(Autographs). Benjamin, Mary A.

AUTOGRAPHS: A KEY TO COLLECTING.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1966. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 313 pages followed by 35 plates. Revised edition, second printing. Presents the history of autograph collecting, arranging and caring for a collection, how to tell forgeries and facsimiles, etc. Jacket worn around edges, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about AUTOGRAPHS: A KEY TO COLLECTING

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 30900

De La Marche, Olivierz.

LE CHEVALIER DELIBERE, PRINTED IN PARIS IN 1488.

Washington: GPO, (1946). 8vo. two toned cloth. xix pages followed by the facsimile. Second printing. Illustrated. READ MORE about LE CHEVALIER DELIBERE, PRINTED IN PARIS IN 1488

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2015

Edwards, A.S.G.

NICOLAS BARKER AT EIGHTY: A LIST OF HIS PUBLICATIONS TO MARK HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY IN 2012.

New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 2013. 5.5 x 8.75 inches. paperback. 96 pages. Published in celebration of Nicolas Barker's eightieth birthday, this bibliography serves both as a collection of his writings and as a tribute to one who has inspired so wide and deep affection in so many. Nicolas Barker's first bibliographical articles and reviews appeared in 1959. John Hayward, then the Editor of The Book Collector, was quick..... READ MORE about NICOLAS BARKER AT EIGHTY: A LIST OF HIS PUBLICATIONS TO MARK HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY IN 2012

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 118364

(Etherington, Don). Landon, Richard; Marie E. Korey (editor).

A LONG WAY FROM THE ARMSTRONG BEER PARLOUR - A LIFE IN RARE BOOKS: ESSAYS BY RICHARD LANDON.

With an Introduction by Marie Elena Korey
New Castle, DE and Toronto: Oak Knoll Press and The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 2014. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 440 pages. With an Introduction by Marie Elena Korey. First edition, with this particular copy is a full unsigned leather binding by Don Etherington. Full leather, with decorated leather onlays on the front panel. Leather spine label onlayed onto the spine with title in gilt. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Cloth covered clamshell..... READ MORE about A LONG WAY FROM THE ARMSTRONG BEER PARLOUR - A LIFE IN RARE BOOKS: ESSAYS BY RICHARD LANDON

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134379

(Forgery). Nickell, Joe.

PEN, INK, & EVIDENCE: A STUDY OF WRITING AND WRITING MATERIALS FOR THE PENMAN, COLLECTOR, AND DOCUMENT DETECTIVE.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2003. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 228 pages. First edition, third printing with corrections. An excellent study of writing and writing materials for the penman, collector, and document detective. The author traces the development of writing and writing materials from the ancient cuneiform tablet to today's historical documents. This work is essential for all calligraphers, archivists, literary historians and document examiners. Over one hundred illustrations. READ MORE about PEN, INK, & EVIDENCE: A STUDY OF WRITING AND WRITING MATERIALS FOR THE PENMAN, COLLECTOR, AND...

Price: $29.95  other currencies  Order nr. 71215

(Forgery). Taylor, W. Thomas.

TEXFAKE, AN ACCOUNT OF THE THEFT AND FORGERY OF EARLY TEXAS PRINTED DOCUMENTS.

Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1991. 7.25 x 10.25 inches. hardcover. xix, 159 pages. First edition. With an introduction by Larry McMurtry. Describes the history and impact of various forged Texas documents. Mr. Taylor, who was instrumental in uncovering the forgeries, includes his own evidence, which made him suspect forgery. The forged and original documents are described in detail. The text includes an up-to-date census of each document as well as plates that illustrate differences..... READ MORE about TEXFAKE, AN ACCOUNT OF THE THEFT AND FORGERY OF EARLY TEXAS PRINTED DOCUMENTS

Price: $39.95  other currencies  Order nr. 33467

Freeman, Arthur.

JULIA ALPINULA, PSEUDO-HEROINE OF HELVETIA: HOW A FORGED RENAISSANCE EPITAPH FOSTERED A NATIONAL MYTH.

London, United Kingdom: Bernard Quaritch, 2015. 8vo. paper wrappers. 72 pages. Julia Alpinula is a legendary Swiss heroine, whose pathetic fate in AD 69 inspired popular historians, dramatists, artists, and poets including an infatuated Byron over a period of more than two hundred years. Her very existence, however, was based entirely on a funerary inscription first published in 1588 and ultimately shown to be a humanist forgery. Julia Alpinula is a fully documented account of..... READ MORE about JULIA ALPINULA, PSEUDO-HEROINE OF HELVETIA: HOW A FORGED RENAISSANCE EPITAPH FOSTERED A NATIONAL...

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127033

Havens, Earle [ed.].

FAKES, LIES, AND FORGERIES.

Rare Books and Manuscripts from the Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection
Baltimore: The Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, (2016). 9.2 x 11.625 inches. paperback. 140 pages. Rare Books and Manuscripts from the Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection. Second edition, revised, of this exhibition catalogue, undertaken after the initial print run of 500 copies of the first edition (2014) sold out by popular demand. This revised edition includes substantive changes in the front matter and initial chapter overview of the collection that have been informed..... READ MORE about FAKES, LIES, AND FORGERIES

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129201

(Ireland, William Henry). Hyde, Mary Crapo.

SHAKESPEARE, JR.

Philadelphia: (privately printed), 1946. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 85-96. Reprinted from To Doctor R. Mary Hyde writes about the Shakespeare forger, William Henry Ireland and bases her talk on manuscript material in the possession of Rosenbach. READ MORE about SHAKESPEARE, JR

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 77156

Landon, Richard.

LITERARY FORGERIES AND MYSTIFICATIONS: AN EXHIBITION.

(Toronto, Canada): Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 79+(1) pages. Produced to celebrate and honour the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Pre-Conference held in Toronto 17 to 20 June 2003, on the theme "TRUE/FALSE: Facsimiles, Fakes, Forgeries, and Issues of Authenticity in Special Collections" the exhibition covers various aspects of literary forgery (and one 'real' forgery) from Richard Bentley and the Epistles of Phalaris to the inventions of..... READ MORE about LITERARY FORGERIES AND MYSTIFICATIONS: AN EXHIBITION

Price: $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126999

Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso.

PAROLE IN LIBERTA.

Number two of the CODE(X)+2 Monograph Series
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2012. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 32 pages. Number two of the CODE(X)+2 Monograph Series. Number two of the CODE(X)+2 Monograph Series. This book is a photographic reproduction of the metal book Parole in Liberta Olfattive Tattili-Termiche, a collection of futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's poetry, made by Tullio d'Albisola and Vincenzo Nosenzo in 1932. It contains photos of every page, the covers, and the slipcase. The photographed copy is held..... READ MORE about PAROLE IN LIBERTA

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115572

Myers, Robin.

FAKES AND FRAUDS, VARIETIES OF DECEPTION IN PRINT & MANUSCRIPT.

New Castle, Delaware and Winchester: Oak Knoll Press and St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1996. 8vo. printed paper over boards. xi, 144 pages. Reprint of the first edition. The subject of the tenth conference on aspects of the book trade. Includes chapters on The Forgery of Printed Documents by Nicolas Barker, Forged Handwriting by Tom Davis, and Paper Pirates by Michael Harris. An interesting book which covers aspects of all the great forgers - Wise, Prokosch, Hofmann..... READ MORE about FAKES AND FRAUDS, VARIETIES OF DECEPTION IN PRINT & MANUSCRIPT

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 45882

Wise, Thomas J.

ASHLEY LIBRARY, A CATALOGUE PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS COLLECTED BY THOMAS J. WISE.

Eleven volumes.
Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1971. 8vo. small 8vo., cloth. variously paginated. Eleven volumes. Reprint of the first edition which was limited to only 250 sets (Todd 420b). Each volume has an introduction by a famous person in the book world. Profusely illustrated and with full bibliographical descriptions of some of the scarcest books of English literature. Unfortunately included in this collection were the forgeries that Wise had printed himself and elevated to the level..... READ MORE about ASHLEY LIBRARY, A CATALOGUE PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS COLLECTED BY THOMAS...

Price: $550.00  other currencies  Order nr. 17674