Trafford Books: Trafford Book Sale, 439, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025

Page Size: 295 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Vernon	Estate Fences: Their Choice, Construction & Cost		1899	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 34.50
2	John Jamieson and others	An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language		1879-1887	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 20.70
3		Manchester Evening News		1943	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
4		Queen Elizabeth II Coronation souvenir handkerchief with printed design, 9.5" square. VG			GBP 15.00 - 20.00	Not Sold
5		Four Autograph albums, 1940s/90s, including signatures of Magnus Magnusson, Claudio Abbado, John Barbirolli, Tessie O'Shea, Sasha Distel,		1940s/90s	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 85.10
6		Folder of 19th Century cuttings etc, including hand-coloured cartoons from Punch magazine (11) and advertising inserts (3);			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
7		Selection of Autographs, mostly signed photos of entertainers & cricketers including Ruby Wax, Clint Eastwood, Bert Weedon, Jimmy Tarbuck,			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 101.20
8		Autographed photos and few other items including signatures of Daniel O'Donnell, Nicolas Cage, Robert Powell, Ed Milliband, Ann- Margaret			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 66.70
9		Album of Autographs, mostly 10 x 8" photos including Carrie Fisher & Harrison Ford, Ned Sherrin, George Murphy, Kay Starr, Craig David, and others,			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 101.20
10		Softback publications with many of Architecture interest, some Scotland, local history, a few exhibition catalogues.			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
11		Carte-de-Visite 19th Century portrait photos, country-wide photographers, plus some foreign.			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 98.90
12		American comics with Marvel, DC and other issuers, 1980s/ 1990s		1980s/ 1990s	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 89.70
13	Alan Garner	Thursbitch		2003	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 23.00
14		Film Posters, late 1980s & 1990s, a collection, mostly all different but including 4 of the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough		1980s & 1990s	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 201.25
15		Andrea Palladio: The Complete Illustrated Works		2001	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
16	Pitt-Rivers	King John's House, Tollard Royal, Wilts		1890	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 82.80
17	Richardson & Eberlein	The Smaller English House of the Later Renaissance 1660-1830	Batsford	1925	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 34.50
18	Francis Bond	An Introduction to English Church Architecture		1913	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 25.30
19		John Soane: Architect		1999	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
21		An Autograph album, compiled by Florence Corney of Newcastle- on-Tyne, 1940-1949, including George Formby, Billy Cotton, Margaret Lockwood,		1940-1949	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 264.50
22		King George VI, Winston Churchill and others: an autographed 1939 Covent Garden Opera programme signed by George VI, Winston S. Churchill,		1939	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	GBP 943.00
23		Kathleen Ferrier and others: 1940s/50s ALS (2) and TLS (4) ink-signed by Kathleen Ferrier (4), Norman Lumsden and Guy Baker,		1940s/50s	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 108.10
24		Le Blond colour prints, 1850s, comprising Regal Set of 10 miniatures and Her Majesty Leaving Portsmouth Harbour		1850s	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
25		Autographs of actors & production staff associated with James Bond films including Judi Dench, Jonathan Pryce & Samantha Bond,			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 62.10
26		Autographed pages in small albums & loose, 1960s, mainly musicians & vocalists, including George Melly, Gracie Fields, Anna Neagle,Cleo Laine,		1960s	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 62.10

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.