Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 868, Edinburgh
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Jamaica] The Royal Almanack and Register for the Island of Jamaica |
Kingston | 1786 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,890.00 | |
| 2 | Cook, Captain James | A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World |
London | 1779 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 630.00 |
| 3 | Pinkerton, John | A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in all Parts of the World |
London | 1808-1814 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 4 | Shoberl, Frederic | The World in Miniature - 3 volumes |
London | [n.d.] | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | Garran, Andrew | Oceania 28 books covering Australia, New Zealand and the South Seas |
Sydney | 1886 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 6 | Bancroft, Hubert Howe | History of California [being volumes xviii-xxiv of The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft] |
San Francisco | 1886-1890 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 7 | American Travel, including Simpson, Thomas Narrative of the Discoveries on The north Coast of America |
London | 1843 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8 | Moulton, Gary G. (editor) | The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition |
Lincoln & London | 1987-2001 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 9 | Scoresby, William | 4 books An Account of the Arctic Regions with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery |
Edinburgh | 1820 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 277.20 |
| 10 | Nares, Sir G.S. | Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea |
London | 1878 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 11 | Franklin, John and John Richardson | Arctic Exploration Collection of works |
Philadelphia | 1828 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,386.00 |
| 12 | Arctic Exploration | Group of 22 books Ross, Sir John. Narrative of a Second Voyage In Search of North-West Passage, And Of A Residence In the Arctic Regions During The Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, and 1833 |
London | 1835 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 13 | Antarctic Exploration 47 books |
London | 1913 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,008.00 | |
| 14 | David, Henry | Travel and Trade A small collection An Historical Account of all the Voyages round the World performed by English Navigators, 1773 |
London | 1908 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 15 | Soltykoff, Alexis | [Four plates from Indian Scenes and Characters, sketched from Life] |
[London] | [1859] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,150.00 |
| 16 | India The Journal of Indian Art |
Peckham | 1888 & 1906 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 378.00 | |
| 17 | India Collection of works, 19th-20th century, including rare gazetteers and Indian imprints |
Lahore | 1864 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 756.00 | |
| 18 | Hutchison, John and Jean Philippe Vogel | History of the Panjab Hill States |
Lahore | 1933 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 819.00 |
| 19 | India, 1930s Collection of printed documents including viceregal tour programmes and government memoranda 1-5 |
Rangoon | 1937 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,276.00 | |
| 20 | India Collection of printed or typescript documents and memoranda, 1910s-1930s |
Lahore | c.1935 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,386.00 | |
| 21 | [Mason, George Henry] | The Punishments of China |
London | 1801 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 22 | The Campaign in India 1857-58 12 lithographs from the set of 26 by George Atkinson |
London | 1859 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,386.00 | |
| 23 | Budge, E.A. Wallis | The Book of the Dead |
London | 1899 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | Weinthal, Leo (editor) | The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway and River Route, from 1887 to 1922 |
London/Luton | [1923] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 302.40 |
| 25 | Thwaites, Reuben Gold | Early Western Travels |
Cleveland, Ohio | 1904-1907 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
