Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers: Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts, 71526, Billinghurst, West Sussex
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 15, 2026 - July 15, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 676 | Rivers, Thomas (1798-1877); Cobbett, William; Bosanquet, Augustus Henry | The Rose Amateur's Guide; Cottage Economy; The Tree Rose |
London | 1846; 1823; 1845 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 677 | Sainsbury, John | The Napoleon Museum |
London | 1845 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 678 | Chadwick, Edwin (1800-90) | Local Reports on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of England |
London | 1842 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 679 | Sedley, Charles (1639-1701) | The Poetical Works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley Baronet, and his Speeches in Parliament |
London | 1707 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 680 | Smiles, Samuel (1812-1904) | Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers |
London | 1863 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 681 | Smith Adam | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations; The Works |
Edinburgh | 1828 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 682 | Smith Adam | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |
London | 1835-39 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 683 | Smith Goldwin | Does the Bible Sanction American Slavery?; Three English Statesmen |
Oxford; London | 1863 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 684 | Smith Goldwin | The Civil War in America; Three English Statesmen |
London; Manchester | 1866 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 685 | Somerville Alexander | The Whistler at the Plough |
Manchester | 1852-53 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 686 | Stowe Harriet Beecher | A Reply to The Affectionate and Christian Address of Many Thousands of Women of Great Britain and Ireland, to their Sisters, The Women of the United States of America |
London | 1863 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 687 | Sturge Joseph | A Visit to the United States in 1841 |
London; Birmingham | 1842 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 688 | Lesseps Ferdinand de | Percement de l' Isthme de Suez |
Paris | 1856 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 689 | Sumner Charles | Prophetic Voices concerning America |
Boston | 1874 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 690 | Symons Jelinger Cookson | Sir Robert Peel, as a Type of Statesmanship |
London | 1856 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 691 | Taylor William Cooke (1800-49) | Notes of a Tour in the Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire; Letters on the Social and Political Condition of the Principality of Wales |
London | 1842 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 692 | Taylor William Cooke (1800-49) | Illustrations of the Bible from the Monuments of Egypt |
London | 1838 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 693 | Toland John (1670-1722) | The Life of John Milton; Christianity not Mysterious |
London | 1699; 1696 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 694 | Contributions to American History |
Philadelphia | 1858 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 695 | Watkin Edward William (1819-1901) | Alderman Cobden of Manchester |
London | [1891] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 696 | Whately Richard (1787-1863) | Elements of Rhetoric |
London | 1846 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 697 | Wheeler James | Manchester: its Political, Social and Commercial History, Ancient and Modern |
London; Manchester | 1836 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 698 | Whewell William (1794-1866) | History of the Inductive Sciences |
London | 1837 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 699 | Wilks Washington (1826-64) | The Half Century: Its History, Political and Social; A Manual of the History of the Political System of Europe and its Colonies |
London; Oxford | 1842; 1834 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 700 | Willis Nathaniel Parker (1806-67) | American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature |
London | 1837-42 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000