Charles Hadfield [Note.] — The Jackson Collection at Warrington Library

Warrington, Warrington Library, [1880]. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet commemorating the esteemed book collection of John Jackson at Warrington Library, containing a bibliography of his collection. A small and very scarce pamphlet commemorating and listing the book collection of John Jackson at Warrington Library. Published by Warrington Library in c.1880. Part II was reprinted from the Warrington Examiner in 1877.In the publisher's original blue paper wraps.Having left his collection to Warrington Library, John Jackson was an avid book collector, especially in the fields of mathematics, philology and poetry, as well as classic English authors such as Chaucer and Milton. Part I contains a commemorative biography on Jackson's book tastes, while the second part details the books in his collection. In the publisher's original blue paper wraps. Externally, smart, with minimal marks. Minor fading and creasing to the spine. Blue end papers are clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with slight age toning, a little heavier to pp.2-3, and the rare small mark to leaf extremities. Creasing to the center of the leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .