Name: Auction: Atkinson, George Francklin Collection of plates from The Campaign in India, 1857-8
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 600 GBP
Availability: InStock

Other Properties | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 63 to 255

The Library of General Sir James Alexander | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 31 to 62

Africa and the Source of the Nile - Selections from the Library of a Scottish Gentleman | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 1 to 30

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The Library of a Victorian Adventurer: Sir James Edward Alexander (1803–1885)

Important manuscripts and artefacts from the renowned Victorian soldier-scholar who brought Cleopatra's Needle to London.  

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Presenting our first Books &amp; Manuscripts auction of 2026, which will take place on Wednesday 25 February in our historic saleroom in Edinburgh and online. &nbsp;The auction will feature a number of private collections including The Library of General Sir James Alexander (1803-1885), containing his archive of sketchbooks documenting his travels in India, New Zealand and Canada, and his personal copies of his published travel accounts (lots 31 to 62). Later in life Alexander was the prime mover in the campaign to bring Cleopatra’s Needle to Britain, and his library is offered by Lyon &amp; Turnbull on behalf of Alexander’s direct descendants.Another single-owner collection will open the sale, Africa and the Source of the Nile - Selections from the Library of a Scottish Gentleman, focusing on the European exploration of Egypt, the Sudan and Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in the 19th and early 20th centuries and including key works by Richard F. Burton, James Bruce and others (lots 1 to 30).The sale is also strong in private press material, modern first editions, children’s books, and important historical documents, with highlights including a first edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, letters signed by the 15th-century monarch Edward IV and the privy council of the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey, and a collection of rare signed broadsides by the infamous Scottish poet William McGonagall.

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ft. The Library of General Sir James Alexander

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London: Day & Son, [1859]. 15 tinted lithographs on 11 sheets (49 x 34cm), comprising: No. 6 Mutineers Surprised by Her Majesty's 9th Lancers; No. 7 Storming the Batteries at Badle-Serai; No. 8 and No. 9 Outlying Picket & Repulse of a Sortie; No. 11 Horse Artillery in Action; No. 15 Heavy Day in the Batteries; No. 16 Fusiliers Bringing the Captured Guns into Camp; No. 17 and No. 18 Sappers at Work in the Batteries & The Search for the Wounded; No. 20 Troops of the Native Allies; No. 21 Storming of Delhi; No. 22 and No. 23 Mutinous Sepoys & Prize Agents Extracting Treasure; No. 25 and No. 26 Wounded Officers at Simla & Wounded Men at Dugshai. Variable spotting, a few nicks and closed tears to edges (extending into images in plates 8/9 and 22/23), plates 6 and 7 with lower right corners excised not affecting images [Abbey Travel 486] (11)

Collection of plates from The Campaign in India, 1857-8

Atkinson, George Francklin

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Atkinson, George Francklin

Collection of plates from The Campaign in India, 1857-8

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