Trafford Books

Auction No 350, Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST

312 Lots (displaying 141 - 160)

"Bunty", D.C. Thomson, 1963-65, the girls' comic

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Bunty, D.C. Thomson, 1963-65, the girls' comic, 35 issues, one with cover missing, another badly torn, others fair to fine. (35)

"School Friend and Girls' Crystal" 1963-64 (11 issues) and "June and School Friend" 1965 (16 issues)

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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School Friend and Girls' Crystal, 1963-64 (11 issues) and June and School Friend, 1965 (16 issues), Fleetway Publications; five with Rolling Stones portraits on reverse, another featuring Bob Dylan; staples rusted otherwise very good. (27). Also 5 issues of Boys' Friend Library in fair to good condition, one from November 1906. 

"Boyfriend" 1962-64, Proprietors City Magazines, 33 issues

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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Boyfriend, 1962-64, Proprietors City Magazines, 33 issues, colour centre-folds of Pop Stars including The Beatles (3). Also single issues of Marty and Cherie.  (35)

Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The Little Prince" Harcourt Brace, 1943

Lot: 144

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Little Prince, Harcourt Brace, 1943, decorated cloth, very good, in a stained/marked dustjacket showing peripheral wear; gift inscription; fine internally. 

Selection of Signed Books

Lot: 145

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Selection of Signed Books, with autographs of Lynn Redgrave, Barbara Cartland, Wilfred Pickles, Joan Collins, Virginia McKenna and Delia Smith. All signed on the title page. The Wilfred Pickles with defective dustjacket otherwise VG/VF (7)

Signed First Edition Fiction, all in VG/Fine dustjackets

Lot: 146

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Signed First Edition Fiction, all in VG/Fine dustjackets, with autographs of Ben Elton, Barry Norman, John Mortimer, Tommy Steele, Bruce Allsopp and Nicholas Evans. (6)

"Othello" The Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare edition, 2007

Lot: 147

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
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Othello, The Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare edition, 2007, in presentation case, folio, in three-quarter goatskin over marbled boards together with a small companion volume edited by Michael Neill. No. 151 of 3,750 produced. VF, the case slightly marked. 

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer "Bess on Her Own in Canada" W. & R. Chambers 1951

Lot: 148

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £40
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Elinor M. Brent-Dyer Bess on Her Own in Canada, W. & R. Chambers, 1951, First Edition, original pictorial limp cloth, near fine, free of stamps and inscriptions; 72pp including photo-plates. 

Robin Whiteman "The Cadfael Companion" 1991, signed by Ellis Peters & Robin Whiteman

Lot: 149

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Robin Whiteman The Cadfael Companion, Macdonald, 1991, First Edition, in fine dustjacket, signed by Ellis Peters and Robin Whiteman on the title page. 392pp

H. B. Marriott-Watson "Diogenes of London and Other Fantasies and Sketches" Methuen 1893

Lot: 150

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £180 - £220
SOLD £165
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H.B. Marriott-Watson Diogenes of London and Other Fantasies and Sketches, Methuen, 1893, First Edition, original gilt cloth with some wear at corners, old bookseller's label on rear panel; uncut two sides; sound binding and clean text. viii+232pp. A collection of Gothic Horror stories and a rare First Edition.

The British Olympic Association "Official Report of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932"

Lot: 151

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £50
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The British Olympic Association Official Report of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932, British Olympic Association, 1933, original card wraps, VG, fine internally, 151pp + plates; Olympic Games 1952: British Olympic Association Official Report, World Sports, 1952, softback; and Ferenc Mezo The Modern Olympic Games, 1956. (3)

Rugby League Cup Final Programmes for 1951, 1958 and 1959

Lot: 152

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Rugby League Cup Final Programmes for 1951 (rusted staples), 1958, and 1959 (inked score on front cover). (3)

Freddie Mills "Twenty Years" 1950, signed & inscribed by the author

Lot: 153

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Freddie Mills Twenty Years, 1950, 3rd Impression, signed & inscribed by the author on frontispiece and title page. Some wear to top & foot of spine otherwise very good. 212pp+29pp of plates

"Manchester United Football Club Revenue Account Season 1947-1948 and Balance Sheet"

Lot: 154

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Manchester United Football Club Revenue Account Season 1947-1948 and Balance Sheet, Manchester 1948, fold-out 4pp report, scarce.

E.Lyttelton "Cricket" 1894, A.F. Jenkin "Gymnastics" 1896, and C.W.Alcock "Football. The Association Game" 1895

Lot: 155

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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E. Lyttelton Cricket, 1894, A.F. Jenkin Gymnastics, 1896, and C.W. Alcock Football. The Association Game, 1895; all published by George Bell and bound together in a full leather prize binding;  together with Montague Shearman Athletics and Football, Longmans, 1887, half-leather. (2)

Ernesto Escobar Bavio "Alumni: Cuna de Campeones v Escuela de Hidalguia" 1951

Lot: 156

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Ernesto Escobar Bavio Alumni: Cuna de Campeones v Escuela de Hidalguia, Editorial Difusion, Buenos Aires, [1951], quarto, pictorial boards, worn, text and plates browned due to paper quality. 332pp + advert leaf

Bernard Darwin "The Golf Courses of the British Isles" Cassell, 1910

Lot: 157

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £180 - £220
SOLD £200
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Bernard Darwin The Golf Courses of the British Isles, Cassell, 1910, First Edition, illustrated by Harry Rountree, original gilt cloth, spine slightly rolled otherwise very good; front inner hinge frayed, light spotting to text throughout but the 64 tissue-guarded plates are fine; together with A History of Golf in Britain, Cassell, 1952, and Morrison A New Way to Better Golf,1932, 4th Edition.

C.W. Alcock and Rowland Hill "Famous Footballers. 1895-1896" Hudson & Kearns [1896]

Lot: 158

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £180 - £220
SOLD £150
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C.W. Alcock and Rowland Hill Famous Footballers. 1895-1896. Hudson & Kearns [1896], folio, rebound in modern cloth incorporating original gilt front & rear panels; 1896 ownership signature & small handstamp to title page; 224pp of photo-plates of Rugby and Association Football players and teams plus index, one plate slightly scratched, last few pages with small tear in lower margin. 

"Famous Association Footballers 1895" Yore Publications, 1997 reprint

Lot: 159

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Famous Association Footballers 1895, Yore Publications, 1997 reprint; large format hardback, gilt cloth; 108pp of photo-plates. One of 250 printed. 

W.A. Morgan "The 'House' on Sport, by members of the London Stock Exchange" 1898

Lot: 160

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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W.A. Morgan The 'House' on Sport, by members of the London Stock Exchange, Gale & Polden, 1898, tall octavo, original decorated cloth, very good; frontispiece heavily foxed otherwise VF internally. 470pp + 20pp of adverts