HALLIWELL JO [James Orchard] 1820-1889Biblio.com
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1860000265London: Author 1860. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. In contemporary green embossed cloth boards corners and edges bumped and worn. New green morocco spine gilt tooling and titles. Internally half title 5 6-231 pp 1 printed by Whittingham and Wilkin Tooks Court Chancery Llane. The Chiswick Press Swansea Training College bookplate to fpd some edge browning hinges strengthened. 191140 mm. Anderson 340. Title continues: Taken Chiefly from Rhyl Abergele Llandudno and Bangor. Halliwell- antiquary and literary scholar. Under his will more than 300 volumes of his literary correspondence along with other papers were left to the University of Edinburgh. His principal remaining Shakespearian collections once intended for Stratford were offered at the preferential figure of £7000 to the Birmingham corporation who declined them; in 1897 they were finally sold to Marsden J. Perry of Providence Rhode Island and in 1908 passed largely to Henry Clay Folger now remaining in the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC. See ODNB. <br/> <br/> Author hardcover
184216953London: Printed for the Camden Society 1842. Decorative Cloth. Very Good . The very uncommon 1842 1st edition of this original publication of "two curious documents concerning Dr. John Dee" the great 16th century occut philosopher 1527-1609 who devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy divination and Hermetic philosophy. 1 "His Private Diary written in a very small illegible hand on the margins of old Almamacs discovered a few years ago by Mr. W.H. Black in the library of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford". 2 "A Catalogue of his Library of Manuscripts made by himself before his house was plundered by the populace and now preserved in the library of Trinity College Cambridge". This 1842 volume a slim octavo in its original chocolate-brown boards has held up very nicely. Solid and VG with decorative blindstamping to the panels and still-bright gilt-titling and flourishes along the spine. Just a touch of light bubbling to the rear panel small neat former owner name and 1940 date at the front free endpaper. Apart from this clean as could be with no other writing or markings of any kind internally and a strong very sturdy binding. By any measure an impressive copy of this rare mid 19th century examination through his diary and his personal library of manuscripts of the mind of Dr. John Dee. Printed for the Camden Society unknown
1841001514London: The Percy Society. Fair with no dust jacket. 1841. Cloth. Viii 76 pp. 116 pp. X 82 pp. Vii 70 pp. Xi 271 pp. Scarce collection of Percy Society reprints from 1841 1845 1842 1842 and 1841 respectively of works from the 1400s to the 1600s. All are hard to find some well nigh impossible it seems. Dark red buckram covers are worn at edges bumped at corners spine backstrip splitting at the joints and lifting spine gilt faded but legible spine tip frayed. Interior first title page is coming away at bottom gutter foxing throughout occasional light staining a very occasional pencil margin note. One or two small illustrations in Ancient Political Tracts. Binding is sturdy enough. Not beautiful but it will do especially for one this hard to find. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . The Percy Society hardcover
184017618London: Camden Society by John Bowyer and Son 1840. First edition. Hardcover. Very good in original binding. Squarish octavo standard size. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. Corners bumped. Bookplate of a member of the Welsh gentry -George Montgomery Traherne - on pastedown. P. 105/6 has a small tear near hinge. 162 p. w/ index and extensive notes and introduction. Main body of the text is in Latin. 2 important documents of 13th century England covering a tumultuous period of strife between crown and nobility. <br/><br/> Camden Society by John Bowyer and Son hardcover
