Illustrated Books & Modern Literature

Lot 754 - Rankin (Ian). Hide & Seek, 1st edition, 1991

Sold for £540

Lot 755 - Ransome (Arthur). Swallows & Amazons, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1930

Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 756 - Rowling (J. K.) A set of all 7 deluxe edition Harry Potters, 1999-2007

Sold for £360

Lot 757 - Rowling (J. K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997 paperback, inscribed

Sold for £850

Lot 758 - Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1st edition, London: Bloomsbury, 1998

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 759 - Shaw (George Bernard). Heartbreak House, 1st edition, 1919

Sold for £380

Lot 760 - Shute (Nevil). The Cheqer Board, 1st edition, 1947

Sold for £160

Lot 761 - Speight (Thomas Wilkinson). A Secret of the Sea, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1876

Sold for £1,300

Lot 762 - Taylor (Elizabeth). Angel, 1st edition, 1957

Sold for £150

Lot 763 - Tolkien (J. R. R.) Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, mixed impressions, 1955

Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 764 - Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Fellowship of the Ring, 7th impression, 1957

Sold for £240

Lot 765 - Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Hobbit, 10th impression, 1958

Sold for £560

Lot 766 - Verlaine (Paul). Chansons pour Elle... 1939

Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 767 - * Waugh (Evelyn). A group of three Arnold House prep school reports initialled ‘E.W.’, 1925

Sold for £1,150

Lot 768 - * Waugh (Evelyn, 1903-1966). Two brief Autograph Letters Signed with initials, 1956 & c. 1960

Sold for £160

Lot 769 - Wheatley (Dennis). The Devil Rides Out, 1st edition, 1934..., and others

Sold for £900

Lot 770 - Wilde (Oscar). De Profundis by Oscar Wilde, 1st edition, London: Methuen and Co., [1905]

Sold for £4,400

Lot 771 - Williamson (Henry). 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', 15 volumes, 1951-69

Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 772 - Williamson (Henry). Tarka the Otter, privately printed limited edition, 1927

Sold for £1,000

Lot 773 - Williamson (Henry). The Flax of Dream, 4 volumes, limited edition, 1929-31

Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 774 - Wilson (Colin). The Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, London: Arthur baker, 1969

Sold for £380

Lot 775 - Wodehouse (P. G.). Lord Emsworth and Others, 1st edition, 1937

Sold for £400

Lot 776 - Woolf (Virginia) To the Lighthouse, 1st edition, 1927

Sold for £950