Letters of Thomas J. Wise to John Henry Wrenn: A Further Inquiry into the Guilt of Certain Nineteenth-Century Forgers.
by RATCHFORD, Fannie E. (editor)
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1944). First edition. Tall octavo (9.5" x 6.75"), xiv, 591, & xvi pp. plus 15 plates, & 4 unnumbered pages of illustrations. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth, in printed & decorated dust jacket. Red top stain.
Modest toning mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise near fine in good only dust jacket, browned at the spine, moderately soiled, with edge wear including tears, small losses, & old tape repairs on the verso.
"Miss Ratchford, Librarian of the Rare Books Collections of the University of Texas, after years of research, has now edited the the letters of Wise to his American friend Wrenn, proving further forgeries and involving in the guilt H. Bruxton Forman and Sir Edmund Gosse, distinguished menof letters." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1544
- Title
- Letters of Thomas J. Wise to John Henry Wrenn: A Further Inquiry into the Guilt of Certain Nineteenth-Century Forgers.
- Author
- RATCHFORD, Fannie E. (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1944)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Books about books, Forgery, Crime, Thomas James Wise, John Henry Wrenn, H. Bruxton Forman, Sir Edmund Gosse, Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature, Fiction, Poetry; Books about Books; Crime; Great Britain, United Kingdom;
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