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
102		Sports interest, a collection of 17 sets in album including Churchman - Sporting Trophies		GBP 160.00 - 200.00	GBP 161.00
103		Rugby interest, an album of 11 sets and a part-set; including Wills - Rugby Internationals		GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 46.00
104		Cricket interest, an album of seven sets including D.C. Thomson - County Cricketers		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
105		Three modern albums with 36 cigarette card sets, chiefly Wills, Player and Ogden's, plus Churchman - Legends of Britain		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
106		Selection of 11 sets in modern album including Churchman - Rugby Internationals		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 34.50
107		Football sets, 1930s, comprising Phillips - Soccer Stars		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
108		Cricket interest with Carreras - Cricketers 1934, the set of 30	1934	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
109		Golf interest with B. Morris - Golf Stroke Series		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
110		Architecture interest, eight sets in modern album including Wills - Lighthouses		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
111		Naval interest, a selection of sets comprising Wills - Nelson Series	1905	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
112		Maritime interest, five sets comprising Ogden - Smugglers & Smuggling		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
113		Cigarette Card sets (7) including Lea - Miniatures		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 23.00
114		Album of Transport sets including Lambert & Butler - Aviation and Motor Cars		GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 69.00
115		Fauna and Flora, a collection of 16 sets in plastic sleeves including Wills - Dogs	(L, 1914 and 1915)	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 34.50
116		Military interest: seven sets in modern album including Wills (Scissors) - Heroic Deeds	1913	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 41.40
117		Horse Racing sets in modern album comprising Ogden's - Owners Racing Colours & Jockeys	1914	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 57.50
118		Cricket sets 1900s to modern in album, including Drapkin - Australian and English Cricketers		GBP 100.00 - 130.00	GBP 92.00
119		A.& B.C. Gum - Beatles	1964	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 57.50
120		A.& B.C. Gum - Footballer Picture Cards	1966	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
121		A.& B.C. Gum - Footballers	1970	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 66.70
122		Amalgamated Press - Football Fame Series	1936	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 55.20
123		Cricket: Yorkshire County		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 155.25
124		Football: Manchester City	c.1900.	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 23.00
125	J. Baines	Rugby: Yorkshire		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 82.80
126	J. Baines	Rugby: New Zealand	c.1900.	GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 126.50

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.