Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 884, Edinburgh

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 25, 2026 - February 25, 2026

Page Size: 253 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
202	Green, Thomas	The Universal Herbal or, Botanical, Medical, & Agricultural Dictionary. ... The Second Edition, Revised and Improved.	London	no date 1824	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 635.00
203		Ornithology & natural history. Collection of works, 19th century. 1) Morris, F. O. A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds.	London	1875	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,016.00
204	Amis, Kingsley	Lucky Jim	London	1953	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
205	Orwell, George	Collection of first editions. 1) Burmese Days	London	1935	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,397.00
206	Graham, Winston	Complete set of first edition Poldark novels, 2 signed by the author	London	1945-2002	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 381.00
207	Tolkien, J. R. R.	Collection of posthumous works.1) The Old English Exodus. Edited by Joan Turville-Petre.	Oxford	1981	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,032.00
208	Tolkien, J. R. R.	Collection of works. [The Lord of the Rings:] The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King.	London	1954-05-05	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,032.00
209	Wheatley, Dennis	Group of inscribed first editions, comprising 1) Black August,		1934	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 698.50
210	Ishiguro, Kazuo	The Remains of the Day	London	1989	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 698.50
211		Modern literature & science-fiction. Collection of works, 20th century. including: Arthur Symons, A Study of Oscar Wilde,		1930	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,016.00
212	Potter, Beatrix	The Tale of Peter Rabbit	London and New York	circa 1907	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,032.00
213	Adams, Richard	Watership Down	London	1972	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,206.50
214	Dahl, Roald	George's Marvellous Medicine	London	1981	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,143.00
215	Dahl, Roald	Autograph note signed. written in blue ballpoint pen on a typed letter from a Miss S. E. Crawford of Chester		N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 228.60
216	Milne, A. A.	When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner.	London	1924-28	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 508.00
217	Milne, A. A.	When We Were Very Young. Illustrations by E. H. Shepard.	London	1924	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 889.00
218	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. First edition		N/A	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 76,860.00
219	Rowling, J. K.	Signed prize-set of the first three Harry Potter books:. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.	London	1999	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
220	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	London	1998	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
221	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	London	1998	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,905.00
222	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	London	2000	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 889.00
223	Rackham, Arthur	English Fairytales. retold by Flora Annie Steel.	London	1918	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 482.60
224	Rackham, Arthur	The Romance of King Arthur & his Knights of the Round Table. Abridged from Malory's Morte d'Arthur by Alfred W. Pollard.	London	1917	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 558.80
225	Rackham, Arthur	Some British Ballads	London	1919	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 431.80
226	Rackham, Arthur	Little Brother & Little Sister. and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm.	London	1917	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 508.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.