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Single Copy

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The work was supposedly published, ergo there could be expected to be more than a single copy, it was not something scribed by hand. This makes me wonder if there are any other known works of which there is only a single known copy surviving. That would make a fascinating "see also" to this article, if such a list of one-surviving-copy of books were compiled. Damotclese (talk) 02:09, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Damotclese. An interesting idea for an article, if it could be sourced. You might start with a search like this.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:55, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edits

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For some reason this wasn't on my watchlist. Anyway, coming back to it now, I believe the article has been eviscerated. What was I thought a fascinating word mystery, has become utterly prosaic, with all of what should be the the up-front material summarized to its bare bones or moved to an afterthought. The focus is now all wrong. That is not to say that there has not been some good additions, but the removals and reorganization of the material is all wrong. I will not simply revert, but I do plan to completely change this back to what it was, and then work in the new material.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:25, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

von Bunsen's copy

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This comment at MetaFilter on the 1854 auction:

According to Sotheby's marked copy of the auction catalogue, Christian Charles Josias von Bunsen's copy of Meanderings of Memory was sold for sixpence to a buyer named 'Holmes' or 'Hoolmes'. Holmes bought a number of other inexpensive lots, and may have been a bookseller attending the sale. Just possibly he was the antiquary John Holmes, whose own library was sold at auction on 15 June 1854. It might be worth checking Holmes's sale catalogue to see if Meanderings of Memory turns up again.

jnestorius(talk) 15:22, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edward Gandy

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My optimistic theory from the cited 1893 Bazaar, Exchange and Mart is that the questioner "Gandy" had inherited four books previously owned by their collateral ancestor, Edward Gandy. Of the books, Meanderings of Memory was one, two were Napoleonic history, and the fourth was written under the pseudonym "One of Us" by Edward Gandy. It seems plausible that Edward Gandy might also have used the pseudonym "Nightlark". One might compare the language in the NED snippets from Meanderings of Memory with the language in Gandy's known works:

  • Lorenzo, the Outcast Son (1823; "a tragic drama founded on The Robbers of Frederic Schiller");
  • Some passages in the life ... of Egomet Bonmot, Esq., edited by Mr Mwaughmaim and now first published by ME (1825; OCLC 45305485 "Mwaughmaim" = French: moi-même "myself"; "Egomet Bonmot" was a pseudonym of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright but this book is "probably the work of Edward Gandy");
  • Caswallon, King of Britain (1826);
  • Moods and Tenses (1827; by "One of Us");
  • The Commercial Room (1847; by "One of Us").

Edward Gandy (1785[1]/1788?[2]–14 June 1859[3]) was from Plymouth[3][4]

jnestorius(talk) 00:20, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ a b c Edward Gandy, 1785 - 1859 myheritage (I don't have subscription, not all details are visible to me)
  2. ^ a b c d e Lewis Carroll's Diaries (1997) vol. 4: Journal 8, May 1862 to September 1864 (Lewis Carroll Society) p. 156 n. 144
  3. ^ a b c d Gentleman's Magazine (July 1859) vol. 7/207 p. 94
  4. ^ Richard Nicholls Worth (1890) History of Plymouth p. 464 (Plymouth: William Brendon)
  5. ^ The Royal Calendar (1842) p. 224
  6. ^ The Spectator (4 Nov 1854) vol. 27 no. 1375 p. 1159
  7. ^ Barry Lawrence Ruderman, ANTIQUE MAPS BY DANIEL ROSS
  8. ^ a b Gentleman's Magazine (Jan 1862) vol. 12/212 p. 71
  9. ^ Lady Eastlake (1870) "Memoir of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake" p. 32, footnote in Charles Lock Eastlake Contributions to the literature of the Fine Arts (Second series) (London : John Murray)
  10. ^ "No. 22335". The London Gazette. 1859-12-09. p. 4695.

Thomas Cooper

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The Poetical Works of Thomas Cooper[1] includes some vocab reminiscent of the NED words:

un-NOUN-ed unshooned unsceptered unspelled Unaffrayed unlensed unorganed unhatted
un-VERB-ed uncaused unawed unendued undismayed uncommemorated ungainsayed undischarged unbeguiled unimpelled unviewed unbeshrined unannoyed unblamed unchastened
un-PASTPART unrent unstung unblent
un-ADJ unchaste uncognisant unskilful unlyric unrife unpitiful
un-VERB uncloud undistract
un-NOUN (v.) unwomb ungear
un-NOUN (n.) unlikeness
-like hearse-like dirge-like stone-like dome-like Elijah-like
-ize dogmatize Anatomize eternize gormandizing
-lessness dreadlessness guiltlessness raylessness
re- re-enthrone re-endow re-enjoy re-impart re-enthral

jnestorius(talk) 11:55, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ The Poetical Works of Thomas Cooper. Hodder and Stoughton. 1877.