Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Books (Part 1) from the Library of Monreith House, 71626a, Carlisle
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 16, 2026 - July 16, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Secreta Monita Societatis Jesu, The Secret Instructions of the Jesuits |
1746 | Not Available | Unknown | ||
| 177 | Disraeli Benjamin; Wigram W. K. | 3 Books, including: England & France or A Cure for the Ministerial Gallomania |
1832; 1853 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 178 | Hawthorne Nathaniel; Smith H. & J. | The Scarlet Letter; Rejected Addresses or The New Theatrum Poetarum |
Edinburgh | 1883; 1812 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 179 | Collier John; Shee Martin Archer | The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin Esq; Rhymes on Art or The Remonstrance of a Painter |
1806; 1805 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 180 | Shaftesbury Earl; Coudray Chevalier | An Inquiry Concerning Virtue or Merit; Anecdotes of the Emperor Joseph II |
1699; 1709; 1777 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 181 | The Form and Order of the Service that is to be Performed in The Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra; Form and Order in The Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary |
1902; 1911 | Not Available | Unknown | ||
| 182 | 5 Books, including: Scots Magazine |
1768; 1769; 1772; 1773; 1774; 1785; 1786; 1783; 1798; 1807; c.1751 | Not Available | Unknown | ||
| 183 | Rouveyre Edouard; Brown John Taylor | Connaissancs Necessaires a un Bibliophile; Bibliomania |
Paris; Edinburgh | 1878; 1867 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 184 | The Hamilton Palace Libraries, Catalogue of the Hamilton Library |
1884 | Not Available | Unknown | ||
| 185 | Brunet Gustave | La Reliure Ancienne et Moderne Recueil de 116 Planches |
Paris | 1884 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 186 | Report of the Committee on Leather for Book Binding |
1905 | Not Available | Unknown | ||
| 187 | Hill Burton John | 8 Books, including: The Book-Hunter |
1882 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 188 | Wheare Degory; Brady John Henry | The Method & Order of Reading Both Civil & Ecclesiastical Histories; Varieties of Literature |
1694; 1826 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 189 | Blau Robert | Libamina Junioribus or The Locutions of the Latine Tongue |
Edinburgh | 1702 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 190 | Duncan William | The Elements of Logick |
1764; 1800 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 191 | Simson Robert; Wilson John; Butler William; Bourn Thomas | 4 Books, including: The Elements of Euclid |
Glasgow; Edinburgh | 1756; 1781; 1752; 1825 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 192 | Faulcon J. F.; Scot A. | 3 Books, including: Traite de L'Orthographe Francoise |
Poitiers; Paris | 1752; 1798; 1655 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 193 | Robertson Joseph; Adams John | 3 Books, including: An Essay on Punctuation |
1791; 1812; 1807 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 194 | 5 Books, including: Phaedri, Fabularum Aesopiarum |
Glasgow | 1751; 1750s | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 195 | Tytler Alexander | Plan & Outlines of a Course of Lectures on Universal History, Ancient & Modern |
Edinburgh | 1782 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 196 | Home Henry | Elements of Criticism |
Edinburgh | 1762 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 197 | Hume David | Essays & Treatises on Several Subjects |
1768 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 198 | Hume David | The History of Great Britain |
1759 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 199 | Arnot Hugo | A Collection & Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland |
Edinburgh | 1785 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 200 | Town Talk; or Living Manners |
1811; 1813 | Not Available | Unknown |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000