Trafford Books: The Trafford Book Sale, 438, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 05, 2025 - November 05, 2025
Page Size: 252 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
53 Arthur Ransome

1937-47 first editions comprising "We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea", "The Big Six", "Missee Lee", "The Picts and the Martyrs",

1937-47 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 29.90
54 Alan Garner

"Thursbitch" Harvill Press, 2003, 3rd printing, signed by the author on title page, in a fine d/jkt

2003 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
55

Selection of signed first editions in d/jkt comprising Stephen Fry "Making History", Andrew Morton "Monica's Story" signed by Monica Lewinsky,

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 17.25
56 Edgar Allan Poe

"Le Corbeau - The Raven" illustrated by Edouard Manet, Easton Press, 1995, facsimile of the Richard Lesclide edition of 1875,

1995 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 25.30
57

Graphic Novels c.2009-2011, several published by Marvel, good to fine. (17)

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 43.70
58

American comics with Marvel, DC and other issuers, 1980s/1990s, good to VF. (approx.340)

1980s/1990s GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 55.20
59

Titanic survivors: 1992-1996 PPCs (3) and a cover variously signed by Titanic survivors E.E. Haisman, Eleanor Shuman, Millvina Dean, and Eva Hart

1992-1996 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 69.00
60

"The Lothians Regional Survey and Plan" HMSO 1966, 2 vols, in d/jkts; Innes "Lectures on Scotch Legal Antiquites" 1872;

1966 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 41.40
61

Scottish History. Stair Society publications including "The College of Justice: Essays by R.K. Hannay"1990;

1990; GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 34.50
62

Scottish history including Macmillan "George Buchanan" 1906; Davie "The Domestic Intellect" 1964; "Scotland in the Reign of Alexander III", 1990;

1906 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 41.40
63

Scottish history including Rodger "The Transformation of Edinburgh" 2001, Moffat "The Great Tapestry of Scotland" 2013, Chadwick "Early Scotland" 1949

1949 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
64 Rodney de Little

"The Windmills of England" 1997, in d/jkt, and a collection of others concerning British Windmills and Watermills

1997 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 34.50
65

"Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland" 1968-2013, a fairly complete run comprising Vols. 101 to 122, 124 to 135, and 137 to 143,

1968-2013 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
66 Keevil

"Medieval Palaces - an Archaeology" 2000; Ewart "Dundrennan Abbey - Archaeological investigation" 2001; Metcalf "Coinage in Medieval Scotland"

2000 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
67

Photographs of the Van Baaren family of Netherlands c.1890-1961, tipped-in / laid down in an album with annotations.

c.1890-1961 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
68 M.J. MacManus

"Eamon de Valera: A Biography", Talbot Press, Dublin, 1947, signed by Eamon de Valera on title page.

Dublin, 1947 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 46.00
69

"Facsimiles of Royal, Historical, Literary and other Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: First Series Nos. 1-30", London,1895

1895 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 11.50
70

Irish Politicians, a collection of autographs including Eamon de Valera (signed page); signed photos of Albert Reynolds (2), Charles Haughey,

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 46.00
71 Eric Taplin

"Near to Revolution - The Liverpool General Transport Strike of 1911", Bluecoat Press 1994, landscape A4 s/bk, 95pp

1994 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 23.00
72 Rankine and Millar

"A Manual of Machinery and Millwork" Charles Griffin 1887, 6th (thoroughly revised) edition, gilt cloth, spine with some fading

1887 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
73 John Arlott

"John Speed's England", parts 3 & 4, edited by John Arlott, Phoenix House, 1954, folio, 22 coloured maps,

1954 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
74 Barton

"The Lost Rivers of London" 1962; "An Historical Atlas of Suffolk" 1999; Sharp "Oxford Replanned" 1948; "Essays in Agrarian History" 1968,

1962 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 23.00
75

Topographical photographs, 1892/95, typically 5 x 8", some larger, laid down in leather-bound album, mostly architectural interest and coastal scenes

1892/95 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 46.00
76

Railway Locomotives, PC size photographs, mostly LMS and British Railways, a few with PC backs. Good to VF (c.200)

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
77

Railway Station photographs, PC size, 1980s to 2000s, including reproductions of earlier photos, arranged in filing box. (over 300)

1980s to 2000s GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 82.80
  • 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.
  • 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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