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
426 CUNINGHAME, Margaret, Lady (d.1622).

A Pairt of the Life of Lady Margaret Cuninhame ... that she had with her first husband, the Master of Evandale,

Edinburgh 1827 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
427 DERLETH, August (1909-71).

Someone in the Dark,

Sauk City 1941 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
428 DERLETH, August (1909-71).

Something Near,

Sauk City 1945 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
429 DERLETH, August (1909-71).

The Mask of Cthulhu,

Sauk City 1958 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 350.00
430 DERLETH, August (1909-71).

The Trail of Cthulhu,

Sauk City 1962 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 62.50
431 DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).

A Christmas Carol,

London 1843 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 5,625.00
432 DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).

Oliver Twist

London 1838 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
433

DOCUMENT ON VELLUM - Letters patent granting a baronetcy to Christopher Baynes of Harefield Place,

Middlesex GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 237.50
434 DONNE, John (1572-1631).

The Holy Sonnets,

London 1938 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,375.00
435 DRAYTON, Michael (1563-1631) & William HOLE (d.1624, engraver).

Glocester Shyre ... Worcester Shyre.

London c.1612] GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 112.50
436 DYKE, Zoe, Lady Hart (1896-1975).

So Spins the Silkworm,

London 1949 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
437 EDWARDS. Lionel (1878-1966, illustrator).

My Hunting Sketch Book,

London 1928 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 237.50
438 FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91).

An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's poem "O Me! O Life!", probably in the hand of Fothergill rather than that of the poet himself, inscribed at the foot, "Jessie Fothergill, Jan. 16. 1887"

1887 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
439 FURNEAUX, William (1855-1940).

Philips' Popular Mannikin or Model of the Human Body,

London [c.1930] GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
440 GUNN, Thom (1929-2004).

My Sad Captains, London

1961 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
441 [HANWAY, Jonas (1712-86)].

A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames,

London 1756-58 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 625.00
442 HARTLEY, L. P. (1895-1972).

The Go-Between,

London 1953 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 62.50
443 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

A Farewell to Arms,

London 1929 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 275.00
444 HUBBARD, Elbert (1856-1915).

Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors ... William Morris, New York, Roycrofters

1900 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
445 HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963).

Eyeless in Gaza,

London 1936 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 87.50
446 HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963).

Limbo, London

1920. 8vo GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 75.00
447 HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963).

Point Counter Point,

London 1928 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
448 HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963).

Those Barren Leaves,

London 1925 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
449

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - A fine illuminated manuscript on a single bifolium vellum leaf extracted from a prayer book, with exceptional decorative coloured borders heightened in gold,

probably northern France, [?]mid- to late-15th-century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 437.50
450

JAPAN - An album of 50 colour-tinted mounted photographs of Japan in a lacquer album,

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 437.50
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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.
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    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.
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    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.
  • 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.