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
76		The London Bus Review	1973	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
77	Brian Hardy	London Underground Rolling Stock	1976-1993	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 50.60
78	Ken Blacker	The STLs	1984	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 43.70
79		Two autograph albums 1950s/60s, mostly Football autographs including the 1960 teams of Manchester Utd and Manchester City,	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
80		Don Bradman: an autographed pictorial envelope, together with The Bradman Albums	1988	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 23.00
81		Tri-ang R.354 Lord of the Isles	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 23.00
82		Hornby #2024 '00' gauge 2-8-0 Express Goods Train set (incomplete) comprising fine Evening Star	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
83		Quantity of '00' gauge railway lineside and station buildings, goods wagons (2) and accessories, mostly VG/Fine,	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
84		Hornby 20732 '00' gauge 2-4-2 locomotive with motorised tender, slight wear.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
85		Selection of kit-built '00' gauge locomotives, 1950s, four with tenders, all well-constructed and expertly painted. (6 + tenders)	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 57.50
86		Meccano 1940 clockwork Motor Car Constructor comprising constructed saloon car, attachments, and instruction booklet. Some wear and lacking key,	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 96.60
87		Chad Valley pre-WW2 Conjuring kit in original box, fairly complete, box in poor condition.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
88		A vintage Waddy - Physogs card game	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
89		Box with 48 Trade & Cigarette Card sets in plastic sleeves with many Brooke Bond including - Poly Filla Modelling Cards	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
90		Football sets in modern album including R. & J. Hill - Famous Footballers	1939	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
91		Football sets in album including Gallaher - Footballers in Action	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
92		Scouting interest in sets comprising Ogden's - Boy Scouts	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 94.30
93		Motor Cycling sets comprising Lambert & Butler - Motor Cycles	1923	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 105.80
94		Film, TV & Radio interest in sets comprising R. & J. Hill - Who's Who in British Films	1927	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 59.80
95		Sports interest, mostly in sets including Player's - Championship Golf Courses	N/A	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 172.50
96		Football collection in two modern albums with many sets including Churchman - Footballers	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
97		Cricket sets including Millhoff - Famous Test Cricketers	1928	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
98		Carton with 30 sets in two modern albums & plastic sleeves including Gallaher - Tricks & Puzzles Series	1933	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
99		Trade card selection comprising A. & B.C. Gum - Battle Cards	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 36.80
100		Sport part-sets & odds, mostly Football and Cricket, very mixed condition but with many VG/VF including Ardath - Famous Footballers	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold

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.