Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books & Works on Paper- Polperro: The works of Arthur Wragg & Frederick Roberts Johnson, 21324, Cornwall

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 13, 2025 - February 13, 2025

Page Size: 756 items in 31 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1041	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	'The Gourmet' from 'Thy Kingdom Come (1939) and one illustration	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 250.40
1042	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	The Way To God...	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 87.64
1043	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Five advertisements for luxury cruise ship S.S. Enchantment	1924	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 475.76
1044	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Two Book Illustrations	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 137.72
1045	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Meet The Intelligentsia	1924	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 275.44
1046	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Two Christmas Card designs	1924	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 75.12
1047	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Five Original Works...	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 75.12
1048	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Bernard Shaw - On Imprisonment	1924	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 56.34
1049	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Well-Wishers...	1924	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 275.44
1050	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Poor Judy...	1924	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 125.20
1051	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Three Works...	1924	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 162.76
1052	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Works Published by The Polperro Press	1924	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 175.28
1053	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Three illustrations including from 'Psalms of Modern Life'	1924	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 187.80
1054	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Four illustrations, including one from 'The Psalms of Modern Life'...	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 200.32
1055	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	An original illustration from 'The Psalms of Modern Life'	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 275.44
1056	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Works Published by The Polperro Press	1924	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 175.28
1057	Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)	Works Published by The Polperro Press	1924	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 225.36
1058	Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)	Dark Morning, Polperro	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 200.32
1059	Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)	Apple Blossom in a Vase	1924	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 313.00
1060	Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)	Budding Thistle in a Vase	1924	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 600.96
1061	Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)	Bouquet in a Vase	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 375.60
1062	Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)	Polperro, Low Tide	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 313.00
1063	Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)	Polperro Side-Street	1924	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 125.20
1064	Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)	House on Props, Polperro	1924	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 200.32
1065	Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)	Bridge, Polperro	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 137.72

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