Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers: Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts, 120325, Billinghurst, West Sussex

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025
Page Size: 116 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
401 ANGLING - [Edward MARSTON (1825-1914)].

Days in Clover by the Amateur Angler,

London 1892 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
402 ANGLING - Frederic M. HALFORD (1844-1914).

Floating Flies and How to Dress Them. A Treatise on the Most Modern Methods of Dressing Artificial Flies for Trout and Grayling,

London 1886 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
403 ANGLING - H. V. DYKE (1852-1933).

Fisherman's Luck and Some other Uncertain Things,

New York 1911 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
404

ANGLING - The Diary of A. J. Lane ... A Hitherto Unpublished Manuscript by A. J. Lane, Gentleman (1843),

Ellesmere 1995 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 250.00
405 ANGLING - Thomas Tod STODDART (1810-80).

The Art of Angling as Practised in Scotland ... Second Edition

1836 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
406 ANGLING, DRY-FLY FISHING - F. M. HALFORD (1844-1914).

Modern Development of the Dry Fly,

London 1910 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
407 ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962).

Images, London, [n.d. but ?1919], 8vo, original paper boards. With 11 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS. (12)

ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962). Images.

London [n.d. but ?1919] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
408 ASHBEE, C. R. (1863-1942).

The Trinity Hospital in Mile End ... Being the First Monograph of the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London,

London 1896 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
409 ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840).

A System of Astronomy, Concord

New Hampshire 1827 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 43.75
410 BARROW, Katherine (1849-1915).

Three Years in Tristan da Cunha,

London 1910 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 50.00
411 BETJEMAN, John (1906-84).

Continual Dew,

London 1937 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 137.50
412 BINDING - A. F. POLLARD (1869-1948).

Henry VIII,

London 1902 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 200.00
413 BINDING - John MILTON (1608-74).

Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Comus, Arcades, Lycidas, Etc. Etc.

Chiswick 1823 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 212.50
414 BINDING - Julia FRANKAU (1859-1916).

An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver. John Raphael Smith. His Life and Works,

London 1902 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 750.00
415 BINDING - JUVENAL (b.55 A.D.).

Satyrae ... Editio nova,

Amsterdam 1684 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
416 BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673).

Oxonium comitatus, Vulgo Oxford Shire,

Amsterdam c.1645] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
417 BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673)].

AEthiopia superior vel interior,

Amsterdam c. 1645] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
418 BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918).

A one-page autograph letter from Edmund Blunden, and his PROOF COPY of an edition of Wilfred Owen's poems from 1931, and another later edition. (3)

BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918).

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,125.00
419 BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016).

Pierre Ecrite,

Paris 1969 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 25.00
420 CANTERBURY - Georg BRAUN (1541-1622) & Franz HOGENBERG (1536-88).

Cantuarbury. Cantuaria urbs fertilissimae Angliae celebris,

Cologne c.1588] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 475.00
421 CATS, Jacob (1577-1660).

Alle de Wercken,

Amsterdam 1712 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 250.00
422

CHELSEA, LONDON - A Map of Chelsea, Surveyed in the Year 1664 by James Hamilton. Continued to 1717,

London 1810 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 225.00
423 [CHURCHILL, Lady Gwendoline 'Goonie' (1885-1941)].

The Seventh of July 1941,

No place 1941] GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 625.00
424 CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).

The Rescue,

London 1920 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 56.25
425 COOKERY & HUSBANDRY - [G. MARKHAM (c.1568-1637)].

The English House-Wife,

London 1668 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 600.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.