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Waking thoughts : after "A dream.".
Eton, : printed by E.P. Williams., 1852.
8 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
On title page: "[For private circulation]"
With a half-title page.
Attributed to William Johnson Cory in L. V. Harcourt's Eton Bibliography (2nd ed.).
Written as a riposte to a 'Vale' by J. Arkwright, entitled 'A dream' (half-title), which had been published in the summer of 1852.
Carter, J. Hand-list of the printed works of William Johnson, afterwards Cory (Cambridge Bibliographical Society ; 1, 1949), 5
[Ib3.2.35(01)] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
[Ib3.2.35(01)] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
[Ibb8.5.48] Eton College Library ink stamp on half-title page verso.
[Ib3.2.35(01)] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
[Ib3.2.35(01)] Gold tooled spine title: "Waking thoughts. (W. Johnson) & Reply. (J.H. Arkwright)".
[Ib3.2.35(01)] Ms. notes in Harcourt's hand on front free endpaper verso and front flyleaf regarding the authorship of the poems in the volume.
[Ib3.2.35(01)] Ms. note from Welby to L.V. Harcourt dated 26th May 1897, regarding the contents and authorship of the poems bound in this volume, tipped in after front flyleaves.
[Ib3.2.35(01)] Bound with: "Reply. (J.H. Arkwright)".
[Ibb8.5.48] Stored in a box with other pamphlets.
[Ibb8.5.48] Gathering stitched.
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
England Eton.
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