Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Home Furnishings and Interiors, 101625, Edinburgh

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025
Page Size: 47 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
354

Two boxes of books to include art reference books, Countryman books, etc.

Not Available GBP 12.40
355

Box of books to include Art reference books, etc.

Not Available GBP 12.40
356

Two boxes of books to include War and Peace, etc.

Not Available GBP 49.60
357

Box of books to include Venice Art and Architecture, A Pageant of Painting, The Dark Ages, etc.

Not Available GBP 80.60
357A

Four boxes of books to include fiction and non fiction.

Not Available GBP 43.40
357B

Three boxes of books to include fiction and non fiction, etc.

Not Available GBP 55.80
357C

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland six volumes, etc.

Not Available GBP 6.20
357D

Four boxes of books to include Westword Ho leather bound, etc.

Not Available GBP 12.40
357E

Four boxes of books to include Wildlife, The Oxford Atlas, etc.

Not Available GBP 12.40
357F

Box containing boos to include John Galsworthy volumes, The Works of the Brontes, The Temple Edition, etc.

Not Available GBP 39.68
357G

Three boxes of books to include art reference books.

Not Available GBP 37.20
357H

Four boxes of books to include The Medieval Castles in Scotland, etc.

Not Available GBP 12.40
377

Tomlinsons Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures two volumes and two volumes of The Book of the Garden.

Not Available GBP 31.00
411 LORNA MULVEY,

Forth Rail Bridge

Not Available GBP 161.20
412 RALPH CLARKSON; FLORENCE PAGE; J HOUSTON; JAMES CONNELL,

St Giles; John Knox's House Edinburgh; Bakehouse Close Edinburgh; Scottish Shrine, and an unsigned etching of Holyrood Palace Edinburgh.

Not Available GBP 124.00
412C JEAN JOSEPH BENJAMIN CONSTANT (French 1845-1902),

In View of Tangier (En Vue de Tanger)

Not Available GBP 9.92
412D LEON GAUCHEREL (French 1816-1886) after JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER RA (1775-1851),

The Sun of Venice going to Sea and another etching of Venice.

Not Available Not Sold
412E JAMES SPENCE RGI RSW (Scottish 1929-2016),

Toledo Alcazar

Not Available GBP 27.28
451 J HARRIS after HENRY THOMAS ALKEN (British 1785-1851),

The Dandelion and A Jonquill (One of the Flowers of our Hunt) two prints

1851 Not Available GBP 34.72
452

Railwayana interest, two framed diagrams of signalling arrangements at Waverley Station Edinburgh

Not Available GBP 52.08
453

Railwayana interest, British Railways Western Region diagram map showing Wales, Cornwall and Devon, and south coast of Britain as far east as London

Not Available GBP 14.88
454

Railwayana interest, twelve ordnance survey OS maps illustrating the railway lines around Edinburgh

Not Available GBP 18.60
  • 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.