Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs



Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

8th Feb, 2023 10:00
Sale number: 725
Location: Live in Edinburgh & Online
Catalogue: Download PDF catalogue


Our Wednesday 08 February 2023 auction of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs include a superb copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer, the masterpiece of the private press movement, a unique association copy of the Cranwell edition of T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a first-edition set of The Lord of the Rings complete with the dust jackets, a remarkable naval document signed by Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton, a dedicated section of books and manuscripts relating to India and South Asia including autograph letters by Mahatma Gandhi, and more.

Name: Mr Simon Vickers
Email: simon.vickers@lyonandturnbull.com
Telephone: +44 (0)131 557 8844

Name: Dominic Somerville-Brown
Email: Dominic.Somerville-Brown@lyonandturnbull.com

Name: Cathy Marsden
Email: cathy.marsden@lyonandturnbull.com

Lot 1 - De Wit, Frederick Africa

Sold for £403

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 4 - Kitchin, Thomas A General Atlas

Sold for £4,536

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 7 - Martin, R. Montgomery Tallis's Illustrated Atlas

Sold for £2,772

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 9 - African travel 19 volumes

Sold for £819

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 12 - Australia 3 works

Sold for £1,197

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 13 - Australia and Solomon Islands 3 volumes

Sold for £252

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 15 - Australia Manuscript - Tasmania Jeffryes, Lt. Charles

Sold for £10,710

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 17 - Beeverell, James Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne

Sold for £1,638

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 19 - Blakiston, Thomas W. Five Months on the Yang-Tsze

Sold for £504

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 20 - Borneo 3 volumes

Sold for £554

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 22 - Fitzroy, [Captain] Robert Great Circle Sailing

Sold for £403

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 24 - Graziani, Antonio Maria Histoire de la guerre de Chypre

Sold for £1,008

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 27 - Guattani, Giuseppe Antoni Roma descritta ed illustrata

Sold for £630

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 29 - Heath, Leopold (1817-1907) Hong Kong &c.

Sold for £1,512

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 31 - Inwood, Henry William The Erechtheion at Athens

Sold for £454

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 34 - Lamb, A. C. Dundee, its Quaint and Historic Buildings

Sold for £2,268

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 35 - Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph

Sold for £52,700

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 36 - Malaysia - Malaya Skeat, Walter William

Sold for £403

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 37 - Marmol y Carvajal, Luis del L'Afrique

Sold for £693

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 38 - Mason, George Henry The Costume of China

Sold for £2,520

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 44 - Polar exploration Collection of travel narratives

Sold for £580

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 46 - Robson, George Fennell Scenery of the Grampian Mountains

Sold for £1,260

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 49 - Stein, Sir Marc Aurel Ancient Khotan

Sold for £1,260

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 53 - Young, William The History of Athens

Sold for £882

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 56 - Annan, Thomas University of Glasgow, Old and New

Sold for £504

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 57 - Carte-de-visites Collection of portraits

Sold for £819

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 58 - [China] Mennie, Donald

Sold for £1,386

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 59 - Hong Kong and Canton Acetate paper negatives

Sold for £945

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 61 - [Hong Kong] Sixty Diamond Jubilee Pictures of Hongkong

Sold for £5,040

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 68 - Baikie, Robert Observations on the Neilgherries

Sold for £693

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 71 - Elliot, Robert Views in the East

Sold for £630

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 73 - Hughes, Albert William The Country of Balochistan

Sold for £454

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 74 - Tagore, Sourindro Mohun Mani-Mala, or a Treatise on Gems

Sold for £1,197

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 76 - India Collection of works on various subjects

Sold for £945

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 78 - India Collection of works

Sold for £882

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 79 - India Collection of works on cricket

Sold for £1,260

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 80 - India Journal of Indian Art

Sold for £403

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 85 - Urdu lithographic printing Group of literary works

Sold for £4,536

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 87 - Urdu lithographic printing Two veterinary treatises

Sold for £2,520

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 92 - [Scottish antiquarianism] Bannatyne Club Numbers 56-70

Sold for £819

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 101 - Burns, Robert The Poetry of Robert Burns

Sold for £529

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

 

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