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buyer. It was refused by the King's librarian at Windsor, who was repelled by it, and Gabriel Wells refused it at £900. In 1912, an attempt to send it to the United States for the viewing of wealthy book buyers there, failed due to customs problems. Finally, Cecil Sotheran, whom Stonehouse had not consulted before commissioning the book, ordered it to be
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in June 1911. It was priced at £1,000, more than three times the price of any other single volume offered by the firm at the time. He was confident it would sell as there was already strong demand for jewelled bindings, particularly in the United States, but despite wide publicity it failed to find a
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publication that combined offers from Sotheran's stock with a column penned by Stonehouse titled "Adventures in Bookselling" featuring romantic recollections from his career and observations on the book world. It continued until his death and then for two more issues, the first being a memorial issue
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Do it and do it well; there is no limit, put what you like into the binding, charge what you like for it; the greater the price, the more I shall be pleased; provided only that it is understood, that what you do, and what you charge for, will be justified by the result; and the book when finished is
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as an apprentice, ultimately rising to the position of managing director through his skills of literacy, invention, and marketing. There, he worked with figures such as Henry Cecil Sotheran ("Cecil Sotheran" 1861-1928), the last Sotheran to run the firm, the scientific literature specialist and
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which dealt principally with Dickens's early life and its influence on his writings. It was issued in bound form in 1931. A revised and enlarged edition was published by Haskell House Publishers of New York in 1973. In 1931-32, he provided the introduction for and edited an edition in parts of
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for the firm, but her identity was kept secret until 1911 when the success of the books was so great that Stonehouse decided to use her as part of the firm's marketing. Similar bindings had been made in 18th-century France and 19th-century America, and a number of competitors copied Sotheran's
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and acquired a previously unknown collection of Dickens material relating to a youthful romance between the author and Maria Beadnell, his notes on which were turned into a book published in the United States. He later published a book about Dickens's early life. He also acquired 37 volumes of
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Probate was granted to his widow Mary Martha Stonehouse on an estate of £604 but in November that year she wrote to Sotheran's asking for financial assistance as she had little money left and was unable to work. Her income then came from letting out rooms to
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Sikes and Nancy: A reading by Charles Dickens; reprinted from the copy of the privately printed edition, formerly in the collection of Sir Henry Irving, with an introduction and a general bibliography of the reading editions by John Harrison Stonehouse
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where he rose from apprentice to managing director through hard work and a strong entrepreneurial instinct. He introduced and popularised the "Cosway" binding and commissioned the opulent edition of Edward FitzGerald's
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of Harvard University. Despite the book being substantially based on Stonehouse's work, his name did not appear anywhere, the only possible reference to him being in the preface as "one who realized their worth".
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David Copperfield: A reading in five chapters by Charles Dickens; reprinted from the privately printed edition of 1866, with a note on the romantic history of Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell by John Harrison
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base. Stonehouse named the book the "Great Omar". According to company legend, he once played a prank on Sangorski by hiding the book when they met for dinner, causing Sangorski to think that he had lost it.
311:(Caroline Billin Curry, died 1940) in oil on ivory. They were protected by a thin glass cover. Currie produced several thousand miniatures during her career with Sotheran's, as well as at least 164 numbered 226:. He became a specialist in manuscripts and in 1905 acquired for his employers a previously unknown collection of Dickens material. In 1906 he acquired 37 volumes of material relating to the prophetess 700:
Christie, Manson & Woods, March 18, 1864 and relics from his library comprising books enriched with his characteristic drawings reprinted from Sotheran's 'Price Current of Literature' No. CLXXVII.
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possibly reflected in the commissioning, pricing, and decorating of the book which featured 97 topazes on the cover with a border of 250 amethysts. The back cover showed an innocuous Persian
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Finding the letters to be unpublishable in England, in 1905, Stonehouse took them and his book manuscript to the United States, hoping to find a buyer. They were refused by
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When Cecil Sotheran was killed in a motor accident in 1928, it was Stonehouse that prevented the firm from being wound-up by persuading his friend and fellow bookseller
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based on the original printed editions, the former including his essay on the relationship between Dickens and Maria Beadnell. The readings from
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with text by Stonehouse, and the second a simple price list issued in 1938 as No. 23. It was revived in 1989. In 1936, he was president of the
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which introduced evil into the world, while the back doublure showed a skull with teeth made of ivory. Among the flowers decorating the
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Stonehouse died on 27 August 1937. His address at the time of his death was 19 Grand Avenue, Muswell Hill, London. He was cremated at
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titled "Adventurer in Bookselling". He left little money, forcing his widow to seek financial assistance from his former employers.
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He was president of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association in 1936. He died in 1937 and received an obituary from the poet
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at auction. It came up at Sotheby's in March 1912 and was sold to Gabriel Wells for £405. Wells sent it to New York on RMS
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but the book was lost when that ship sank in April 1912. Stonehouse published his history of the book in 1933.
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in a Cosway binding No. 915 c.1930 with a miniature by C. B. Currie and signed by Currie and Stonehouse inside.
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Despite the book not being finished, Stonehouse made it the centrepiece of Sotheran's shop display for the
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to buy it and recoup his outlay by selling shares in the firm. One investor was the banker and collector
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Beatie Wolfe, International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, 3 March 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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titled "Adventurer in Bookselling" that referenced Stonehouse's column "Adventures in Bookselling" in
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The catalogue of the libraries of Charles Dickens and William Thackeray edited by Stonehouse, 1935.
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The Story of the Great "Omar", Bound by Francis Longinus Sangorski, and its Romantic Loss.
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The Story of the Great "Omar", Bound by Francis Longinus Sangorski, and its Romantic Loss
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success, but it was the Cosways from Sotheran's that popularised that style of binding.
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John Harrison Stonehouse Birth • England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008.
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which ultimately led to the banking firm of that name buying the whole firm in 1957.
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Dictionary of Symbols in Art: The illustrated key to Western painting and sculpture
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Piccadilly Fountain Press, London, 1931-32. (In 20 parts) (Editor and introduction)
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of St Louis who also agreed to publish Stonehouse's book. It appeared in 1908 as
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whose work had been the subject of several exhibitions in London in the 1890s.
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Lot 387 Cosway Binding.- Browning (Robert) A Selection from the Works, 1865.
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Rebecca Romney, Bauman Rare Books, 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
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Cover of the sales brochure for the Piccadilly Fountain Press edition of
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has caused some to view it as "cursed". The front cover featured three
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The Peacock Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
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Stonehouse's former home in Muswell Hill, north London, seen in 2022
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Swann Auction Galleries, 26 April 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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The book, based on the large 1884 American edition illustrated by
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Catalogue of the library of Charles Dickens from Gadshill &c.
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In 1921, Stonehouse produced editions of Dickens's readings from
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Stonehouse's personal literary interests centred on the works of
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Antiquarian Booksellers' Association. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
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In 1901 or 1902, Stonehouse introduced what became known as the
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Peter Harrington, 12 April 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
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The Publishers' Circular and the Publisher & Bookseller
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The Publishers' Circular and the Publisher & Bookseller
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Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell: Private correspondence
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Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell: Private correspondence
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John H Stonehouse Census • England and Wales Census, 1901.
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John H Stonehouse Census • England and Wales Census, 1891.
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Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell: Private correspondence
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The Secret Language of Rare Books: Cosway-Style Bindings.
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Green Leaves: New chapters in the life of Charles Dickens
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Green Leaves: New chapters in the life of Charles Dickens
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Sangorski and Sutcliffe: The Rolls Royce of Bookbinding.
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The Cursed Book: Sangorski and Sutcliffe's 'Great Omar'.
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Presidents of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
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titled "Death of a Noted Bookseller and Bibliophile".
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temptation of Eve by the serpent in the Garden of Eden
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The troubled history of the book and its loss on the
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in 1912. He published a book on the subject in 1933.
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Bibi Mohamed, incollect. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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Index

Wilton, Wiltshire
Middlesex
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Charles Dickens
Sotheran's
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
RMS Titanic sank
manuscripts
Joanna Southcott
Siegfried Sassoon

Wilton
Camden Town
Dartmouth Park
Muswell Hill

Sotheran's
Heinrich Zeitlinger
Alexander Railton
Joanna Southcott
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Gabriel Wells
Anthony de Rothschild
paginated
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association

Robert Browning
Cosway binding

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