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Hardcover. 1st edition. Supplemental to The life and letters, 1897, 2 vols. -- [7], 262 p.: front. (port.); 22.5 cm. Notes and sayings, p. [240]-252. Binding copy: book block v.g. in worn half mocorro, covers loose.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, 318pp, pages edges browning, text clean and sound, inner hinges cracked but holding, red cloth, rubbed, spine faded, Good / no dustwrapper.

Condition: Good. 8vo. Blue paper over boards, with printed label affixed to cover, 22 pp. Near Fine. Letterpress on laid deckled rag.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. This soft bound publication is solid and tight. The covers are lightly soiled and have some edge wear. A laid in newspaper clipping from 1872 mentions extracts from the early records of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. There are 4 color illustrations including one of Sir Knight and another of Prelate. Another has 4 illustrations of different crosses. A final one has 2 illustrations; they are similar and one has the words In Hoc Signo Vinces, etcetera. The other has no wording. The pages are clean with some foxing and light damp stains on the first several pages. The covers are tight and have some wear and soil.

The 1880 'Balliol Masque' indicates Jowett's standing, and the pronunciation of his name: 'First come I. My name is Jowett. | There's no knowledge but I know it. | I am Master of this College, | What I don't know isn't knowledge.' See Jowett's entry, and those of Lucas and Russell, in the Oxford DNB, which states regarding Jowett that by the end of his life he had become 'synonymous with Balliol, which he turned into the leading college in the first university in the United Kingdom at the height of its world power'. 1p, 12mo. In good condition. Folded twice. A nice item, in Jowett's close, controlled hand, with one impressively-unobtrusive erasure and correction. Begins: 'My dear Lucas / Could you take Lord Herbrand Russell, second son of the Duke of Bedford, as a pupil in London for about a month during the Easter Vacation - to begin at once.' Russell, who is 'reading for Pass Moderations', need not take Lucas 'more than an hour or two a day'. The matter is pressing, so Jowett asks to be telegraphed at Oxford. And if Lucas cannot take Russell himself, Jowett asks to be informed of 'any one who can'.

The 1880 'Balliol Masque' indicates Jowett's standing, and the pronunciation of his name: 'First come I. My name is Jowett. | There's no knowledge but I know it. | I am Master of this College, | What I don't know isn't knowledge.' 2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with fold lines. Addressing his letter to 'Edward [sic] M. S Kynnersley Esq', he asks him to 'kindly read the accompanying circular? It relates to a project which I believe to be very important to the College & useful in many other ways, as well as - the [promise?] of a Cricket Ground'. Jowett continues: 'We are poor & unable to carry out the project entirely for our on resources: We hope therefore that former Members of the College will not think us troublesome if for the sake of old associations, we ask them to help us'. He continues: 'It is a long time since I had the pleasure of seeing you & it seems to be ungracious to renew acquaintance by asking for a Subscription. But I must ask you not to regard my request in this light. & I hope that you will come & look me up when you are in or near Oxford.'.

2pp, 12mo. Bifolium on grey paper. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of paper from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. The year has been noted in another hand. The recipient is not identified. The letter begins: 'My dear sir, | I have made arrangements with my excellent friend Mr. Jowett of Baliol Coll. that he should offer to you rooms in Balliol. You will be there with our common friend Brodie, and will I am quite sure find nothing that will not add to your comfort and enjoyment in the Meeting'. He ends in the hope that the recipient will 'find this plan consonant to your wishes'. The letter relates to the meeting at Oxford on 23 June 1847 of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 'Mr. Jowett' is Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893), later Master of Balliol; and 'Brodie' is the celebrated surgeon Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1783-1862). From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of# George III'.

The 1880 'Balliol Masque' indicates Jowett's standing, and the pronunciation of his name: 'First come I. My name is Jowett. | There's no knowledge but I know it. | I am Master of this College, |What I don't know isn't knowledge.' 2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with fold lines. Begins: 'My dear Jex Blake | I am very glad to hear of the prosperity of Rugby, in which I shall always take a great interest. In a year or two the past will be forgotten & you will again regain your old prestige.' He plans to answer his question in three weeks time, 'or if I do not perhaps Mr Pearson will write & ask me again. We have not yet settled the question whether the certificates shall be received or not'. He continues on the subject, with reference to a meeting, before turning to his health: 'I am much better than I was this time last year, & hope still to get some work done, if my health holds up.' He ends in the hope of coming to see Jex-Blake 'at Rugby for a night' if he is able, and that Jex-Blake and his wife 'will come & see us at Oxford in the course of the next few months'.