Trafford Books: Books, Autographs, Cigarette & Trade Cards, Postcards, Coins and Postage Stamps. , 441, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 18, 2026 - March 18, 2026

Page Size: 141 items in 6 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
105		Football sets in album including Gallaher "Footballers in Action" (card #12 creased), John Sinclair "Well Known Footballers" (North East),	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 82.80
106		Football collection in two modern albums with many sets including Churchman "Footballers" (coloured, 1914, card #19 stained),	1914	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 241.50
107		Cricket sets including Millhoff "Famous Test Cricketers" 1928 (standard size), Player's Cricketers Caricatures by 'RIP'", Carr's Biscuits "Cricketers"	1928	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 46.00
108		Carton with 30 sets in two modern albums and plastic sleeves including Gallaher "Tricks & Puzzles Series" 1933, "Army Badges" and "Woodland Trees"	1933	GBP 160.00 - 180.00	GBP 189.75
109		Football interest, an album of 9 Trade Card sets including Fleetway Star "Footballers of 1963", Nabisco "Footballers",	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 82.80
110		Cricket interest, an album of seven sets including D.C. Thomson "County Cricketers" (in uncut pairs); Morris "Australian Cricketers";	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 34.50
111		A.& B.C. Gum selection comprising "Beatles" 1965, coloured (11/40) and "Top Stars" 1964 (9/50), all VG/Fine; and "Civil War News" (42/88)	1965	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 34.50
112		A.& B.C. Gum "Footballers" (yellow backs) 1968, #55-101, the set of 47, plus a spare #71, excellent condition.	1968	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 34.50
113	Barratt & Co	"Soccer Stars" 1973, the set of 50, excellent condition.	1973	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 34.50
114	British American Tobacco	"Famous Footballers" (set 1) 1923, the set of 50, end cards G/VG, others excellent.	1923	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 57.50
115	Carreras	"Cricketers" 1934 (brown), the set of 50, VG or better, mostly excellent.	1934	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 17.25
116		Churchman sets comprising "3 Jovial Golfers", "Sporting Trophies" and "Rugby Internationals" all in excellent condition.	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
117		Churchman "Racing Greyhounds", and Ogden's "Greyhound Racing" first and second series, all in sets, excellent condition	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 50.60
118		Churchman standard size sets comprising "Men of the Moment in Sport" (#1 stained, others good to VF), "Famous Railway Trains", "Frisky" (fair to fine	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 46.00
119	Cope Bros.	"Characters from Scott" 1900, good or better, mostly fine / excellent.	1900	GBP 100.00 - 120.00	GBP 92.00
120	Lambert & Butler	"Motors" 1908, the set of 25, fair to VG, some a bit grubby. Cat (Murray) PS875	1908	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.90
121	Ogden	Ogden's "Pugilists in Action" 1928, the set of 50, VG or better, mostly excellent.	1928	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 36.80
122	Pattreioiuex Ltd	"Famous Footballers" 1922, 19 different, one with crease through lower margin o/w excellent condition. (19)	1922	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 64.40
123	Godfrey Phillips	"Famous Footballers" 1936, anonymous backs, the set of 50, VG or better, mostly excellent.	1936	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 17.25
124		John Player & Sons sets with many L size including "Aviary & Cage Birds", "Portals of the Past", "Country Sports", "Picturesque Cottages"	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 57.50
125	D.C. Thomson	D.C. Thomson 1950s part-sets in plastic sleeves comprising "The World's Best Cricketers" 1956 (54/72), "Famous Footballers" 1955 (7/24),	1950s	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 21.85
126		Topical Times "Footballers, Panel Portraits" (coloured) 1936, the set of 16 in the issued (slot-in) album, VG/Fine;	1936	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 52.90
127		Wills's sets in modern album including "Nelson Series" 1905, "British Castles", "Allied Army Leaders", "Lighthouses" (New Zealand issue), "Billiards"	1905	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 69.00
128		Wills (Scissors) "Jiu-Jitsu" 1910, the set of 50, a few slightly marked in border o/w VG to excellent	1910	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 46.00
129	J. Wix	"Kensitas Flowers", an accumulation comprising small 1st series (87) and 2nd series (17), size 'L' 1st series (26) and 2nd series (9),	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 29.90

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000

Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000

Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000

Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000

Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000