Hansons: The Library Sale (Presented By Rare Book Auctions), 21826, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
Page Size: 305 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Frank Auerbach (German-British, 1931-2024)

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS & ORIGINAL SKETCHES

(1954 to 1973) GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
2 GREENE, (Graham)

[GRAHAM GREENE - DREAMS & PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE]

London 1971 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,875.00
3 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

[Campaign against the Rajah of Bullum]

Dated 21st to 27th January, 1802 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,437.50
4

[ASTRONOMY & GEOGRAPHY]

[c. 1800] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 425.00
5

An archive of 17th-18th century British newspapers featuring news from America (including "Address of President Washington on His Resignation - To the People of the United States")

[1682 to 1805] GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 812.50
6

Bell's Weekly Messenger, newspaper, Sunday November 23rd 1817...

c.1900 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 25.00
7

An admission ticket to Westminster Hall for the Coronation Banquet of George IV, [19 July 1821]

10 June 1793 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 75.00
8

Original 19th century theatre playbills & posters, including Princess's Theatre, Oxford Street

London 1857 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
9

Labour Protection League' trade union sash and regalia, Rotherhithe dock workers, badge presented to Brother J. Edwards, Secretary, 1911

1911 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 168.75
10 FORBES, (Archibald)

[ANGLO-ZULU WAR - BATTLE OF ULUNDI]

[1879] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
11

Napoleonic War -- Letter from HMS Eagle -- 1812

Gulph of Venice 8 August 1812 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
12 Eva Turner (1892-1990)

English dramatic soprano, two typed letters signed

dated 1968/1973 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
13

Georgian and Victorian handwritten letters and addressed envelopes

1804 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 GBP 156.25
14

GROPENHALL, CHESHIRE 1687 handwritten document on vellum, will of William Bordman, clerk and rector of Gropenhall

1687 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 27.50
15

HUTON CRANSWICK, YORKSHIRE 1654 handwritten document on vellum, will of George Fox

1654 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 81.25
16

Oliver Cromwell era 1658 handwritten document on vellum, final concord, Westminster Hall

1658 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 112.50
17

PICKERING, NORTH YORKSHIRE 1735 handwritten document on vellum, concerning William Park of Eastgate, Pickering

1735 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 32.50
18

PORTSMOUTH 1577 handwritten document on vellum, indenture concerning Richard Foster

1577 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 87.50
19

WOOLPIT, SUFFOLK 17th century handwritten document on vellum, concerning Thomas Taylor

17th century GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 37.50
20

HUTON CRANSWICK, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE 1655 handwritten document on vellum, will of George Fox

1655 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 32.50
21

WRELTON, AISLABY, CROPTON, NEAR PICKERING, NORTH YORKSHIRE 1766 handwritten document on laid paper

1766 GBP 60.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
22

Book of Hours c.1400s

c.1400s GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 81.25
23

[JAPANESE MANUSCRIPT]. Oku'in bo [Records of Official Seals]

1875 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
24 KIMURA, (Hisashi)

A collection of 12 offprints comprising

Tokyo [1931] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
25 LAMB, (Francis)

[Greece and the Levant]

[London] [1679] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold