Books & Manuscripts 2025-10-02 Auction - 198 Price Results - Lyon & Turnbull in Scotland - Page 6
Milne, A. A.Forbes, Henry O. (editor)Giustiniani, Vincenzo
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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Books & Manuscripts

We are pleased to present a carefully curated selection of printed books, manuscripts, maps, autographs and archives that span centuries of intellectual, literary and cultural achievement. Highlight's include fine bindings and library sets from the libraries of the late Earl of Airlie and the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie, signed documents and letters from literary and historical figures ranging from John Ruskin to Duleep Singh, an important collection of Middle Eastern photography documenting the transformation of the region with the discovery of oil, and a large collection of travel narratives from the 18th to 20th centuries.
Auction Curator:
Cathy Tait
Cathy Tait
Head of Department, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Gray, Alasdair (1934-2019): Gray, Alasdair (1934-2019) Collection of works including signed copies all 8vo, in original boards, with dust jackets: Lanark, 2001 (limited edition, one of 2000 copies, 4 volumes, slipcase); The
0122: Gray, Alasdair (1934-2019)Est. £200-£300
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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - inscribed: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - inscribed The Great Boer War London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1900. First edition, 8vo, inscribed: ‘W. G. Clarke - I shall not forget - Arthur Conan Doyle.
0123: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - inscribedEst. £400-£600
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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - inscribed: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - inscribed The British Campaigns in Europe 1914-1918 London: Geoffrey Bles, [1928] 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, inscribed to W. Clarke and signed Arthur Conan
0124: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - inscribedEst. £300-£500
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Hodgson, William Hope: Hodgson, William Hope The Night Land London: Eveleigh Nash, 1912. First edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed: ‘Mrs N. Harrison. from William Hope Hodgson, Nov: 28th /
0125: Hodgson, William HopeEst. £2,000-£3,000
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Yeats, W. B. (1865-1939) - signed: Yeats, W. B. (1865-1939) - signed The Poems London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1949. First edition, one of 375 copies signed by the author, 2 volumes, large 8vo, original green cloth over beveled
0126: Yeats, W. B. (1865-1939) - signedEst. £1,000-£1,500
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Ishiguro, Kazuo (1954-) - signed: Ishiguro, Kazuo (1954-) - signed The Remains of the Day London: Faber and Faber, 1989. First edition, 8vo, signed and dated by the author to the title-page 25/5/89, original black cloth,
0127: Ishiguro, Kazuo (1954-) - signedEst. £300-£500
Johns, Captain W. E.: Johns, Captain W. E. Biggles Books The Cruise of the Condor. A Biggles Story. London: The Thames Publishing Company, [n.d.] 8vo, red cloth gilt; Biggles in the Cruise of the Condor, later edition,
0128: Johns, Captain W. E.Est. £300-£500Lot Passed
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Greene, Graham: Greene, Graham 12 works The Name of Action. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. First edition, 8vo, dark blue cloth gilt;Stamboul Train. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1932. First edition, 8vo,
0129: Greene, GrahamEst. £300-£500
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Waugh, Evelyn: Waugh, Evelyn 9 books Vile Bodies. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1930. First edition, 8vo, original cloth;Scoop. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1933. First edition, 8vo, original cloth;Put Out More
0130: Waugh, EvelynEst. £300-£500
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Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966) - signed: Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966) - signed Unconditional Surrender The Conclusion of Men and Arms and Officers and Gentlemen. London: Chapman & Hall, 1961. First edition, first impression, signed by the
0131: Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966) - signedEst. £300-£500
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A. & C. Black: A. & C. Black 93 polychrome bindings including: Happy England, 1903; The Durbar, 1903; Familiar London, 1904; Naples, 1904; Morocco, 1904; London to the Nore, 1905; The Scenery of London,
0132: A. & C. BlackEst. £700-£900
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Folio Society: Folio Society 14 'deluxe' books in quarter leather Each with slipcase: Rudyard Kipling Selected Poems, 2004, original red quarter morocco gilt;Wordsworth Selected Poems, 2002, original brown
0133: Folio SocietyEst. £300-£500
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Private press and miscellaneous books: Private press and miscellaneous books Collection of works including: [Ditchling Press, formerly St Dominic's Press], The Jesus Psalter [caption-title], Ditchling: Cyril Costick, 1927, 16mo,
0134: Private press and miscellaneous booksEst. £200-£300
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Brontë, Charlotte, Emily and Anne: Brontë, Charlotte, Emily and Anne The Shakespeare Head Brontë: Novels Oxford, Boston & New York: Shakespeare Head Press & Houghton Mifflin, 1931. 11 volumes, one of 500 large paper
0135: Brontë, Charlotte, Emily and AnneEst. £400-£600
Menpes, Mortimer and others: Menpes, Mortimer and others Signed deluxe illustrated volumes by A. & C. Black Hope Moncrieff, A.R. and Sutton Palmer (illustrator). Bonnie Scotland. London: A. & C. Black, 1904. Number 216 of 500
0136: Menpes, Mortimer and othersEst. £400-£600Lot Passed
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Eragny Press: Eragny Press Some Old French and English Ballads Edited by Robert Steele. London: The Eragny Press, 1905. 8vo, one of 200 paper copies, original paper-covered boards with gilt lettering
0137: Eragny PressEst. £300-£400
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Folio Society: Folio Society Chaucer & Shakespeare Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. [London:] The Folio Society, 2010. 4to, being a facsimile of Robert and Moira Gibbings Golden Cockerel Press edition of
0138: Folio SocietyEst. £400-£600
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Finlay, Ian Hamilton: Finlay, Ian Hamilton Hate for Hate - We've Dunnett Now The Wild Hawthorn Press, June 1962, comprising 33 typed lines, framed and glazed A very early production of Ian Hamilton Finlay's Wild
0139: Finlay, Ian HamiltonEst. £300-£500
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Leighton, Clare: Leighton, Clare The Farmer's Year, a calendar of English husbandry London: Collins, 1933. First edition, oblong 4to, woodcuts, green half morocco gilt, without pictorial endpapers, some extremely
0140: Leighton, ClareEst. £250-£350
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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, and Julie Farthing: Finlay, Ian Hamilton, and Julie Farthing Colour silkscreens Diamond-Studded Fish-Net, framed and glazed;Stern and Stern;Pastor of Oaks, Shepherd of Stones; [another copy of this];Blue water's
0141: Finlay, Ian Hamilton, and Julie FarthingEst. £500-£700
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Bindings: Bindings Collection of works, poetry, literature, 19th-20th century Keats, John. Endymion and the Longer Poems. London: J. M. Dent, 1905. 12mo, near-contemporary red calf gilt by Riviere & Son, all
0142: BindingsEst. £300-£500
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Harte, Bret: Harte, Bret The Writings of Bret Harte Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [1896]-1914. 20 volumes, Author's Autograph Edition, number 237 of the edition with volume 1 signed by Harte
0143: Harte, BretEst. £400-£600
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Bindings: Bindings Fine bindings and library sets Spectator. The Spectator. New Edition, carefully corrected … to which are prefixed, the Lives of the Authors. London: for J. Bumpus, 1819. 8 volumes,
0144: BindingsEst. £300-£500
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Austen, Jane: Austen, Jane The Novels [series-title at head of each title-page]. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900. 12 volumes, 8vo (16.5 x 10cm), contemporary red half calf, gilt spines with twin maroon
0145: Austen, JaneEst. £300-£500