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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
77	John Birks	National Bus Company 1968-1989	1990	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 11.50
78	Folkard & Platt	Devon General - a Pictorial History	1994	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 11.50
79		Foreign Tramway history & modern surveys, chiefly European especially Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, h/bk and s/bk. (29)		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 11.50
80		The Modern Tramway	1949-1991	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
81		Golf Autographs, a collection in folder, including signed photos of Arnold Palmer, Severiano Ballesteros (plus signed FDC), Larry Mize, Tony Jacklin,		GBP 100.00 - 120.00	GBP 143.75
82		Manchester United programmes 1957-65, mostly early 1960s		GBP 15.00 - 20.00	GBP 11.50
83		A Super Nintendo Entertainment System with instruction booklet, good condition.		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
84		Trade & Cigarette card sets including Jibco - Screen Stars	1956,	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 64.40
85		Cricket sets comprising Barratt - Test Cricketers 'A' Series	1956,	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 89.70
86		Cigarette & Trade card sets including Player (O'seas) - Lawn Tennis	1928,	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 101.20
87		Football sets in modern album including B.A.T. - Guernsey Footballers	1938,	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 46.00
88		Good collection of 16 sets in modern album with strength in Ogden's including - Derby Entrants 1929		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 73.60
89		Collection of 13 sets in modern album including Hill - The Railway Centenary		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 69.00
90		Good collection of 16 sets in modern album, including Churchman - Lawn Tennis		GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 69.00
91		Football interest, a selection in modern album including Phillips - Footballers 'K' size	1922-23	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 105.80
92		Football interest, five sets in album comprising A.& B.C. Gum - Footballers 1972 (orange & red backs, #110-219)		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
93		Football interest, a collection of 15 Trade Card sets in album, including D.C. Thomson - Star Teams of 1961 (with Victor Sports Wallet);		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 73.60
94		Football interest, a collection of 12 Trade Card sets including Pluck - Famous Football Teams	1922	GBP 120.00 - 140.00	GBP 115.00
95		Football interest, an album of 9 Trade Card sets including Fleetway - Star Footballers of 1963		GBP 70.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
96		Album of 10 Cigarette Card sets including Churchman - Kings of Speed		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 34.50
97		Album of 16 VG/VF sets including Edwards Ringer & Bigg - Mining		GBP 100.00 - 120.00	GBP 115.00
98		Cinema, TV & Performing Arts, 11 sets in modern album including Barratt - Tom & Jerry and Thunderbirds		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 57.50
99		Animals, Birds etc, a selection of 11 sets in modern album including Ogden's - Dogs	1936	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 69.00
100		Transport interest, a selection of six sets including Lambert & Butler - World's Locomotives		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 23.00
101		Trade Card sets in plastic sleeves, 1950s to 1990s, including Kent Constabulary - Olympic Athletes		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 69.00

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.