Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers: Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts | Total Sales (GBP) | 108,010.50 |
| Auction Date | July 16, 2025 - July 16, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 44,220.00 |
| Sale Number | #71625 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 68,230.00 |
| Total Lots | 132 | ||
| Sold Lots | 108 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 52,210.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.82% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 80,310.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 24 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 134.49% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 308 | BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS | De proprietatibus rerum, |
1481 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 18,200.00 |
| 353 | GAZIUS, Antonius | Corona florida medicinae |
1491 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 10,400.00 |
| 376 | MISCELLANY - comprising a highly varied collection of printed and manuscript material, |
17th- to the 20th-centuries | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 4,940.00 | |
| 315 | BINDING - The Book of Common Prayer |
1864 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,550.00 | |
| 303 | ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus | Sacra geographiae tabulam, |
1571 but 1572 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,160.00 |
| 391 | PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, INCLUDING VIEWS OF SYDNEY, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, MANILA AND JAPAN - |
c.1880. Please see the full description below. | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 4,160.00 | |
| 395 | PISO, Willem & others. | De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica, |
1658 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 3,380.00 |
| 417 | THORNTON, Thomas | A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France |
1806 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,380.00 |
| 421 | VASNETSOV, Viktor, artist | [In Cyrillic ] "Menu for the Coronation Banquet of the Emperor Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna" |
1896 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 3,380.00 |
| 418 | TOLKIEN, J. R. R. | The Lord of the Rings |
1962-63 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,860.00 |
| 355 | GLISSON, Francis & others. | A Treatise of the Rickets ..Enlarged ..and ..amended ..By NichCulpepper |
1651 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,600.00 |
| 383 | MOYLE, John | Abstractum chirurgiae marinae: Or, An Abstract of Sea Chirurgery |
1686 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 2,600.00 |
| 393 | PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, THE SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR - |
c.1879-80. With a related printed work in 2 vols. | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,210.00 | |
| 392 | PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, MONGOLIA - |
late 19th-century. | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,080.00 | |
| 318 | BLUNT, Charles F. | The Beauty of the Heavens |
1845 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,690.00 |
| 374 | MILNE, A. A. | Winnie-the-Pooh |
1926 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,690.00 |
| 385 | NIELSEN, Kay, illustrator - Hans ANDERSEN | Fairy Tales, |
1924 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,560.00 |
| 406 | SMALLEGANGE, Matthaeus, editor and contributor | Nieuwe Cronyk Van Zeeland, |
1696 but 1700-?1704 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,430.00 |
| 423 | VISSCHER, Nicolaes | Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula, |
c.1695 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,430.00 |
| 301 | ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of autograph letters, clipped signatures etcby Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, William O'Brien, Thomas Henry Huxley, Disraeli, Tennyson, Ruskin, etc |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 1,300.00 | ||
| 381 | MOELLENBROCK, Valentin Andreas | Cochlearia curiosa, or the Curiosities of Scurvygrass |
1676 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,300.00 |
| 384 | NEAL, W. K. & D. H. L. BACK. | Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, |
1984 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,170.00 |
| 414 | THAMES SHIPPING - The United Society of River Thames Ship Caulkers' Book of Prices, [?]London |
1824 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 1,170.00 | |
| 357 | HARVEY, Gideon | The Disease of London or a New Discovery of the Scorvey |
1675 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,105.00 |
| 351 | FULLER, Samuel | Practical Astronomy, |
1732 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,040.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
