Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 868, Edinburgh

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025

Page Size: 197 items in 8 pages

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

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.