Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction | Total Sales (GBP) | 40,985.18 |
Auction Date | July 09, 2020 - July 09, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 18,735.00 |
Sale Number | #70920 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 28,715.00 |
Total Lots | 321 | ||
Sold Lots | 313 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 19,390.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 97.51% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 29,700.00 |
Unsold Lots | 8 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 138.00% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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181 | THE GLASGOW LOOKING GLASS LATER THE NORTHERN LOOKING GLASS. |
1834 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 3,995.00 | |
155 | TAYLOR EDWARD. | "Madrigals by Italian Composers with a few by Flemish Composers, Scored from the Original Parts & the English Words Written by Edward Taylor ... |
1839 & n.d | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,527.50 |
76 | WEEKLY DISPATCH (Pubs). | The Dispatch Atlas. |
1863 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,292.50 |
150 | DONNE JOHN. | Poems ... with Elegies on the Author's Death. |
1745 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 1,175.00 |
238 | JOHNSON SAMUEL. | A Dictionary of the English Language. |
1756 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 705.00 |
10 | SOWERBY J. E. & OTHERS. | English Botany or Coloured Figures of British Plants, edited by John T. Boswell Syme. |
1863-1872. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 564.00 |
138 | DICKENS CHARLES. | Dombey and Son. |
1847 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 528.75 |
219 | BURKE EDMUND. | Reflections on the Revolution in France. |
1791 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 528.75 |
217 | HUME DAVID. | Four Dissertations, The Natural History of Religion, Of the Passions, Of Tragedy and Of the Standard of Taste. |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 470.00 | |
216 | (BURNEY FRANCES). | Cecilia or Memoirs of an Heiress, by the Author of Evelena. |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 446.50 | |
228 | PEACHAM HENRY. | The Compleat Gentleman, Fashioning Him Absolute in the Most Necessary & Commendable Qualities … to which is added The Gentleman's Exercise or An Exquisite Practice, as well for Drawing … as for Making Colours … etc. |
1661 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 376.00 |
229 | VOLNEY C-F. | Travels Through Syria & Egypt in the Years 1783, 1784 & 1785. |
1787 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 376.00 |
162 | NUTTER M. E. | Carlisle in the Olden Time, A Series of Views of Ancient Public Buildings. |
1835 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 352.50 |
296 | IRELAND W. H. | Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 329.00 | |
55 | SCOTT SIR WALTER. | Waverley Novels. |
1830 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 317.25 |
137 | DICKENS CHARLES. | Works. |
1880's. | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 317.25 |
50 | SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM. | The Works. |
n.d. | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | GBP 305.50 |
53 | RUSKIN JOHN. | Letters Addressed to a College Friend. |
1894 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 305.50 |
59 | Institute of Bankers. | Journal. |
1879/80 to 1909 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 305.50 |
245 | CHASTELLUX MARQUIS DE. | Travels in North-America in the Years 1780, 1781 & 1782. |
1787 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 305.50 |
320 | BIONDI SIR FRANCIS. | An History of the Civill Warres of England Between the Two Houses of Lancaster & Yorke .. |
1641 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 305.50 |
62 | CHALMERS A. (Ed). | The British Essayists. |
1823 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 282.00 |
156 | KELLY MICHAEL (Composer). | The Grand Dramatic Romance of Blue Beard or Female Curiosity as now Performing at The Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane ? the words by George Coleman, the younger. |
N.d. but c.1798 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 282.00 |
204 | GORDON ALEXANDER. | Itinerarium Septentrionale or A Journey Through Most of the Counties of Scotland & Those in the North of England. |
1726 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 282.00 |
122 | THACKERAY W. M. | Works. |
1880's. | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 270.25 |