Trafford Books: Books, Autographs, Photographs, Cigarette & Trade Cards, Postcards, and Postage Stamps., 437, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 24, 2025 - September 24, 2025

Page Size: 161 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Carton of Photographs, Victorian to modern			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 132.25
2		Selection of author signed books including Antony Sher "Characters"		1989	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 23.00
3		Album of 6 x 4cm portrait photos by Arthur Wills of Birmingham,		1909	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
4		A collection of 'World's Classics' including 18 with jackets designed by Lynton Lamb.			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
5		A collection of 'World's Classics' including 49 in dust-jackets. Includes a few early editions by Grant Richards. (91)			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
6		Lynton Lamb illustrated books			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
9		Collection of Signed Commemorative Covers in album & loose, including autographs of Max von Sydow, Field Marshall Geoffrey Baker, Charles Saatchi,			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 132.25
10		Crime & Punishment: four 18th Century copper engravings comprising "The Woman in the Cage on London Bridge"; "The manner of burying Wm.Wiseman			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 36.80
11		Souvenir Royal Visit Ashton-under-Lyne		1913	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 27.60
12	Philip Norman	"London Vanished & Vanishing"		1905	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.30
13	M.J. MacManus	"Eamon de Valera: A Biography",	Dublin	1947	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
14		Facsimiles of Royal, Historical, Literary and other Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: First Series Nos. 1-30			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
15		Armed Forces autographs		19th Century to modern	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 241.50
16		Autographs of clergy with many Archbishops and Bishops,		19th Century to modern	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 59.80
17		Irish Politicians, a collection of autographs including Eamon de Valera (signed page); signed photos of Albert Reynolds (2), Charles Haughey,			GBP 100.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
18		UK politicians autographs,		1970s/2000	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 43.70
19	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt: an autographed compliments card from the White House.			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 172.50
20	Sir John See	Sir John See (Prime Minister of New South Wales): a typed letter ink-signed by John See		1904	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 50.60
21	Winston S. Churchill	Winston S. Churchill (as Chancellor of the Exchequer): an autographed page from Treasury Chambers on embossed notepaper.			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 264.50
22		An album of Autographs, mostly signed pages, some complete letters, mainly politicians, clergy & peers		1880s to 1980s,	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 540.50
23	Alan Garner	"Thursbitch"		2003	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
24	Alan Garner	"The Moon of Gomrath"		1963	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 437.00
25	Alan Garner	"The Weirdstone of Brisingamen"		1960	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 874.00
26	Alan Garner	"The Weirdstone of Brisingham"		1984	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 94.30
27		A selection of signed books, chiefly poetry, with many first editions; includes works signed by Andrew Motion (6) and A.E.Coppard (2). VG/VF (16)			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 59.80

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.