Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 827, Edinburgh

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Auction Report
Auction Date
February 05, 2025 - February 05, 2025
Page Size: 393 items in 16 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
251 W. Heath Robinson (1872-1944)

Coal Mining, Printing Block - Patent spring coal cutter for thin seams. Original metal printing block, 21 x 13cm

[c.1930] GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 504.00
252 Rackham, Arthur, illustrator - Thomas Ingoldsby

The Ingoldsby Legends -

London 1907 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 327.60
253 Rackham, Arthur, illustrator

Undine [and] Aesop's Fables - De la Motte Fouque. Undine.

London 1909 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 819.00
254 Fine bindings

38 volumes, including bindings by Riviere and Bedford - Salzmann, C.G. Elements of Morality, for the use of children...

London 1791 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 2,520.00
255 Bauwens, M., et al.

Les Affiches Etrangeres Illustrees -

Paris GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 756.00
256 Rackham, Arthur, illustrator - Thomas Ingoldsby

The Ingoldsby Legends -

London 1907 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 378.00
257 Rackham, Arthur, illustrator - William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream -

London 1908 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 579.60
258 Rackham, Arthur

[The Ring of the Niblung:] The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie [and:] Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods - by Richard Wagner. Translated by Margaret Armour.

London 1910-11. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 756.00
259 Rackham, Arthur

Book of Pictures - With an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.

London 1913 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 378.00
260 Rackham, Arthur, illustrator - William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream -

London 1908 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 882.00
261 Rackham, Arthur

Mother Goose - The Old Nursery Rhymes.

London 1913 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 604.80
262 Rackham, Arthur, illustrator - J.M. Barrie

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens -

London 1906 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,260.00
263 Milne, A.A. and Ernest H. Shepard

The Christopher Robin Verses, [with autograph letter signed from E.H. Shepard] -

London [1932]. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
264 Milne, A.A. and E.H. Shepard (1879-1976)

4 books inscribed by Shepard - Milne, A.A. - E.H. Shepard, illustrator. Winnie-the-Pooh.

London [1926]. GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 2,016.00
265 Rowling, J.K.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard -

2008 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
266 Rowling, J.K.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -

London 1998 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,638.00
267 Rowling, J. K. (1965-)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -

London 1998 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,536.00
268 Rowling, J. K. (1965-)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -

London 1998 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,528.00
269 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

4 editions - Fitzgerald, Edward, translator - Willy Pogany, illustrator. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

London [n.d. GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 453.60
270 Doyle, Richard

In Fairy Land - A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World. With a Poem by William Allingham.

London 1875 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 554.40
271 Grahame, Kenneth

The Wind in the Willows -

London [1908]. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,268.00
272 Carroll, Lewis, Samuel Pepys and Robert William Billings

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There -

London 1872 [but 1871]. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,033.20
273 Chapbooks - Yorkshire

Complete series of chapbooks by J. S. Publishing & Stationery Co., Limited, Otley -

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 579.60
274 Chapbooks

Collection of Scottish chapbooks -

1813-18. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,142.00
275 Children's Books

A 19th and 20th century collection - Lang, Andrew. The Green Fairy Book.

London 1892 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 630.00
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