Trafford Books: Trafford Book Sale, 440, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 04, 2026 - February 04, 2026

Page Size: 169 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51		Album of autographed photos of entertainers, TV presenters, etc, PC size, including James Garner, Cicely Courtneidge, Nigel Hawthorne, Lee Evans,		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 105.80
52		Autograph interest including signed 10 x 8" photos of Twiggy, Jeanette Landis and Bruce Forsyth; Dave Berry signed book and photo;		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 59.80
53		Stair Society publications including Andrew McDouall [Bankton] An Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 34.50
54	Rodger	The Transformation of Edinburgh	2001	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 46.00
55	Gransden	Bury St. Edmunds Medieval Art, Architecture, Archaeology and Economy	1998	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 23.00
56		Hertfordshire Archaeology Vols.4, 5 & 7,	1974-79	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
57	Peter Hill	Whithorn & St Ninian - The Excavation of a Monastic Town 1984-91	1998	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 69.00
58		Scottish History and Culture, mostly h/bk, some in d/jkts, VG/VF (25)		GBP 15.00 - 20.00	GBP 13.80
59		Scottish history with several works on its architectural heritage, h/bk and s/bk. VG/VF (30)		GBP 15.00 - 20.00	GBP 9.20
60		Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland	1968-2013	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 11.50
61	Ockert & Urbanke	Die Panther-Abteilung 'Brandenburg' 1945	2019	GBP 15.00 - 20.00	GBP 23.00
62	Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII):	Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII): a signed menu for The Missions to Seamen Festival Dinner at Mansion House 1932, signed	1932	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
63		Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. 1900s to 1990s, a fine collection of PPCs, ephemera, many ferry tickets, and philatelic covers,		GBP 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
64		Railway photographs, North America (35) and UK, including a selection of LMS road vehicles. Includes reprints. Mostly 8 x 6" to 10 x 8" (50)		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 48.30
65		Railway Locomotives, a collection of PC size photos of 1930s/50s steam locos, chiefly BR, much London Midland region, 400 in all;		GBP 50.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
66		Railway Locomotives 1930s/50s, a collection of PC size photos, mostly GWR and LMS, some British Railways, good to VF. (c.400)		GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 41.40
67		The London Underground, history & nostalgia, with several London Transport publications, h/bk and s/bk; together with a work on the Paris Metro.		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 27.60
68		The Modern Tramway	1949-1991	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 9.20
69		Middleton Press 'Tramway Classics' series, mostly London and South of England, with good local history content. Pictorial boards. Fine (26)		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
70	Horne & Maund	Liverpool Transport	1975-1991	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 27.60
71		The Bradford Trolleybus System	c.1970	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 17.25
72	Brookes	Trent Motor Traction Co.Ltd	1986	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
73		Tram history and nostalgia, plus some works on modern light rail, h/bk and s/bk; includes pamphlets and some on trams in Sweden & Denmark. (46)		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
74		Tram history and nostalgia with several of Scottish interest, h/bk and s/bk. Includes pamphlets and some foreign titles. (59)		GBP 50.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
75		An Account of the Chiswick Works of the London General Omnibus Company (The Re-Birth of the Motor-Omnibus)	1922	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £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.