Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: 23rd October Antiquarian & Collectable Books & Related Items, 102325a, Carlisle

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025

Page Size: 207 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	BUCKLAND REV. WILLIAM.	Geology & Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology.		1837	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 180.00
2	OTTER WILLIAM.	The Life & Remains of Edward Daniel Clarke, Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge.		1825	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 132.00
3	CLARKE JAMES STANIER & MCARTHUR JOHN.	The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson K.B.		1809	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 420.00
4	HAMEL ETIENNE B.	Tamworth Illustrated.	Birmingham	1828/1829,	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 36.00
5	HOUGHTON REV. W.	British Fresh-Water Fishes.		N.d.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 240.00
6	ROCQUE JOHN.	The Traveller's Companion or The Post Roads of England & Wales with the Distances in Measured Miles, by the Late John Rocque, Chorographer to the King.		1786	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 192.00
7	COLTON G. WOOLWORTH.	Colton's General Atlas Containing One Hundred & Seventy Steel, Plate, Maps & Plans on One Hundred Imperial Folio Sheets.	New York	1859	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,320.00
8	PIAZZI SMYTH C.	Teneriffe, An Astronomers Experiment or Specialities of a Residence Above the Clouds.		1858.	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 420.00
9	MOGG EDWARD.	Paterson's Roads Being an Entirely Original & Accurate Description of All the Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England & Wales With Part of the Roads of Scotland.		n.d. but C.1830's.	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 54.00
10	LANGLEY (EDWARD) & BELCH (WILLIAM).	Langley & Belch`s New Map of London.		1812	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,320.00
11	CARY (JOHN).	Carey's Pocket Companion to the Roads of Great Britain Shewing All the Post & Market Towns ...		N.d. but C.1790	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 84.00
12	RODWELL J.	A Map, Antient & Modern, of the Peloponnesus, & of a Part of Northern Greece.		1830	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 216.00
13		Postcards. 1914-18, The Ruins of Zeebrugge, Dixmude ...			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
14	MACDERMOT E. T.	History of the Great Western Railway.		1927-1931.	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 21.60
15	DE PAMBOUR F. M. G.	A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines.		1840	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 24.00
16	BUTLER HERBERT J.	Motor Bodywork.		1924	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 132.00
17	GUILLEMIN A.	The Forces of Nature.		1877	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 96.00
18	MCDOWELL WILLIAM.	Chronicles of Lincluden.	Edinburgh	1886	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 36.00
19	BUTLER ROBIN.	The Albert Collection, 500 Years of British & European Silver.		2004	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 72.00
20	TRIPPLIN J. & RIGG E.	Treatise on Modern Horology.		n.d.	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 72.00
21	THOMSON ADAM.	Time & Timekeepers.		1842	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 78.00
22	PENFOLD JOHN B.	The Clockmakers of Cumberland.		1977	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
23	WALES WILLIAM & CO.	Illustrations, History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster.	Liverpool	1824-5.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 36.00
24	CREAGH SIR O'MOORE & HUMPHRIS E. M.	The V.C. & D.S.O., A Complete Record of All Those ...		N.d. but C.1920's.	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 30.00
25	BARRIE J. M.	The Kirriemuir Edition of the Works.		1913	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 48.00

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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.