Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions

Lot 718 - Francis (Dick). Dead Cert, 1st edition, 1962

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 719 - George (Elizabeth). A Great Deliverance, 1st UK edition, 1989

Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 720 - Golding (William). Lord of the Flies, 1st edition, 1954

Sold for £4,600

Lot 721 - Grahame (Kenneth). The Wind in the Willows, 1st edition, 1908

Sold for £1,000

Lot 722 - Graves (Robert). I, Claudius, limited edition, 1979

Sold for £320

Lot 723 - Greene (Graham & Duffell, Peter). A collection of film scripts and ephemera, c. 1970s/2000s

Sold for £650

Lot 724 - Greene (Graham). Brighton Rock, 1st edition, 1938

Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 725 - Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1932, ex libris John Gielgud

Sold for £650

Lot 726 - Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake, 1st edition, 1939

Sold for £340

Lot 727 - Kipling (Rudyard). Jungle Book & Second Jungle Book, 1924 reprints

Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 728 - Kipling (Rudyard). Jungle Book & Second Jungle Book, 1st editions, 1894-95

Sold for £5,600

Lot 729 - Kipling (Rudyard). Rudyard Kipling's Verse, 3 vols, limited edition, 1919

Sold for £600

Lot 730 - Lacey (Robert). Princess, 1st edition, 1982

Sold for £540

Lot 731 - Larkin (Philip).The Less Deceived, 1st edition, 1955

Sold for £750

Lot 732 - London (Jack). The Call of the Wild, 1st edition, 1st issue, New York: Macmillan, 1903

Sold for £1,400

Lot 733 - Masters (John, 1914-1983). The Brotherhood of Kali, Master Scene Script, c. 1957

Sold for £280

Lot 734 - McBryde (James). The Story of a Troll-Hunt, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1904

Sold for £480

Lot 735 - Milligan (Spike). Silly Verse for Kids, 1st edition, 1959

Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 736 - * Nabokov (Vladimir, 1899-1977). A group of 8 photographs of Nabokov, c. 1960s/1970s

Sold for £220

Lot 737 - Orwell (George). Burmese Days, 1st edition, 1935

Sold for £1,400

Lot 738 - Orwell (George). The Complete Works, 20 volumes, London: Secker & Warburg, 1997-98

Sold for £1,800

Lot 739 - Peake (Mervyn) Gormenghast, uncorrected proof, 1950

Sold for £420

Lot 740 - Peake (Mervyn), Captain Slaughterboard, 2nd edition, 1945

Sold for £320

Lot 741 - * Peake (Mervyn). A large quantity of Peake-related books and ephemera

Sold for £110