• Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.

Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: September Antiques and Collectible Books and Related Items, 92525, Carlisle

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025
Page Size: 237 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 SPEED JOHN.

Glamorgan Shyre. Hand col. eng. map. Vignette plans of Cardyfe & Llandaffe.

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 60.00
2 SPEED JOHN.

Wales. Hand col eng. map. 14 vignettes of the various towns.

1610 but rather later. GBP 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
3 NAISMITH JOHN.

Thoughts on Various Objects of Industry Pursued in Scotland.

Edinburgh 1790 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 264.00
4 WYATT J. (Pubs).

Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical & Agricultural Discoveries. 8 vols.

1806-1812. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 192.00
5 (MACKINTOSH WILLIAM, of Borlum).

A Treatise Concerning the Manner of Fallowing of Ground, Raising of Grass-Seeds & Training of Lint & Hemp for the Increase & Improvement of the Linnen-Manufactories in Scotland.

Edinburgh 1724 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 480.00
6 MCWILLIAM ROBERT.

An Essay on the Origin & Operation of the Dry Rot With a View to Its Prevention or Cure.

1818 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 26.40
7 CICERO M. T.

Opera, ed. by Joseph Oliveti. The set of 9 vols.

Amsterdam 1745 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 180.00
8 THOEMMES PRESS.

The Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British Philosophers and The Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers.

2000 & 1999 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 24.00
9 WYLD JAMES.

Post Map of Europe. Eng. fldg. map, hand col. in outline, in 40 dissected sections.

1845 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 66.00
10 HYDE JAMES WILSON.

The Royal Mail.

1885 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 18.00
11 ROBINSON P. E.

7 softback reference works re. Siberian philately & postcards.

GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 24.00
12 BALLANTYNE ROBERT M.

Hudson's Bay or Every-Day Life in the Wilds of North America.

Edinburgh 1848 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
13 EVANS E. R. G. R.

South With Scott. Frontis, plan, chart & fldg. maps as called for.

1921 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
14 L'ESTRANGE SIR ROGER (Trans).

The Works of Flavius Josephus.

1702 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 36.00
15 PHILLIPS PHILIP A. S.

Paul de Lamerie, Citizen & Goldsmith of London.

1968 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 36.00
16

Steam Engines, Shipping & Technical.

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 36.00
17 EVANS PAUL.

7 various vols., each a signed ltd. ed. with a signed ltd. ed. print, 6 being in d.w's.

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 36.00
18 DONLEAVY J. P.

8 various vols. incl. 1st of A Singular Man; & 16 others, modern fiction, signed works, etc. (24).

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.00
19 MCCALL HARDY BERTRAM.

Story of the Family of Wandesforde of Kirklinton & Castlecomer.

1904 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 72.00
20 PAN-AMERICAN UNION.

Competition for the Monumental Lighthouse ... to the Memory of Christopher Columbus.

1928 & GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.00
21

Cumbria & Northern Interest.

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 36.00
22 OLIVER STEPHEN.

Scenes & Recollections of Fly-Fishing in Northumberland, Cumberland & Westmorland.

1834 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 50.40
23 HAWKINS EDWARD.

Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain & Ireland. 2 vols.

1885 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 24.00
24 FORWOOD SIR W. B.

Windermere & The Royal Windermere Yacht Club.

Kendal 1905 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 54.00
25 MILLS WILLIAM HASLAM (Ed).

The Manchester Reform Club

1871-1921 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 36.00
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
  • Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.