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
27		Album of autographed photos including Jim Davidson, Robert Lindsay, Beryl Reid, Su Pollard, David Essex, Richard Briers, Joan Turner, Anette Crosbie,			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 73.60
28		Album of autographed photos including Michael Crawford, Russ Abbot, James Bolam, John Mills, Paul Jones, Joe Brown, Gillian Taylforth, Cleo Laine,			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 75.90
29		Autograph selection, mostly 6 x 4" photos, including Lorraine Kelly, Susan Hampshire, Paul Merton, John Virgo, John Stapleton, Wendy Richard,			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 96.60
30		Entertainers' Autographs, mostly on 10 x 8" photos including Robert De Niro, Vera Fossett, Pat Boone, Ed Begley Jr., Kevin Anderson, Mark Hamill,			GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 64.40
31	[Sir Walter Scott]	Six Engravings in Illustration of 'The Antiquary' for Members of The Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
32	John Adey Repton	Norwich Cathedral at the end of the Eighteenth Century		1965	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 39.10
33	Laurence Weaver	Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens		1913	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
34	Raphael & J. Arthur Brandon	An Analysis of Gothick Architecture		1874	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 23.00
35		The Architecture of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts		1984	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
36		Scottish architecture, history & culture, a carton of softback publications including 28 issues of Architectural Heritage from issue No.1		1990	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
37		Scottish Architecture and construction including Moss The Magnificent Castle of Culzean		2002	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
38		Architecture interest with The Letters of Edwin Lutyens		1985	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
39		Architectural design & history including Demetri Porphyrios - Buildings & Writings		1993	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
40		Mitchell Building Construction and Drawing ; Building Construction - Advanced Course		1902 and 1909	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
41	John Ruskin	The Seven Lamps of Architecture		1855	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
42	Walter Godfrey	Gardens in the Making	Batsford	[1914]	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 8.05
43		Autographs in card mounts, mostly cut signatures matted with photos, including Alma Cogan, Doris Day, Nigel Hawthorne, Ivor Novello, Gracie Fields			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 23.00
44		Radio entertainers, a collection of cut signatures in a binder, matched with related pictures, including Jack Payne, Tommy Handley, Jack Train,			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
45		Autographs of entertainers including signed photos of Elizabeth Taylor (2, one a signed cutting), Frankie Howerd			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
46		Cinema Lobby Cards 1950s / early 1970s, including Ice Cold in Alex		1950s / early 1970s	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
47		Scottish History and Culture			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
48	James Campbell Irons	Leith and its Antiquities		1897	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 41.40
49		Scottish history with several works on its architectural heritage			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
50	Westberg, Kjellander & Brendan	III.Germanic SS Panzer-Korps		2019-24	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 41.40
51	Vuksic	SS Armour on the Eastern Front 1943-1945	Winnipeg,	2005	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 46.00

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.