Chronicles of Christopher Columbus : a poem in twelve cantos /

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Author / Creator:M. D. C., active 1882, author.
Imprint:London : Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1, Paternoster Square, 1882.
Description:x, 315 pages ; 19 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
Local Note:University of Chicago Library's copy acquisition made possible by support from Joel Wachs, AB'92.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12770110
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Other authors / contributors:Ramage, John, 1836-1911, binder.
Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., publisher.
Provenance:Author's inscription on half title page: "To William Taylor Dixon, Sept. 30th 1882."
Laid in: Letter from Margaret Dixon to William Taylor Dixon dated Oct'r. 1st, 1882; paper has letterhead "Cherkley Court, Letherhead."
Pencil annotation on front flyleaf: "(By Margaret Dixon.) Presentation copy from the author to her brother, William. With a letter from the author. Fine morocco binding by Ramage of Londong for the author's presentation with 'W.T.D.' (William Taylor Dixon) to front board."
Presentation binding: gold tooled green morocco over boards; monogram of W.T.D. (William Taylor Dixon) stamped on front board; gilt edges; marbled endpapers; binder's signature: "Bound by Ramage, London."
Notes:Poem has also been attributed to Moncure Daniel Conway, but was reprinted by G.P. Putnam in 1893 with author's name as Margaret Dixon.

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Call Number: PS1543.D37 1882 c.1
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