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
81

Film Posters, all American, folded, comprising "The Comedians" 1967; "Daddy Long Legs" 1955 (tear at fold with slight loss); and "Spirits of the Dead"

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 29.90
82 Frank Worth (1923-2000):

three photographs of Marilyn Monroe.

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 71.30
83 Kim Raymond

Kim Raymond: nude study. . Also "Contemplation"

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
84 Kim Novak

Kim Novak: a large autographed photo

GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 12.65
85 Richard Avedon:

"Marilyn Monroe as Jean Harlow" and "Marilyn Monroe as Lillian Russell",

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
86 Thomas Rowlandson

"Thomas Rowlandson: Twelve Works",

1995 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 34.50
87

Architecture interest including McKean "The Scottish Thirties" 1987, and various others

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
88 Ed van der Elsken

"Hong Kong; the way it was",

1997 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 57.50
89 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay: an autographed 1978 cover commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the ascent of Everest,

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 69.00
90

Album of 1960s Photographs, 3.5 x 2.5" or 2.5" square, depicting mostly scenes in Essex, Herts, Bucks and Berks, 22 featuring windmills.

1960s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 29.90
91 Fridtjof Nansen

"Farthest North",

1898 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 19.55
92 Tim Hillier-Graves

"Peppercorn: His Life & Locomotives"

2021 GBP 26.00 - 36.00 Not Sold
93

Railway history & nostalgia, from 1904, a selection of h/bk and s/bk titles. Also a few pamphlets/pocket guides. (38)

1904 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 29.90
94

Box of maritime related books (20), mounted prints and assorted ephemera. (Qty.)

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
95

Hornby Dublo Electric Train Set, EDG7, 1949/50, 3-rail, with 0-6-2 tank locomotive, rolling stock, lineside buildings, accessories, transformer

GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 161.00
96

"The Field 'Fox Hunting Map of Great Britain'",

1930s GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
97

Manchester United 1957-70 memorabilia comprising 11 well-filled scrap albums with numerous newspaper cuttings,

1957-70 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 46.00
98

World Cup 1954 Official Programme for the match Germany v Turkey (23rd June).

1954 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
99

Autograph album compiled 1943 to 2000s including Stanley Matthews, Jock Dodds, Stan Mortensen, Alex Ferguson, Bobby Charlton, John McPhee,

1943 to 2000s GBP 70.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
100

Football Autographs 1920s/1930s, a collection of cigarette & trade cards in vintage album including 223 autographed by the players,

1920s/1930s GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 977.50
101

Football Autographs 1920s/40s, a collection of cigarette cards, postcards (14), cuttings & prints,

1920s/40s GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,104.00
102

Sets, part-sets and odds, including Cope "Boxers" (10/25, first series), Churchman "Sporting Celebrities" (6, including one golfer),

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 52.90
103

Player & Wills modern sets in sleeves including Castella "The Tank Story", Doncella "History of the V.C.", and Tom Thumb "History of Motor Racing"

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
104

Matchbox labels in album, mounted with stamp hinges, some in sets / series. (318)

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 11.50
105

Football cigarette & trade card odds in large plastic sleeves; wide range including Hill "Famous Footballers" 1923 (18), Pattreiouex 1920s (16),

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 82.80
  • 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.
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    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.
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    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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