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Lyon and Turnbull: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs

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Auction Name Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs Total Sales (GBP) 502,841.00
Auction Date June 17, 2020 - June 17, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 272,620.00
Sale Number #605 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 404,340.00
Total Lots 391
Sold Lots 324 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 307,210.00
% of Lots Sold 82.86% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 455,900.00
Unsold Lots 67 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 110.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
291

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 1997 GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 125,000.00
237

Fleming, Ian Casino Royale

 1953 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
123

Cromwell, Thomas, 1st Earl of Essex Letter signed ("Your assuryd ffreend Thomas Crumwell")

 GBP 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 GBP 25,000.00
191

Burns, Robert Autograph letter signed ('Robt. Burns')

 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 12,500.00
176

Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal (1475-1530) Document signed as Cardinal Archbishop of York ('T[homas]

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 11,250.00
183

Burns, Robert Autograph letter signed ('Robt. Burns')

 1560 GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 11,250.00
179

Burns, Robert [with Autograph Letter] Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

 1787 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,750.00
73

van den Brouck, Jan Instructie der Zee-Vaert door de geheele Werelt...

 1610 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 8,125.00
181

Burns, Robert Autograph letter signed ("Robt. Burns") to David Staig,

 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,500.00
332

Italy, Switzerland, Germany and North America Impressive Illuminated 19th Century?Album of the XII

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 7,500.00
187

Burns, Robert Autograph verse, working draft, entitled 'Sonnet' and beginning 'No more, ye warblers

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,875.00
92

George II & George III, King Acts of Parliament

 1749-1782 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 6,250.00
172

Swift, Jonathan Autograph Letter, Signed ("Jonath Swift")

 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,250.00
19

Blaeu, Joan Toonneel des Aerdryck oft Nieuwe Atlas...Vyfde Deel [Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, part V]

 1654 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 5,500.00
276

Synge, John Millington & Jack B. Yeats The Aran Islands

 1907 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,500.00
188

Burns, Robert Portion of an Autograph letter signed ("Robt. Burns")

 GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 4,750.00
30

Wilson, William [1905-1972] A group of four engravings

 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 4,500.00
44

Hunt, John The Ascent of Everest

 1953 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 4,250.00
147

James VI and I, King of Scotland, Ireland and England Lordship and?Regalitie?of Dunfermline?[Fife],

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 4,000.00
367

Larsson, Stieg [The Millennium Trilogy], 2010, Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding

 2010 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,750.00
27

Porter, Robert, after Vendramini The Glorious Conquest of Seringapatam [Mysore, Karnataka, India]

 1802-1803 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 3,500.00
49

Lawrence, Thomas Edward Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph

 1997 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,500.00
99

Schindler, Emilie A collection of cassette tape recordings

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,250.00
277

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings

 1954 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,250.00
55

Lawrence, Thomas Edward -- Jeremy Wilson Lawrence of Arabia, the authorised biography of T.E.

 1988 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 3,000.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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