Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: 23rd October Antiquarian & Collectable Books & Related Items, 102325a, Carlisle
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | BOYLE ROBERT. | An Essay of the Great Effects of Even Languid & Unheeded Motion Whereunto is an Experimental Discourse of Some Little Observed Causes of the Insalubrity & Salubrity of the Air & Its Effects. |
1690. Contemporary manuscript inscription to the front free endpaper "Sent to me by ... Honourable Author ... from Mr. Burham (sic), Barham?), 12th of April | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 660.00 | |
| 52 | (HALE SIR MATTHEW). | Difficiles Nugae or Observations Touching the Torricellian Experiment. |
1675. Hale here disputing the theories of Robert Boyle & Descartes regarding atmospheric pressure & the barometer. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 102.00 | |
| 53 | LOVELL ROBERT. | Sive Panzoologicomineralogia or A Compleat History of Animals & Minerals Containing the Summe of All Authors, Both Ancient & Modern. |
Oxford | 1661. Very detailed work on animals & minerals including a section on unicorns (p.125, 1st part). | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 600.00 |
| 54 | FERGUSON JAMES. | The Art of Drawing in Perspective, Made Easy to Those Who have No Previous Knowledge of the Mathematics. |
Edinburgh | 1802 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 48.00 |
| 55 | (PINKERTON JOHN). | An Essay on Medals. |
1784 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 38.40 | |
| 56 | MUNDAY & SLATTER (Pubs). | The Oxford University & City Guide to Which is Added A Description of Blenheim & Nuneham. |
Oxford | 1820 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 50.40 |
| 57 | WANSLEBEN J. M. | The Present State of Egypt or A New Relation of a Late Voyage into That Kingdom ... |
1678 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 132.00 | |
| 58 | SALE GEORGE. | The Koran Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic ... |
1734. The first English translation taken directly from the Arabic. | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,800.00 | |
| 59 | ROBERTSON WILLIAM. | An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients Had of India & the Progress of Trade With That Country Prior to the Discovery of the Passage to It by the Cape of Good Hope. |
1791 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 50.40 | |
| 60 | ELPHINSTONE MOUNTSTUART. | An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul & Its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary & India, Comprising a View of the Afghaun Nation. |
1815 | GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 960.00 | |
| 61 | HARRIS WILLIAM CORNWALLIS. | The Wild Sports of Southern Africa. |
1852 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 156.00 | |
| 62 | ROUSSEAU J. J. | Letters on the Elements of Botany Addressed to a Lady ... |
1807 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 24.00 | |
| 63 | 18th Century Plays. |
1757 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 96.00 | ||
| 64 | WYNDHAM HENRY P. | The Diary of the Late George Bubb Dodington ... |
Salisbury | 1784 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 57.60 |
| 65 | Fur, Feather & Fin Series. |
Late1890s/early 1900's. | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 72.00 | ||
| 66 | ALDIN CECIL. | Handley Cross or Mr. Jorrocks' Hunt. |
1900 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.40 | |
| 67 | DENHOLM ARMOUR G. (Illus). | Mr. Jorrocks' Lectors. |
1910 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 84.00 | |
| 68 | DENHOLM ARMOUR G. (Illus). | British Sport Past & Present. |
1909 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 50.40 | |
| 69 | DENHOLM ARMOUR G. (Illus). | Hunts With Jorrocks. |
1908 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | GBP 30.00 | |
| 70 | DENHOLM ARMOUR G. | Bridle & Brush, Reminiscences of an Artist Sportsman. |
1937 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 66.00 | |
| 71 | EDWARDS LIONEL (Illus). | Pink & Scarlet or Hunting as a School for Soldiering. |
1913 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 57.60 | |
| 72 | EDWARDS LIONEL (Illus). | Sketches in Stable & Kennel. |
1933 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 78.00 | |
| 73 | EDWARDS LIONEL (Illus). | 15 various quarto & other works with tipped in col. |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 108.00 | ||
| 74 | SIMPSON CHARLES (Illus). | Practical Jumping. |
1930 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 45.60 | |
| 75 | ALDIN CECIL. | 11 various vols. with equestrian & canine illustrations by Cecil Aldin. |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 90.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
