• Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    April 16, 2026
    Doyle, Apr. 16: Twelve miscellaneous volumes on Italian history and literature. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: A fine collection of Company school paintings of Mughal monuments. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: A Book of Hours of Rouen with eight miniatures. $30,000 to $45,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: Einstein discusses General Relativity and the Unified Field Theory. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: An extraordinary letter from Thomas Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: Extraordinary color plates of the geology of St. Helena. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: The deluxe issue of Rorer's Mimpish Squinnies. $800 to $1,200.
  • Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.

Trafford Books: Trafford Book Sale, 440, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 04, 2026 - February 04, 2026
Page Size: 169 items in 7 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Goodeve

Text-Book on the Steam Engine

 1887 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 59.80
2

Carton of softback publications including pamphlets, many Architecture related. VG/VF (94).

 N/A GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 82.80
3

Manchester Evening News

1943 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
4

Cameras and accessories, a selection, including an MPP Microflex TLR Twin-lens reflex, 120 film; a Rolleiflex 3.5 Tessar; a Nikon FE2 35mm;

 N/A GBP 280.00 - 320.00 Not Sold
5 Donald Jones

Escape from Sulmona

1980 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 34.50
6

Autograph album, 1960s/70s, including Morecambe & Wise (three of each), Michael Caine, Pat Phoenix, Kathy Kirby, Noel Cantwell, Bobby Charlton

 N/A GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 62.10
7

Autograph album, 1940s, with signatures of Laurence Olivier, Lord Beaverbrook, Vivien Leigh, Harold Macmillan, John Gielgud, Oscar Rabin, Vera Lynn,

 N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 71.30
8

Autograph album, mostly with signatures obtained 1919 at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, but with others added in 1961 with the Ryder Cup teams of GB

 N/A GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 149.50
9

Autograph album, late-1940s/early-1950s, with signatures of Chico Marx, Betty Hutton, Laurel & Hardy, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Vivien Leigh,

 N/A GBP 300.00 - 350.00 GBP 460.00
10

Two autograph albums, 1930s/40s, including signatures of Leslie Howard, Gracie Fields, George Formby, Don Bradman, Tyrone Power, Paul Robeson,

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 120.75
11

Autograph album and many loose pages, c.1918-1940s, including signatures of Maurice Chevalier, Tallulah Bankhead, Suzanne Lenglen (tennis star),

 N/A GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 85.10
12

Autographs in folder, with signed photos, letters, programmes etc, including John Glen (director), Zubin Mehta, Peter Cushing (cut signature),

 N/A GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 50.60
13

Autographed photos, PC size, in album including Geraldine McEwan, Sonia, Zoe Wannaker, Susan Hampshire, Frank Finlay, Steve Cram, Robin Cousins,

 N/A GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 71.30
14 Paul Eddington

Paul Eddington signed copies of The Complete Yes Minister

N/A GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 41.40
15

Box of old Autograph albums including signatures of entertainers, footballers, personal friends and others, plus quotations, few watercolour sketches

 N/A GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 41.40
16 Hugh MacDiarmid

A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle

1962 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 32.20
17 Kitty Laverty

Kitty Laverty: an archive comprising published books (18),

 N/A GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 64.40
18 Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1907 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 46.00
19

Horror Films posters, all UK quads, comprising The Blair Witch Project

N/A GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 29.90
20 Charlie Cairoli and Paul (Freeman):

an ink-signed PPC, together with an unsigned Blackpool Tower Circus programme of 1969.

 N/A GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 13.80
21 Diana Dors:

Diana Dors: fine signed 8.5 x 6.5" photo alongside the Mayor of Charnwood, during her visit to Leicestershire in 1981, plus related newscutting.

 N/A GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 23.00
22 Hepworth & Massey

Keith Vaughan - The Mature Oils 1946-1977

2012 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 57.50
23 Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams:

Natural Affinities

2008 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 34.50
24

Fashion Plates of French origin, mid-19th Century, large format, hand-coloured. Overall 36 x 29cm (9)

 N/A GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
25

Entertainers' autographs, a selection of signed photos, mostly 10 x 8", including Bette Davis, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Marlene Dietrich,

 N/A GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 120.75
  • Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.
    Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.
    Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.
  • S&D Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    Rare Maps, Prints & Art 1478-1882
    April 16, 2026
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Ptolemy. North Africa from Ulm edition. Unique copy. 1482-86.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Blaeu. Masterpiece world map. c.1659.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Unknown. Sea Flags printed on silk. Rare. c.1840.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Fredrik Kolstø. Aftenstemning ved Kysten. c.1890-t.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Knut Yran. OL-plakaten Oslo 1952.