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Condition: Very good, please read description below for specifics and look carefully at the listing photographs. Questions welcome. | Archival 1912 Notes & Queries volume compiled by A. H. W. Fynmore, relative of Lt. Col. R. J. Fynmore. Includes Andrew Lang's "Waterloo Book," Napoleon scaffold debate, Brighton sea-bathing cure, Cornish language revival & literary tributes to Hemans, Mayhew & Scott. Fynmore, A. H. W. (Compiler) Notes and Queries, 11th Series, Vol. V (January?June 1912). Three-quarter leather-bound volume, retaining the original pebbled boards and gilt spine label. Binding remains secure as do hinges and joints; contents are clean, clear, and complete, with characteristic toning to the edges. This volume, compiled by A. H. W. Fynmore , a relative of Lt. Col. R. J. Fynmore (frequent Notes and Queries contributor and antiquarian historian), forms a fascinating continuation of the Fynmore family's century-long archival habit of indexing, clipping, and annotating British intellectual culture. It contains numerous Notes and Queries extracts and contemporary newspaper clippings spanning 1834 ? 1950, including original pieces by Andrew Lang ("An Old Waterloo Book"), "Napoleon's Scaffold" with diagram of the Waterloo observatory puzzle, essays on Dr. Richard Russell and the Sea-Bathing Cure of Brighton , the Cornish language revival , and memorial writings on Felicia Hemans , Henry Mayhew , and Sir Walter Scott . Several annotated pages show Fynmore's indexing hand, referencing cross-citations to earlier and later series. Together, these leaves trace a genealogical, literary, and historical dialogue? | Offered by Booking33 ? rare, antiquarian & collectible books. Carefully packed; insured shipping available.
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