Trafford Books: Books, Autographs, Photographs, Cigarette & Trade Cards, Postcards, and Postage Stamps., 437, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 24, 2025 - September 24, 2025

Page Size: 161 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Carton of Photographs, Victorian to modern			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 132.25
2		Selection of author signed books including Antony Sher "Characters"		1989	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 23.00
3		Album of 6 x 4cm portrait photos by Arthur Wills of Birmingham,		1909	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
4		A collection of 'World's Classics' including 18 with jackets designed by Lynton Lamb.			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
5		A collection of 'World's Classics' including 49 in dust-jackets. Includes a few early editions by Grant Richards. (91)			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
6		Lynton Lamb illustrated books			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
9		Collection of Signed Commemorative Covers in album & loose, including autographs of Max von Sydow, Field Marshall Geoffrey Baker, Charles Saatchi,			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 132.25
10		Crime & Punishment: four 18th Century copper engravings comprising "The Woman in the Cage on London Bridge"; "The manner of burying Wm.Wiseman			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 36.80
11		Souvenir Royal Visit Ashton-under-Lyne		1913	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 27.60
12	Philip Norman	"London Vanished & Vanishing"		1905	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.30
13	M.J. MacManus	"Eamon de Valera: A Biography",	Dublin	1947	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
14		Facsimiles of Royal, Historical, Literary and other Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: First Series Nos. 1-30			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
15		Armed Forces autographs		19th Century to modern	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 241.50
16		Autographs of clergy with many Archbishops and Bishops,		19th Century to modern	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 59.80
17		Irish Politicians, a collection of autographs including Eamon de Valera (signed page); signed photos of Albert Reynolds (2), Charles Haughey,			GBP 100.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
18		UK politicians autographs,		1970s/2000	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 43.70
19	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt: an autographed compliments card from the White House.			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 172.50
20	Sir John See	Sir John See (Prime Minister of New South Wales): a typed letter ink-signed by John See		1904	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 50.60
21	Winston S. Churchill	Winston S. Churchill (as Chancellor of the Exchequer): an autographed page from Treasury Chambers on embossed notepaper.			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 264.50
22		An album of Autographs, mostly signed pages, some complete letters, mainly politicians, clergy & peers		1880s to 1980s,	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 540.50
23	Alan Garner	"Thursbitch"		2003	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
24	Alan Garner	"The Moon of Gomrath"		1963	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 437.00
25	Alan Garner	"The Weirdstone of Brisingamen"		1960	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 874.00
26	Alan Garner	"The Weirdstone of Brisingham"		1984	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 94.30
27		A selection of signed books, chiefly poetry, with many first editions; includes works signed by Andrew Motion (6) and A.E.Coppard (2). VG/VF (16)			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 59.80

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.