Lyon and Turnbull: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs | Total Sales (GBP) | 475,462.00 |
| Auction Date | February 24, 2021 - February 25, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 207,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #630 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 291,650.00 |
| Total Lots | 443 | ||
| Sold Lots | 402 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 256,050.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.74% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 358,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 41 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 132.48% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Rowling, J.K. | The first edition, first impression of the work, one of only 500 copies printed |
1997 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 48,750.00 |
| 285 | Skene, Sir James, of Rubislaw | A collection of sketches, several seemingly produced in collaboration with Sir Walter Scott 420 sketches in a range of pencil and ink wash, |
GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 42,500.00 | |
| 243 | The East India Company: Robert Scott, Fairlie and Company, Agency Houses and papers of the Scott Family |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 20,000.00 | ||
| 281 | Ardizzone, Edward | Original Illustrations for 'The Young Ardizzone' 27 illustrations in ink and watercolour in a green cloth-bound dummy book |
GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 17,500.00 | |
| 21 | Blaeu, Joan Guilliemius | Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Nuevo Atlas de los Reynos de Escocia e Yrlanda] Volume V |
1659 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,500.00 |
| 420 | Moore, Joseph | Birman Empire. Eighteen Views Taken at or Near Rangoon |
1825 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 388A | Bradshaw, Thomas | Views in the Mauritius, or Isle of France |
1832 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,750.00 |
| 442 | Titsingh, Isaac | Illustrations of Japan; consisting of Private Memoirs and Anecdotes |
1822 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 5,750.00 |
| 242 | Sorabji, Kaikhosru | Opus Clavicembalisticum, proof sheets with composer's autograph corrections Opus Clavicembalisticum. |
1930 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 5,500.00 |
| 348 | Dickens, Charles | Works [The Nonesuch Dickens] |
1937-38 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,500.00 |
| 308 | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago: Album of 96 albumen and silver prints of Trinidad and Tobago |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,250.00 | |
| 9 | Ruskin, John | The Works |
1903-12 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 4,000.00 |
| 418 | Milbert, M.J. | Voyage Pittoresque a L'Ile-de-France au cap de Bonne-Espérance et à l'île de Ténériffe |
1812 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,000.00 |
| 214 | Wilde, Oscar - with manuscript annotations by Arthur William Symons | De Profundis |
1905 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
| 274 | Latham, John | A General History of Birds |
1821-1828 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
| 324 | Aesop | The Fables |
1973 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
| 117 | "Grassic Gibbon, Lewis" [James Leslie Mitchell] | A Scots Quair trilogy, signed Sunset Song. |
[1932] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,250.00 |
| 186 | Le Carré, John [David John Moore Cornwell] | 27 Books, several signed, mostly first editions The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. |
1963 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,250.00 |
| 329 | Catalogue Raisonné of Books Printed and Published at The Doves Press... May 1908. |
1908 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 3,250.00 | |
| 30 | Walker, John | Map of India, shewing the British Territories... |
1853 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,000.00 |
| 158 | Detective Fiction, British editions a large collection, including Wallace, Edgar The Four Just Men. |
1905 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,000.00 | |
| 235 | Napier, Rev. Hon. Henry Alfred (1797-1871) | Manuscript autobiography c. 422 pages, 4to, with 2 photographs of the Rev. Hon Henry Alfred, |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 3,000.00 | |
| 141 | Doyle, A. Conan | The Sign of Four |
1890 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,750.00 |
| 164 | Dick, Philip K. | 35 Books A Scanner Darkly. |
1977 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,750.00 |
| 275 | Lewin, William | The Birds of Great Britain |
1795-1801 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,750.00 |
