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Lyon and Turnbull: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs

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Auction Name Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs Total Sales (GBP) 433,426.60
Auction Date February 07, 2024 - February 07, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 164,900.00
Sale Number #773 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 248,650.00
Total Lots 336
Sold Lots 285 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 196,250.00
% of Lots Sold 84.82% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 293,550.00
Unsold Lots 51 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 147.65%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
228 "Randall, Anne Frances" [Mary Robinson]

A Letter to the Women of England on the injustice of Mental Subordination...

 1799 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 20,960.00
85 Munster, Sebastian

Cosmographiae Universalis Lib. VI. In quibus juxta certioris fidei scriptores...

1572 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 11,790.00
63 Archive of the Stevenson family

Archive of the Stevenson family. Comprising books, diaries, manuscripts and photographs

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 9,432.00
81 Janssonius, Jan

Novus Atlas, sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: volume 1 [In quo Germaniae superioris...]

 1653 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 9,170.00
113 Blaeu, Johannes

[Tooneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas ... Vyfde Deel] [i.e. the Scotland and Ireland volume from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Dutch edition].

 1654 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 9,170.00
297 Tolkien, J. R. R.

[The Lord of the Rings:] The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King.

1954-5 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 9,170.00
316 Rowling, J. K.

Gift set of the first five Harry Potter books, signed by Rowling in each volume: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone [...] Chamber of Secrets [...] Prisoner of Azkaban [...] Goblet of Fire [...] Order of the Phoenix.

2003 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 9,170.00
258 Boswell, Alexander, Lord Auchinleck (1707-1782), his copy

The Actis and Constitutionnis of the Realme of Scotland: Maid in Parliamentis hald in by the rycht excellent, hie and mychtie princeis kingis James the First, Secund, Thud, Feird, Fyft, and in tyme of Marie now Quene of Scottis.

1566. GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 8,515.00
64

Signals from the Bell Rock Lighthouse to the Arbroath Signal Tower. An illustrated manuscript

 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 7,205.00
93 Kitchin, Thomas

A General Atlas describing the whole Universe

 n.d. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 6,288.00
179 James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Autograph letter signed to George Keith, 4th Earl Marischal, [Edinburgh], 28th September [1589]

 1589 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 6,288.00
187

Missionaries in China, India, Africa and the Pacific. Visitors' book kept by the Wilson family of Sheffield, 1890s-1940s

 1890s-1940s GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 6,288.00
88 Adam, Robert

Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia

 1764 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 5,764.00
214 Byrne, Oliver

The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid

 1847 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,764.00
86 Ptolemaeus, Claudius

La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandro. Nuovamente tradotta di Greco in Italiano, da Girolamo Ruscelli ...

1561 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,502.00
87 [unknown author, possibly Louis Vlasblom]

The North-Sea Contaigning the Demonstration of the Coast of Holland...

 1669 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 5,502.00
180 Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron (1520/1-1598)

Autograph letter signed as lord treasurer to Lord Cobham as warden of the Cinque Ports, with MS articles of war

 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 5,502.00
182 Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of (1565-1601)

Autograph letter signed to Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon, December, 1596

 1596 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,502.00
279 Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair]

Animal Farm, A Fairy Story.

1945 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,240.00
92 Quad, Matthias

Europae Totius Orbis Terrarum, Partis praestanissimae universalis et particularis descriptio.

1592 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,978.00
183 Walsingham, Sir Francis (c.1532-1590)

Autograph letter signed as principal secretary, to Sir Thomas Heneage, 4th September, 1577

 1577 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,978.00
296 Tolkien, J. R. R.

The Hobbit

 1937 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,978.00
67

Bell Rock Work Yard Medal. Admiralty protection medal - granted to John Spinks

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 4,716.00
76 Stevenson, Robert Louis

ALS and a small archive

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,454.00
204 Robert Howlett (1831-1858)

Group portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and associates at the launching of the Great Eastern, 1857

 1857 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,454.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Dedication copy. Est: €120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: €25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: €80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: €60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: €18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: €28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: €9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
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