Trafford Books

Auction No 388, Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT

233 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

"The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844", Oxford, 1987, two volumes, original gilt cloth, frontispiece & 8 other plates. Fine (2)

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £36
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The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, Oxford, 1987, two volumes, original gilt cloth, frontispiece & 8 other plates. Fine (2)

Samuel Beckett "Poems in English", Calder, 1961, 1st Edn in worn d/jkt; "Two Poems by Walter de la Mare and Arthur Rogers", 1938,

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Samuel Beckett Poems in English, Calder, 1961, 1st Edn in worn d/jkt; Two Poems by Walter de la Mare and Arthur Rogers, 1938, one of 200, inscribed by Rogers; Robert Burns Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Werner Laurie, 1927, with prospectus, all in a slipcase; Wheels: A Second Cycle, Blackwell, 1917; Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Poems of Pleasure, Siegle Hill, c.1919, illuminated edition; and other poetry. Good/Fine. (13)

H.G. Wells selection of First Editions, 3 in d/jkt; includes "The Wheels of Chance", 1896; "The New World Order", 1940; and "War in the Future", 1917

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £38
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H.G. Wells selection of First Editions, 3 in d/jkt; includes The Wheels of Chance, 1896; The New World Order, 1940; and War in the Future, 1917 in chipped d/jkt; fair to VG. (17)

Angela Brazil schoolgirl stories, a selection published by Blackie, all bar one in worn & chipped d/jkts, pictorial cloth covers VG;

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Angela Brazil schoolgirl stories, a selection published by Blackie, all bar one in worn & chipped d/jkts, pictorial cloth covers VG; some foxing to prelims. (8)

Selection including G. Henty (8, pictorial cloth), Ammon Wrigley (2), and Gerald Kersh "The Dead Look On", 1943, 1st Edn in d/jkt.

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £10
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Selection including G. Henty (8, pictorial cloth), Ammon Wrigley (2), and Gerald Kersh The Dead Look On, 1943, 1st Edn in d/jkt. Fair to fine. (16)

D.H. Lawrence "Studies in Classic American Literature", 1924, 1st Edn, "Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D.H. Lawrence", 1936, 1st Edn;

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £10
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D.H. Lawrence Studies in Classic American Literature, 1924, 1st Edn, Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D.H. Lawrence, 1936, 1st Edn; and Helen Corke D.H. Lawrence’s ‘Princess’: A Memory of Jessie Chambers, Merle Press. 1951, No.166 of 200, signed by the author. VG/Fine (3)    

Collected Letters, journals etc including Saint Theresa of the Infant Jesus (boxed set), Lord Macaulay (2 VF half-leather volumes),

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Collected Letters, journals etc including Saint Theresa of the Infant Jesus (boxed set), Lord Macaulay (2 VF half-leather volumes), Dylan Thomas, George Gissing, Walter Scott, Horace Walpole. Also two works on Autographs. Five in d/jkt. Mainly good to VF. (11)

Children’s Transformation books of the 1890s published by Ernest Nister, comprising "Our Darling’s Surprise Pictures",

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
UNSOLD
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Children’s Transformation books of the 1890s published by Ernest Nister, comprising Our Darling’s Surprise Pictures, tall quarto, pictorial boards marked & grubby, complete with all 8 lever-change chromo-lithographs in good working order, few leaves loose, rear endpaper torn & in pieces; and In and Out Round About: A Book of Transformation Pictures, octavo, pictorial boards, VG, most of the 6 lever-change pictures needing repair or attention. Prize bookplates of 1896-1897 from Lord Vernon’s Schools, Poynton, Macclesfield, on front endpapers. (2)  

William Robertson "Rochdale and the Vale of Whitworth", Rochdale [1897], First Edition, original gilt cloth,

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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William Robertson Rochdale and the Vale of Whitworth, Rochdale [1897], First Edition, original gilt cloth, spine darkened & with slight wear; front inner hinge weak; very good internally with all photo-plates. One leaf of advertisements with a corner torn away; viii,396pp + 54pp of ads.

Catherine Lucy Powlett, Duchess of Cleveland "In Memory of Colonel the Honourable Everard Henry Primrose", London c.1887,

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Catherine Lucy Powlett, Duchess of Cleveland In Memory of Colonel the Honourable Everard Henry Primrose, London c.1887, half-morocco, gilt, wear to extremities; front inner hinge weak; photographic frontispiece; signed and inscribed by the author to the Viscount Halifax. Fine clean text. 254pp

"The National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918, Section XIV, Salford", National Publishing Co, London, n.d.; quarto, gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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The National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918, Section XIV, Salford, National Publishing Co, London, n.d.; quarto, gilt cloth, VG; half-title and final page of text browned o/w fine internally. 360pp

George Psalmanaazaar "An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa, an Island subject to the Emperor of Japan",

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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George Psalmanaazaar An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa, an Island subject to the Emperor of Japan, Robert Holden, 1926, quarto, quarter-vellum gilt, VG; uncut two-sides, t.e.g., b/w plates, fine internally. 288pp       

Charles Royle "Opened Doors: The Autobiography of Charles Royle, Ex-Mayor and Ex-M.P. for Stockport", Meat Trades’ Journal, 1949;

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Charles Royle Opened Doors: The Autobiography of Charles Royle, Ex-Mayor and Ex-M.P. for Stockport, Meat Trades’ Journal, 1949; in slightly worn & spotted dustjacket; signed by the author. Fine internally. 112pp plus plates. 

Edward Liveing "Adventure in Publishing: The House of Ward Lock 1854-1954", Ward Lock, 1954, fine in VG mylar-protected d/jkt.

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £8
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Edward Liveing Adventure in Publishing: The House of Ward Lock 1854-1954, Ward Lock, 1954, fine in VG mylar-protected d/jkt.

Robert Dent "Old and New Birmingham", 1880; and 1860s/1870s Birmingham related Acts of Parliament in 5 bound volumes;

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Robert Dent Old and New Birmingham, 1880; and 1860s/1870s Birmingham related Acts of Parliament in 5 bound volumes; one volume very worn, Dent’s history repaired. (6)

Innes & Castle "Covenants with Death", Daily Express, 1934, original printed cloth, worn corners, illustrated throughout.

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Innes & Castle Covenants with Death, Daily Express, 1934, original printed cloth, worn corners, illustrated throughout.

Hammerton (Ed.) "War in the Air: Aerial Wonders of Our Time", Amalgamated Press, 1936, pictorial cloth, 804pp, VG;

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £13
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Hammerton (Ed.) War in the Air: Aerial Wonders of Our Time, Amalgamated Press, 1936, pictorial cloth, 804pp, VG; and McMinnies Practical Flying Temple Press, 1918, ownership signature torn away top of half-title.

James Greenwood "Unsentimental Journeys: or, Byways of the Modern Babylon", London, 1867, gilt cloth, spine faded;

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £64
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James Greenwood Unsentimental Journeys: or, Byways of the Modern Babylon, London, 1867, gilt cloth, spine faded; and Henry Mayhew London Characters, London, 1874, pictorial cloth, VG. B/w plates. (2)

Biographical works including Ernest Boulton "George Jeffreys: A Ministry of the Miraculous", 1928; MacDiarmid "Scottish Eccentrics", 1936;

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
UNSOLD
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Biographical works including Ernest Boulton George Jeffreys: A Ministry of the Miraculous, 1928; MacDiarmid Scottish Eccentrics, 1936; J.L. Paton John Brown Paton, 1914; Sherlock Ann Jane Carlile: A Temperance Pioneer, 1897; and Sketches of Distinguished American Authors, Represented in Darley’s New National Picture entitled Washington Irving and his Literary Friends at Sunnyside, 1863, original printed wraps marked, in fine leather bound folder, gilt. Good to VG. (8)

Selection of PC size photographs of China, plus a print, complete with the 1914 Cover from Shanghai to UK in which they were posted.

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £66
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Selection of PC size photographs of China, plus a print, complete with the 1914 Cover from Shanghai to UK in which they were posted. Photos VG to Fine, the cover roughly opened. (23)