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Collections & Exhibits > Exhibits > Poetic Associations: The Nineteenth-Century English Poetry Collection of Dr. Gerald N. Wachs > Wise Forgeries Wise Forgeries Thomas James Wise () was a renowned English book collector, bibliographer, editor, and, as it turned out, forger.

Get this from a library. Certain nineteenth century forgeries: an exhibition of books and letters at the University of Texas, June 1-Septem [Fannie Elizabeth Ratchford; University of. Forgery - Forgery - Literary forgery: Financial gain is the most common motive for literary forgery, the one responsible for the numerous forged autographs that appear on the market.

The popularity of such authors as the Romantic poets Robert Burns, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Byron led to the fabrication of numerous forgeries of their autographs, some of which remain in circulation.

The forgeries of Thomas James Wise, disclosed in in John Carter and Graham Pollard's "An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets," is perhaps the most notorious literary scandal of this century. The sensational exposure of Wise led to further discoveries, most notably that he had acted not alone but in collusion Authors: Nicola Barker, John Collins.

An Enquiry Into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets, A Sequel to an Enquiry: The Forgeries of Buxton Forman & Wise, & Two Poems (3 vols) [John Carter and Graham Pollard; Nicolas Barker and John Collins; Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.

An Enquiry Into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets, A Sequel to an Author: John Carter and Graham Pollard; Nicolas Barker and John Collins; Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

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Second Edition with an Epilogue. Edited by Nicholas Barker & John Collins / A Sequel to An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets: The Forgeries of H.

Buxton Forman & T. Wise Re-examined. ~No ownership marks. Dustwrappers slightly frayed at base of spine. ~Robust packaging. Size: xii, 10, xii,+ pp. The publication of An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets in brought the forgeries to the attention of the public and placed Thomas J.

Wise, one of the most respected bibliographers and collectors of his time, squarely in the center of the controversy.

The New Yorker, Novem P. ANNALS OF CRIME about Thomas James Wise (), an English book-collector, bibliographer, editor & forger. He was first suspected of being a.

Barker, J. Collins. (), “A Sequel to An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets”, James Price Publishing Ltd. “Biographical notes: Mrs Browning's “Sonnets ””, Times Literary Supplement, 24 May “First edition forgeries”, The Times, Friday 29 June Author: Ersby.

Genuineness of 50 first eds of Eng 19th century works questioned in book, An Inquiry Into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets, By J Carter and G Pollard. (Wise, Thomas J.) Ratchford, Fannie E. Certain Nineteenth Century Forgeries. An Exhibition of Books and Letters at the University of Texas, June 1-Septem Austin: University of Texas, Letters of Thomas J.

Wise to John Henry Wrenn: A Further Inquiry Into the Guilt of Certain Nineteenth-Century Forgers. New York: Alfred A. sold only with: a sequel to an enquiry into the nature of certain nineteenth century pamphlets The Forgeries of H. Buxton Forman and T.

Wise. THE LIFE AND RECORD OF THE FORGER OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY PAMPHLETS By Wilfred Partington. With an Appendix By George Bernard Shaw. De Mortuis Nil Nisi Verum; Dawsons of Pall Mall. Folkestone. Ex-Library with the usual markings.

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After reading The Art Forger I am a fan. B.A. Shapiro gave a talk about her writing process with M.J. Rose, author of The book of Lost Fragrances, another novel I grabbed. I don't know if they were put on a panel together because they both go by their initials but it seemed a good pairing and their discussion was very insightful/5.

Modern Book Collecting offers advice that answers all the basic questions a book lover and collector might have: because of the enormous interest in certain late-nineteenth-century American authors, many dealers and collectors start the modern period with Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson in poetry and Henry James and Stephen Crane in prose Brand: Skyhorse Publishing.

the subtitle of Miss Ratchford's book, A Further Inquiry into the Guilt of Certain Nineteenth-Century Forgers, breaks new ground.

If her findings are valid, a group of men, including an eminent bibliophile, and a literary critic and essayist of international repute, must be branded as participants in.

An enquiry into the nature of certain nineteenth century pamphlets: with an epilogue Wise, Thomas James, Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), English literature -- 19th century -- Forgeries, Literary forgeries and mystifications, English imprints -- Forgeries -- History, Pamphlets Borrow this book to access EPUB and PDF files.

Fifty years ago, two steady young men shook the literary world with a book that went under the most lethally equable of titles: An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Carter and Graham Pollard were steadily brave, for their quarry was a man of crushing authority and of hushing connections: Thomas J.

Wise, bibliographer, book collector, Honorary Fellow of. Books shelved as forgery: The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro, The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett, Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the Histor. A Sequel to an Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets by John Carter and Graham Pollard: The Forgeries of H.

Buxton Forman & T.J. Wise by Nicolas Barker 8 .English bibliographer, book collector and forger Thomas J. Wise () remains best known for his bibliographic forgeries and piracies of works by nineteenth-century authors.His exposé, An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets, co-written with Graham Pollard, exposed the forgeries of books and pamphlets by Harry Buxton Forman, a distinguished executive editor of Keats and Shelley, and Thomas J.

Wise, one .