Name: Auction: China and Japan, including Charles Lindbergh and his plane A photograph album, c.1930-1935
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 600 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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126 photos, reputedly compiled by British soldier Richard Burnett whilst stationed in Weihaiwei, China, including a photograph of ‘The staff We-Hai-Wei 1933’, 24 x 16cm, photographs of local people and scenery in Hong Kong (mostly c.11.5 x 8.5cm), a funeral in Japan, images of sampans, several military award ceremonies, 8 photographs featuring Mr and Mrs Lindbergh and their plane ('Lindburgh's [sic.] Plane', ‘Aboard H.M.S. Hermes’, ‘Me and Mrs Lindburgh Aboard Hermes’, ‘Landing ’wrong way'', ‘Landing ’right way'', ‘Salvaging damaged seaplane ’Hermes'', each between 12 x 9.5cm and 6 x 8.5cm), 2 harbour scenes at Weihaiwei, each c.26 x 10cm; these followed by a further 62 images seemingly depicting 1930s Germany; together, mostly captioned, in a leather album with coloured leather onlay depicting Mount Fuji and a Japanese castle

A photograph album, c.1930-1935

China and Japan, including Charles Lindbergh and his plane

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China and Japan, including Charles Lindbergh and his plane

A photograph album, c.1930-1935

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