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
101 Jaffer, Amin

The Al Thani Collection: Beyond Extravagance A Royal Collection of Gems and Jewels

New York 2013 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 378.00
102 Bakst, Leon - Paul Iribe - Jean Cocteau, and others

Le Mot

Paris 1914-1915 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
103 Koons, Jeff

Goat: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali

[Cologne] 2004 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 693.00
104 Bianconi, Giovanni Lodovico

Descrizione dei Circhi, particolarmente di Quello di Caracalla ...

Rome 1789 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
105 Milne, A. A.

[Complete set of the Pooh books:] When We Were Very Young

London 1924-6-7-8 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 10,080.00
106 Rowling, J. K. (1965-) - signed

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

London 2000 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 579.60
107 Rowling, J. K. (1965-) - signed

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

London 1997 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,638.00
108 Rowling, J. K. (1965-) - signed

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

London 1998 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 693.00
109 Rowling, J. K.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

London 1998 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
110 Rowling, J. K.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

London 1999 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 4,914.00
111 Smith, Jessie Willcox

Children's Books A small group

New York 1914 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 352.80
112 Burnett, Frances Hodgson

The Secret Garden

London 1911 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 504.00
113 Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953)

'The Little Saint'

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
114 Nicholson, William (1872-1949) - original drawing

in Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man

London [1929] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 579.60
115 SS Charles Robinson (1870-1937), Michael Foreman (1938-), and others

Original illustrations, a group

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 378.00
116

Saints and religious figures 26 hand-drawn cards

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,008.00
117 Lewis, C. S.

The Screwtape Letters

London 1942 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
118 Strand Magazine

An Illustrated Monthly, 1891-1934

London 1891-1934 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,512.00
119 Tolkien, J. R. R.

[The Lord of the Rings:] The Fellowship of the Ring

London 1954-5 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 8,190.00
120 Tolkien, J. R. R.

The Hobbit

London 1958 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 756.00
121 Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) - inscribed

Men at War The Best War Stories of All Time

New York 1942 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,764.00
122 Gray, Alasdair (1934-2019)

Collection of works including signed copies

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 478.80
123 Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - inscribed

The Great Boer War

London 1900 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 693.00
124 Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - inscribed

The British Campaigns in Europe 1914-1918

London [1928] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 529.20
125 Hodgson, William Hope

The Night Land

London 1912 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,032.00
  • 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.
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  • 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.