Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs



Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

8th Feb, 2023 10:00
Sale number: 725
Location: Live in Edinburgh & Online
Catalogue: Download PDF catalogue


Our Wednesday 08 February 2023 auction of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs include a superb copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer, the masterpiece of the private press movement, a unique association copy of the Cranwell edition of T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a first-edition set of The Lord of the Rings complete with the dust jackets, a remarkable naval document signed by Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton, a dedicated section of books and manuscripts relating to India and South Asia including autograph letters by Mahatma Gandhi, and more.

Name: Mr Simon Vickers
Email: simon.vickers@lyonandturnbull.com
Telephone: +44 (0)131 557 8844

Name: Dominic Somerville-Brown
Email: Dominic.Somerville-Brown@lyonandturnbull.com

Name: Cathy Marsden
Email: cathy.marsden@lyonandturnbull.com

Lot 206 - Eric Gill (1882-1940) Four original drawings

Sold for £6,930

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 208 - Beardsley, Aubrey The Savoy, an Illustrated Quarterly

Sold for £2,016

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 209 - Kelmscott Press The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Sold for £60,200

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 210 - Tragara Press 30 volumes

Sold for £1,071

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 211 - Tragara Press 30 volumes

Sold for £882

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 212 - Tragara Press 40 volumes

Sold for £1,008

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 213 - Tragara and other presses Collection of works

Sold for £1,071

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 216 - Heaney, Seamus (1939-2013) Large signed poster

Sold for £403

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 217 - Miller, Henry Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel

Sold for £479

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 218 - Orwell, George Animal Farm

Sold for £3,780

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 219 - Owen, Wilfred Poems

Sold for £756

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 220 - Spark, Muriel Collection of works

Sold for £529

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 221 - Tolkien, J. R. R. (1892-1973) The Hobbit

Sold for £17,640

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 222 - Tolkien, J. R. R. [The Lord of the Rings:]

Sold for £25,200

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 223 - Tolkien, J.R.R. and miscellaneous 18 volumes

Sold for £2,772

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 224 - Woolf, Virginia (1882-1940) Orlando

Sold for £4,032

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 225 - Detmold, Edward J. (illustrator) The Fables of Aesop

Sold for £882

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 228 - Kerr, Judith The Tiger who came to Tea

Sold for £3,654

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 229 - Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Sold for £20,160

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 234 - Miscellaneous works 26 volumes

Sold for £189

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 235 - Miscellaneous works c.36 volumes

Sold for £328

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

Lot 236 - Set of fine bindings Shakespeare, William

Sold for £126

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

 

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