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
26		Collection of central & cross-African travel narratives, 19th-20th century. Haywood, A. H. W. Through Timbuctu and across the Great Sahara. .	London	1912	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 762.00
27		African travel. Four 18th & 19th century works. Browne, William George. Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the Year 1792 to 1798.	London	1799	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 584.20
28	Henry M. Stanley, Emin Pasha, & the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition	Collection of original accounts, 19th-20th century.	London	1891	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 406.40
29	Livingstone, David, & Henry M. Stanley	Collection of their accounts of African travel	London	1857	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 889.00
30	Burton, Richard F.	Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah & Meccah	London	1855-6	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,270.00
31	Moore, Joseph	Eighteen Views taken at and near Rangoon.	London	1826	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 6,985.00
32	Broughton, Thomas Duer	Broughton, Thomas Duer. Letters written in a Mahratta Camp during the Year 1809.	London	1813	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,159.00
33	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Travels from India to England.	London	1827	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 4,572.00
34		Arabic manuscripts - Egypt & Arabia. Four illuminated petitions addressed to Ottoman commanders including Muhammad Ali Pasha		12 & 18 Rajab 1241 AH 19th & 25th February 1826	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,826.00
35		Tanjore School. Album of miniature paintings showing Indian castes, trades and costume. southern India		circa 1820	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 15,240.00
36	Mirza I'tisam ud-Din	Shigurf Namah i Velaet, or Excellent Intelligence concerning Europe being the Travels of Mirza Itesa Modeen, in Great Britain and France.	London	1827	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,079.50
37	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Album of sketches from travels in Burma, India, Persia, Africa, Canada and Britain,		1820s-40s	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 4,572.00
38	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Illustrated manuscript journal of a voyage to Russia during the Russo-Turkish War,		1829	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 5,842.00
39	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Illuminated manuscript petition in Arabic addressed to Sa'id bin Sultan (1795-1856), Imam of Muscat		13 Safar 1251 AH i.e. 9th June 1835 CE	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 8,255.00
40	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Sketchbooks of his travels in Canada,		1840s-50s	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 52,920.00
41	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Sketchbook of travels in Canada, including watercolours of Indigenous peoples			GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 8,890.00
42	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Sketchbooks of travels in Canada and the United States,		1845-55	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 20,320.00
43	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Alexander's own copies of his published accounts of travel in the Americas	London	1849	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,302.00
44		The Ethiopian Glee Book. A Collection of Popular Negro Melodies, arranged for Quartett Clubs.	Boston	1848-9	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 825.50
45	Eveline M. Alexander	Albums of watercolours & sketches by Eveline M. Alexander (1821-1906), including Indigenous people			GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 22,860.00
46	Alexander, Edward Mayne	Sketchbooks of travels in Canada, Morocco and Gibraltar,		1867-8	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 6,985.00
47	Colonel Edward Mayne Alexander	India Collection of sketchbooks		1891	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 6,985.00
48	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Manuscript journals of military service in Canada, the Crimea, and New Zealand, 1850s-70s.			GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 9,525.00
49	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Sketchbook of Crimean War service,		1854-6	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,810.00
50	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Sketchbooks of Ireland,		1857-9	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,524.00

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.