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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Hall, Captain Charles Francis | Life with the Esquimaux |
London | 1864 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 428.40 |
| 27 | Oates, Frank | Matabele Land and The Victoria Falls |
London | 1881 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 428.40 |
| 28 | The Source of the Nile Bruce & Speke Bruce, James, of Kinnaird |
Dublin | 1790 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 327.60 | |
| 29 | Burton, Richard F. | The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night |
c.1903 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 30 | Livingstone, David | Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa |
London | 1857 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | Livingstone, David and Charles | African Travel 32 books |
New York | 1858 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 32 | O'Connor, V.C. Scott. | Asian Travel 7 books |
London | 1904 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 504.00 |
| 33 | Bishop, Isabella, nee Bird | Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan |
London | 1891 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 630.00 |
| 34 | Bishop, Isabella, nee Bird | A collection The Englishwoman in America |
London | 1856 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 35 | Pennant, Thomas | Scotland and Wales A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides |
London | 1776 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 529.20 |
| 36 | Stuart, John Sobieski Stolberg and Charles Edward | The Costume of the Clans with Observations upon the Literature, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce of the Highlands and Western Isles during the Middle Ages |
Edinburgh | 1845 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 453.60 |
| 37 | Charles I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland and Ireland | Satin fragment reputedly from the shoes worn by Charles I at his execution |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,276.00 | ||
| 38 | Regency science notebook 'Manuscript in Natural History' |
c.1815-16 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 554.40 | ||
| 39 | George III (1738-1820), King of Great Britain and Ireland | Document signed, 1807 a free pardon issued to George Rickton of Nottingham |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 226.80 | ||
| 40 | George III (1738-1820), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Document signed, 1794 military commission on vellum |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 252.00 | ||
| 41 | Edward VII (1841-1910), King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India | Document signed, 1902 |
1902 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 201.60 | |
| 42 | Duleep Singh (1838-1893), Maharaja of the Punjab and the Sikh Empire | Autograph letter signed |
2nd December 1873 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,394.00 | |
| 43 | India - Princely States Large collection of documents signed by Indian rulers, 1930s |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 44 | India - Princely States Collection of typed letters signed from Indian rulers, 1930s-40s |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 45 | India Collection of signed letters and documents, 19th-20th century |
19th-20th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | ||
| 46 | Barrie, J. M. (1860-1937) | Margaret Ogilvy, with autograph letter signed |
London | 1896 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 403.20 |
| 47 | Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji - Norman Peterkin - Owen Hamilton - Leigh Vaughan Henry | Literary ephemera |
London | 1947 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 378.00 |
| 48 | Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) | Group of signed pieces relating to his receipt of an honorary degree from the University of Glasgow, 1959 |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 478.80 | ||
| 49 | Ruskin, John (1819-1900) | Two autograph letters signed Letter addressed to Miss Hartnell |
Tuesday, 30th / 31st December | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 50 | Miscellaneous Scottish manuscripts | Regarding family history, genealogy, land, town affairs, etc. |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | 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.")
