Anatomy of an Auction: Rare Books at Ruxley Lodge, 1919

First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the authors Arthur Freeman and Janet Ing Freeman: ÒFor Lewis Reines in London, October 1991, Arthur Freeman and Janet Ing FreemanÓ. Frontispiece black & white photograph of Ruxley Lodge in 1990. Fine fresh copy in a near fine bright dust jacket. Laid in is a vintage autograph black & white postcard of Ruxley Lodge. From the rear panel: ÒThe 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 fetches.Drawing on records kept by principle participants in the sale and in the four subsequent Ôknock-outsÕ, the Freemans reveal the intricacies of a practice whose workings have been subject to such detailed and informed scrutiny.Ó.