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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) 344,626.00
Auction Date February 14, 2018 - February 14, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 168,560.00
Sale Number #513 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 246,430.00
Total Lots 547
Sold Lots 448 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 210,160.00
% of Lots Sold 81.90% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 305,670.00
Unsold Lots 99 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 112.74%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
437 Johnson, William, William Henderson, A.A. Jacob, and other photographers

Early Photography of India[Photographs of Western India. c.1855-1862]

 c.1855-1862 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 40,000.00
119 Coste, Pascal

Monuments Modernes de la Perse.

1867 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 8,125.00
473

Rules of the Game of Golf, adopted by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, 1839,

1839 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 7,500.00
156 Ricardo, David

On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation.

1817 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 6,875.00
272 Betjeman, John,

a large collection of works: The Heretick.

1931 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 5,750.00
281 Dickens, Charles

Great Expectations.

1861 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 5,750.00
444

Scotland, photographs, c. 1856-57 Album of 51 albumen prints,

c. 1856-57 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 5,500.00
406 [Linnaeus, Sir Charles]

A Genuine and Universal System of Natural-History...

 1794-1810 GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 5,000.00
381 Haydn, Franz Joseph

Dr Haydn's VI original Canzonettas, for the Voice with an Accompaniment, for the Piano-Forte.

1794 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,500.00
289 Fleming, Ian

Live and Let Die.

1954 GBP 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,125.00
63

Smallpox in Orkney - a doctor's manuscript journal Jurnal of Jurney to N Ronaldsha this 10th Septr 1786,

1786 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 4,000.00
79 Brown, George Mackay

A collection of Scottish and Irish Poetry and LiteratureMuir, Edwin Edwin Muir Selected Prose.

1987 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,750.00
249 [Drummond de Melfort, Guy, Comte de]

[Traité sur La Cavalerie.

1776 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,750.00
328 Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, and family

Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, and family letters and photographs sent to her former nurse, Millicent Crofts

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 3,750.00
342 Schindler, Oskar

Wire transfer, dated 13th December 1952, from Oskar Schindler to Gertrude Tutsuth

 1952 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,750.00
135

Anglo-Irish Acts of Union 23 pamphlets, chiefly in original wrappers, including: [Redfoord, Archibald] Union Necessary to Security.

1800 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 3,250.00
136

Anglo-Irish Acts of Union, a quantity, including: Irish Independence,or the Policy of Union.

1800 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 3,250.00
225 Livy. [Titus Livius Patavinus]

Ex XIIII T. Livii Decadibus Prima, Tertia, Quarta... Duplex Epitome.

1520 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,250.00
344 Schindler, Oskar

postcard sent from Oskar to Emilie Schindler, postmarked 25/7/1957 from Bonn, Germany

1957 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,250.00
514 Lawson, John Parker

Scotland Delineated in a Series of Views by J.M.W. Turner, Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., David Roberts R.A. [etc]

1847-54 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 2,750.00
85 Brown, George Mackay

Scottish literature, a selection of pamphlets by George Mackay Brown and Seamus Heaney, signed Mackay Brown, George Christmas Stories.

1985 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 2,500.00
86 Brown, George Mackay, Eliot, T.S.

The Waste Land, pp. 50-64 in The Criterion, volume 1, number 1.

 1922 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 2,500.00
87 Brown, George Mackay, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heany, Christopher Fry

Four Poets for St Magnus.

1987 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,500.00
148

Miscellaneous books, a quantity, including: Scott, F.E. Shall the New Foreign Office be Gothic or Classic ?

 1860 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,500.00
356 Thomson, John

A New General Atlas.

1829 GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,500.00
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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.
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