Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 905, Edinburgh
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 16, 2026 - June 16, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 158 | The Holy Bible; The Book of Common Prayer; The Whole Book of Psalms Collected into English Metre |
Oxford; London | 1726-25; 1725 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,651.00 | |
| 159 | Opera |
Glasgow | 1756-58 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,905.00 | |
| 160 | Opera |
Naples | 1475 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 68,580.00 | |
| 161 | De origine, moribus, et rebus gestis Scotorum |
Edinburgh | 1582 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 162 | Mair John; Aristotle | Historia Maioris Britanniae, tam Angliae quam Scotiae; Ethica Aristotelis peripateticorum principis |
Paris | 1521; 1530 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 825.50 |
| 163 | A Collection of Choice, Scarce and Old English Comedies |
Edinburgh | 1641 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,302.00 | |
| 164 | A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke |
London | 1608 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,318.00 | |
| 165 | Vaughan Henry | Olor Iscanus |
London | 1651 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,079.50 |
| 166 | Paradise Lost |
London | 1668 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 27,940.00 | |
| 167 | Paradise Regain'd |
London | 1671 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,572.00 | |
| 168 | An Essay on Man |
London | 1734 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,651.00 | |
| 169 | Wagstaff Simon; Sterne Laurence; Addison Joseph; Peacock Thomas Love | 5 Books, including: A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation |
London | 1738; 1768; 1705; 1831 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 457.20 |
| 170 | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman |
London | 1765-69 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 171 | Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect |
Kilmarnock | 1786 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,064.00 | |
| 172 | Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect |
Edinburgh | 1787 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 173 | 9 Books, including: Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect |
London; Edinburgh | 1787; 1793; 1802 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 174 | Burns Robert; Kay James; Stirling William Macgregor | 7 Books, including: The Poetry of Robert Burns |
Edinburgh; London | 1896; 1837-8; 1815 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 584.20 |
| 175 | Sense and Sensibility |
London | 1833 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,651.00 | |
| 176 | Pride and Prejudice |
London | 1833 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,286.00 | |
| 177 | Mansfield Park |
London | 1833 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 178 | Emma |
London | 1833 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,032.00 | |
| 179 | Northanger Abbey and Persuasion |
London | 1833 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,778.00 | |
| 180 | Dickens Charles | 16 Books, including: Bleak House |
London | 1853; 1839; 1850; 1848; 1865; 1857; 1844; 1859; 1854; 1870; 1837; 1846; 1840; 1863 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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