Name: Auction: Edinburgh and Scotland Collection of antiquarian travel guides and directories
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 693 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Sale number: 773&nbsp;February 2024's auction features a fine range of modern literature (lots 275-298) including first editions of <a href="/auctions/rare-books-manuscripts-maps-and-photographs-773/lot/297" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings</a>' and <a href="/auctions/rare-books-manuscripts-maps-and-photographs-773/lot/279" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">George Orwell’s 'Animal Farm</a>', important manuscripts (lots 179-195), atlases &amp; maps (lots 112-151), photographs (lots 196-208) and The Collection of the Stevenson Lighthouse Engineers (lots 61-111), including <a href="/auctions/rare-books-manuscripts-maps-and-photographs-773/lot/85" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sebastian Münster's 'Cosmographiae Universalis Lib. VI'</a>, and much more. The sale also features The Library of Dr Andrew Fraser MD FSA Scot (1937 - 2020) (lots 152 - 178).

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Ian Fleming | British 1908 - 1964

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including: The Traveller's Companion through the City of Edinburgh and Suburbs, 1794 (uncut in original boards, engraved plates); A New Guide to the City of Edinburgh ... New Edition, 1792 (later wrappers, engraved plates); William Rhind, The Scottish Tourists's Portable Guide to the Great Highland Tour, c.1850 (original cloth, engraved plates); Black's Guide Through Edinburgh, 1851 (original cloth, engraved plates); Black's Economical Guide through Edinburgh, 1839 (original cloth, engraved plates); Oliver & Boyd's Scottish Tourist, 1852 (original cloth, engraved plates); Guide to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, including Orkney and Zetland ... by George Anderson and Peter Anderson, 1834 (original cloth); and approx. 40 others similar The lot sold as seen, not subject to return (50)

Collection of antiquarian travel guides and directories

Edinburgh and Scotland

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Edinburgh and Scotland

Collection of antiquarian travel guides and directories

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