'Wind in the Willows' rare copy auctioned

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.

Descendants of the Cornishman who is said to be have been the inspiration for Ratty in Wind in the Willows have sold a first edition copy of the novel for £32,000.

Kenneth Grahame, the book's author, gave it to Cornish schoolgirl Foy Felicia Quiller-Couch in 1908.

The writer was a regular guest in the house of her father, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, who is believed to have been the model for Ratty, both having a penchant for 'messing about in boats'.

Sangita Myska reports.

READ MORE: Wind in the Willows under hammer