• Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500.
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.

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

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 09, 2024 - October 09, 2024
Page Size: 214 items in 9 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101

UK 1930 One Pound, signed Catterns, serial T, light central creasing, tiny tone mark; and 1940 One Pound, Peppiatt, serials DH, ND and UE,

UK 1930 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 46.00
102

UK 1938 Five Pounds, signed Peppiatt, London issue, rust mark and pin-hole upper left, top right corner missing, faint central creasing.

UK 1938 GBP 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
103

UK Peppiatt signed notes comprising 1934 One Pound, serial 07N and EA; 1940 Ten Shillings ZD (first issue) and JD, both VF; and 1948 One Pound SA

UK 1934 GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 82.80
104

UK 1940-48 One Pound, signed Peppiatt, blue, a selection with two UNC, others with pressed creasing including serial XH. (8)

UK 1940-48 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 57.50
105

UK 1948-49 One Pound, signed Peppiatt, serial 'S...S', scarce replacement note, slight central crease, VF

UK 1948-49 GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 71.30
106

UK 1950 Ten Shillings (3, one UNC) and One Pound (7), signed Beale, most with faint central crease, one Ten Shillings with slight stain upper right,

UK 1950 GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 46.00
107

UK 1952 Five Pounds, signed Beale, serial W, pressed creasing, small ink annotation upper right, light grease stain extreme right.

UK 1952 GBP 70.00 - 90.00 GBP 69.00
108

UK 1950 Ten Shillings, signed Beale, serials RZ, MZ, TZ and EZ, three UNC, the other with light central fold; and 1967 Ten Shillings, signed Fforde,

UK 1950 GBP 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
109

UK 1952 Five Pounds, signed Beale, serial W, faint creasing o/w VF/EF.

UK 1952 GBP 100.00 - 130.00 GBP 138.00
110

UK 1955-63 banknotes signed O'Brien, a selection comprising Ten Shillings 1955, serial BZ, and 1963 serial D (UNC) & E;

UK 1955-63 GBP 100.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
111

UK 1956 Five Pounds, signed O'Brien, serial BA, pressed creasing, two small tone marks, near VF.

UK 1956 GBP 70.00 - 90.00 GBP 69.00
112

UK 1963 Five Pounds, signed Hollom, comprising A66 with pressed creasing, and E61 and N33 in UNC condition. (3)

UK 1963 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 64.40
113

UK 1967 Five Pounds, signed Fforde, serial X, pressed creasing; and Ten Pounds, signed Fforde, serial A, two examples, one UNC,

UK 1967 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 69.00
114

UK 1971-78 Five Pounds (3) and Ten Pounds (3), signed Page, comprising 1971 Five Pounds serial 48D (also used for Fforde notes) UNC;

UK 1971-78 GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 105.80
115

UK 1984 Ten Pounds, signed Somerset, prefix AZ and BZ, the latter UNC; and 1987 Five Pounds, serial RC (last series). VF/EF (3).

UK 1984 GBP 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
116

UK 1988 banknotes signed Gill comprising Five Pounds, Ten Pounds (3, two UNC), and Twenty Pounds (4, two UNC). One Ten Pound note with much creasing,

UK 1988 GBP 140.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
117

UK 1988 Fifty Pounds, signed Gill, serial D71, two examples with consecutive serial numbers, light central vertical folds o/w VF. (2)

UK 1988 GBP 130.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
118

UK 1991/92 Ten Pounds, signed Kentfield, UNC; and two 1990s Kentfield Twenty Pound notes, one UNC, the other with light creases and printing error.

UK 1991/92 GBP 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
119

UK Five Pound notes, a modern selection comprising signed Lowther (5, three UNC), Kentfield (4, one UNC), Gill (2), Salmon (3, UNC), Bailey (3, UNC),

UK GBP 140.00 - 170.00 GBP 126.50
120

UK Ten Pound notes, a modern selection, largely UNC, comprising signed Lowther (2), Salmon (2), Kentfield (3, one circulated), Cleland (15 two difft.)

UK GBP 330.00 - 370.00 GBP 333.50
121

UK Twenty Pound notes, a modern UNC selection, comprising signed Bailey (2, different types), Lowther (2), Salmon (2) and Cleland (1). (7 items)

UK GBP 170.00 - 200.00 GBP 172.50
122

WWI Military mail, British & American Forces, including Y.M.C.A. (3) and Red Cross (2) covers (two with original letters enclosed), 1916 OHMS cover

1916 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
123

November 1918 cover from Belgian Congo to the UK, routed via Sudan, with 25c cancelled ABA cds, PASSED BY CENSOR / 1 / SUDAN and transit backstamps

1918 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
124

WWI to 1925 British Naval mail comprising PPCs (6), Covers (8) and a front, most with dumb cancels, including PASSED BY CENSOR cachets

WWI-1925 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
125

WW2 Dutch East Indies internee mail comprising 1941 inter-camp PC from a German internee held in Alas-Vallei camp to his wife in Taroetoeng camp;

1941 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
  • ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
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