Trafford Books

Auction No 391, Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST

213 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

[John Timbs] "Signs Before Death", William Tegg, 1875, octavo, three-quarters morocco, gilt, VG;

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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[John Timbs] Signs Before Death, William Tegg, 1875, octavo, three-quarters morocco, gilt, VG; grubby finger marks to half-title & front endpaper. 277pp       

A collection of works relating to Spiritualism and Psychic Research including Harry Price "Leaves from a Psychist’s Case-Book", Gollancz 1933,

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £70
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A collection of works relating to Spiritualism and Psychic Research including Harry Price Leaves from a Psychist’s Case-Book, Gollancz 1933, First Edition; Gwendolyn Hack Modern Psychic Mysteries: Millesimo Castle, Italy, Rider & Co, [1929]; [E.M. Storr] The House of Wonder [1928]; The Spiritual Magazine, Vol.6, 1865 (owner’s signature cut away top of title page); and related works. Varied condition, mainly good to fine.  (21)  

Walt Disney "Mickey Mouse Air Pilot", Birn Brothers, [1937], pictorial boards and spine complete, rear board a little soiled,

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £44
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Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Air Pilot, Birn Brothers, [1937], pictorial boards and spine complete, rear board a little soiled, browning to text due to paper quality. Xmas gift inscription front pastedown.

"Louis Wain’s Annual 1910-1911", George Allen & Sons, pictorial wraps soiled & creased, rear cover torn with small piece missing,

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £32
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Louis Wain’s Annual 1910-1911, George Allen & Sons, pictorial wraps soiled & creased, rear cover torn with small piece missing, VG internally with all plates.

Children’s Books, 1930s, including "Henny-Penny" and "Tippenny-Tuppenny" small books (12) published Henry Milford;

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Children’s Books, 1930s, including Henny-Penny and Tippenny-Tuppenny small books (12) published Henry Milford; Alison Uttley The Adventures of Peter & Judy in Bunnyland, 1935; a small block jigsaw puzzle; Golden Treasure Book for 1937, colour plates by Joyce Mercer and Anne Anderson; and another. Fair to fine. (15 items)

"Men Only" and "Penthouse" selection, late-1960s to 1980, including interviews with John & Yoko, and Grace Jones. VG/Fine (23)

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £66
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Men Only and Penthouse selection, late-1960s to 1980, including interviews with John & Yoko, and Grace Jones. VG/Fine (23)

"Mayfair" men’s magazines, 1960s & 1970s, mainly VG/Fine. (24)

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £68
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Mayfair men’s magazines, 1960s & 1970s, mainly VG/Fine. (24)

"Club International", "Men Only", "Mayfair" and other men’s magazines, 1960s & 1970s, mainly good to fine. (32)

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £82
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Club International, Men Only, Mayfair and other men’s magazines, 1960s & 1970s, mainly good to fine. (32)

Ronald Trenbath "Bow Lodge Sketches", [Bowdon] 1957, tall octavo, gilt cloth, a manuscript comprising 75 pages of pen & ink sketches

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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Ronald Trenbath Bow Lodge Sketches, [Bowdon] 1957, tall octavo, gilt cloth, a manuscript comprising 75 pages of pen & ink sketches augmented with captions and some descriptive text, professionally bound. The author was an architect living at Bow Lodge, Bowdon, Altrincham. VG     

Assorted Prints from 18th to mid-20th Century, with steel & wood engravings, lithographs, collotypes, photogravures, etc.

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Assorted Prints from 18th to mid-20th Century, with steel & wood engravings, lithographs, collotypes, photogravures, etc. Wide range of subjects. Mainly good to fine. (approx. 270)

"Cathedrals, Abbeys, and Churches of England and Wales: descriptive, historical, pictorial". Cassell & Co, c.1891, 6 volume set;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £72
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Cathedrals, Abbeys, and Churches of England and Wales: descriptive, historical, pictorial. Cassell & Co, c.1891, 6 volume set; tall quarto, publisher’s cloth, gilt, numerous plates. Fine

Prints & Engravings 19th & 20th Century; many featuring Birds, Machinery, flowers; also few Louis Wain, glamour art etc.

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £28
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Prints & Engravings 19th & 20th Century; many featuring Birds, Machinery, flowers; also few Louis Wain, glamour art etc. Fair to fine. (few 100)

Donka Nucheva Ellectra: Glamour studies. Watercolours on paper. Unframed. Signed by the artist. 16.5 x 23”. VG (2)

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Donka Nucheva Ellectra: Glamour studies. Watercolours on paper. Unframed. Signed by the artist. 16.5 x 23”. VG (2)

Charles M. Jones (1923-2008): Two figures and a small dog. Oil on board. 36 x 23cm. Signed "C.M. Jones". Unframed. Fine.

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £1800 - £2200
SOLD £1000
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Charles M. Jones (1923-2008): Two figures and a small dog. Oil on board. 36 x 23cm. Signed C.M. Jones. Unframed. Fine. A rough pencil sketch on reverse. Charles M. Jones was a member of the Salford Art Club and a friend of L.S. Lowry.

Railway Journals comprising "The Stephenson Locomotive Society" (87), and "The Railway Observer" (69). Mostly 1950s/60s.

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Railway Journals comprising The Stephenson Locomotive Society (87), and The Railway Observer (69). Mostly 1950s/60s. Many with rusted staples. Fair to fine.

Imperial Airways 1930s publications including Timetables (2, plus a supplement), large fold-out brochures with cutaway diagrams (2),

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £270
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Imperial Airways 1930s publications including Timetables (2, plus a supplement), large fold-out brochures with cutaway diagrams (2), A Review of Air Transport, and related; also Francis Chichester’s Planisphere of Air Navigation Stars, 1931. Fair to fine. (12)

BEA Timetables 1954-1963, mostly good to fine. (38)

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £86
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BEA Timetables 1954-1963, mostly good to fine. (38)

Carton of Railwayana including Brockhampton Express "Famous Trains" series (12), Working Timetables from 1947 (chiefly BR 1980s),

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Carton of Railwayana including Brockhampton Express Famous Trains series (12), Working Timetables from 1947 (chiefly BR 1980s), Ian Allan ABCs (15, steam and diesel), pamphlets, journals, etc. Fair to VF (approx 10 kilos)

London Transport Bus Timetables (22) plus many supplements, some leaflets, bus maps, Underground Guides (4) and other items,

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £80
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London Transport Bus Timetables (22) plus many supplements, some leaflets, bus maps, Underground Guides (4) and other items, much 1970s. Varied condition. (approx 7 kilos)

Guernsey Bus Tickets 1970s, unused, 27 different in blocks of 50. VF

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Apr 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
SOLD £18
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Guernsey Bus Tickets 1970s, unused, 27 different in blocks of 50. VF