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
101	Jaffer, Amin	The Al Thani Collection: Beyond Extravagance A Royal Collection of Gems and Jewels	New York	2013	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 378.00
102	Bakst, Leon - Paul Iribe - Jean Cocteau, and others	Le Mot	Paris	1914-1915	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
103	Koons, Jeff	Goat: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali	[Cologne]	2004	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 693.00
104	Bianconi, Giovanni Lodovico	Descrizione dei Circhi, particolarmente di Quello di Caracalla ...	Rome	1789	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
105	Milne, A. A.	[Complete set of the Pooh books:] When We Were Very Young	London	1924-6-7-8	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 10,080.00
106	Rowling, J. K. (1965-) - signed	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	London	2000	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 579.60
107	Rowling, J. K. (1965-) - signed	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	London	1997	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,638.00
108	Rowling, J. K. (1965-) - signed	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	London	1998	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 693.00
109	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	London	1998	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
110	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	London	1999	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 4,914.00
111	Smith, Jessie Willcox	Children's Books A small group	New York	1914	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 352.80
112	Burnett, Frances Hodgson	The Secret Garden	London	1911	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 504.00
113	Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953)	'The Little Saint'			GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
114	Nicholson, William (1872-1949) - original drawing	in Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man	London	[1929]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 579.60
115	SS Charles Robinson (1870-1937), Michael Foreman (1938-), and others	Original illustrations, a group			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 378.00
116		Saints and religious figures 26 hand-drawn cards			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,008.00
117	Lewis, C. S.	The Screwtape Letters	London	1942	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 5,040.00
118	Strand Magazine	An Illustrated Monthly, 1891-1934	London	1891-1934	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,512.00
119	Tolkien, J. R. R.	[The Lord of the Rings:] The Fellowship of the Ring	London	1954-5	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 8,190.00
120	Tolkien, J. R. R.	The Hobbit	London	1958	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 756.00
121	Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) - inscribed	Men at War The Best War Stories of All Time	New York	1942	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,764.00
122	Gray, Alasdair (1934-2019)	Collection of works including signed copies			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 478.80
123	Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - inscribed	The Great Boer War	London	1900	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 693.00
124	Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - inscribed	The British Campaigns in Europe 1914-1918	London	[1928]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 529.20
125	Hodgson, William Hope	The Night Land	London	1912	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,032.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.