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PRIZE WINNING 1862 PUBLISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 1840's/50's SCOTTISH WORKING CLASS LIFE AND EDUCATION
JAMES INCHES HILLOCKS
LIFE STORY
A PRIZE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
WILLIAM TWEEDIE, 337 THE STRAND, LONDON (MANCHESTER: W. BREMNER, EDINBURGH: J MENZIES) 1862 2nd EDITION (BEST EDITION, THIS EDITION WAS A REVISION OF THE FIRST WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL) ORIGINAL YELLOW PAPER ENDPAPERS+95pp INCLUDING 1 1/2pp OF LITERARY REVIEW QUOTATIONS FOR THIS VOLUME, PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION AND NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION)+1pp OF TITLES BY THE SAME AUTHOR (DIFFERENT PUBLISHERS) WITH HALF THE PAGE COMPOSED OF LITERARY REVIEW QUOTATIONS FOR THE AUTHOR'S 'THOUGHTS IN RHYME' SMALL 8vo IN SIZE
GOOD PUBLISHER'S MAROON CLOTH WITH GILT AUTHOR AND TITLE ON FRONT BOARD WITH SOME MARKS TO AND FADING AROUND THE EDGE OF THE FRONT BOARD TO A LIGHT BROWN
CONTENTS VG: RED SPECKLED LIGHTLY DUST SOILED TEXT BLOCK, TIGHT BINDING, CLEAN PAGES WITH SOME FOXING AND THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTIONS ON THE FEP (FRONT FREE ENDPAPER) :
G. BONE 1863 (PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME)
E.B.P. RETURN AT ONCE TO YOUR AFFLICTED FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND YOUR BROKEN HEARTED JOANSEY, AND ALL WILL BE FORGIVEN, THE "PIG" HAS RETURNED.
YOURS J BONGE (BOUGE ?)
?(UNKNOWN WORD) FROM TIMES ?(UNKNOWN WORD)
1863
A COLLECTOR'S COPY
IN SCOTLAND, FEBRUARY 1856 THERE WAS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LITERARY COMPETITION. THE TITLE OF THE COMPETITION WAS 'THE LIVES OF WORKING MEN, AS WRITTEN BY THEMSELVES' AND PRIZES COULD BE WON. THE ADJUDICATORS FOR THE COMPETITION WERE PROFESSOR BLACKIE, PROFESSOR NICHOL, PATRICK E DOVE AND PETER BAYNE M.A. - OXBRIDGE.
JAMES HILLOCKS' WORK WON FIRST PRIZE OUT OF 80 COMPETITORS. THE AUTHOR, ENCOURAGED BY HIS WIN, ENDEAVOURED TO GET HIS WORK PUBLISHED AND IT WAS IN 1860. DUE TO THE LITERARY AND RETAIL SUCCESS OF THIS BOOK, HILLOCKS WAS REQUESTED TO REVISE THE FIRST EDITION WITH ADDITIONAL DETAIL, AND A SECOND EDITION WAS PUBLISHED IN 1862, WITH THIS VOLUME BEING THIS EDITION.
THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATES WORKING CLASS LIFE AND EDUCATION IN 1850's SCOTLAND. THE VOLUME IS A RARE WORK OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SOCIAL HISTORY AND REPRESENTS A VITAL ADDITION TO A TRUE SCOTLAND / SCOTTISH, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, EDUCATION OR SOCIAL HISTORY BIBLIOPHILE'S BOOK COLLECTION/LIBRARY
QUOTES FROM LITERARY REVIEWS OF THIS VOLUME, PRINTED IN THE BOOK, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
"A VERY INTERESTING AND REMARKABLE WORK, AND FORMS ONE OF THE MOST GRAPHIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANNALS OF THE POOR IN EXISTENCE, AND IS AN ADMIRABLE RECORD OF A SUCCESSFUL STRUGGLE FOR KNOWLEDGE AGAINST THE GREATEST POSSIBLE DIFFICULTIES" (WITNESS)
"A PIECE OF REAL LIFE, FULL OF THE BONES AND SINEWS OF REALITY. WITH EXPERIMENTAL REMARKS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION" (PROFESSOR BLACKIE)
"AN ILIAD OF ADVENTURE, SUFFERING AND WOE. AN INSTRUCTIVE PAGE IN THE STERN CHRONICLES OF HONEST POVERTY" (GLASGOW CITIZEN)
"FULL OF THE FINEST SPIRIT OF SCOTTISH NATIONALITY" (DIAL)
"THERE ARE TWO GREAT FEATURES IN THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY: 1. THE AMAZING PERSERVERANCE DISPLAYED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE PURSUIT AND ACUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE AND 2. THE WONDERFUL DIVERSITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH DISTINGUISHES HIS HISTORY" (CHRISTIAN NEWS)
"A GRAPHIC AND TOUCHING TALE OF HARDSHIP" (REV. PRINCIPAL TULLOCH)
THE AUTHOR ALSO WROTE THE FOLLOWING WORKS: 'THOUGHTS IN RHYME', 'SOPHIA OR A GLANCE AT SOCIETY', 'AN HUMBLE OFFERING', 'VIOLA THE PROVOST'S DAUGHTER' AND 'THE NEW WRITER'
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PRIZE WINNING 1862 PUBLISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 1840's/50's SCOTTISH WORKING CLASS LIFE AND EDUCATION
JAMES INCHES HILLOCKS
LIFE STORY
A PRIZE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
WILLIAM TWEEDIE, 337 THE STRAND, LONDON (MANCHESTER: W. BREMNER, EDINBURGH: J MENZIES) 1862 2nd EDITION (BEST EDITION, THIS EDITION WAS A REVISION OF THE FIRST WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL) ORIGINAL YELLOW PAPER ENDPAPERS+95pp INCLUDING 1 1/2pp OF LITERARY REVIEW QUOTATIONS FOR THIS VOLUME, PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION AND NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION)+1pp OF TITLES BY THE SAME AUTHOR (DIFFERENT PUBLISHERS) WITH HALF THE PAGE COMPOSED OF LITERARY REVIEW QUOTATIONS FOR THE AUTHOR'S 'THOUGHTS IN RHYME' SMALL 8vo IN SIZE
GOOD PUBLISHER'S MAROON CLOTH WITH GILT AUTHOR AND TITLE ON FRONT BOARD WITH SOME MARKS TO AND FADING AROUND THE EDGE OF THE FRONT BOARD TO A LIGHT BROWN
CONTENTS VG: RED SPECKLED LIGHTLY DUST SOILED TEXT BLOCK, TIGHT BINDING, CLEAN PAGES WITH SOME FOXING AND THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTIONS ON THE FEP (FRONT FREE ENDPAPER) :
G. BONE 1863 (PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME)
E.B.P. RETURN AT ONCE TO YOUR AFFLICTED FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND YOUR BROKEN HEARTED JOANSEY, AND ALL WILL BE FORGIVEN, THE "PIG" HAS RETURNED.
YOURS J BONGE (BOUGE ?)
?(UNKNOWN WORD) FROM TIMES ?(UNKNOWN WORD)
1863
A COLLECTOR'S COPY
IN SCOTLAND, FEBRUARY 1856 THERE WAS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LITERARY COMPETITION. THE TITLE OF THE COMPETITION WAS 'THE LIVES OF WORKING MEN, AS WRITTEN BY THEMSELVES' AND PRIZES COULD BE WON. THE ADJUDICATORS FOR THE COMPETITION WERE PROFESSOR BLACKIE, PROFESSOR NICHOL, PATRICK E DOVE AND PETER BAYNE M.A. - OXBRIDGE.
JAMES HILLOCKS' WORK WON FIRST PRIZE OUT OF 80 COMPETITORS. THE AUTHOR, ENCOURAGED BY HIS WIN, ENDEAVOURED TO GET HIS WORK PUBLISHED AND IT WAS IN 1860. DUE TO THE LITERARY AND RETAIL SUCCESS OF THIS BOOK, HILLOCKS WAS REQUESTED TO REVISE THE FIRST EDITION WITH ADDITIONAL DETAIL, AND A SECOND EDITION WAS PUBLISHED IN 1862, WITH THIS VOLUME BEING THIS EDITION.
THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATES WORKING CLASS LIFE AND EDUCATION IN 1850's SCOTLAND. THE VOLUME IS A RARE WORK OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SOCIAL HISTORY AND REPRESENTS A VITAL ADDITION TO A TRUE SCOTLAND / SCOTTISH, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, EDUCATION OR SOCIAL HISTORY BIBLIOPHILE'S BOOK COLLECTION/LIBRARY
QUOTES FROM LITERARY REVIEWS OF THIS VOLUME, PRINTED IN THE BOOK, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
"A VERY INTERESTING AND REMARKABLE WORK, AND FORMS ONE OF THE MOST GRAPHIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANNALS OF THE POOR IN EXISTENCE, AND IS AN ADMIRABLE RECORD OF A SUCCESSFUL STRUGGLE FOR KNOWLEDGE AGAINST THE GREATEST POSSIBLE DIFFICULTIES" (WITNESS)
"A PIECE OF REAL LIFE, FULL OF THE BONES AND SINEWS OF REALITY. WITH EXPERIMENTAL REMARKS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION" (PROFESSOR BLACKIE)
"AN ILIAD OF ADVENTURE, SUFFERING AND WOE. AN INSTRUCTIVE PAGE IN THE STERN CHRONICLES OF HONEST POVERTY" (GLASGOW CITIZEN)
"FULL OF THE FINEST SPIRIT OF SCOTTISH NATIONALITY" (DIAL)
"THERE ARE TWO GREAT FEATURES IN THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY: 1. THE AMAZING PERSERVERANCE DISPLAYED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE PURSUIT AND ACUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE AND 2. THE WONDERFUL DIVERSITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH DISTINGUISHES HIS HISTORY" (CHRISTIAN NEWS)
"A GRAPHIC AND TOUCHING TALE OF HARDSHIP" (REV. PRINCIPAL TULLOCH)
THE AUTHOR ALSO WROTE THE FOLLOWING WORKS: 'THOUGHTS IN RHYME', 'SOPHIA OR A GLANCE AT SOCIETY', 'AN HUMBLE OFFERING', 'VIOLA THE PROVOST'S DAUGHTER' AND 'THE NEW WRITER'
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