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 about BOOKS AND BOOK-COLLECTORS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 16524
London: Dulau & Co., 1926. 8vo. cloth. ix, 284 pages. First edition. Essays on Bronte, Coleridge, Mr. Wise's Ashley Catalogue, a Memory of George D. Smith, etc. Dedicated to Wise. Spine faded. READ MORE about A BOOK FOR BOOKMEN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 37392
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 about THOMAS J. WISE AND THE PRE-RESTORATION DRAMA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 104185
(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 Order nr. 126999
London: Privately printed, 1927. 4to. red cloth, beveled edges, top edge gilt, others uncut. xxii, 136 pages. First edition, limited to 130 copies. Printed on Antique paper (Todd 124b). Some foxing of preliminary pages. Scarce. READ MORE about TWO LAKE POETS, A CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS BY WILLIAM...
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 92881
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 about PAULINE; A FRAGMENT OF A CONFESSION BY ROBERT BROWNING. A REPRINT OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF 1833
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 10910
London: Dawsons, 1965. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 255 pages. Reprint of the 1917 first edition. With twenty-five reproductions. Jacket chipped at top of spine. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BRONTË FAMILY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 14582
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 about A BYRON LIBRARY, A CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS BY GEORGE GORDON...
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 50060
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 glossy paper bound-in. Lengthy introduction by Ethel Colburn Mayne. (d. 1941) She was a 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.... READ MORE about A BYRON LIBRARY, A CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS BY GEORGE GORDON...
Price: $425.00 Order nr. 92880
2 volumes.
London: Bibliographical Society, 1913, 1919. small 4to. and square 8vo. later cloth and stiff paper wrappers. xii, 316 pages with 13 illustrations; 38, (2) pages. 2 volumes. First editions. (Todd 122b and 123b). First volume has been rebound and has the bookplate of the Club of Odd Volumes. Top corners bumped with some soiling to the spine and boards. Second volume has a tape repaired spine, the bottom corner is missing from the rear wrapper. Cover slightly soiled. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. With COLERIDGEIANA,...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 24385
London: Privately printed, 1928. small 4to. red polished cloth with beveled edges, top edge gilt, others uncut. xxiv, 103+(1) pages in addition to approximately 100 plates. "Printed for private circulation only" in an edition of 170 copies on antique paper (Todd 179b). A catalogue raisonné. Divided into the writings of Landor, and Landoriana, with an introduction by Stephen Wheeler. Plates between most of the leaves contain facsimiles of title pages, autograph manuscript material, illustrations, etc.... READ MORE about A LANDOR LIBRARY, A CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS BY WALTER...
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 71424
Folkestone: Dawsons, 1971. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 426 pages. Reprint of the 1919 first edition. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
Price: $28.00 Order nr. 6757
London: Bibliographical Society, 1919. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. xxiv, 426 pages. First edition. (Todd 178b). Wear at spine ends with part of cloth spine detached along top of front hinge. Free endpaper spotted. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 7870
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 about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
Price: $40.00 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 about JOURNAL OF THE LONG ISLAND BOOK COLLECTORS, TWENTY FIVE YEARS, 1966-1991, NO. 5
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 39013
London: British Museum, 1971. small 4to. stiff decorated paper wrappers. 64 pages and 14 full-page plates. Preface by K.B. Gardner. An exhibition catalogue covering all facets of Morison's life. Includes a section on his part in exposing Thomas J. Wise. READ MORE about STANLEY MORISON, A PORTRAIT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 18299
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 about A POPE LIBRARY, A CATALOGUE OF PLAYS, POEMS, AND PROSE WRITINGS, COLLECTED BY THOMAS JAMES WISE
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 88558
2 volumes.
London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1966. tall 8vo. later cloth spines with original paper-covered boards. xvi,507,(3); xvi,407,(3) pages. 2 volumes. First edition. The covers are spotted and stained and have been repacked with cloth with the spine of volume two laid down on the cloth. Lacks pages 61-74. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 72347
London: Sotheby & Co., 1967. 8vo. paper wrappers. 139 pages. An essential tool for the student of Thomas Wise and his cohorts. Lots 456 and 370 reproduces parts of letters from Newton to Wise. Some notes in pencil. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF WISEIANA FORMED BY SIR MAURICE PARISER, TOGETHER WITH...
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 7872
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. Small piece of jacket is chipped away at head of spine. The jacket is price clipped. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY PAMPHLETS
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 98573
London, England: Constable & Co., 1934. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. xii, 400 pages. First edition. Table of contents, acknowledgments, index. Four black and white plates. 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. Dust jacket is lightly chipped away at head of spine. The jacket... READ MORE about AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY PAMPHLETS
Price: $265.00 Order nr. 128575
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 about ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE...WITH SEQUEL TO AN ENQUIRY With A SEQUEL TO AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE...
Price: $600.00 Order nr. 2509
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1948. 12mo. paper wrappers. 95 pages. Carter and Pollard proved in this pamphlet that Wise had forged a number of Swinburne pamphlets which they had been unsure of in their original work. Chipped around edges. READ MORE about THE FIRM OF CHARLES OTTLEY, LANDON & CO. FOOTNOTE TO AN ENQUIRY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 95142
4 volumes, the complete set.
Oxford: Privately printed, 1967, 1967, 1969, 1970. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 4 volumes, the complete set. Reprints of first editions of first two titles (same year as first edition) and first editions of second two titles. Includes PRECIS OF PADEN OR THE SOURCES OF `THE NEW TIMON'. (ii), 24 pages. Limited to 200 copies; THE FORGERIES OF TENNYSON'S PLAYS. (ii), 21 pages. Limited to 200 copies; THE MYSTERY OF `THE DEATH OF BALDER'. (ii)... READ MORE about WORKING PAPERS FOR A SECOND EDITION OF AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY...
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 18385
3 volumes (of 4)
Oxford: Privately printed, 1967, 1969, 1970. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 21+(1); (ii), 21; (ii), 36 pages. 3 volumes (of 4). First editions of all parts. Includes 2. THE FORGERIES OF TENNYSON'S PLAYS. (ii), 21 pages. Limited to 140 copies; 3. THE MYSTERY OF `THE DEATH OF BALDER'. (ii), 21 pages. Limited to 200 copies; four. GORFIN'S STOCK. (ii), 36 pages. Limited to 400 copies. This set once belonged to Wise's bibliographer, William Todd... READ MORE about WORKING PAPERS FOR A SECOND EDITION OF AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY...
Price: $495.00 Order nr. 106191
