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i acquired this old book today - not the 1860something version but the revised and enlarged edition printed 1891, edited by Frederick Locker-Lampson, assisted by Coulson Kernahan.
it's no. 109 of only 250 printed (the 109 and his name entered by hand), and is all edge-chewed thick paper and wonderful. its hardback cover bears a wide dark red panel, heavily embossed with the stamp 'Ilford Public Libraries', and inside there's an intricate black and white print sticker denoting Borough of Ilford Central Public Library... on further once-plain sheets there's stamped 'withdrawn, Redbridge public libraries' and 'Sold for Redbridge public libraries'. there's even a b&w print of freddy, and what feels like a real ink signature beneath that with the sentiment 'Yours very truly/Frederick Locker'. the raised surface of the ink might mean it's printed, though, as the hand-filled edition number and signature are a much paler shade of ink and feels different to the other. maybe different inks at different times, maybe one's handwritten and one's print. i don't care - it's such a chunk of history with so many poets included in this anthology.
the price it sold for from redbridge? one english pound.
that would've made him laugh, i am sure.
it's no. 109 of only 250 printed (the 109 and his name entered by hand), and is all edge-chewed thick paper and wonderful. its hardback cover bears a wide dark red panel, heavily embossed with the stamp 'Ilford Public Libraries', and inside there's an intricate black and white print sticker denoting Borough of Ilford Central Public Library... on further once-plain sheets there's stamped 'withdrawn, Redbridge public libraries' and 'Sold for Redbridge public libraries'. there's even a b&w print of freddy, and what feels like a real ink signature beneath that with the sentiment 'Yours very truly/Frederick Locker'. the raised surface of the ink might mean it's printed, though, as the hand-filled edition number and signature are a much paler shade of ink and feels different to the other. maybe different inks at different times, maybe one's handwritten and one's print. i don't care - it's such a chunk of history with so many poets included in this anthology.
the price it sold for from redbridge? one english pound.
that would've made him laugh, i am sure.