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
101		Various comprising Brooke Bond - British Wild Life	1958	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
102		Football interest, an album of 9 Trade Card sets including Fleetway - Star Footballers of 1963	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
103		Cricket interest, an album of seven sets including D.C. Thomson - County Cricketers	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
104		A.& B.C. Gum - Footballers (Football Facts)	1969	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 50.60
105		A.& B.C. Gum - Footballers (yellow backs)	1968	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
106		A.& B.C. Gum - Footballers (Star Players)	1967	GBP 60.00 - 70.00	GBP 78.20
107		A.& B.C. Gum - Footballer Picture Cards	1966	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 143.75
108		J. Baines - Cricket. A selection including - England	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 299.00
109		J. Baines - Football. - Bradford City	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 368.00
110		J. Baines - Football and Rugby. An Oldham and Rochdale selection including - Oldham Athletic	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 356.50
111		J. Baines - Rugby. A Yorkshire selection comprising - Skipton	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 299.00
112		J. Baines - Rugby. A selection of Yorkshire clubs and players, mostly West Riding, notably Halifax and Hunslet.	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 483.00
113		J. Baines - Sport. A collection of the shaped cards in modern album, with main interest in Rugby, plus some soccer & few other sports	N/A	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 7,130.00
114		J. Baines - Football: Played Sunderland	c.1900	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 62.10
115	Barratt & Co	Soccer Stars	1973	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
116	Bassett & Co (Barratt)	Football 1978-79	1978-79	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 101.20
117	Bristol-Myers Co.	Speed	1964	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 34.50
118	British American Tobacco	Famous Footballers	1923	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
119	Carreras	Footballers	1934	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 57.50
120	Carreras	Cricketers	1934	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
121	Churchman	Racing Greyhounds , and Ogden's Greyhound Racing	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
122		Churchman standard size sets comprising Men of the Moment in Sport	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
123	Churchman	Famous Golfers 1927, the set of 50, including Bobby Jones (two different) and Walter Hagen (two different).	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 172.50
124	Cope Bros.	Characters from Scott	1900	GBP 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
125	J.S. Fry & Sons	Nursery Rhymes	1917	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 43.70

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.