Name: Auction: Scott, Peter (1909-1989) Morning Flight [and:] Wild Chorus
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 800 GBP
Availability: InStock

Lyon &amp; Turnbull are pleased to announce their October 2025 Books &amp; Manuscripts auction, taking place live and online from Edinburgh. The sale will present a carefully curated selection of printed books, manuscripts, maps, autographs and archives that span centuries of intellectual, literary and cultural achievement. &nbsp;Highlights from the autumn sale include fine bindings and library sets from the libraries of the late Earl of Airlie and from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie, signed documents and letters from literary and historical figures ranging from John Ruskin to Duleep Singh, an important collection of Middle Eastern photography documenting the transformation of the region with the discovery of oil, and a large collection of travel narratives from the 18th to the 20th centuries.Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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London: Country Life Limited, 1935-8. First editions, signed limited issues, respectively one of 750 copies and 1,250 copies signed by the author, Morning Flight additionally with an original watercolour by Scott (depicting an eider duck, inscribed and dated 1960), and Wild Chorus with an original ink sketch by Scott (of wildfowl in flight, signed and dated 1949), in each case tipped in before the half-title. 2 works, 4to (30.5 x 24.5cm), finely bound in dark blue crushed morocco by Bayntun for Sotheran, morocco onlay illustrations to front covers, white moiré silk doublures, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, 16 and 24 colour plates, mounted, each volume in custom blue cloth solander box with green morocco label, a few spots to doublures, boxes slightly marked (2)

Morning Flight [and:] Wild Chorus

Scott, Peter (1909-1989)

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Scott, Peter (1909-1989)

Morning Flight [and:] Wild Chorus

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