Trafford Books: Books, Autographs, Banknotes, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History, 429, Manchester

"A Most Compleat Compendium of Geography", London, 1691, worn leather, 2pp of maps, bookplate of Robert Bertie,

Irish Free State Sweepstake Tickets, 1932: a complete booklet of twelve unused tickets with stapled cover. Staple rusted o/w fine.

Carton of ephemera including 19th Century newspapers & journals (mainly Foreign), 20th Century greetings and lettercards,

Autographed commemorative covers, a selection 1985-2005, with signatures of Harold Wilson, Sue Ryder, Edmund Hillary (2, the same), Tony Benn,

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", The Bodley Head, n.d., eight fine colour plates by W.H. Walker, gift inscription dated 1932, VG;

Album of 19th Century carte-de-visite (30) and cabinet photos, mostly family portraits, apparently of Merseyside origin. Mixed quality. (44 photos)

Autograph reference with about 130 photos/ postcards many with facsimile signatures, plus magazines, biographical notes of celebrities

Autographed photos, cuttings, fliers and pages in album including Mary Peters, Harry Worth, Linda Lusardi, Damien Thomas, Lenny Henry, Amanda Barrie,

Autographed First Day Covers including signatures of Terry Waite, Annabel Croft, Geoff Capes (2), Ann Jones, Willie Carson, Edward de Souza,

"Encyclopaedia Britannica", 1771, facsimile edition, three volumes, in leatherette bindings. Some foxing spots. (3)

Autograph collection in five scrap albums, plus programmes (4) and books (4), mainly entertainers especially pop & rock musicians,

Autographed First Day Covers in two albums, including signatures of Bobby Charlton, Frank Bruno, Johnny Morris, Clare Francis, Spike Milligan,

Autograph album, 1952/56, with signed pages plus few autographed fliers & photos laid down; including Denis Compton, Arthur Askey, Peter Brough,

"Sibford Magazine" and Annual Reports, 1931-73, issued by the Quaker school at Sibford, Banbury. Few early issues in mixed condition, mostly VG/Fine.

F. Hackwood "Staffordshire Worthies", 1911, gilt cloth; "The History of the House of Stanley....to which is added a Complete History of the Isle of Man"

"Illustrated London News" for 1947, complete in two bound volumes, spines faded, very clean internally. (2)

Amalgamated Press 'Picture Library' small format comics, 1950s/ 60s, including Cowboy Comics (9), Thriller Comics (5), Detective Library (3),

"For Your Eyes Only", signed First Edition. Jonathan Cape, 1960, original cloth, gilt title, 'Eye' design in white to front board,

"Yellow Submarine", New English Library, 1968, signed by all four Beatles. Paperback, pictorial wraps with light creasing,

A Medieval Monastic Missal, probably 15th Century. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, incomplete, comprising 4pp summary of contents, 54pp of text,

"Lancashire Folk-Lore", 1867,1st Edn., half-leather,gilt; James Whittaker "I, James Whittaker", 1934 1st Ed

'Comic Library' softbacks, 1980s / early-2000s, comprising "Beano" (59) and "Football Picture Story Monthly" (70). Largely fine.

Assorted Comics, 1940 to modern, with many late-1980s & 1990s issues of "Dandy". Mostly fine, but 1940s issues of "The Magnet" with filing holes.

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and William M. Rossetti: "The Germ" and "Art and Poetry", Elliot Stock 1901, a facsimile of the 1850 edition

"Ian Fleming: The Bibliography", Queen Anne Press, 2012, preface by Fergus Fleming, signed on title page by Jon Gilbert & Fergus Fleming