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Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (GBP) 448,119.00
Auction Date June 18, 2025 - June 18, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 239,950.00
Sale Number #851 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 365,850.00
Total Lots 308
Sold Lots 248 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 277,000.00
% of Lots Sold 80.52% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 422,050.00
Unsold Lots 60 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 106.18%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
232 Newton, Isaac

The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

1729 GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 25,200.00
100 Roald Dahl (1916-1990)

1. Roald Dahl's original sketches for illustrations in Boy, some 33 in total, all in black ballpoint pen on paper sheets of various dimensions, housed in manila envelope annotated by Craig 'Dahl's Drawings & odds + sods', comprising: i) Group of 14 sketc

GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 23,940.00
112 Rowling, J. K.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

1997 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 20,790.00
19 Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

1565 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 15,120.00
38 John Callcott Horsley RA (British 1817-1903)

Mary Queen of Scots in Captivity

GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 13,860.00
44 Napoleon I, Emperor - Napoleon Bonaparte

Autograph letter signed

GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 13,860.00
20 Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

1565 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 11,340.00
18 Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

1565 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,710.00
16 Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1562

1562 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
17 Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

1565 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
196 Cazabon, M. J.

Views of Trinidad

1851 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
15 Mary of Guise (1515-1560), Queen of James V Scotland, Regent of Scotland for Mary Queen of Scots...

Five letters, signed, 1555-1559

1555-1559 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 6,930.00
32

Kilravock and Rose Family Documents

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 6,300.00
76 Webster, Mary (1794-1883)

Three albums of watercolour views of British scenery, 1830s-50s

1830s-50s GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 6,300.00
6

Supplication to the Pope for a general indulgence, c.1360

c.1360 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
77

Topographical watercolour album, including New Zealand, the West Indies and Brazil

c.1870s-1890s GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
99 Patrick Benson (1956-), illustrator; Dahl, Roald

Publisher's paste-up for The Minpins, with original drawings by Benson

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
124 Tolkien, J. R. R.

[The Lord of the Rings:]

1954-5. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
260 Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

1922 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,788.00
75 Eminent Georgians and Victorians

Autograph and scrap album of Mary Webster (1794-1883)

GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 4,536.00
11 James V (1512-1542), King of Scotland

Document signed, dated 1542

1542 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,032.00
24 James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Documents signed, dated 1583 and 1588

1583 and 1588 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,780.00
69 Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951)

Autograph letter signed, 81 East Road, Cambridge, 21st September 1938

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,780.00
12 James V (1512-1542), King of Scotland

Document signed, dated 13th October 1542

13th October 1542 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,528.00
68 Churchill, Winston S. (1874-1965)

Typed letter signed as Prime Minister to Major A. A. Stuart Black, 17th October 1941

17th October 1941 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,276.00
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