Lyon and Turnbull: Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts | Total Sales (GBP) | 282,836.00 |
| Auction Date | May 07, 2014 - May 07, 2014 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 132,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #407 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 186,970.00 |
| Total Lots | 365 | ||
| Sold Lots | 314 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 176,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.03% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 246,870.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 51 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 114.57% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Austen, Jane | Emma: a novel. |
1816 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 48,050.00 |
| 98 | Stuart, Charles Edward, "Bonnie Prince Charlie", or "The Young Pretender", 1720-88 | Autograph letter signed to Louis XV, the King of France, "Monsieur Mon Frere et Cousin. |
1746 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 31,250.00 |
| 84 | Rowling, J.K. - | A complete set of first editions Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone. |
1997 | GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
| 175 | Darwin, Charles and Wallace, Alfred Russel | On the tendency of species to form varieties... |
1858-59 | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
| 198 | The new naturalist. |
1945-2010. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,250.00 | |
| 169 | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society | The journal of the Royal Geographical Society. |
1831-1880. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,000.00 |
| 174 | Darwin, Charles - Wallace, Alfred Russel - The Zoologist | The Zoologist. |
1843-1914. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
| 304 | India - Jehangir, Sorabjii | Representative men of India. |
1889 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
| 200 | The London, Edinburgh and Dublin philosophical magazine. |
1844-1955. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,250.00 | |
| 215 | Photography archive - Glasgow and Andersonian Natural History and Microscopical Society - a collection of over 100 loose photographs of trees, buildings, eggs, birds, rock formations, landscapes and club members |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 3,125.00 | ||
| 351 | German medicine and natural history, a quantity including Albertini, Johann Baptist von Conspectus fungorum... |
1805 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 3,000.00 | |
| 5 | Blaeu, William | Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula. |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,750.00 | |
| 362 | Piso, Gulielmus | De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica libri quatuordecim. |
1658 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 2,625.00 |
| 212 | The zoological journal. |
1825-1835. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,500.00 | |
| 330 | Academy of Sciences Novi commenatarii Academiae scientiarum imperialis Petropolitanae. |
1751-61. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,500.00 | |
| 333 | Addison, Thomas | On the constitutional and local effects of disease of the supra-renal capsules. |
1855 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
| 267 | Cranmer, Thomas | A defence of the true and catholike doctryne of the sacrement... |
1550 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 2,375.00 |
| 94 | Naval log of AIan G. Hotham, Midshipman, H.M. Ships "Blake" & "Cleopatra", Feb. 3rd 1892 to 1st April 1894. |
1892 to 1st April 1894. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,125.00 | |
| 181 | Annals of Philosophy | The annals of philosophy or magazine of chemistry, mineralogy, mechanics, natural history, agriculture and the arts. |
1800-1803, 1813-1826. | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,125.00 |
| 266 | Incunable - Bible, Latin. Biblia. |
1489; | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 2,125.00 | |
| 352 | Hooke, Robert | Micrographia restaurata. |
1745 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
| 177 | Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Hutton, James | Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. |
1788-1849. | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 180 | The Annals of Natural History | The annals of natural history [The annals and magazine of natural history]. |
1838-1917. | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 370 | Willoughby, Francis | De historia piscium libri quotuor. |
1686 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,750.00 |
| 170 | Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin | Journal of the geological society of Dublin. |
1838-1864. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,625.00 |
