Thanks for that Mick - it is the same handwriting.
I have been fascinated with personal annotations by the owners of books since we started our collection back in the sixties (when it was possible to buy them without having to re-morgage your house)!!!
I find, on a quick look, that we also have a set of Maidment with Walker's annotations, and Dauney's Ancient Scotish Melodies, sent to Robert Chambers and then sent on to his brother William with a written dedication by Chambers.
My personal favourite is a copy of Borrow's Romano Lavo-Lil (Word Book of the Romany or English Gypsy Language), where a previous owner had re-translated some of the author's extremely flowery translations into everyday English (along with critical notes) and had visited and revisited a London Travellers site over a number of years where Borrow carried out some of his research.
The question of what happens to researchers' books and Ms. collections after their death has intrigued me since hearing the story of some of A.L.Lloyd's books turning up in the 10p bargain box of a second-hand paperback bookshop after they had been donated to a college.
Jim Carroll