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    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-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
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Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
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Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old 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 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
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Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
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Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: 23rd October Antiquarian & Collectable Books & Related Items, 102325a, Carlisle
Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUCKLAND REV. WILLIAM. | Geology & Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology.  | 
            1837 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 180.00 | |
| 2 | OTTER WILLIAM. | The Life & Remains of Edward Daniel Clarke, Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge.  | 
            1825 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 132.00 | |
| 3 | CLARKE JAMES STANIER & MCARTHUR JOHN. | The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson K.B.  | 
            1809 | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | GBP 420.00 | |
| 4 | HAMEL ETIENNE B. | Tamworth Illustrated.  | 
            Birmingham | 1828/1829, | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | GBP 36.00 | 
| 5 | HOUGHTON REV. W. | British Fresh-Water Fishes.  | 
            N.d. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 240.00 | |
| 6 | ROCQUE JOHN. | The Traveller's Companion or The Post Roads of England & Wales with the Distances in Measured Miles, by the Late John Rocque, Chorographer to the King.  | 
            1786 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 192.00 | |
| 7 | COLTON G. WOOLWORTH. | Colton's General Atlas Containing One Hundred & Seventy Steel, Plate, Maps & Plans on One Hundred Imperial Folio Sheets.  | 
            New York | 1859 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,320.00 | 
| 8 | PIAZZI SMYTH C. | Teneriffe, An Astronomers Experiment or Specialities of a Residence Above the Clouds.  | 
            1858. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 420.00 | |
| 9 | MOGG EDWARD. | Paterson's Roads Being an Entirely Original & Accurate Description of All the Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England & Wales With Part of the Roads of Scotland.  | 
            n.d. but C.1830's. | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 54.00 | |
| 10 | LANGLEY (EDWARD) & BELCH (WILLIAM). | Langley & Belch`s New Map of London.  | 
            1812 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,320.00 | |
| 11 | CARY (JOHN). | Carey's Pocket Companion to the Roads of Great Britain Shewing All the Post & Market Towns ...  | 
            N.d. but C.1790 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 84.00 | |
| 12 | RODWELL J. | A Map, Antient & Modern, of the Peloponnesus, & of a Part of Northern Greece.  | 
            1830 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 216.00 | |
| 13 | Postcards. 1914-18, The Ruins of Zeebrugge, Dixmude ...  | 
            GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 14 | MACDERMOT E. T. | History of the Great Western Railway.  | 
            1927-1931. | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | GBP 21.60 | |
| 15 | DE PAMBOUR F. M. G. | A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines.  | 
            1840 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 24.00 | |
| 16 | BUTLER HERBERT J. | Motor Bodywork.  | 
            1924 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 132.00 | |
| 17 | GUILLEMIN A. | The Forces of Nature.  | 
            1877 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 96.00 | |
| 18 | MCDOWELL WILLIAM. | Chronicles of Lincluden.  | 
            Edinburgh | 1886 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 36.00 | 
| 19 | BUTLER ROBIN. | The Albert Collection, 500 Years of British & European Silver.  | 
            2004 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 72.00 | |
| 20 | TRIPPLIN J. & RIGG E. | Treatise on Modern Horology.  | 
            n.d. | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 72.00 | |
| 21 | THOMSON ADAM. | Time & Timekeepers.  | 
            1842 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 78.00 | |
| 22 | PENFOLD JOHN B. | The Clockmakers of Cumberland.  | 
            1977 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 23 | WALES WILLIAM & CO. | Illustrations, History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster.  | 
            Liverpool | 1824-5. | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 36.00 | 
| 24 | CREAGH SIR O'MOORE & HUMPHRIS E. M. | The V.C. & D.S.O., A Complete Record of All Those ...  | 
            N.d. but C.1920's. | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 30.00 | |
| 25 | BARRIE J. M. | The Kirriemuir Edition of the Works.  | 
            1913 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 48.00 |