Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 827, Edinburgh

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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
151 Smith, Adam

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations -

Glasgow 1805 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,134.00
152 Tuke, Samuel

Description of the Retreat, an Institution near York, for Insane Persons of the Society of Friends - Containing an Account of its Origin and Progress, the Modes of Treatment, and a Statement of Cases.

York 1813 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 819.00
153 Young, Thomas

A syllabus of a course of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy -

London 1802 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,260.00
154 Taylor, John

An Account of the Mechanism of the Eye -

Norwich 1727 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 529.20
155 Brissau, Michel Pierre

Traite de la Cataracte et du Glaucome -

Paris 1709 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 630.00
156 Justamond, J.O., and others

Justamond, J.O. An Account of the Methods Pursued in the Treatment of Cancerous and Schirrhous Disorders, and other Indurations. -

London 1780 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
157 Einstein, Albert

The Origins of the General Theory of Relativity - Being the first Lecture on the George A. Gibson Foundation in the University of Glasgow, delivered on June 20th, 1933.

Glasgow 1933 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 693.00
158 Darwin, Charles

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection -

London 1882 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
159 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II, (1921-2021)

Presidential Address by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to the British Association for the Advancement of Science -

Edinburgh, 1951 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 327.60
160 Gordon, W.

An Account of the Tournament at Eglinton -

Edinburgh 1839 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 126.00
161 Navy Records Society

Publications of the Navy Records Society -

1894-1913. GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
162 [Skene, Sir John, editor]

The Lawes and Actes of Parliament... Maid be King James the First, and his Successours Kinges of Scotland... -

Edinburgh 1597 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 378.00
163

Jacobite Interest: thirteen Acts of Parliament - 1714-1751 -

comprising 1714 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 478.80
164

Scottish antiquarianism - Group of works in fine bindings - [Laing, David, editor]. Select Remains of the Ancient Popular Poetry of Scotland.

Edinburgh 1822 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,071.00
165

The Aberdeen Printers - Edward Raban to James Nicol 1620-1736. By J. P. Edmond.

Aberdeen 1886 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,024.00
166 Bannatyne Club

Complete set of the Bannatyne Club Garlands -

Edinburgh [1823-48]. GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,386.00
167 Bannatyne Club

Collection of early works , titles comprise: Vitae Dunkeldensis Ecclesiae Episcoporum, 1823, bookplate of James Nairne of Claremont;...

Poems by Sir David Murray of Gorthy 1823 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,071.00
168 Bannatyne Club

Collection of editions of medieval and early modern chronicles, histories, muniments books and similar works - all 4to, titles include: Chronicon de Lancercost,

M.CC.I-M.CCC.XLVI. 1828 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 630.00
169 Bannatyne Club

Collection of works - titles including: The Darien Papers: being a Selection of Original letters and Official Documents relating to the Establishment of a Colony at Darien by the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, 1695-1700,

1849, contents toned; Royal Letters, Charters, and Tracts, relating to the Colonization of New Scotland, and the Institution of the Order of Knights Baronets of Nova Scotia 1621-1638 1829 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 403.20
170 Bannatyne Club

Collection of works including editions of medieval literature, cartularies and similar - titles including: Syr Gawayne: a Collection of Ancient Romance-Poems by Scottish and English Authors,

1839, spotting; Vita Sancti Columbae 1838 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,008.00
171 Maitland Club

Extensive collection of works -

Edinburgh or Glasgow 19th century. GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,638.00
172

Scotland - Collection of works in fine bindings, 18th-19th century - [Auld Alliance]. Memoirs concerning the Ancient Alliance between the French and Scots, and the Privileges of the Scots in France.

Edinburgh 1751 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,024.00
173 Galt, John

Works - First edition, each in 3 volumes, 8vo, uniform contemporary half-calf, titles grouped by publisher:

Edinburgh 1822-34. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,386.00
174 Scott, Sir Walter

Waverley; or, 'tis Sixty Years Since -

Edinburgh 1814 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,134.00
175 Burns, Robert

Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect -

Edinburgh 1787 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,016.00