Harry Buxton Forman Editor (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. four VOLUME SET IN ORIGINAL DECORATED CLOTH.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4 volumes in very attractive three-quarters leather bindings. Though unsigned, these are top quality Victorian bindings. Dark blue leather with raised cords, gold lettering and decorated panels on the spine, each volume dated 1882. Wide leather corners. Blue cloth over boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Only very minor scuffing to the spines -- the set sits most attractively on the shelf, not showing any of its flaws. Complete in 4 volumes. The front hinge of volume 1 is weak, and needs to be handled gently. Front cover of volume 4 is detached but sits perfectly in place. Each volume has engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. About 500 pages per volume. A bit of extra shipping will be necessary to mail this set. Please email with questions or for additional photos.…

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper, with short closed tear at foot of fold. Signed 'Owen Philipps'. Having received a letter from Buxton Forman 'about the Matchless Orinda', he gives some details regarding her husband, who is 'an ancestor of mine, being one of the Phillips of Kilsant & Picton'. His brother has 'lent me a copy of her Poems which I have been reading with much interest.' He also refers to his relations 'Mr. Wogan', 'Mrs. Owen', 'Jas Phillips' and 'Hector Phillips'. The letter concludes: 'The alteration of spelling of the name of Phillips to "Philipps" was made by the third or fourth Baronet.' In 1931 Philipps was found guilty of issuing a document with intent to deceive, and served a ten-month sentence in Wormwood Scrubs. Buxton Forman's involvement in the forgeries of Thomas James Wise is proved beyond doubt in John Collins's 'The Two Forgers' (1992).…