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Sealts Number 137
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| Author: |
Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770. |
| Title: |
The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton, with Notices of his Life, History of the Rowley Controversy, a Selection of his Letters, and Notes Critical and Explanatory. |
| Publication: |
Cambridge: Grant, 1842. |
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2 v. |
Sealts
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137 |
| Association: |
Autographed, marked and annotated by Herman Melville, and later presented by him to his brother-in-law John C. Hoadley. |
| Location: |
New York Public Library, Berg Collection. |
| Notes: |
Front inscriptions: "Herman Melville London Dec: 19. 1849." (v. 1 and 2); "Bought at a dirty stall there, and got it bound near by" (v. 1); "To My Brother John C Hoadley Pittsfield, Jan 6th 1854 Presented in earnest token of my disclaimer as to the criticism of the word 'friend' used on the fly-leaf of the 'Whale.'" (Melville here refers to his inscription to Hoadley in a copy of The Whale
, where he alludes to Proverbs 18:24.) Melville recorded the purchase in his London journal entry for 18 December 1849 and in his list of "Books Obtained in London" (Journals 43, 144-45
). Rebound. |
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