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English Victorian manuscript diary containing the hunting notes of a Pytchley man Charles W. Prescott 1871; amusing not only to the hunting-world

1870rif. D11031England 1870s. Hardcover. Very Good. England Kent and Norfolk counties: c. 1871-1874. 8vo 175 x 115mm; 61 numbered pages in the hand of Charles W. Prescott detailing his various hunting excursions around the Kent countryside. Prescotts ownership inscription on front free-endpaper is dated 1871. His entries are easily read and cover Prescotts adventures on hunting hares with a skulk of foxes writing Found another in the same field ran her straight back to Old Park round the pond and the pack hunted her beautifully. Dec. 16 1871. The hunts took place over sprawling village and countryside or as he describes hop-gardens hills and ploughs of land in the Herne Bay area of Kent England. Many entries are headed by recognizable locations; Stroud Park Broomfield Hilsborough Wolston Heath and Chislet Mill and are dated with month and sometimes year. Only a portion of the way full his entries span about three years the first dated: Oct. 19 71 Stroud Park and last March 25 1874. Contemporary black morocco marbled endpapers and marbled endpapers with original brass clasp faint splitting at lower hinge of first few leaves strengthened at endpapers corners rubbed otherwise in very good shape especially considering it was wielded around so much of the Kentish countryside. Prescott makes many personal anecdotes about his day noting things in his surroundings like scent moderate or adding his opinions we could not kill I think we should have but the sun was too hot. Prescott often ends the entries with jotting down the days weather as something like very indifferent but as good as could be expected with a very cold east wind or simply stating Frost. It is evident from Prescotts personal asides that he was a vigilant huntsman quite dedicated to the task. Further personal glimpses reveal a record of his horses charming names including Salt Fish and Molly Malone. At the time Prescott was taking these notes Herne Bay area and the Kentish villages would have been teeming with people. The Victoria era was one of prosperity when elite English folk flocked to popular destinations to partake in their favorite pastimes. From 1873 on in the journal Prescott notes he was hunting with Pytchley by writing their name in parentheses. The Pytchley hunt is an organization originally based in Northamptonshire in formation as early at the 1630s. The organization is still active today. Pytchleys website notes that from 1819-1873 right as Prescott began with Pytchley for one year the Althorp and Pytchley countries were hunted by one pack with a second pack established at Brigstock. Prescott was part of the famous hunt organization at a time when it was amid significant change and expansion. His notes may keep further clue of such growth. While the huntsman himself may be unknown to history the anecdotal evidence in Prescotts diary gives us a glimpse of the Victorian man fond of his sport. hardcover

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50 [A Rare Soviet Yiddish Literary Journal Edited by Itsik Fefer] Fefer, Itsik, editor; Alukraynisher Orgkomitet fun di SovetishBiblio.com

FARMEST: LITERARISH KINSTLERISHER UN KRITISH-BIBLIOGRAFISHER ZSHURNAL. 1935: NO. 12 DECEMBER.

1935rif. 43308Kharkov: Ukrmelukhenatsmindfarlag 1935. First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers 8vo 156 pages.Includes illustrations. 21-23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates roughly as “Challenge: A Literary Artistic and Critical Bibliographical Journal.” At the time the only Yiddish literary periodical in Ukraine. Farmest 1933–1937 was a monthly Yiddish literary magazine published in Kharkhiv Ukraine by the Ukrainian Committee for Soviet Writers. “Edited by the poet Itsik Fefer 1900–1952 it was continued in Sovetishe literatur: Literarish-kinstlerisher un kritish-bibliografisher zhurnal Soviet Literature: Literary-Artistic and Critical-Bibliographical Journal; 1938–1941. In 1927 Fefer was a founding member of the Jewish Section of the All-Ukrainian Union of Proletarian Writers and from 1928 one of the editors of its Kharkov-based journal Prolit Proletarian Literature. He also coedited the nonproletarian Kharkov journal Di royte velt The Red World from 1929. From 1933 to 1937 he edited the Kiev periodical Farmest Challenge; known as Sovetishe literatur Soviet Literature between 1938 and 1941 which replaced Prolit and Di royte velt and was thereafter the only Yiddish literary periodical in Ukraine.” YIVO. Avrom Gontar was also involved in the collective and editorial committee. The editor Itsik Fefer 1900–1952 “began writing poems in 1918 and in 1922 joined Vidervuks New Growth in Kiev a group of young Yiddish literati whose mentor was Dovid Hofshteyn. That same year the appearance of Fefer’s small collection Shpener Splinters established him as a rising literary star. His poetry amalgamated the Kultur-lige poets’ revolutionary romanticism with the propagandist objectives of the workers’ movement. Fefer was known for his literary credo of proste reyd simple speech a concept he formulated in 1922. In the early 1920s poetry particularly avant-garde poetry swamped the literary pages of Soviet Yiddish periodicals. This phenomenon worried editors and critics who were wary of the fact that Yiddish readers usually could not identify with this style of literature. All Yiddish readers by contrast could understand Fefer’s proste reyd. In 1927 Fefer was a founding member of the Jewish Section of the All-Ukrainian Union of Proletarian Writers and from 1928 one of the editors of its Kharkov-based journal Prolit Proletarian Literature. He also coedited the nonproletarian Kharkov journal Di royte velt The Red World from 1929” Gennady Estraikh. For more see: Gennady Estraikh “The Kharkiv Yiddish Literary World 1920s–Mid-1930s” East European Jewish Affairs 32.2 2002: 70–88; Chone Shmeruk “Yiddish Literature in the U.S.S.R.” in The Jews in Soviet Russia since 1917 ed. Lionel Kochan pp. 242–280 London and New York 1970. SUBJECTS: Yiddish literature -- Ukraine -- Periodicals. Yiddish literature. OCLC: 35051038. Pages toning as expected some sunning and stains to cover Good Condition. BYID-46-2A-LGG-’excc. Kharkov: Ukrmelukhenatsmindfarlag unknown

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[NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE] S[olomon] Hodgson, Printer, bookseller, stationer, print seller, newspaper proprietor (BBTI 1785-1800), alBiblio.com

Bewick; Hodgson bookseller Newcastle Receipted Invoice Signed "S. Hodgson" Account of "Mr Charnley" BBTI William Charnley bookseller stationer publisher bookbinder librarian/owner of circulating library

rif. 4947Newcastle no date late C18th. One page 4to somewhat grubby and worn at the edge but text clear and complete. Account total £7.16.11 paid in cash. Twenty two items listed with prices multiple copies from "6 Hist of All Nations" to 200 Maclaurin's Spelling" subjects including educational as above and children's "Mother Goose" "Mothers Chits Chats Tales". Other items include "Traders Guide" "Robinson Crusoe" "London Cries" "Lottery Books" "Tom Thumbs Play Bills". As a guide to the date of this account the third edition of Anne Fisher's "New English Tutor" was published in Newcastle in 1774 BLC and Hodgson died in1800. An edition of "The History of all Nations" appeared in 1771 another Newcastle imprint but the Bewick's published under the same title in 1784. John Bewick illustrated an edition of "Little Jack" title listed Bewick bought books from Charnley who was an early collector of the former's works and Hodgson published the first edition of Bewick's "Natural History". Bewick illustreated a "Robinson Crusoe" York 1802. Also listed and in Bewick's library Enfield William. The Speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers . with a view to facilitate the improvement of youth in reading and writing . editions London: R. Dodsley 1789; London: J. Johnson n.d. c 1795 etc. And a Possibly: Fisher George. The Instructor or young man's best companion: containing spelling reading writing and arithmetic in an easier way than any yet published . Glasgow: for the booksellers 1786; or another edition. 455. Mother Chit-Chat's curious tales & puzzles 7th edition enlarged Newcastle: S. Hodgson 1787. BjF. The New Reading Made Easy consisting of a variety of useful lessons. Alnwick: W. Davison n.d. Hugo 1868 attributes the woodcut on the title page to Bewick.Though the posssibility cannot be ruled out this is probably not an edition there were many of Hastie T. schoolmaster Newcastle. The only method to make reading easy First edition Newcastle: M. Angus Newcastle, no date (late C18th?). unknown

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J M Gutch [John Mathew Gutch (1776-1861), journalist and proprietor of Felix Farley's Bristol Journal, friend of the essayist ChBiblio.com

J. M. Gutch friend of Charles Lamb. Two copies of printed poem 'The Old Oaken Chair: addressed to different members of his family by J. M. G.' With poem of same title by 'H. B. T.' subtitled 'Dedicated without permission to Mrs. Gutch.'

rif. 16030Gutch's poem limited to around a dozen copies dated at end: 'Common HIll Worcester September 1850.' Poem by 'H. B. T.' dated at end 'Worcester 7th October 1850.'. Both poems excessively scarce with the only copies traced on OCLC WorldCat and COPAC at the British Library. The three items wrapped in letterhead of 'Merrixton House near Stepaside Pembrokeshire' with anonymous manuscript note dated 3 July 1915 stating that 'only about a dozen copies were printed'. Another copy consulted bears the pencil note 'Only 12 printed'. ONE: By 'J. M. G.' Title-page: 'The Old Oaken Chair: Addressed to Different Members of his Family. By J. M. G.' 8pp. 12mo. A neat production on two bifoliums unbound and unstitched. In good condition lightly aged. Prefatory note: 'WRITTEN in my 76th year upon receiving from my Brother GEORGE GUTCH an OAKEN CHAIR as a companion to a curiously carved LIBRARY TABLE he had previously sent me.' The poem in blank verse covers pp.5-8 and begins: 'OLD OAKEN CHAIR! I love thy antique form Thou bring'st to my remembrance the review Of by-gone days and scenes; - the love I bear To him who sent another gift to suit This room the shelves of which contain Volumes of early lore of poetry divine; Of that which helps to meditation And recalls the mind from earth to heav'n.' The poem refers to the loss of a parent his wife 'kind Mary Anne'. The latter part of the poem concerns the travels in the Aegean of his son J. W. G. Gutch with six footnotes the first two reading: 'My son a Queen's Foreign Messenger was at this period sent with despatches to Sir William Parker and Mr. Wyse respecting the settlement of the affairs of Greece.' and 'After delivering the despatches he was permitted to land at Athens and had sufficient time and opportunity to visit the celebrated classical scenes which surround the city.' TWO: Another copy of Item One. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with the leaves detached and folded and mounted on stubs. Autograph note by Gutch on the title page: 'To his dear Daughter Frances Gutch'. The Oxford DNB states that Gutch's only child was his son J. W. G. Gutch. THREE: By 'H. B. T.' Title-page: 'The Old Oaken Chair. Dedicated without permission to Mrs. Gutch.' 2pp. 12mo. Bifolium with title-page on recto of the first leaf and poem on the recto of the second. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with discoloration and slight damage along gutter. Uniform in design with Item One. Poem dated at end: 'H. B. T. Worcester 7th October 1850.' Twelve-line poem in three four-line stanzas: 'FULL many chairs on dais placed Have held both knaves and fools; Some who their Country's cause betrayed Some who were party's tools. But here's an honest chair of oak Which holds an honest man; Whose life will bear the scrutiny Of Honour's closest scan. Dear Madam let me breathe a wish As you will breathe a prayer That years may pass ere you shall sigh "Ah! there's the VACANT CHAIR!"' Gutch's poem (limited to around a dozen copies) dated at end: 'Common HIll [Worcester], | September, 1850.' Poem by 'H. B. T.' d unknown

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