ALS : London, to president of the Grolier Club, 1889 Nov. 4.

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ALS : London, to president of the Grolier Club, 1889 Nov. 4.

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With this letter, addressed to "the president of the Grolier Club" (aNew York City bibliophile society), Hamilton encloses his collection of poems on smoking, An odd volume for smokers, and asks the club to send him a copy of its bookplate andother printed ephemera. The club added the title to its library.

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Hamilton, Walter, 1844-1899

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Epithet: collector of bookplates British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x0001bd 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. (Unkno...

Grolier Club

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Andrews, William Loring, 1837-1920

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