Anatomy of an Auction: Rare Books at Ruxley Lodge, 1919.
Anatomy of an Auction: Rare Books at Ruxley Lodge, 1919.
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Détails
- Auteur
- Freeman (Arthur & Janet Ing)
- Éditeurs
- London: The Book Collector, 1990.
- Thème
- BOOK AUCTION CATALOGUES BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS LIBRARY CATALOGUES
Description
First edition, 8vo (220 x 140 mm), viii, 169pp., frontis., orig. printed wrappers. The dispersal of the Foley family library in October 1919 was notable for the richness of the books sold - and for the general inadequacy of the prices they fetched. Drawing on records kept by principal participants in the sale and in the four subsequent ìknock-outsî, the Freemans reveal the intricacies of a practice whose workings have not previously been subject to such detailed and informed scrutiny.