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
52	Ockert & Urbanke	Die Panther-Abteilung 'Brandenburg' 1945		2019	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
53		Autographs of Winston S. Churchill, Clementine S. Churchill, Randolph S. Churchill and Churchill's grandson Winston S. Churchill: cut signatures			GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 149.50
54		Didsbury indentures 1888-1914, a group of vellum documents concerning land and properties in Blackburn Park (6), and Eltville House		1888-1914	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
55		Cheshire indentures 1867-76 comprising vellum documents regarding land and properties in Dunham Massey (2) and Bowdon, two with hand-drawn plans.		1867-76	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
56		Rochdale indentures 1839-1902, a group of vellum documents concerning properties and land on Baillie St and Yorkshire St., two with hand-drawn plans.		1839-1902	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
57		Salford documents 1783-1891 (chiefly 1870s) on vellum and paper, mostly concerning land & properties on Chapel Street,		1783-1891	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
58		Masonic menus and related items, few rule books etc, late-19th Century to 1960s, mostly VG/Fine. (58 items)		late-19th Century to 1960s	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
59		Scottish history including Rodger The Transformation of Edinburgh		2001	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
60		Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland		1968-2013	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
61	Keevil	Medieval Palaces - an Archaeology		2000	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
62	Rankine and Millar	A Manual of Machinery and Millwork		1887	GBP 10.00 - 15.00	GBP 8.05
63	edited by John Arlott,	John Speed's England , parts 3 & 4,		1954	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
64		Railway Locomotives, a collection of PC size photos of 1930s/50s steam locos		1930s/50s	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
65		LMS Railway Locomotives and LMS locos with BR livery, a collection of PC size photos			GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 96.60
66		Railway Locomotives 1930s/50s, a collection of PC size photos		1930s/50s	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
67		Some Bus Operators of Guy 'Arab' Buses		1954	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 50.60
68	Oxley	Barton Robin Hood		1983-1994	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
69		North West of England Tram history & nostalgia, chiefly Greater Manchester (including Metrolink) and Blackpool.			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
70		UK Tram history & nostalgia, country-wide, very many of local history interest, largely A4 format, chiefly softbacks. VG/VF (37)			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 50.60
71		Visit to and Inspection of Mr. M. Holroyd Smith's Patent Electrical Car & Line for Tramway Purposes	Manchester	1885	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 105.80
72	Arthur Beavan	Tube, Train, Tram and Car, or Up-To-Date Locomotion		1903	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 46.00
73		Transport in London including Abstract of Laws relating to Proprietors, Drivers and Conductors of Public Carriages within...the City of London		1910	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 69.00
74		The London Underground, history & nostalgia, with several London Transport publications, h/bk and s/bk; together with a work on the Paris Metro.			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
75		Foreign Tram, Trolleybus and Motor Bus, a collection from 1950s to 1990s, chiefly European, some New Zealand, Australia and few others. (64)			GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 57.50
76		Trolleybus Magazine Journal of the Trolleybus Museum Company		1982-1996	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 6.90

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.