Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Antiquarian & Collectable Books & Related Items, 20526a, Carlisle

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026

Page Size: 230 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101		18th Cent. Manuscript Letter, ref. Stolen Horses.		GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 50.40
102		Manuscript Indentures. Indenture, 1672, between William Browne, Woodmonger and Thomas Grayson, Clothmaker;	1802	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 24.00
103		18th Cent. Court Action, Cumberland. Single folio sheet, Attorney`s Warrant ref.	1781	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 33.60
104		18th Cent. Lawyers Statement of Account. 2 leaves of a folded folio sheet.	1793	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 24.00
105		18th Cent. Manuscript Lease, ref.	1778	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 30.00
106		Stanwix Parish, Carlisle, 18th Cent.	1783 - 1787.	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 120.00
107		Plumbland, Cumberland. Single manuscript leaf, Measurements of the Hewn Work at Mr. Birds with prices & account of stone & door & window surrounds used in the construction.	Late 18th/early 19th cent.	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 38.40
108		Westnewton, Cumberland, Manuscript Request for Permission. Application on a folded folio leaf	1870	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 14.40
109		Cumberland - Curwen Family. An interesting collection of 18th cent.	1788-1816.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 264.00
110		English Civil War - Manuscript templates for appointing officers to command Royalist forces.	1637)	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
111	TITANIC COMMEMORATIVE POSTCARDS.	Set of 6 postcards commemorating the Titanic disaster,		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 36.00
112		Natural History & Sport. 11 various vols.		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 50.40
113		LONSDALE LIBRARY. 6 various vols.	1887	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 36.00
114		NONESUCH PRESS. 4 ltd.	1927	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 12.00
115	RUSKIN JOHN.	A large carton of Ruskin & related biographies, various exhibition catalogues, softback publications, etc.		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 90.00
116		Climbing & Mountaineering. A large carton of various vols.		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 26.40
117	ALLOM T., PICKERING G. & ROSE T.	Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland.	1833	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 24.00
118	FERGUSON RICHARD S.	Cumberland & Westmorland MP's from the Restoration to the Reform Bill of 1867.	1871	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 14.40
119		Cumbria & Lake District. 8 Michael Moon reprints of important directories & topographical works, all but one in d.w's.		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 66.00
120	BRADLEY RICHARD.	New Improvements of Planting & Gardening, Both Philosophical & Practical.	1739	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 144.00
121		Modern Masters of Etching Series.	1924	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 36.00
122		The Cathedral Libraries Catalogue.	1984-1998;	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 60.00
123	CHAMBERS DAVID.	Early Private Presses 1730-1900.	2025	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 78.00
124	FRANKLIN JOHN.	Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea.	1824	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 66.00
125	ROSS SIR JOHN.	Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage & of a Residence in the Arctic Regions.	1835	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 84.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.