Concerning Pozzuoli, Kipling, Rupert Bear and Worzel Gummidge

SEVEN HUNDRED or so lots were offered in the September 23 sale held by John Nicholson of Fernhurst, and though there were some disappointments – notably the 1776 volume of The Scots Magazine that contained the first Scottish printing of America’s Declaration of Independence, valued at £5000-8000 – almost 80 per cent of lots, big and small, found buyers.

There were a good many children’s and illustrated books in the Surrey sale, including examples of th…

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