Trafford Books Auction 440

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,		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		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		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,		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
84		Hornby 20732 '00' gauge 2-4-2 locomotive with motorised tender, slight wear.		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)		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,		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 96.60
87		Chad Valley pre-WW2 Conjuring kit in original box, fairly complete, box in poor condition.		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
88		A vintage Waddy - Physogs card game		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		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		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
92		Scouting interest in sets comprising Ogden's - Boy Scouts		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		GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 172.50
96		Football collection in two modern albums with many sets including Churchman - Footballers		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		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		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
Forum Auctions
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Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000

Forum Auctions
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Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
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Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000

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