- 
    
    
    
Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo. - 
    
    
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
 - 
    
    
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 - 
    
    
    
Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!  
Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 868, Edinburgh
Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Hall, Captain Charles Francis | Life with the Esquimaux  | 
            London | 1864 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 428.40 | 
| 27 | Oates, Frank | Matabele Land and The Victoria Falls  | 
            London | 1881 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 428.40 | 
| 28 | The Source of the Nile Bruce & Speke Bruce, James, of Kinnaird  | 
            Dublin | 1790 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 327.60 | |
| 29 | Burton, Richard F. | The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night  | 
            c.1903 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 30 | Livingstone, David | Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa  | 
            London | 1857 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | 
| 31 | Livingstone, David and Charles | African Travel 32 books  | 
            New York | 1858 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | 
| 32 | O'Connor, V.C. Scott. | Asian Travel 7 books  | 
            London | 1904 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 504.00 | 
| 33 | Bishop, Isabella, nee Bird | Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan  | 
            London | 1891 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 630.00 | 
| 34 | Bishop, Isabella, nee Bird | A collection The Englishwoman in America  | 
            London | 1856 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,008.00 | 
| 35 | Pennant, Thomas | Scotland and Wales A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides  | 
            London | 1776 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 529.20 | 
| 36 | Stuart, John Sobieski Stolberg and Charles Edward | The Costume of the Clans with Observations upon the Literature, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce of the Highlands and Western Isles during the Middle Ages  | 
            Edinburgh | 1845 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 453.60 | 
| 37 | Charles I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland and Ireland | Satin fragment reputedly from the shoes worn by Charles I at his execution  | 
            GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,276.00 | ||
| 38 | Regency science notebook 'Manuscript in Natural History'  | 
            c.1815-16 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 554.40 | ||
| 39 | George III (1738-1820), King of Great Britain and Ireland | Document signed, 1807 a free pardon issued to George Rickton of Nottingham  | 
            GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 226.80 | ||
| 40 | George III (1738-1820), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Document signed, 1794 military commission on vellum  | 
            GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 252.00 | ||
| 41 | Edward VII (1841-1910), King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India | Document signed, 1902  | 
            1902 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 201.60 | |
| 42 | Duleep Singh (1838-1893), Maharaja of the Punjab and the Sikh Empire | Autograph letter signed  | 
            2nd December 1873 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,394.00 | |
| 43 | India - Princely States Large collection of documents signed by Indian rulers, 1930s  | 
            GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 44 | India - Princely States Collection of typed letters signed from Indian rulers, 1930s-40s  | 
            GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 45 | India Collection of signed letters and documents, 19th-20th century  | 
            19th-20th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | ||
| 46 | Barrie, J. M. (1860-1937) | Margaret Ogilvy, with autograph letter signed  | 
            London | 1896 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 403.20 | 
| 47 | Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji - Norman Peterkin - Owen Hamilton - Leigh Vaughan Henry | Literary ephemera  | 
            London | 1947 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 378.00 | 
| 48 | Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) | Group of signed pieces relating to his receipt of an honorary degree from the University of Glasgow, 1959  | 
            GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 478.80 | ||
| 49 | Ruskin, John (1819-1900) | Two autograph letters signed Letter addressed to Miss Hartnell  | 
            Tuesday, 30th / 31st December | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 50 | Miscellaneous Scottish manuscripts | Regarding family history, genealogy, land, town affairs, etc.  | 
            GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |