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

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 13, 2025 - February 13, 2025
Page Size: 756 items in 31 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1216 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Polperro Studies

1924 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 162.76
1217 Stanley ROYLE (1888-1961)

Rural Study

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 626.00
1218 Stanley ROYLE (1888-1961)

Man with horse and cart

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 212.84
1219 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Prancing Foals

1924 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 62.60
1220 Frederick Roberts Johnson illustrations

Oscar Wilde The Selfish Giant

(1873--1956) GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 726.16
1221 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Verdi's Rigoletto. A Tragic Opera, In Three Acts

circa 1920's and 30s GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 525.84
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