Name: Auction: Civil engineering - Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd Company photographic archive of the construction of the Forth Road Bridge, c.1960
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 500 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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comprising some 250 gelatin silver print photographs, nearly all by W. Ralston Ltd of Glasgow (with ink-stamps and typescript or manuscript captions to versos), mainly 17 x 21.5cm, about 25 larger, 23 x 30cm; Together with a post-bound album of company press cuttings (quantity)

Company photographic archive of the construction of the Forth Road Bridge, c.1960

Civil engineering - Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd

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Civil engineering - Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd

Company photographic archive of the construction of the Forth Road Bridge, c.1960

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