a biography of the Rothschilds in the Korean language

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
95 ELLIOTT, (Nicholas)

Never Judge a Man by his Umbrella

Salisbury 1991 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 100.00
96 JOYCE, (James)

Ulysses

1933 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
97 CHURCHILL, (Winston S.)

The Major Works

London 1974 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 275.00
98 PATTERSON, KENNEDY, HERRING

American History: Freedom from Fear

Oxford GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
99

Charles Peace; or, The Adventures of a Notorious Burglar

London n.d., c. 1880 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 112.50
100

Phrenological Head of Charles Peace The Burglar, poster

c. 1880 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 156.25
101

poster 'Life, Trial, & Sentence, Confession and Execution of Charles Peace...'

1879 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 325.00
102

Charles Peace; or, The Adventures of a Notorious Burglar

London n.d., c. 1880 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
103

Charles Peace; or, The Adventures of a Notorious Burglar

London n.d. c. 1880 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
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