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Kp.5.11 (Copy 1)
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Kp.5.12 (Copy 2)
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Kp.5.13(01) (Copy 3)
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Kp.5.14 (Copy 4)
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Kp.5.15 (Copy 5)
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Kp.5.16 (Copy 6)
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Kp.5.17 (Copy 7)
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Kp.5.18 (Copy 8)
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Kp.5.21(01) (Copy 9)
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Kp.5.22(01) (Copy 10)
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Kp.5.23(01) (Copy 11)
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Kp.5.24(01) (Copy 12)
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Kp.5.25(01) (Copy 13)
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Kp.5.26(01) (Copy 14)
Author
Title
Ionica.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1858.
Physical description
iv, 116 p. ; 18 cm.
Note
Anonymous. By William Johnson Cory.
Note
Printer's imprint of Smith, Elder & Co. on p. 116.
Note
500 copies printed; 138 unsold copies in sheets were sent to the author in April 1872; after his death some of these copies were bought by the bookseller James Bain and bound for sale with copies of Ionica II (Cambridge, 1877). See John Carter, Hand-list, pp. 73-74.
Note
Carter lists 3 binding variants of "Ionica": (a) Sage green morocco-grained cloth with gilt spine title "Ionica", gilt fleurons and gilt bands at head and foot, blind triple lined border on sides; (b) Sage green fine-ribbed cloth with identical blocking and lettering; (c) Grass green fine-ribbed cloth with identical blocking and lettering except that there is a full point after the title, and binder's ticket of Westleys & Co. Additionally, copies found in blue-grey paper boards bound with Ionica II are probably copies bought up after Cory's death by James Bain.
Note
A second collection was printed for private circulation in 1877 as "Ionica II", and a collected edition was published in 1891.
Citation/references note
Carter, J. Hand-list of the printed works of William Johnson, afterwards Cory (Cambridge Bibliographical Society ; 1, 1949), 6
Citation/references note
Carter, J. Addenda and corrigenda to 'A hand-list of the printed works of William Johnson, afterwards Cory' (Cambridge Bibliographical Society ; IV.4, 1967), p. 318
Provenance
[Copy 1] Booklabel of John Carter.
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[Copy 2] Inscription in blue ink on front endpaper: "To my wife, from E. June, 1922".
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[Copy 3] Booklabel of John Carter.
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[Copy 4] Booklabel of John Carter.
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[Copy 5] Inscriptions in ink on front endpaper in more than one 19th and 20th century hands: "Randall W. Vickers, Exeter Coll: Oxford. March 1859" ; "In memoriam A. B." ; "Et ego in Arcadia vixi" ; "E. I. Wathen" [or Walter?]. 20th century green ink stamp inside lower cover: "Deskins & Greene, Antiquarians. Atlantic City, NJ".
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[Copy 6] Armorial bookplate of Frederic William Maitland ; inscription on front free-endpaper: "F.W.M. from R.R., Epiphany 1866" ; pencil note on facing page "Given by Miss Maitland, F.W.M.'s surviving sister, 1963 (with the cloister gallery photograph)", initialled P.L.S. i.e. Patrick Strong, the College Librarian.
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[Copy 7] Shane Leslie's copy, with his bookplate inside back cover and ex-libris label inside front cover. Earlier etched bookplate of Wilfred Sheridan, with pencil note in Leslie's hand "Killed 1915 Loos". Author's inscription to Louisa S. Dolignon dated 1859, with notes in Leslie's hand identifying her as the "heroine of 'The Bridesmaid' p 67" and transcribing a note by Cory.
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[Copy 8] Booklabel of John Waynflete Carter. Armorial bookplate of Frederick Pollock, initialled in ink "G.H.P.". Inscribed by Cory on title page to Mr F Pollock, dated 1875. Note in Carter's hand: "the gift of Simon Nowell Smith, 1950"; another note recording sale of "Sir Frederick's copy, with rather more ms" at Sotheby's in 1964 to "Pickering (against Quaritch) for Harvard".
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[Copy 9] Booklabel of John Carter. Inscribed to Laura Lyttelton from Arthur C. Ainger, Eton, July 5, 1885.
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[Copy 10] Bookplate of G. W. Prothero, to whom the book is inscribed by the author, 1887. Booklabel of Eton College Library with note that the book was given by Geoffrey Madan.
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[Copy 11] Ms. inscription: "C. D. Williamson from the author", with later addition recording Cory's death, and motto "The shrine is bare: the altar cold: but let the outer fabric stand"; name "C.D. Williamson on a slip laid down on same leaf. Anonymous bookplate of C. D. Williamson(?) with figure of a reader and motto "Ie sui ici en l'iv d'ami".
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[Copy 12] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims and circular ink stamp of Manley Sims Eton Collection. AL to Manley Sims from Maggs Bros. dated 12 May 1898 sending two copies of Ionica and one other work on approval.
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[Copy 13] Booklabel of John Waynflete Carter. Engraved booklabel with monogram "RB", i.e. Reginald Brett. Pencil note in Carter's hand: "Reginald Brett, Lord Esher's copy, afterwards in Sir Hugh Walpole's Library (though without bookplate). Bought from Danielson 1948".
Provenance
[Copy 14] Ownership inscription of J. F. Baddeley, London. Eton College Library booklabel recording gift by Mrs [Welbore] St C[lair]. Baddeley in memory of her son Captain E. L. O. Baddeley, February 1932.
Binding
[Copies 1 and 2] Original sage green morocco-grained cloth with gilt spine title "Ionica" ; gilt fleurons and gilt bands at head and foot ; blind triple lined border on sides ; matt pale lemon yellow endpapers.
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[Copy 3] Original sage green fine-ribbed cloth with gilt spine title "Ionica" ; gilt fleurons and gilt bands at head and foot ; blind triple lined border on sides ; matt pale lemon yellow endpapers.
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[Copy 4] Original grass green fine-ribbed cloth with gilt spine title "Ionica." ; gilt fleurons and gilt bands at head and foot ; blind triple lined border on sides ; matt pale lemon yellow endpapers. Binder's ticket of Westleys & Co.
Binding
[Copy 5] Original cloth boards as copy 4, but lacking binder's ticket, with clear plastic dust-jacket.
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[Copy 6] 19th century dark blue calf ; panels of blind double fillets with gilt-stamped fleur de lys ornament in corners ; smooth, gilt-tooled spine ; marbled endpapers.
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[Copy 7] 19th century black morocco ; border and inner frame of blind double fillets with small gilt corner fleurons ; gilt-tooled spine ; marbled endpapers with gilt-tooled turn-ins ; gilt edges.
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[Copy 8] Late 19th century dark green goatskin ; blind double-rule borders and spine decoration ; gilt spine title ; gilt edges ; marbled endpapers. Numbered as first volume of a set with a copy of "Ionica II".
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[Copy 9] 19th century brown morocco half binding ; gilt spine title ; marbled paper boards ; marbled endpapers ; gilt edges.
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[Copy 10] 19th century olive calf ; border of two sets gilt fillets joined at corners ; gilt spine title.
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[Copy 11] 19th century red goatskin ; blind-ruled border and spine ; five raised bands ; gilt spine title ; dark green endpapers ; gilt edges. Binder's stamp of E. [?Alley].
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[Copy 12] 19th century dark blue morocco ; ornate gold-tooled turn-ins ; binder's stamp of Riviere & Son.
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[Copy 13] Pale blue-grey paper boards ; "Ionica" stamped vertically on spine. Note in John Carter's hand identifying this as the Bain style binding, i.e. copies bound for sale by James Bain after Cory's death.
Binding
[Copy 14] As ECL copy 13, but with "Ionica" stamped horizontally on spine, and on front board.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Some poems marked in pencil in list of contents.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3] With a copy of the author's anonymous poem "A Vale. Eton, July, 1864" tipped-in at the end.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 5] Some poems annotated in pencil in a 19th century hand with notes summarising the relationship between "J" [Johnson?] and "C.W."
Copy-specific note
[Copy 7] Three items tipped in, with note in Shane Leslie's hand "given to me by the Cornish family": (1) undated ALS from Cory to [Francis Warre] Cornish on Horace, with extensive postscript "partly for Margaret" ; (2) black and white postcard reproducing portrait of Cory by Charles Furse ; (3) postcard from Cory to Cornish, postmarked "Windsor MR28 87". Additional tipped-in material in Leslie's hand: verses (10 lines) with note "unpublished" ; biographical note on Cory enclosing small black and white photograph of the stair leading to College Chapel/Election Hall, with inscription to an unnamed recipient on verso.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 8] 6 pages of autograph verses by Cory on endpapers, dated Torquay, December 31, 1862; November 25, 1866, and The Hague-Scheveningen omnibus, August 12, 1859. Pencil note in Carter's hand suggesting that the verses were written on the endpapers of a cloth copy which was afterwards bound as the first volume of a set with a copy of "Ionica II" (ECL copy 1).
Copy-specific note
[Copy 9] Bound with a copy of Ionica II (ECL copy 3). Bookseller's biographical note on Laura Lyttelton née Tennant.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 10] Bound with a copy of Ionica II (ECL copy 4). 10 pages of autograph verses by Cory on endpapers, one dated 1870, and tipped-in ALS (4 pp.) from Cory to Prothero dated 8 February 1877, returning the newly bound book to Prothero having "written on most of the spare leaves". Loosely inserted ALS on headed stationery from the bookseller James Bain to Geoffrey Madan, dated 21 July 1926, comparing different editions of the work.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 11] Bound with a copy of Ionica II (ECL copy 5). Extensive annotations which according to a note on the endleaf are all in Cory's hand except where bracketed and initialled CDRW. This attribution is questioned in an undated, unsigned typescript note suggesting that all the notes are "in the hand of C. D. 'Chatty' Williamson" and that he "would appear to have copied these notes from another copy". On two leaves of blue paper and endleaves are 7 pp. of ms. verses possibly in Cory's hand but possibly transcribed, with dates between 1870 and 1888. Loosely inserted clipping from the Times, 30 April 1936, on 'Housman the poet'.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 12] Bound with a copy of Ionica II (ECL copy 6). Annotation in pencil recording sale of a similar copy in May 1891 and brief biographical note. Loosely inserted extracts from obituaries of the author from the Athenaeum and Literary world.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 13] Bound with a copy of Ionica II (ECL copy 7).
Copy-specific note
[Copy 14] Bound with a copy of Ionica II (ECL copy 8).
Subject
English poetry 19th century.
Added entry--name
Carter, John, 1905 - 1975 former owner.
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Maitland, Frederic William, 1850 - 1906 former owner.
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Warre Cornish, Francis, 1871 - 1901 correspondent.
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Warre Cornish, Margaret, 1867 - 1937 correspondent.
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Sheridan, Wilfred former owner.
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Leslie, Shane, 1885 - 1971 former owner.
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Pollock, Frederick, 1845 - 1937 former owner.
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Nowell-Smith, Simon, 1909 - ? former owner.
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Ainger, Arthur Campbell, 1841 - 1919 former owner.
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Lyttelton, Laura former owner.
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Prothero, G. W., 1848 - 1922 George Walter former owner.
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Madan, Geoffrey, 1895 - 1947 former owner.
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Williamson, C. D. R. former owner.
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Manley Sims, F. former owner.
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Bain, James bookseller.
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Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, 1852 - 1930 Viscount former owner.
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Walpole, Hugh, 1884 - 1941 Sir former owner.
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Baddeley, John F. (John Frederick), 1854 - 1940 former owner.
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Baddeley, W. St. Clair (Welbore St. Clair), 1856 - 1945 former owner.
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Smith, Elder & Co. publisher.
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Westleys & Co. bookbinder.
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Riviere & Son bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B45251