London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1928. small 4to. polished cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. xxvii, 144, (2) pages. Limited to 200 copies. (Todd 117b). With numerous plates printed on glossary paper bound-in. Lenghty introduction by Ethel Colburn Mayne. (d. 1941 - biographer, novelist, and translator who also wrote for the Yellow Book under the pseudonym Francis Huntley. She published on Browning, reviewed widely, wrote a well-known biography of Byron, and published a number of... READ MORE

Price: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 50060

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 196 pages. First edition. Six sections, each containing numerous chapters on book-collecting. Includes chapters on Thomas J. Wise, Michael Sadleir, Wilmarth Lewis, D.B. Updike, Stanley Morison, collecting detective fiction, and two chapters entitled "Two Footnotes to an Enquiry." Small chip out of top of back hinge of jacket. READ MORE

Price: $75.00 save 20% $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16524

London: The Bibliographical Society, 1959. 6.5 x 9.75 inches. Paperback. 50 pages. This text contains within the details of Thomas J. Wise's theft of a multitude of pages from various plays and dramas that were held at several prestigious libraries and museums across England. These locations include the British Museum, the Ashley Library and the Wrenn Library at Cambridge. Wise's theft of numerous pages from more than 80 different plays and dramas has totaled into... READ MORE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104185

Folkestone: Dawsons, 1971. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 426 pages. Reprint of the 1919 first edition. READ MORE

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London: Bibliographical Society, 1919. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. xxiv, 426 pages. First edition. (Todd 178b). Some cover wear. Inner hinges reinforced and strengthened. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71787

Edited by Carol Meyerson and Evert Volkersz.
Rockville Centre: Long Island Book Collectors, 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 158 pages. Edited by Carol Meyerson and Evert Volkersz. Divided into four sections each containing a number of articles. The first section gives a history of the club and contains biography of various departed members. The second section has seven essays on book collecting; the third section is on collecting illustrated books and the fourth section deals with specialty book collecting. With articles... READ MORE

Price: $12.50 save 20% $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39013

London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1931. 4to. red polished cloth stamped in gilt, beveled edges, top edge gilt, others uncut. xxiv, 112, (4) pages. First edition, one of 160 copies printed on Antique paper (Todd 189b). Four page introduction by H.F.B. Brett-Smith. Many plates of illustrations printed on glossy paper. Well preserved copy. READ MORE

Price: $300.00  other currencies  Order nr. 88558

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 360 pages. First edition. Nine amazing stories of literary forgery's most notorious practitioners. Introduction gives an overview of literary forgery from classic times to the modern. This work begins with the strange story of George Psalmanazar and continues through the literary hoaxes of Ireland, Chatterton, Wise, Lucas, Collier, MacPherson and Hofmann. Each story not only enlightens the reader about the cunning, skill and techniques... READ MORE

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London: Richard Clay and Sons, 1886. 8vo. original boards. xii, 71, (3) pages. First edition thus, limited to 400 copies. (Todd 109a). Although a seemingly above-board reprint edition, Wise's treatment of Browning's "Pauline" was one of his first forays into the world of facsimiles and, through his connection to Richard Clay and Sons, helped him lay the groundwork for future fabrications. Spine covering lacking (part loosely inserted in book). With the bookplate of Henry Cabot Lodge. READ MORE

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 10910

New York: Haskell House, 1971. 8vo. cloth. xii, 400 pages. Reprint of first edition. A classic piece of literary detective work in which the authors expose Thomas J. Wise as a forger by their study of type specimens, paper and study of the text of various 19th century pamphlets. READ MORE

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London: Constable & Co. 1934. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. xii, 400 pages. First edition. A classic piece of literary detective work in which the authors expose Thomas J. Wise as a forger by their work in type specimens, paper and study of the text of various 19th century pamphlets. A landmark book in the history of literary forgery. This copy has been signed by both authors on the half-title. Very rare to... READ MORE

Price: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105883

London: The Scolar Press, (1983). 8vo. full leather for first two volumes and half leather for third, slipcase. 10, xii, 400, 11-41; 394; 27 pages. Limited to 80 numbered copies. The entire set is contained in a slipcase. Out of print on publication. The actual 1854 first edition by the Brownings which is enclosed was used as the model for which Wise and Forman based their forgeries. It, in itself, is becoming rare. This third... READ MORE

Price: $600.00 save 20% $480.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2509