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
154		A collection of nine of the twelve books, Fur and Feather Series	London	1895-1909	GBP 50.00 - 120.00	GBP 87.50
155	Alexander Pope	The Works of Alexander Pope	London	1835	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
156	MACKLIN, Charles	The Man of the World...and Love a la Mode	London	1793	GBP 80.00 - 150.00	GBP 100.00
157		The Holy Bible	London	1613/ 1612	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 937.50
158	LUCKOMBE, (P.)	The History and Art of Printing in two parts	London	1771	GBP 300.00 - 600.00	GBP 450.00
159	JOHNSON, Samuel.	A Dictionary of the English Language	London	1785	GBP 300.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
160	BEATTIE, William.	Beattie's Scotland Vol. 1 and 2	London	1838	GBP 60.00 - 120.00	GBP 75.00
161	George Bernard Shaw	Works of George Bernard Shaw	London	1923	GBP 20.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
162	TWISS, Mr. A.	A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792	Ireland		GBP 130.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
163	CORNWALLIS, Kinahan.	Two Journeys to Japan 1856-7	London	1859	GBP 450.00 - 800.00	GBP 575.00
164	HORNBY, Mrs. Edmund.	In and Around Stamboul	London	1858	GBP 130.00 - 200.00	GBP 150.00
165	The Rev. Robert Walsh	Fisher's Illustrations of Constantinople and its Environs,...	London	1838	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 106.25
166	LOB, Stor.	Tales from Turkistan, A Scythian's Stories	Edinburgh AND London	1924	GBP 80.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
167	BOYSE, Samuel.	An Historical Review of the Transactions of Europe, From the Commencement of the War with Spain...	Dublin	1748	GBP 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
168	BINNS, (R.W.)	A Century of Printing in The City of Worcester...the Royal Porcelain Works, from 1751 to 1851	London	1865	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
169	BURTON, Samuel. (Democritus Junior),	The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is, with All the Kinds, Causes, ...	London	1836	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 237.50
170	DANIEL, Rev. W.B.	Rural Sports	London	1807	GBP 120.00 - 200.00	GBP 75.00
171	WALTON, Izaak.	The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation	London	1860	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
172	CATTERMOLE, Rev. Richard.	Cattermole's Illustrated History of The Great Civil War of the Times of Charles 1st and Cromwell	London	possibly 1846	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
173	WHISTON, William.	The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus the Jewish Historian,...	London	c.1800	GBP 80.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
174	ROLLIN.	The Ancient History of the Egyptians, and Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians,...	Dublin	1738	GBP 80.00 - 200.00	GBP 100.00
175	HUME, David.	The Life of David Hume, Esq., The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to The Revolution...	London	1786	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 100.00
176		The Spectator: with Sketches of the Lives of Authors, and Explanatory Notes	Edinburgh	1816	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
177	HAKEWILL, (James).	A Picturesque Tour of Italy	London	1820	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 87.50
178	BYTHNERI, (Victorini).	Lyra Prophetica Davidis Regis	London	1664	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 62.50

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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.