Personal book gift from William Wordsworth sells for £2,500

Both books in the sale by Lyon and Turnbull were from the fifth edition of A Guide Through the District of the Lakes in the North of England which were printed at Kendal in 1835.

One sent by Wordworth made £2,500 and another sent by his wife to Katherine Southey sold for £2,125.

Wordsworth’s hand dedication said: “To Thomas Thorp esq. as a slight token of esteem and regard from William Wordsworth.”

Another Lakeland writer likely to be in demand from collectors is Coniston’s John Ruskin.

One of just 500 special printings from 1892 of his The Nature of Gothic is expected to make £300 to £400 in a February 3 sale by Lawrences of Crewkerne, Somerset.

Sportingold, of Saunderton, Buckinghamshire, has two reminders of what was almost an early sporting triumph for Barrow Rugby League Cup.

Its January 27 sale has a programme from Barrow’s winning Challenge Cup semi-final fixture which was held at Huddersfield on April 9 in 1938.

Barrow defeated Halifax by four points to two. An example of the programme should make £50 to £60.

There is also a program from the 1938 final which was played at Wembley between Barrow and Salford on May 7.

The match was seen by 51,243 fans and Barrow lost its first national final by the narrow margin of seven points to four. The programme should make £90 to £100.

A ship’s brass bulkhead clock by Story of Barrow is expected to make £50 to £100 in the January 28 sale by David Duggleby at Scarborough.

The same sale hopes for £200 to £300 for a pair of oil paintings by an unknown artist showing HMS Gibraltar and the Barrow-built battleship HMS Vanguard.

Corbitts at Newcastle has a fiver from the early years of the 19th century in its sale on February 1.

The unissued note is from the Cumberland and Carlisle Bank and should make £100 to £130.

A painting of Windermere by an artist called G. Ashworth should make £50 to £100 in the January 27 sale by David Lay, of Penzance, Cornwall.