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Published by No date or place Edinburgh?, 1805
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. On recto of first leaf of bifolium. Addressed on reverse of second leaf: 123456 / [T. W. Naellz?] Esqr / Ambleside . Aged and worn, with closed tears along folds, and damage to second leaf from breaking of seal. Reads: Dear Sir / If you can send me Madame Cottin s romance about Saladin you will much oblige me. / Yours truly / John Wilson . Good large signature. The first edition of The Saracen; Or, Matilda and Melek Adhel: A Crusade Romance, From the French of Madame Cottin, with an Historical Introduction, by J. Michaud, the French Editor was published in four volumes in London by R. Dutton in 1805, with a second edition in 1809 and a third in 1816.
Published by New York: Redfield, ., 1860
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Set of five volumes. Octavo, cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, tissue-protected frontis., xxviii + 486 pp; xxxvi + 432 pp; xvi + 469 pp; xxii + 468 pp; xii + 465 pp. Good, with edgewear that includes fraying to spine tips, sunning to spines, light soiling. Literature, Philosophy, Essay, Humor, Humour.
Published by Tuesday Evening Thursday and Saturday no dates but all after All three from 6 Gloucester Place Edinburgh, 1825
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
See his entry in the Oxford DNB, which states that he lived in Gloucester Place from 1825. The recipient is the novelist Thomas Henry Lister (1800-1842), and the item is from the papers of his wife, Lady Theresa Lewis (1803-1865): both also have ODNB entries. The three letters are in good condition; each 2pp, 12mo, and on the first leaf of a bifolium, and all lightly aged and folded for postage, with slight damage from mount to the second leaves of each (all carrying the address in Wilson s hand). All three with Wilson s sprawling signature John Wilson . Wilson s handwriting is atrocious and the following readings are in consequence tentative. ONE ( Tuesday Evening ): Addressed to Mr Lister / 17 Heriot Row . He was from home when the recipient called at Gloucester Place. He invites him to dinner, when Mr Taylor, [the future Sir Henry Taylor] author of Philip of Ortevell [in fact Philip van Artevelde , 1834] is to be with us . TWO ( Thursday ): Same address as One. He invites him to dinner the following day. Mr Henry Taylor, from London, is to be with us. I beg to be respectfully remembered to Thos Lister . In the latter part of the letter he appears to say that his daughters have been kept at home by their mother, for an indisposition that is not serious. THREE ( Saturday ): Addressed to T H Lister Esqr / Gibbs Hotel . Another dinner invitation. Mrs Wilson having had a bad cold lately, does not at present leave home; but my daughter will accompany me at an early hour, [?] to wait on Thos Lister .