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

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Auction Report
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
26 MAURICE SIR F.

The History of the Scots Guards from the Creation of the Regiment to the Eve of the Great War.

1934 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 60.00
27 BANNATYNE CLUB.

Origines Parochiales Scotiae.

Edinburgh 1851 & 1854 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 84.00
28 BEATTIE WILLIAM & BARTLETT W. H.

Switzerland Illustrated in a Series of Views.

1836 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 192.00
29 BALFOUR RONALD (Illus).

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

1920 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 96.00
30 MARRYAT CAPTAIN.

Peter Simple, calf,

Leipzig 1842 & Olla Podrida, half calf, Routledge & Sons, n.d.; also The Complete Angler (top brd. det.), GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 66.00
31 PALAIRET JEAN.

Nouvelle Introduction a la Geographie Moderne.

1754 & 1755 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 84.00
32 (LEROUGE G-L).

Les Curiositez de Paris ... et des Environs.

Paris 1718 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 180.00
33 DE SAINT EVREMONT M.

Methode Pour Etudier L'Histoire.

Paris 1713 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 78.00
34 (PUDSEY WILLIAM).

A Political Essay or Summary Review of the King & Government of England Since the Norman Conquest.

1698 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 144.00
35 PEREIRA DA SYLVA MATHIAS.

A Fenix Renascida ou Obras Poeticas ...

Lisbon 1746 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 132.00
36 DILLY E. & C. (Pubs).

The Chinese Traveller Containing a Geographical, Commercial & Political History of China.

1775 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 90.00
37 SCOTT SIR WALTER.

A group of 1st editions in orig.

Edinburgh 1822; The Fortunes of Nigel, 3 vols., Edinburgh, GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 50.40
38 PRENTICE ANDREW N.

Renaissance Architecture & Ornament in Spain.

Batsford C.1893 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 14.40
39 HODGSON & GRAVES (Pubs).

The Tournament at Eglinton Castle, August 30, 1839.

1840 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 102.00
40

Illustrated London News.

1851 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 144.00
41 COOKE GEORGE A.

Modern & Authentic System of Universal Geography.

N.d. GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 102.00
42 PARK MUNGO.

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa ...

1799 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 180.00
43 FENNING D., COLLIER J., & others.

A New System of Geography or A General Description of the World.

1764 & 1765 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 360.00
44 CHITTY JOSEPH.

Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Checks on Bankers, Promissory Notes, Banker's Cash Notes & Bank-Notes.

1799 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 456.00
45 (CRAUFURD QUINTIN).

The History of the Bastile with a Concise Account of the Late Revolution in France.

1790 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 48.00
46

Manuscript Recipe & Remedy Book.

Mid 19th cent. GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 84.00
47 FURNEAUX.

Philips' Popular Manikin or Model of the Human Body.

N.d. but C.1890's. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 120.00
48 WARREN MRS (Ed).

The Ladies' Treasury, An Illustrated Magazine.

1861-1891. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 168.00
49 DIO CASSIUS. Estienne.

Dionis Cassii Romanarum Historiarum Libri XXV Ex Guilielmi Xylandri.

1592 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 168.00
50 BOYLE ROBERT.

Tracts Written by the Honourable Robert Boyle About the Cosmicall Qualities of Things.

Oxford 1671. Rare collection of tracts, printed GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 480.00
  • 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.
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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.