H m tomlinson biography of william hill

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English Books - 1801 onwards

LANE-POOLE, Stanley.The life of the right honourable stratford canning...London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888.First edition.8vo. In two volumes. With three engraved portraits. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed, spines sunned. Foxed. Liberal Party politician and Governor of Victoria, Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey's (1836-1918) copy, with his armorial bookplates to both FEPs. More >£ 75.00Antiquates Ref. 21982

LUKE, Harry, Sir.Cities and men: and autobiography.London. Geoffrey Bles, [1953].First edition.8vo. In three volumes. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrappers. Lightly rubbed, some chipping and loss to price-clipped dustwrappers. Internally clean and crisp. Bookplates and inked ownership inscriptions of John Marstan Gamley to endpapers of Vols. I and II and half-title of Vol. III. More >£ 75.00Antiquates Ref. 21978

MURRAY, Richard Paget.The flora of somerset.Taunton. Published for the Society by Barnicott and Pearce, 1896.First edition.8vo. lxi, [1], 437pp, [1]. With an illustrated frontispiece and a folding map of the county.

[Bound with:] MARSHALL, Edward Shearburn. A supplement to the flora of s

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Caveat emptor, as they say. We recently made a considered purchase of what I regarded to be a deliberate “fake”, by persons unknown, of a volume from what is known as the “Clouds Hill library”. These being the books that were in TE’s cottage at the time of his death in 1935. We purchased this to have in our collection an example of just such an item as it has a certain curiosity value in its own right and makes for a good exemplar.

The volume in question purports to be the presentation copy of “All Our Yesterdays” by H. M. Tomlinson. The problems that I note regarding this volume are: 1. incorrect bookplate; 2. suspicious and weak inscription; 3. in just too good a condition. It is too bright and clean and “Clouds Hill” books rarely have dust wrappers. Would you agree with this assessment? The actual “Clouds Hill” copy may be out there somewhere. Do you have it perhaps?

I write here as a warning that such items are in the market place, but of course the collector must always decide for themselves if an item is genuine or not! It is well known that these volumes are catalogued in some detail, indicating publishing points and other features, in “T.E. Lawrence by His Friends” published in 1937 shortly aft