Lyon and Turnbull: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs | Total Sales (GBP) | 493,041.00 |
| Auction Date | July 13, 2022 - July 13, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 187,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #694 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 277,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 312 | ||
| Sold Lots | 289 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 196,950.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.63% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 290,650.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 23 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 169.63% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254 | Raleigh, Sir Walter (1554-1618) | Document signed, Isle of Wight, 15th August 1580 |
1580 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 27,500.00 |
| 121 | Law, John | Money and Trade Considered with a Proposal for Supplying the Nation with Money. |
1705 | GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 23,125.00 |
| 167 | [Cleland, John] | Memoirs of *********** ** ************ [a Woman of Pleasure] |
?1755 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 22,500.00 |
| 92 | Mattioli, Pietro Andrea [Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun] | Commentarii in sex libros |
1565 | GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
| 256 | Samuel Garey (1582/3-1646) | Manuscript commentaries on the Gospel of John, c.1620 |
c.1620 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
| 10 | Ortelius, Abraham | Islandia [Iceland] |
c.1590 or later. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,500.00 |
| 225 | Rowling, J. K. | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 8,125.00 |
| 308 | William Stirling-Maxwell. Don John of Austria |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 7,750.00 | ||
| 45 | Archive relating to surveying work conducted by A. L. Holt for the Cairo-Baghdad air route, 1921 |
1921 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 | |
| 136 | Locke, John | Some Thoughts concerning Education |
1693 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
| 103 | Sowerby, James | The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain Or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of those Remains of Testaceous Animals or Shells, which have been preserved at Various Times and Depths in the Earth. |
1812-29. | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 7,250.00 |
| 1 | Booth, Charles | Labour and Life of the People Volume I: East London. Second Edition. With a Coloured Map. [Together with:] Volume II: London Continued. With Maps and Appendix under a Separate Cover. |
1889-91. | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 6,750.00 |
| 186 | Eliot, T. S. | The Waste Land |
1922 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 6,250.00 |
| 177 | Shakespeare, William | Julius Caesar. A Tragedy. As it is now acted at the Theatre Royal |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,250.00 | |
| 7 | Kitchin, Thomas | A General Atlas |
1795 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 66 | Shackleton, Ernest H. | South The Story of Shackleton's last Expedition 1914-1917. |
1920 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 84 | Curtis, John | British Entomology, Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland. |
1823-40. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 257 | The Most Notable Antiqui[ty] of Great Britai[n], vulgarly called Stone-Hen[g] on Salisbury Plain. Restored by Inigo [Jones]. |
1655 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,750.00 | |
| 279 | Bryant & May | Collection of designs for matchboxes and public house signs |
GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | GBP 4,500.00 | |
| 303 | Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William (publisher) - Vesalius, Andreas | Tabulae anatomicae sex Six Anatomical Tables of Andrew Vesalius. |
1874 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,500.00 |
| 304 | Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William (publisher) - Vesalius, Andreas | Tabulae anatomicae sex Six anatomical tables. |
1874 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,500.00 |
| 175 | Collection of plays and tracts, 17th-19th century |
17th-19th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 4,250.00 | |
| 295 | Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William - Vesalius, Andreas | Tabulae anatomicae sex Six anatomical tables. |
1874 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 4,000.00 |
| 112 | Smith, Adam | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |
1789 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
| 253 | Dudley, Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532-1588) | Letter Signed 'R. Leycester', and Subscribed |
1587 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
