[Priced auctioneers' copy of catalogue.] By direction of the Executors of Mrs. Eliza Jane Moore. Lawneswood House, near Stourbridge. Catalogue of the Valuable and Extensive Library Formed by the late Colonel Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S.

Author: 
[Colonel Thomas William Fletcher (1808-1893), FRS, FSA, of Lawneswood House, near Stourbridge; Edwards, Son & Bigwood, auctioneers]
Publication details: 
Edwards, Son & Bigwood, F.A.I. At the residence [Lawneswood House, near Stourbridge] on 9 October 1923. [Hudson & Son, Printers, Birmingham.]
£180.00
SKU: 14691

18pp., 8vo. Stapled and unbound. In fair condition, on lightly aged and worn paper, with rusted staples. According to the title-page the library comprises 'Topographical and Genealogical Books, County Histories, including Nash's Worcestershire. Plot's Staffordshire. Dugdale's Warwickshire. Hutchins's Dorset. Whitelaw's Dublin. Berry's Genealogies. Publications of learned societies, etc.' In manuscript at head of title: 'MARKED CATALOGUE - PRICES REALISED'. Neatly priced throughout (but not named), with page totals carried forward and additional lots added in manuscript, both on the pages of the catalogue (for example, an extra eight lots on p.3) and in two pages of manuscript added at the end. The final printed lot in the catalogue is '206 etc. About 1,500 volumes of books in all classes of literature to be sold in convenient lots', with the manuscript note 'see attached lists'. The manuscript relots 206 with 206A to 206P, and adds lots 207 to 217A, giving a grand total of £555 12s 6d. Scarce: no copy on COPAC or WorldCat.