Trafford Books: Books, Ephemera, Autographs, Photographs, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History. , 424, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 06, 2024 - March 06, 2024

Page Size: 213 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		The Illustrated London News bound volumes for 1875 (2 vols), July-December 1877		1877	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 178.25
2		Assortment in carton including trade catalogues of English Chairs (2), Pragnell "The London Panoramas of Robert Barker and Thomas Girtin", 1968,		1968	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 11.50
3		Country Life magazine, bound volumes for July-Dec.1898		1898	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 50.60
4		The Traveller's Pocket-Book, or Ogilby and Morgan's Book of the Roads, London, 1794	London	1794	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
5		Photographs, several large-format, various subjects, 1890s to 1930s		1890s to 1930s	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 87.40
6		Album of signed photos & pages, including Joshua Jackson, Erwin Leder, Mo Mowlam, Corbin Bernsen, and various others, mostly entertainers. (49)			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 55.20
7		English Literature in gilt leather bindings comprising Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Oxford, 1913	Oxford	1913	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 132.25
8	Charles Dickens	Charles Dickens Library		c.1910	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
9	[William Combe]	"The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London"		1820	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 101.20
10	Pierce Egan	"Life in London;, or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom"	London	1821	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 138.00
11	Mary Tourtel	"The Big Rupert Story Book",	Purnell	[1951]	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
12		Social & Economic History, plus few local history titles, largely h/bks in d/jackets, a few with ownership signatures o/w VG/VF, none ex-library. (38)			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
13		Aviation. A selection of modern titles, chiefly military/RAF, some civil aircraft, many WW2 related including airfields & crash sites. Mainly softback			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
14		The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder: A National Toy, William Hone, [1820]		[1820]	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 41.40
15		WW2 HMSO softback publications and similar including "Coastal Command", "Roof Over Britain", "Bomber Command" (2 different),			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 32.20
16	The Speight family	The Speight family, photographers of Market Harborough, Kettering and Nuneaton: a collection of portrait photographs in modern album, and loose,			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
17	E. H. Speight	E. H. Speight of Rugby, photographer: a collection of 19th Century carte-de-visite (40) and cabinet portrait photographs, plus a church interior,		19th Century	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
18	Thomas Archer & Amelia Stirling	"Queen Victoria: Her Life and Reign"	Gresham	1901	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
19		Cabinet photos 1870s to 1890s plus few later		1870s to 1890s	GBP 120.00 - 160.00	GBP 105.80
20		Large format photos (6) and hand-tinted gravures (4), including three of the Simmer & Jack Gold Mine, Johannesburg, the Metropole Theatre Bootle,			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 46.00
21	John Graves	"The History of Cleveland, in the North Riding of the County of York",	Carlisle	1808	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 73.60
22	Louis XIII of France	Louis XIII of France (1601-1643): fine complete letter of 1625			GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 494.50
23		Photographic Stereographs 1900s to WWI, largely by Underwood & Underwood, including scenes from the Russo-Japanese War (23).			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 75.90
24	H.A. Bullock	"History of the Isle of Man"	London	1816	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 94.30
25		German WW2 Military History including Szamveber "Last Panzer Battles in Hungary", 2020		2020	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 87.40

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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes
Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.

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