[Rarebooks] fs: Thomas J. Wise Forgeries -several books

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Several books on the Thomas J. Wise Forgeries, from our Just Catalogued
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Bratcher, James T. & Lyle H. Kendall, Jr. A SUPPRESSED CRITIQUE OF WISE'S
SWINBURNE TRANSACTIONS. ADDENDUM TO AN ENQUIRY. University of Texas at
Austin, Humanities Research Center: 1970. Limited to 500 copies. Years
before Carter and Pollard exposed Thomas J. Wise as a forger of "Certain
Nineteenth Century Pamphlets", Wise got into an undignified but revealing
spat with the Bibliophile Society of Boston over some Swinburne
manuscripts. The editors here reprint, from a copy of the uncorrected
proofsheets (apparently the only example remaining) the suppressed 1914
Bibliophile Society pamphlet "The Swinburne Manuscripts". They also give
the history of the controversy, and speculate on the relationships between
Wise and Society members and the possible reasons for the suppression of
the pamphlet. Hardcover. 6"x9", 58 pages, fine. [05347] $50.00


Carter, John & Graham Pollard. GORFIN'S STOCK. WORKING PAPER No.4. Oxford;
for the authors: 1970; 400 copies for sale. In writing their
groundbreaking 1934 expose of the Wise forgeries, "An Enquiry into the
Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets", Carter and Pollard had
relied on the affidavit and records of Herbert Edwin Gorfin, the
(unwitting) bookseller through whom Wise sold many of his forged
pamphlets. Here they present the Gorfin records, including his notebook,
his first affidavit about his business dealings with Wise, his second
affidavit, describing Wise's reaction to the revelation that the pamphlets
were forgeries (he asked Gorfin to destroy the remaining copies) and an
account of Gorfin's printed catalogs, showing how the forgeries were sold.
A very interesting sidelight into the Wise Affair. Softcover. 5.5"x8.5",
36 pages, card covers. Very light fading along spine. [05346] $60.00


Ratchford, Fannie E. LETTERS OF THOMAS J. WISE TO JOHN HENRY WRENN. A
FURTHER INQUIRY INTO THE GUILT OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH-CENTURY FORGERS. New
York; Alfred A. Knopf: 1944. The volumous and revealing correspondence
between Thomas J. Wise, book dealer, bibliographer, and forger of "certain
nineteenth century pamphlets", and John Henry Wrenn, the wealthy Chicago
banker, noted collector, and somewhat-too-trusting customer of Wise.
Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 591 pages, portrait frontispiece of Wise, b/w
plates; text browned, tattered dj. [05350] $65.00


Todd, William B. SUPPRESSED COMMENTARIES ON THE WISEIAN FORGERIES.
ADDENDUM TO AN ENQUIRY. University of Texas at Austin: 1969. Edition
limited to 750 copies. An entertaining account of four different campaigns
launched against Thomas J. Wise in 1934, after Carter and Pollard had
exposed Wise as the forger of "Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets". The
letters of this correspondence were acquired by the Library of the
University of Texas, and provide the basis for this study. Two of the
campaigns were undertaken ("directed by" is the term Todd uses) by Charles
F. Heartman, bibliophile and editor of the 'American Book Collector'. The
other two were "instigated" by bookseller Gabriel Wells. It all makes most
interesting reading... Hardcover. 6"x9", 50 pages, folding b/w plate;
bookplate; light soil. [05348] $85.00


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