Autograph letters signed from James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, West Brompton, London, Surrey and Brighton, to various people at unknown addresses [manuscript], 1839-1887.

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Autograph letters signed from James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, West Brompton, London, Surrey and Brighton, to various people at unknown addresses [manuscript], 1839-1887.

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Letter (9), [1853?] begins "Bad luck to the fellow who imposed on Collier by the Perkins forgeries!" (13) is a circular notice of his proposal to reprint in limited editions texts of "Curious Early English literature." (34) refers to his gift of a large collection of Shakespeareana to the University of Edinburgh to form the first Shakespearean library in Scotland.

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