Lot 252 , WARWICKSHIRE: Hutton, William. An History of Birmingham, first edition, 18 engraved plates, including 2 folding plans, 10pp. ‘List of Subscribers’, 4pp. ‘Index’ to rear, later green cloth, Birmingham, Pearson and Rollaso

° WARWICKSHIRE: Hutton, William. An History of Birmingham, first edition, 18 engraved plates, including 2 folding plans, 10pp. ‘List of Subscribers’, 4pp. ‘Index’ to rear, later green cloth, Birmingham, Pearson and Rollason, 1781, 4to. Sold with W.T. Moncrieff’s ‘New Guide to the Spa of Leamington Priors’, 1822, and fourteen more volumes, mainly early guides Leamington (16).
£80-120

Condition:
Hutton- rebacked, manuscript lettering to spine, newspaper cuttings mounted to front pastedown and front-free endpaper, lacking half-title and initial blank, contemporary ink ownership of ‘William Webb’ and ‘Philip Denman’ to title, plate of the ‘Swan’ with margins cut, firm hinges, gen. clean text and plates.

Sold for £150