Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Antiquarian & Collectable Books & Related Items, 31926b, Carlisle

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 19, 2026 - March 19, 2026

Page Size: 244 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26		Irish Drama. A collection of plays in orig. card wrappers incl. by Ervine, McHugh, Boyle, Moylan, Power & Waldron, & other vols. (18)	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 156.00
27	IBSEN HENRIK.	Love's Comedy, When We Dead Awaken & A Doll's House. 3 works	All 1900	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 36.00
28	MARDRUS J. C. & MATHERS POWYS.	The Book of the Thousand Nights & One Night. 4 vols.	1951	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 36.00
29	TAYLOR H. V.	The Apples of England.	1948	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 45.60
30	HEBER REGINALD, Lord Bishop of Calcutta.	Poems & Translations.	1829. This work is dedicated to his brother Richard, the renowned book collector, & including the poem "Palestine", prize poem at Oxford in 1803.	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 30.00
31	JOHNSON SAMUEL.	A Dictionary of the English Language.	1773	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 21.60
32	MACAULAY LORD.	The History of England.	1889	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 45.60
33		The Spectator. 8 vols.	1789	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 57.60
34	MILOCHUM DOMINICUM (Pubs).	Colloquia et Dictionariolum octo Linguarum, Latinae, Gallicae, Belgicae, Tutonicae, Hispanicae, Italicae, Anglicae & Portugallicae.	1677	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 240.00
35	BOYER A.	Dictionnaire Royal, Francois-Anglois et Anglois-Francois.	1752	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 90.00
36		Languages. A carton of dictionaries, phrase books, etc., mainly European languages.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 26.40
37		Languages. A carton of dictionaries, phrase books, etc., mainly European languages, incl. technical dictionaries.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 36.00
38		Languages. A carton of phrase books & related material incl. Arabic, Hindustani, Malay, Bemba, Urdu, Cape Dutch, etc. (20).	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 38.40
39	(MORTIMER FAVELL L.).	Far Off Asia Described.	1900	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 66.00
40		Guide Books. Baedeker's Paris 1896 & 1904, London 1909 & Central Italy 1909, & other guide books	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 24.00
41	MARLOW CHRISTOPHER.	The Life & Death of Tamburlaine the Great.	1930	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 66.00
42	KNEEN J. J.	The Place-Names of the Isle of Man.	1925-1928	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 264.00
43	FOLIO SOCIETY.	The Folio Poets - Kipling, ; & The Life of Samuel Johnson	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 14.40
44	SADLER THOMAS (Ed).	Diary Reminiscences & Correspondence of Henry Crabb Robinson.	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
45	LELAND JOHN.	The Itinerary, ed. by Lucy T. Smith	1964	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 48.00
46		Various. A carton of various vols. incl. a few on bookbinding.	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 26.40
47	REDDING CYRUS.	A History & Description of Modern Wines ... With Considerable Additions, & a New Preface Developing the System of the Port Wine Trade.	1836	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 192.00
48	BRITTON JOHN.	The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain. 5 vols.	1807-1826.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 132.00
49		Album - Thoroughbred Horses. A fine oblong quarto album in purple morocco for Asprey & outer box, part filled only with 10 photographs of thoroughbred horses	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 96.00
50	SINCLAIR JAMES.	History of the Devon Breed of Cattle.	1893	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 168.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.