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Antiquarian Books & Their Hidden Histories

Antiquarian books often carry hidden histories; signatures, bookplates, inscriptions, and links to notable people or events. This blog showcases intriguing examples from the P.A. Gallagher Collection

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Charles Hindley (Bookseller, Editor & Compiler)

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Antiquarian books can hold fascinating hidden histories beyond their text, including signatures, bookplates, authorial inscriptions, historical ownership, and connections to significant events or people. This blog highlights some of the interesting examples in the P.A Gallagher Collection

Who is Who?

Aspland John Dimock (A 19th Century Muggletonian)1
Baldwin Alfred (MP 1892-1908 & Father of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin)1
Barlow Charles Sydney "Punch" (South African Businessman/Conservationist1
Barquissau Raphaël (Professor Poet & Historian)1
Bryan George Leopold (Irish MP 1877)1
Butler Henry Montagu (Headmaster of Harrow School 1860-1885)1
Cook Thomas (Founder of the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son)1
Criminologist and Collector of Political Prints)1
Cronwright-Schreiner Samuel (Political Activist/Boer War)1
Editor & Compiler)1

Edmund Sheppard (Chaplain of the HMS Captain)1
Fiedeldij Dop Ph.H. (Dutch Resistance WWII)1
Hindley Charles (Bookseller1
Kendall Annie (19th Century Girls' Education Advocate)1
Kuyper De P.M.N.1
Lodewick Fernand (Neerlandicus)1
Nyman A.V. & Bergman Olsson J. (19th Century Swedish Mariners)1
Pliny Earle MD (American Psychiatrist)1
Power Ernest Erle (Buddhist Scholar)1
Powles1
Prins Eli (Jewish Refugee WWII)1
Rangaraj Colonel Dr. A.G. (First Indian Paratrooper)1
Shnayerson Edward M.D. (Russian Jewish Immigrant)1
Union Line (Union Steamship Company)1
Welvill F.A.V. (Midshipman "Lost at Sea" WWI)1
Weringh Koos van (Journalist1

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