Trafford Books: Trafford Book Sale, 440, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 04, 2026 - February 04, 2026
Page Size: 169 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Goodeve

Text-Book on the Steam Engine

1887 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 59.80
2

Carton of softback publications including pamphlets, many Architecture related. VG/VF (94).

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 82.80
3

Manchester Evening News

1943 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
4

Cameras and accessories, a selection, including an MPP Microflex TLR Twin-lens reflex, 120 film; a Rolleiflex 3.5 Tessar; a Nikon FE2 35mm;

GBP 280.00 - 320.00 Not Sold
5 Donald Jones

Escape from Sulmona

1980 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 34.50
6

Autograph album, 1960s/70s, including Morecambe & Wise (three of each), Michael Caine, Pat Phoenix, Kathy Kirby, Noel Cantwell, Bobby Charlton

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 62.10
7

Autograph album, 1940s, with signatures of Laurence Olivier, Lord Beaverbrook, Vivien Leigh, Harold Macmillan, John Gielgud, Oscar Rabin, Vera Lynn,

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 71.30
8

Autograph album, mostly with signatures obtained 1919 at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, but with others added in 1961 with the Ryder Cup teams of GB

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 149.50
9

Autograph album, late-1940s/early-1950s, with signatures of Chico Marx, Betty Hutton, Laurel & Hardy, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Vivien Leigh,

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 GBP 460.00
10

Two autograph albums, 1930s/40s, including signatures of Leslie Howard, Gracie Fields, George Formby, Don Bradman, Tyrone Power, Paul Robeson,

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 120.75
11

Autograph album and many loose pages, c.1918-1940s, including signatures of Maurice Chevalier, Tallulah Bankhead, Suzanne Lenglen (tennis star),

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 85.10
12

Autographs in folder, with signed photos, letters, programmes etc, including John Glen (director), Zubin Mehta, Peter Cushing (cut signature),

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 50.60
13

Autographed photos, PC size, in album including Geraldine McEwan, Sonia, Zoe Wannaker, Susan Hampshire, Frank Finlay, Steve Cram, Robin Cousins,

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 71.30
14 Paul Eddington

Paul Eddington signed copies of The Complete Yes Minister

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 41.40
15

Box of old Autograph albums including signatures of entertainers, footballers, personal friends and others, plus quotations, few watercolour sketches

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 41.40
16 Hugh MacDiarmid

A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle

1962 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 32.20
17 Kitty Laverty

Kitty Laverty: an archive comprising published books (18),

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 64.40
18 Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1907 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 46.00
19

Horror Films posters, all UK quads, comprising The Blair Witch Project

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 29.90
20 Charlie Cairoli and Paul (Freeman):

an ink-signed PPC, together with an unsigned Blackpool Tower Circus programme of 1969.

GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 13.80
21 Diana Dors:

Diana Dors: fine signed 8.5 x 6.5" photo alongside the Mayor of Charnwood, during her visit to Leicestershire in 1981, plus related newscutting.

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 23.00
22 Hepworth & Massey

Keith Vaughan - The Mature Oils 1946-1977

2012 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 57.50
23 Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams:

Natural Affinities

2008 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 34.50
24

Fashion Plates of French origin, mid-19th Century, large format, hand-coloured. Overall 36 x 29cm (9)

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
25

Entertainers' autographs, a selection of signed photos, mostly 10 x 8", including Bette Davis, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Marlene Dietrich,

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 120.75
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • 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