Trafford Books: Books and Ephemera, 436, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 13, 2025 - August 13, 2025
Page Size: 181 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Newspapers and Journals, mostly British and some French, 18th & 19th century, but around 25% German including a bundle of early 1930s.

18th & 19th century GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 69.00
2 Paustovsky

Various including firsts in d/jkts of Paustovsky "Years of Hope", "The Restless Years", and "Southern Adventure"; ...

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 17.25
3

A collection of 'World's Classics'

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
4

A collection of 'World's Classics'

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
5 Lynton Lamb

Lynton Lamb illustrated books,

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
6

Selection of cuttings from vintage magazines set in card mounts; and four early-19th Century playbills for the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 9.20
7

Miscellany in carton including "Olympia" magazine issue No.1, 1962; set of 84 Marilyn Monroe trade cards; three sets of cigarette cards;

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 32.20
8

"Partisan Review" 1947 (5 issues), Joseph Toole "Fighting Through Life" 1935, "World Review" 1950 (George Orwell number)

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 96.60
9

including Isaac Asimov "The Winds of Change", Granada 1983; Winston Graham "Warleggan" 1953

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
10 Sir Walter Scott

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

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
11 George Eliot

"The Novels of George Eliot",

1890s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 36.80
12 Robert Burns

"The Works of Robert Burns; with an Account of his Life, and a Criticism on his Writings",

London 1801 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 55.20
13 Arthur Ransome

"The Hoofmarks of the Faun",

1911 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 48.30
14 Arthur Ransome

"The Imp and the Elf and the Ogre",

1910 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 82.80
15 Arthur Ransome

Arthur Ransome, a collection, mostly his works for children published by Cape (UK) and Lippincott (USA) i

(UK) and (USA) GBP 100.00 - 130.00 GBP 80.50
16 Dornford Yates (pseud. of Cecil William Mercer).

Dornford Yates (pseud. of Cecil William Mercer). A collection of fiction

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 34.50
17 Zane Grey,

Zane Grey, a collection of Westerns and similar including h/bks (41)

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 46.00
18 Howard Spring

Howard Spring fiction published by Collins including "All the Day Long"

GBP 10.00 - 15.00 GBP 8.05
19 H. Rider Haggard:

H. Rider Haggard: early 20th Century 2-page autograph letter signed, written from his residence in Bungay.

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 46.00
20 George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw: 1950 autograph letter signed

1950 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 92.00
21 George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw: 1940 autograph letter signed on a photographic postcard of the author, thanking the recipient for a photo of Ensor Walters

1940 GBP 150.00 - 180.00 GBP 115.00
22 Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton: 1954 autograph letter signed, on reverse of a postcard, written to Grace Kimber who had recently joined the Famous Five Club.

1954 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 69.00
23 Catherine Cookson

Catherine Cookson: autograph letter signed, from her home in Corbridge

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 46.00
24 John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy: 1915 autograph letter signed, from his flat in London, commenting on the death of his mother.

1915 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 46.00
25 T.E. Lawrence

T.E. Lawrence (a.k.a. 'Lawrence of Arabia'): 1922 autograph letter signed, on reverse of a postcard of Crackington Haven, posted from Boscastle.

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 690.00
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
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    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000