Book of poems, ca. 1740.

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Book of poems, ca. 1740.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/367330668

Handwritten poems copied into a book of blank pages. These items were composed by prominent English poets. Inside the front cover is a book plate of Anthony Trollope, the English novelist. Also included is a note on the flyleaf by Trollope. He mistakenly identifies Gresley as his great grandmother. This item is the subject of letter #426 found in Bradford Allen Booth, "The Letters of Anthony Trollope" published in London: Oxford University Press, 1951 pages 249-250.

1 v. (ca. 300 p.)

Harold B. Lee Library

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Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882

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Trollope was born on Apr. 24, 1815 in London, England; attended Winchester and Harrow; worked as a junior clerk in the General Post Office and was then transferred as a postal surveyor to Ireland; in 1859 he moved back to London, resigning from the civil service in 1867; stood unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate for Parliament in 1868; became a novelist, known for his Barsetshire and Palliser series of novels, among others; individual novels include: Barchester Towers (1857), Can you forgive h...

Gresley, Mary.

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Collector of poems. From the description of Book of poems, ca. 1740. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367330668 ...