Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 868, Edinburgh

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
1

[Jamaica] The Royal Almanack and Register for the Island of Jamaica

Kingston 1786 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,890.00
2 Cook, Captain James

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World

London 1779 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 630.00
3 Pinkerton, John

A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in all Parts of the World

London 1808-1814 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
4 Shoberl, Frederic

The World in Miniature - 3 volumes

London [n.d.] GBP 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
5 Garran, Andrew

Oceania 28 books covering Australia, New Zealand and the South Seas

Sydney 1886 GBP 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
6 Bancroft, Hubert Howe

History of California [being volumes xviii-xxiv of The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft]

San Francisco 1886-1890 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
7

American Travel, including Simpson, Thomas Narrative of the Discoveries on The north Coast of America

London 1843 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
8 Moulton, Gary G. (editor)

The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Lincoln & London 1987-2001 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
9 Scoresby, William

4 books An Account of the Arctic Regions with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery

Edinburgh 1820 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 277.20
10 Nares, Sir G.S.

Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea

London 1878 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
11 Franklin, John and John Richardson

Arctic Exploration Collection of works

Philadelphia 1828 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,386.00
12 Arctic Exploration

Group of 22 books Ross, Sir John. Narrative of a Second Voyage In Search of North-West Passage, And Of A Residence In the Arctic Regions During The Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, and 1833

London 1835 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,008.00
13

Antarctic Exploration 47 books

London 1913 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,008.00
14 David, Henry

Travel and Trade A small collection An Historical Account of all the Voyages round the World performed by English Navigators, 1773

London 1908 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
15 Soltykoff, Alexis

[Four plates from Indian Scenes and Characters, sketched from Life]

[London] [1859] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,150.00
16

India The Journal of Indian Art

Peckham 1888 & 1906 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 378.00
17

India Collection of works, 19th-20th century, including rare gazetteers and Indian imprints

Lahore 1864 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 756.00
18 Hutchison, John and Jean Philippe Vogel

History of the Panjab Hill States

Lahore 1933 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 819.00
19

India, 1930s Collection of printed documents including viceregal tour programmes and government memoranda 1-5

Rangoon 1937 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,276.00
20

India Collection of printed or typescript documents and memoranda, 1910s-1930s

Lahore c.1935 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,386.00
21 [Mason, George Henry]

The Punishments of China

London 1801 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 756.00
22

The Campaign in India 1857-58 12 lithographs from the set of 26 by George Atkinson

London 1859 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,386.00
23 Budge, E.A. Wallis

The Book of the Dead

London 1899 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
24 Weinthal, Leo (editor)

The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway and River Route, from 1887 to 1922

London/Luton [1923] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 302.40
25 Thwaites, Reuben Gold

Early Western Travels

Cleveland, Ohio 1904-1907 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
  • 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.
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
  • 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.