Hamilton, Walter, 1844-1899

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Epithet: collector of bookplates

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Walter Hamilton was an English authority on bookplates and writer of light verse and parodies. In 1889, Reeves and Turner (London) published his collection, An odd volume for smokers: a lyttel parcell of poems and parodyes [sic].

From the description of ALS : London, to president of the Grolier Club, 1889 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122613161
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creatorOf Hamilton, Walter, 1844-1899,. Gray's poems parodied, 1750-1910. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Vol. II, ff. 306, H-O.includes:ff. 1, 5 Sir Francis Seymour Haden, etcher and surgeon: Letters to C. W. and C. D. Sherbom: 1880, 1902. f. 7 Louis Haghe, lithographer and painter: Letter to W. Jerdan: 1848. f.8 Louis Haghe, lithographer and painter:... British Library
creatorOf Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. An essay on the genius of George Cruikshank / by W. M. Thackeray ; and additional memoirs by Hamilton, Stephens, Wilson, Bates and others. Illustrated by one thousand seven hundred original caricatures, etchings, woodcuts, &c. selected from his works and in addition several sheets of original drawings besides autographs of Cruikshank, Thackeray, &c. University of California, Los Angeles
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K. Houghton Library
referencedIn An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank, 1808-1877 William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
creatorOf Hamilton, Walter, 1844-1899,. A bibliography of English parodies, burlesques, and travesties : manuscript, 1886. Houghton Library
creatorOf Hamilton, Walter, 1844-1899. ALS : London, to president of the Grolier Club, 1889 Nov. 4. Grolier Club
referencedIn Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Correspondence, 1819, 1849-1957, 1962 William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
creatorOf Hamilton, Walter, 1844-1899. [A collection of newspaper cuttings relating to, and illustrations by, George Cruikshank, collected by W. Hamilton. The City of London Corporation, Corporation of London Libraries
creatorOf Hamilton, Walter, 1844-1899,. Gray's poems parodied. 1750-1910. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
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Tobacco in literature
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