Hansons: The May Library Auction, 10816, Etwall, Derbyshire

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Auction Report
Auction Date
May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025
Page Size: 156 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
77 DUMAS, (Alexandre).

The Count of Monte-Cristo

London 1846 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,937.50
78 WELLS, (H. G. ).

The Time Machine

London 1895 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
79 WELLS, (H. G. ).

The Wonderful Visit

London/New York 1895-96 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 87.50
80 TOLKIEN, (J. R. R. ).

The Lord of the Rings

London 1969 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 300.00
81 FLEMING, (Ian).

Thrilling Cities

London 1963 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
82 FLEMING, (Ian).

Dr. No

London 1958 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 550.00
83 FLEMING, (Ian).

The Man with the Golden Gun

London 1965 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 87.50
84 FLEMING, (Ian).

You Only Live Twice

London 1964 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 57.50
85 LARSEN, (Nella).

Quicksand

London 1928 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
86

Puffin Design Classics [70th Anniversary]. The complete set of six books: DAHL (Roald). James and the Giant Peach

London 2010 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 425.00
87 ALCOTT, Louisa May.

Little Women

London 2010 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 30.00
88

Oz Magazine, editor Richard Neville, published London, encapsulates the huge social changes of the 1960s/1970s.

London 1960s/1970s. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
89

The International Times, underground newspaper which documented the revolutionary changes taking place within society in the 1960s/1970s, 130 issues

1967-1973 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 500.00
90

Ink The Other Newspaper

1971 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 75.00
91

Big Apple Comix

New York 1975 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
92 Kindness, John.

The Hand: A Tale of Old Belfast

n.d. 1976 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 50.00
93

A selection of books relating to spirituality and philosophy, including: Quetzalcoatl by Jose Lopez Portillo,

1977 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
94 SHARPE, (Elizabeth).

The Flame of God: A Mystical Autobiography

London 1930 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 87.50
95 BABER, (Douglas).

A unique archive comprising:



God's Blind Eye

1957-59 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 87.50
96 NEWTON, (Isaac).

Opticks or A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light,

London 1931 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
97 KIPLING, (Rudyard).

The Second Jungle Book

London 1895 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 87.50
98 ATTENBOROUGH, David.

Zoo Quest to Madagascar

London 1961 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 275.00
99 John Keats

The Poetical Works of John Keats

London 1926 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 62.50
100 WALTON, Izaak; COTTON, Charles; MAJOR, John (ed.).

The Complete Angler

London 1889 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 100.00
101 ROWBOTHAM, Francis Jameson.

Story Lives of Great Musicians

London 1907 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 50.00
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