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
76		Travel & exploration. A collection. Nansen, Fridtjof. Farthest North.	New York	1897	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,651.00
77	A. & C. Black	Collection of deluxe editions. all 4to, original cloth, comprising: Menpes, Dorothy and Mortimer. Japan. A record in colour.	London	n.d.	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 508.00
78		Large collection of mainly American travel & history, 19th-early 20th century. including: Thomas Simpson, Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America.	London	1843	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 508.00
79	Stedman, J. G.	Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam	London	1806	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
80	Pinckney, Charles, Jr	Document signed as governor of South Carolina,		1807	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 254.00
81		An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 25th March 1807. [in:] A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the Forty-Seventh Year of ... King George the Third.	London	1807	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 762.00
82		Volume of two pamphlets on the slave trade. Observations on the Bill introduced Last Session by Mr. Wilberforce	London	1816	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 355.60
83	Melville, Herman	[Typee]. Narrative of A Four Months' Residence Among the Natives of the Marquesas Islands.	London	1846	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 381.00
84	Pinkerton, John	A General Collection of the Best & Most Interesting Voyages & Travels in all Parts of the World	London	1808-1814	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 635.00
85	Atkinson, George Francklin	Collection of plates from The Campaign in India, 1857-8	London	1859	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 635.00
86	Hunter, James	Collection of plates from Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore	London	1804-5	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 406.40
87	Taylor, Meadows	Tippoo Sultaun: a Tale of the Mysore War	London	1840	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,397.00
88	India	India. Photograph album compiled by a British Royal Artillery officer,		1875-8	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,651.00
89	Gordon, Sir John J. H.	The Sikhs	Edinburgh	1904	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 952.50
90		Photograph album of Sikh soldiers in the British Indian Army,		circa 1905-10	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 4,318.00
91	Kennedy, Richard Hartley	Narrative of the Campaign of the Army of the Indus, in Sind & Kaubool, in 1838-9	London	1840	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,079.50
92		Manuscript journal of a sea voyage from Calcutta to Lorient... in the ship Notre Dame du [Mont?] Carmel, under the command of Capitaine Termillier(?)		January to June 1786	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 355.60
93		India & Burma [Myanmar] Collection of works, 19th & 20th century. Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. Visvakarma: Examples of Indian Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Handicraft	London	1914	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 406.40
94		Large collection of documents signed by Indian rulers,		1930s	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 508.00
95	Firuzabadi, Muhammad bin Yaqub al-	Kitab al-qamus al-muhit ['The Expansive Ocean']	Calcutta	beginning of Muharram 1230 AH - 25 Rabi' al-Thani 1232 AH i.e. 1814-17 CE	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,556.00
96		Younghusband Expedition to Tibet, 1904. Photographs attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Irvine Davys		1904	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
97		Laoshan Mountain Expedition Photographs. 42 mounted albumen prints			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
98		Japan, China, Philippines, Indonesia & Canada. Two photograph albums, 1925-6. The first entitled 'T.S.S. California World Cruise Jan-May 1925' and signed J. Esmond-Bell,		1925	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
99	Thompson, Stephen	Photographs of British Museum Antiquities	London	1872	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 4,064.00
100	Annan, Thomas	The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry	Glasgow	1878	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 381.00

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.