Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers: Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts | Total Sales (GBP) | 43,050.00 |
| Auction Date | December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 34,340.00 |
| Sale Number | #120325 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 53,870.00 |
| Total Lots | 116 | ||
| Sold Lots | 74.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 46,490.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 63.79% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 72,480.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 42 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 59.40% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 512 | WILLIAMS, Margery (1881-1944). | The Velveteen Rabbit, |
1922 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,250.00 |
| 431 | DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). | A Christmas Carol, |
1843 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 5,625.00 |
| 451 | JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). | A Dictionary of the English Language, |
1755 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,750.00 |
| 434 | DONNE, John (1572-1631). | The Holy Sonnets, |
1938 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,375.00 |
| 452 | KELMSCOTT PRESS - William MORRIS (1834-96). | A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, |
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, |
1621 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 458 | LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). | The Shunned House, |
1928 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 470 | MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo (1469-1527). | The Arte of Warre, translated by Peter Whitehorne, |
1562 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 497 | RYCAUT, Paul (1629-1700). | The Present State of the Ottoman Empire ... The Third Edition, |
1670 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 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) |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,125.00 | |
| 487 | [POUND, Ezra (1885-1972), editor] - Guido CAVALCANTI (1255-1300). | Rime ... Edizione Rappezzata fra le Rovine, |
1931 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 485a | ORWELL, George (1903-50). | Down and Out in Paris and London, |
1933 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 467 | LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). | The Outsider and Others, |
1939 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 414 | BINDING - Julia FRANKAU (1859-1916). | An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver. John Raphael Smith. His Life and Works, |
1902 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 462 | LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). | Beyond the Wall of Sleep, |
1943 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 423 | [CHURCHILL, Lady Gwendoline 'Goonie' (1885-1941)]. | The Seventh of July 1941, |
1941] | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 441 | [HANWAY, Jonas (1712-86)]. | A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames, |
1756-58 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 503 | SMALLEGANGE, Matthaeus (1624-1710, editor and contributor). | Nieuwe Cronyk Van Zeeland, |
[1700] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 425 | COOKERY & HUSBANDRY - [G. MARKHAM (c.1568-1637)]. | The English House-Wife, |
1668 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 600.00 |
| 456 | [Matthaus MERIAN (1593-1650), the Elder], attributed. | LONDON PANORAMAS - |
c.1638]. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 562.50 |
| 492 | ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, |
1997 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 525.00 |
| 507 | [STAFFORD, Thomas (?1576-1655)]. | Pacata Hibernia. Ireland Appeased and Reduced, |
1633 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 525.00 |
| 483 | NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). | Lolita, |
1959 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 500.00 |
| 420 | CANTERBURY - Georg BRAUN (1541-1622) & Franz HOGENBERG (1536-88). | Cantuarbury. Cantuaria urbs fertilissimae Angliae celebris, |
c.1588] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 475.00 |
| 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, |
[?]mid- to late-15th-century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 437.50 |
