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	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
127	CHUBB CHARLES.	The Birds of British Guiana Based on the Collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell.		1916-1921.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 360.00
128	DEIGNAN H. G.	The Birds of Northern Thailand. Photographic illus.		1945	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 24.00
129	DWIGHT JONATHAN.	The Gulls (Laridae) of the World, Their Plumages, Moults, Variations, Relationships & Distribution.		1925	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 102.00
130	HOWARD H. ELIOT.	The British Warblers, A History With Problems of Their Lives. 9 orig. parts.		N/A	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 264.00
131	ALI BESS & RIPLEY S. D.	Handbook of the Birds of India & Pakistan.	Oxford	2001	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 36.00
132	HELM (Pubs).	FIELD GUIDES, ornithology. 10 various vols., South America & South American countries.		N/A	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 60.00
133	HELM (Pubs).	FIELD GUIDES, ornithology. 7 various vols., Africa & African countries, incl. Madagascar & Seychelles.		N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 42.00
134	HELM (Pubs).	FIELD GUIDES, ornithology. 11 various vols., South Asia & Countries of the Indian Subcontinent.		N/A	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
135	HELM (Pubs).	FIELD GUIDES, ornithology.		N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 50.40
136	HELM (Pubs).	FIELD GUIDES, ornithology. 9 various vols., Middle East, Arabia, Atlantic Islands, Pacific Islands & others.		N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 48.00
137	HELM (Pubs).	IDENTIFICATION GUIDES, ornithology.		N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
138	HELM (Pubs).	IDENTIFICATION GUIDES, ornithology. Pigeons & Doves; Reed & Bush Warblers, & 8 others, in d.w's. (10).		N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 108.00
139	HELM (Pubs).	Birds of Liberia and Birds of Ethiopia & Eritrea, in d.w's;; also Cheke & Hume, Lost Land of the Dodo & 2 others. (5).		N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 26.40
140	NORMAN DAVID.	Birds in Cheshire & Wirral,		2008	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
141		British & Irish Ornithology. 4 various bird atlases,		N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 24.00
142	HIGGINS P. G. & others.	Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Vol. 1 (x2), vol. 5 & vol. 7,		N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 288.00
143	SHIRIHAI HADORAM.	The Birds of Israel.		1996	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 33.60
144	VAN SOMEREN DOCTOR.	Birds of Uganda & British East Africa, offprint from The Ibis.		1916-04-01	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 36.00
145		Ornithology - South America. 10 various vols., field & identification guides.		N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 90.00
146		Ornithology - Asia & World. 23 various vols., field & identification guides.		N/A	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 60.00
147		Climbing & related subjects. A carton of various vols. in d.w's.		N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 24.00
148		Travel & related subjects. A carton of various vols. in d.w's incl. 1sts of Paul Theroux & Colin Thubron.		N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 24.00
149	PEVSNER N.	14 various architectural guides in d.w's, mixed cond.		N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 24.00
150	ELIOTT SIR ARTHUR & LADY.	The Elliots, the Story of a Border Clan. Ltd. ed.		1974	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 84.00
151		English Topography & Local History. A carton of various vols., mainly in d.w's, incl. some Cumbrian interest.		N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 60.00

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.