Forging Ahead: The True Story Of The Upward Progress Of Thomas James Wise, Prince of Book Collectores, Bibliographer Extradinary and Otherwise. by Partington, Wilfred - [c1939]

Cooper Square Publishing, LLC. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Hardcover. Rebound in buckram. .

English literature pwfa Partington, Wilfred, 1888-1955. Forging ahead; the true story of the upward progress of Thomas James Wise, prince of book collectors, bibliographer extraordinary, and otherwise. New York: G.P. Putnam's sons, 1939, xv, 315 pages, front., ports., facsims, appendix, bib, index. Good, clean, tight copy. $9.50 Box 2424
"The bibliography of the bibliographer; a record of his compilations, privately printed publications, edited works, forgeries, piracies, etc.": p. [283]-304.

New York: Putnam, 1939. Hardcover. Book: Good. 8vo.. 315 pp. 6 x 8 1/2. Red cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on front and spine. No dj. Prev owner's name on ffep, chipped at head of spine.

Publisher's light blue buckram with spine lettering gilt on a dark blue panel, octavo, pp. xv, 315. Illustrated. Reprinted by Cooper Square from the edition of 1939. GOOD condition with mild shelf and handling wear.

G. P. Putnam's Son's [c1939], 1/1/1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xv, 315 pages frontispiece, portraits, facsimiles 22 cm.

NY: G.P. Putnam. VG+. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in red cloth, illustrated, 315 pages. A VG+ copy w ith just mild rubbing at the edges and a few tiny dust spots. Dj has t he price torn out on the inside flap, has small chips at the head of t he spine & a little dust soiling. .

G. P. Putnam's Son's, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 315 pages. This is the first biographical and critical study of one of the most famous series of forgeries in British literary history. Wise was a self-made man who amassed a fortune and assembled the Ashley Library, one of the finest private libraries in England, later acquired by the British Library. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. No dust jacket.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 315pp. Illustrated. Spine just a touch dulled, else very near fine, lacking the dustwrapper. A nice copy.

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xv, 304pp+ index. Previous owner's label on front pastedown, else a very good hardback in a price clipped, darkened and rubbed jacket that has a few nicks to the edges.