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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
28 Philip Pullman

"His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass",

2005 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 166.75
29

Selection of signed first editions in d/jkt comprising Stephen Fry "Making History", Andrew Morton "Monica's Story"signed by Monica Lewinsky,

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
30 Capt. W.E. Johns

'Biggles' selection, , including "Biggles Air Commodore" and "Spitfire Parade"

1939-50 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 94.30
31 Arthur Ransome

First editions comprising "We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea", "The Big Six", "Missee Lee", "The Picts and the Martyrs",

1937-47 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
32

Mixed fiction with several firsts in d/jkt including Isaac Asimov "The Winds of Change" Granada

1983 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
33 Sir Walter Scott

Chronicles of the Canongate 1st & 2nd series, in five vols; together with "The Antiquary" in three vols; and other historical novels

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 89.70
34

English Literature with works by Graham Greene, Storm Jameson, Ted Hughes, and a variety of others, with several first editions. Many in d/jkts.

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
35 Edgar Allan Poe

"Le Corbeau - The Raven" illustrated by Edouard Manet, facsimile of the Richard Lesclide edition of 1875,

1995 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
36

American comics with Marvel, DC and other issuers,

1980s/1990s GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 82.80
37 Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers ink-signed vintage photograph, 10 x 8", VG.

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
38 Lucianao Pavarotti

Lucianao Pavarotti: fine ink-signed promotional photo dated

1996 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
39

Collection of Press Association photographs of Twiggy (18), Liza Minnelli (20) and Leslie Grantham (29), all ex T.V. Times archives,

1970s/80s GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 23.00
40

Autographs of actresses including fine signed 10 x 8" photos of Uma Thurman (in "Kill Bill") and Lucy Lawless (as Zena, Warrior Princess). (5)

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 21.85
41

Erotic Art photographic reproductions, issued by the Salon de Paris, a group of nine in original packet.

1920s GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 11.50
46

Cinema Lobby Cards (31), b/w, including "Hiroshima Mon Amour "(2), Ingmar Bergman's "Night is My Future" (6), "Eyes Without a Face" (6)

c.1948-1960, GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 25.30
47 Trevor Watson

"Cheek!"

2000 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
48 Sylvie Jones

Selection comprising limited edition prints (10), two signed by the artist, and "A Wicked Pack"

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
49 John Ogdon

John Ogdon (pianist & composer, 1937-89): an autographed recital programme,

1960 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 11.50
50

The Pamela Green Nude Posing Guide Nos.1, 2 and 3,

late-1950s / early 1960s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 17.25
51

The Light Across The Street,

1955 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 17.25
52

Seven Samurai, directed by Akira Kurosowa, a group of three original publicity photos,

1954, GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 23.00
53

Julie Newmar: fine autographed 10 x 8" photo in her role as 'Catwoman' with certificate of authenticity.

GBP 15.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
54 Kim Raymond

Kim Raymond: nude study. Photo-litho print, oval, 8.5 x 5.75", number 238 of 500, numbered and signed in pencil to the image.

GBP 15.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
55 Richard Avedon

Marilyn Monroe as Jean Harlow and Marilyn Monroe as Lillian Russell, large photo-litho prints,

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
56 Ferruccio Farina

"Venus Unveiled"

1989 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 17.25
  • 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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  • Swann
    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.