Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 905, Edinburgh

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 16, 2026 - June 16, 2026
Page Size: 173 items in 7 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Baynes Pauline

A Story for Children

London 1950 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,778.00
2 Blake Quentin; Bennett Jill; Burkert Nancy Ekholm; Schindelman Joseph; Pene du Bois William; Chaffin Donald

N Books, including: [The Witches]

London 1991 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,524.00
3 Shepard Ernest H.; Milne A. A.

The House at Pooh Corner

London 1928 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,794.00
4

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

London 1998 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 12,065.00
5

Harry Potter

London 1999-2007 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,143.00
6

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

London 1997; 1998 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,540.00
7 Rowling J. K.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

London 1997-8 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,048.00
8 Rowling J. K.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

London 1999 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,318.00
9 Potter Rupert (1832-1914)

N Books, including: [The Tale of Jeremy Fisher]

London 1904; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 482.60
10 Wagner Richard; Rackham Arthur

N Books, including: [The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie]

London 1907; 1910-11; 1913; 1917; 1918; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1929; 1931; 1932; 1933 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,016.00
11 Fitzgerald Edward; Sangorski F.; Sutcliffe G.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

London [1911] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 635.00
12 Tolkien J. R. R.

The Lord of the Rings; The Two Towers; The Return of the King

London 1963; 1964; c.1950 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,064.00
13 Tolkien J. R. R.

The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King

London 1959 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 635.00
14 Tolkien J. R. R.

The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King

London 1956-6-5 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 762.00
15

The King on His Throne

London 1904 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 825.50
16

The Power and the Glory

London 1940 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 241.30
17

A Clockwork Orange

London 1962 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,270.00
18

Prufrock and Other Observations

London 1907 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,159.00
19 Woolf Virginia

Monday or Tuesday

Richmond 1921 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,016.00
20 Eliot T. S.

Ash-Wednesday

London 1930 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 762.00
21 Brittain Vera

Testament of Youth

London 1933 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,524.00
22 Sassoon Siegfried

War Poems; Counter-Attack and Other Poems; The Old Huntsman and Other Poems

London 1917; 1918; 1919 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 6,985.00
23 Amis Kingsley; Larkin Philip; Auden W. H.; Spender Stephen; MacNeice Louis; Hall John Clark; Tolkien J. R. R.

200 Books, including: Bright November; A Frame of Mind; Oxford Poetry 1942-1943; Oxford Poetry, 1928-1930

London; Reading; Oxford; Cambridge 1928; 1929; 1930; 1941; 1942-1943; 1947; 1950; 1953 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,651.00
24

Bloomfield A4

Belfast 1951 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,445.00
25

A Novel

London 1953 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 355.60
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000