J. K. Rowling
A rare first edition and author’s presentation copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species from 1859 has sold for £305,200, over double its estimate, at Bonhams.
The stories of Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter Rabbit are beloved worldwide, and their creator mined her own child
William Morris’ The Wood Beyond The World, one of the earliest fantasy novels, sold for £2,196 alongside other printed books and works on paper at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ Biblio
