Title: A Swinburne Library: A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Algernon Charles Swinburne Collected by Thomas James Wise Author: Wise, Thomas James Place: London Publisher: Printed for Private Circulation Only Date: 1925 Description: xiv, [2], 295, [3] pp. With numerous facsimile plates of letters, title pages, bindings, broadsides, drawings, etc. (4to) 25.5x18.5 cm (10x7¼"), cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. One of 170 copies. A bibliophile and collector par excellence, T.J. Wise was also a forger and a thief, creating many rare or unique booklets and pamphlets which were ascribed to original authors and sold for his profit. His bibliographic endeavors offered some substantiation to his spurious printings. Lot Amendments Condition: Some shelf wear, spine faded; offset to endpapers; very good. Item number: 277414
Title: A Swinburne Library: A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Algernon Charles Swinburne Collected by Thomas James Wise Author: Wise, Thomas James Place: London Publisher: Printed for Private Circulation Only Date: 1925 Description: xiv, [2], 295, [3] pp. With numerous facsimile plates of letters, title pages, bindings, broadsides, drawings, etc. (4to) 25.5x18.5 cm (10x7¼"), cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. One of 170 copies. A bibliophile and collector par excellence, T.J. Wise was also a forger and a thief, creating many rare or unique booklets and pamphlets which were ascribed to original authors and sold for his profit. His bibliographic endeavors offered some substantiation to his spurious printings. Lot Amendments Condition: Some shelf wear, spine faded; offset to endpapers; very good. Item number: 277414
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