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
51	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Sketchbook of New Zealand and the Maori during the First Taranaki War,		1860-1	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 19,050.00
52	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Sketchbook of New Zealand during the First Taranaki War,		1860-2	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 16,510.00
53	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Manuscript journals of two sea voyages, Ireland to New Zealand, , and Australia to England,		1860	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 5,334.00
54	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Sketchbooks of travel and military service, 1860s.			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,810.00
55	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Group of sketchbooks,		1870s-1880s	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 4,064.00
56	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Military and personal notebooks and documents)			GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,032.00
57	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Alexander's own copies of his travel accounts and other works. Sketches in Portugal, during the Civil War of 1834.	London	1835	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 3,556.00
58	Alexander, Sir James Edward	General Sir James Edward Alexander's personal record of the creation of the Peninsular War Medal.		1847	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 762.00
59	Alexander, Sir James Edward	Collection of books from his library on Scottish history, Stirlingshire, the earldom of Stirling, Cleopatra's Needle, family bibles, and other subjects	London	1637	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,556.00
60		Collection of works, 17th & 19th century. Moxon, Joseph. A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie.	London	1670	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,079.50
61		Album of 19th-century cartes-de-visite.		19th-century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 431.80
62	Brown, John	A Genealogical Tree of the Potent & Independent Sovereigns, Lords of the Isles	London	1816	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 508.00
63	Chandler, Richard	Travels in Asia Minor	Oxford	1775	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 584.20
64	Roberts, David	Egypt & Nubia. ... with historical descriptions by William Brockedon.	London	1846-9	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 17,780.00
65	Churchill, Sir Winston S., & Ibn Saud	Official photographs of Churchill's meeting with Ibn Saud and other leaders in Egypt		1945-02-01	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,524.00
66	Churchill, Sir Winston S.	My Early Life. A Roving Commission.	London	1930	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 558.80
67		Aramco - Saudi Arabia. Collection of press photographs,		circa 1955-60	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,016.00
68		Yemen. Large collection of photographs,		1950s-60s	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,016.00
69		Kuwait. Group of press & official photographs,		1960s	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 406.40
70		Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Large collection of photographs,		1940s-60s	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 508.00
71		African Travel. A Collection. Livingstone, David. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa.	London	1857	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,206.50
72	Bishop, Isabella, nee Bird	Journeys in Persia & Kurdistan	London	1891	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,270.00
73		[French Archaeological Mission to Persia] Ministere de l'Instruction publique et des Beaux-arts. Delegation en Perse. Memoires publies sous la direction de M. J. de Morgan.	Paris	1900-1921	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,143.00
74		[French Scientific Mission to Mexico and Central America] Ministere de l'Instruction Publique [Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique centrale	Paris	1871-84	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,143.00
75	Andrieu, Jean	Desastres de Paris, 1871'. Album containing 20 albumen-print photographs		1871	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 457.20

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.