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

Auction Details

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
451	JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84).	A Dictionary of the English Language,	London	1755	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,750.00
452	KELMSCOTT PRESS - William MORRIS (1834-96).	A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press,	Hammersmith	1898	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,625.00
453	KNOLLES, Richard (1545-1610).	The Generall Historie of the Turkes ... The Third Edition,	London	1621	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,250.00
453a	LAWRENCE, D. H. (1885-1930).	The Rainbow,	London	1915	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 187.50
454	LEVASSEUR, Victor (1800-70).	Amerique Septentrionale,	Paris	[c.1845]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
455	LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963).	The Screwtape Letters,	London	1942. 8vo	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
456	[Matthaus MERIAN (1593-1650), the Elder], attributed.	LONDON PANORAMAS -	London. Frankfurt	c.1638].	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 562.50
457	LONG, Frank Belknap (1901-94).	The Horror from the Hills,	Sauk City	1963	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 125.00
458	LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).	The Shunned House,	Athol	1928	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,250.00
459	LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) - August DERLETH (1909-71).	H. P. L.: a memoir,	New York	1945	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
460	LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71).	The Lurker at the Threshold,	Sauk City	1945	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 250.00
461	LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71).	The Survivor and Others	Sark City	1957	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 62.50
462	LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).	Beyond the Wall of Sleep,	Sauk City	1943	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 750.00
463	LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).	Dreams and Fancies,	Sauk City	1962	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 125.00
464	LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).	Marginalia ... Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei,	Sauk City	1944	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
465	LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).	Something about Cats and Other Pieces. Collected by August Derleth,	Sauk City	1949	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
466	LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).	The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces by H. P. Lovecraft and Divers Hands,	Sauk City	1966	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 62.50
467	LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).	The Outsider and Others,	Sauk City	1939	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 875.00
468	LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).	The Shuttered Room	Sauk City	1959	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 125.00
469	LOWELL, Percival (1855-1916).	Mars and its Canals,	New York	1906	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
470	MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo (1469-1527).	The Arte of Warre, translated by Peter Whitehorne,	London	1562	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,250.00
471		MANUSCRIPT TESTIMONIAL ON VELLUM - "An Address to the Venerable Stephen Creyke M.A. from the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of York."	York	c.1866].	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 350.00
472	MAPS - John SPEED (1552-1629).	Holy Iland ... Garnsey ... Farne ... Jarsey,	London	1610 [but 1611 or later]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 125.00
473	MAPS - John STOCKDALE (1750-1814, publisher).	Great Britain and Ireland with ye Judges Circuits	London	1805	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.00
474	MARTINEAU, Harriet (1802-76).	The Rioters ... Second Edition,	London	1842	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 25.00

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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.
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.