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Biblio-Sleuthing in Shakespeariana Land
For $60, for My Sentimental Library, I recently acquired a Shakespeare
book from the library of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889), Shakespeare scholar, and one of the founders of the Shakespeare Society in England. The book is an unsigned presentation copy of Annals of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare, Collected From the Most Recent Authorities. London, 1886. "To J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps Esq. from the Author with his best compliments." Wallington Nov. 1886 On the rear pastedown is the following book label: "From the Libray of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., &c., which was bequeathed to his Nephew and Executor, Ernest E. Baker, f.S.A., January, 1889." On the front pastedown is the bookplate of Charles Carpenter. So much for the provenance. Now to start biblio sleuthing; The name of the author is not printed in the book, nor is it listed in any of the bookseller listings on the web. The preface, however, was written by "J.C" -- No! Not the Man Upstairs! In the preface, "J.C." acknowledges the assistance he received from J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps's book, "Outlines of the Life of William Shakespeare." I believe this is the reason why the author presented Halliwell-Phillipps with a copy of the book. A quick check at WorldCat using the terms, "Annals, Life, Shakespeare, 1886," did not turn up a single copy of the work; however the records of books with similar titles were provided. I had better luck with Copac! Listings at the National Library of Scotland, the British Library, and Birmingham identifed Joseph Cundall as the author of Annals of the Life and Work of Shakespeare. Googling Joseph Cundall, as well as doing an author search of him at abebooks, revealed that he was a publisher, author, editor, painter and photographer. Although his Shakespeare book was relatively inexpensive, several other books he either wrote, edited, or published, which readily bore his name, cost a pretty penny. He wrote, edited, or published books about wood engravings, bookbinding, Children's books, Christmas Carols, photography books, and books about art and artitsts. I found many listings of a biography on him, "Joseph Cundall, Victorian Publisher," published in the 1970s, and I'll have to find me a copy; he interests me! Just to be sure--not that the folks across the pond could ever ever have made such a mistake in identity-- I wanted to get another verifcation that Joseph Cundall was the author of my book. I went to the Folger Library website, and their Hamnet online catalog verified that Joseph Cundall was indeed the author. Yay! I even got verification from Worldcat! Don't ask my why, but when I added the word, "work" to the terms, "annals, life, Shakespeare,1886," up popped the record of my book, listing Joseph Cundall as the author. Go Figger! Jerry Morris Welcome to Moi's Books About Books: http://www.tinyurl.com/hib7 My Sentimental Library http://www.picturetrail.com/mylibrary and moislibrary.com http://www.tinyurl.com/hisn |
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