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	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
202	Foreign with main interest in Burma, Aden, Jamaica, & few Muscat, plus nice Transvaal embossed stamp card.		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 23.00
203	UK Topography & subjects, 1900s to 1950s, including Tuck's 'Empire' dreadnoughts (5) and other Naval interest;		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 75.90
204	Australia (284) and New Zealand (50) early 20th Century collection		GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 126.50
205	Chester, Deeside and area, mostly PU 1900s to a Miss Evans, plus few later		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 94.30
206	Comic selection 1900s to 1930s including McGill, Cynicus, Tom Browne, G.M. Payne (set of 6) and other named artists.		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 48.30
207	Comic selection with many Edwardian		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
208	Comic selection with many Edwardian		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 46.00
209	Edwardian Actresses, mainly RPs. Good variety. Some mixed condition. (200)		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 19.55
210	Film Stars, Hollywood glamour, comprising Greta Garbo (24), Jean Harlow (4), Mae West (3) Joan Crawford (8) and Marlene Dietrich (11).		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
211	Hampshire & I.O.Wight, plus few Wiltshire, including street scenes of Portsmouth, Brighstone, Yateley, Westend, Titchfield (RP), Ramsbury (RP),		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
212	Kent topography: a selection of Sevenoaks (10), Riverhead (16) and district, largely RPs including 14 street scenes and Sevenoaks golf course.		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 46.00
213	Lancashire coast, mainly Thornton Cleveleys, a 1900s/60s collection in modern album, with street scenes of Cleveleys (23), RP Fleetwood Floods 1918,	1900s/60s	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 59.80
214	Military interest with WWI RPs of British soldiers (11), various 'Daily Mails' including high numbers, RPs by Chew of Aldershot of a military funeral		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 52.90
215	Novelty pull-outs featuring Postmen, with duplication of types, but with pull-out views of many different UK towns.		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 132.25
216	Pillar Boxes and some other postal themes: a collection 1900s/1930s, mainly humorous including Donald McGill (12) and other named artists.	1900s/1930s	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 96.60
217	Postal themes, a good collection in modern album, with early Postmen of the World (47), later novelty pull-outs (21, most featuring pillar boxes),		GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 103.50
218	Postal themes, a collection of modern cards in four albums, issued by the Letter Box Study Group, Telecom Technology Showcase, Post Office Regions		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 75.90
219	Sport Photographs 1947-1954 by Wilkes & Son of West Bromwich, comprising Manchester City, Huddersfield Town, Arsenal, Sunderland, Burnley,	1947-1954	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 85.10
220	North Wales & Anglesey 1900s/1950s, mostly PU to a Miss Evans of Chester, including street scenes of St. Asaph (RP), Rhosneigr, Ruthin (3, two RPs);	1900s/1950s	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 48.30
221	WWI Embroidered Silks (40) with envelope types (20), patriotic, etc		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 82.80
222	WWI Embroidered silks - To My Dear Sister, a duplicated accumulation, most with blue lettering,		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
223	Woven Silk - Cartwright Memorial Inaugural Exhibition Bradford 1904	1904	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 36.80
224	Huddersfield & area with street scenes of Denby Dale, Huddersfield (8), and Fartown		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 32.20
225	United Kingdom 1887 Sovereign, Sydney mint, near EF.	1887	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 724.50
226	UK 1902 Specimen Coin set of 13 coins including Maundy money, in the issued case, fine. Coronation issue.	1902	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 7,590.00

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.