Trafford Books: Trafford Book Sale, 440, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 04, 2026 - February 04, 2026

Page Size: 169 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26		Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England City of Cambridge	1959	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
27	Pugin	Examples of Gothic Architecture selected from various Ancient Edifices in England	1895	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
28		Construction & interiors, several in d/jkts including Hewett English Historic Carpentry	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
29	Chadwick	The Park and the Town	1966	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 16.10
30		Scottish Architectural History including Fraser The Building of Old College	1989	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 59.80
31	Quiney	Town Houses of Medieval Britain	2004	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 34.50
32	Lawrence Weaver	Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens	1913	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
33	John Cornforth	Country Houses in Britain - can they survive?	1974	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 17.25
34	Economakis	Acropolis Restoration	1994	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 23.00
35	John Bold	Greenwich: An Architectural History of the Royal Hospital for Seamen	2000	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 57.50
36	Peter Pace	The Architecture of George Pace	1990	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 75.90
37	[Sir Walter Scott]	Six Engravings in Illustration of 'The Antiquary' for Members of The Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
38		John Soane: Architect	1999	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
39		Ian Dury and the Blockheads: a 1980 autographed EP vinyl record sleeve	1980	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
40	J.C. Trewin	Sybil Thorndike	1955	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
41	Marilyn Monroe	Marilyn Monroe: a signed page inscribed Love and Kisses Marilyn Monroe	13th June 1956	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	Not Sold
42		Autograph album of entertainers, 1930s/50s, including signatures of Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Deborah Kerr (signed photo	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 143.75
43		Autograph album of entertainers, 1940s, including signatures of Billy Cotton, Gracie Fields, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner,	N/A	GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 132.25
44		Autograph album with a few signatures including Laurel & Hardy and Frank Sinatra, the latter in pencil and rather faint.	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 172.50
45		Autograph albums, mostly musicians, 1940s, including John Barbirolli, Constant Lambert, Isobel Baillie, and other classical, plus some signed photos	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 50.60
46		Autograph album of 1930s/40s entertainers with signatures of John Mills, Robert Helpman, Leslie Howard, Margot Fonteyn, Jack Buchanan,	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 71.30
47		Press Photos, film stills, lobby cards etc, mostly 10 x 8", largely entertainers, including modern printings of pre-WW2 photos.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 48.30
48		Glamour Photos, a collection of 10 x 8" photos, mostly coloured, including Demi Moore, Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minelli, Diana Dors, Gina Lollabrigida,	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 23.00
49		Autographs of entertainers & TV personalities, a collection of signed photos, mainly 7 x 5", including Paul Barber, Philip Schofield, Ann Mitchell,	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 59.80
50		Entertainers' photos, mostly PC size, all with facsimile autographs, plus few unsigned. Many well-known names. (66)	N/A	GBP 15.00 - 20.00	GBP 11.50

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.