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Hallam, Arthur Henry
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Description
- Poems, by A.H. Hallam. [London: Privately printed], 1830.
- Paper, ink, leather
12mo (172 x 107mm.) Preliminary and final blanks, half-title, contemporary purple morocco with ornate borders in blind and gold on covers, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, collector's chemise and blue morocco-backed folding box; some light browning and spotting, extremities slightly rubbed.
first edition, first issue (Nowell-Smith's "A" issue). The poet and essayist Arthur Henry Hallam, the inspiration for Tennyson's In Memoriam, had originally intended to publish a joint collection with Tennyson when the two men were at Cambridge. Arthur's father, Henry Hallam, objected, and so the project was abandoned, with the result that only this edition of Arthur's poems was privately printed and distributed.
As noted by Simon Nowell-Smith this work was once described as "probably the rarest of all the 19th century volumes of poetry" (based on Wise knowing only two copies). Nowell-Smith notes that at least 15 copies had been recorded in 1941, but the book remains extremely rare.
first edition, first issue (Nowell-Smith's "A" issue). The poet and essayist Arthur Henry Hallam, the inspiration for Tennyson's In Memoriam, had originally intended to publish a joint collection with Tennyson when the two men were at Cambridge. Arthur's father, Henry Hallam, objected, and so the project was abandoned, with the result that only this edition of Arthur's poems was privately printed and distributed.
As noted by Simon Nowell-Smith this work was once described as "probably the rarest of all the 19th century volumes of poetry" (based on Wise knowing only two copies). Nowell-Smith notes that at least 15 copies had been recorded in 1941, but the book remains extremely rare.
Provenance
Henry Monteith of Carstairs ( bookplate); The Library of an English Bibliophile, Sotheby's London, Part 1, 28 October 2010, lot 77