Collection of articles on the Thomas J. Wise forgeries. [1934-1962]

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Collection of articles on the Thomas J. Wise forgeries. [1934-1962]

A scrapbook of newspaper clippings dealing with the Thomas J. Wise forgeries, collected by Lucy Osborne. The collection includes book reviews, auction catalog excerpts, articles on Wise, a typed manuscript letter to the editor of the Atlantic monthly from Fannie E. Ratchford; a copy of the Ulysses Bookshop catalog for the Wise copy of Elizabeth B. Browning's poems; and a copy of The Carter-Pollard disclosures by Gabriel Wells (pasted in at end).

[61] leaves : port., facsim. ; 29 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8152429

Williams College, Sawyer Library

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Boston Public Library

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Brooks, Philip, 1899-1975.

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Carter, John, 1905-1975

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Author and calligrapher, major exponent of the revival of italic handwriting in Britain in the period after World War II. From the description of John Carter calligraphic letters, 1946-1971. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34764028 Bibliographer and bibliophile. From the description of Letters : London and New York, to Seymour Adelman, 1956-1973. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28435047 John Carter (1905–1975...

Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937

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Epithet: of Add MS 38794 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00005c Thomas James Wise was an English book collector, printer, bibliographer, and literary forger. From the description of Thomas James Wise collection of papers, 1876-1937. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455235 From the guide to the Thomas James Wise collection of papers, 1876-1937, (The New York Public ...

Wells, Gabriel, 1862-1946

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Richard Harris Barham was an English novelist, literary and drama critic, lecturer, and short-story writer. He wrote under the pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby. From the guide to the Richard Harris Barham collection of papers, 1798?]-1930, 1827?-1845, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) ...

Osborne, Lucy Eugenia.

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Ulysses Bookshop Ltd. (New York, N.Y.).

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Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917

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The controversial bibliographer Harry Buxton Forman was best known for his work on Shelley, Keats, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as well as for collaborating with Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937) in the creation of numerous literary forgeries. From the description of Harry Buxton Forman volumes, ca. 1892-1907. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 82181516 Harry Buxton Forman, English bibliographer and forger. He wrote a great deal of critical and bibliographic literary...

Pollard, Graham

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Partington, Wilfred, 1888-

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Mackall, Leonard L. (Leonard Leopold), 1879-1937

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Epithet: of Add MS 38912 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x00033f Leonard Leopold Mackall was born on January 29, 1879, in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1900 where he took an interest in German literature. In 1902, he graduated from Harvard Law School. Within the next few years, he would attend Johns Hopkins University and the Universities of Berl...

Export Book Co.

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Ratchford, Fannie Elizabeth, 1888-

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American librarian and author. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : Austin, Texas, to Mrs. H.H. Bonnell, 1955 July 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616322 Fanny Ratchford was associated with the rare book libraries of the University of Texas from 1919 until her retirement in 1957, and especially with the John Henry Wrenn Library. The Wrenn collection includes nearly 100 examples of Thomas J. Wise's spurious 19th century pamphlets. John Carter exposed thes...

Chicago Book & Art Auctions

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