Thomas J. Wise in the original cloth : the life and record of the forger of the nineteenth-century pamphlets / by Wilfred Partington ; with an appendix by George Bernard Shaw
London : Robert Hale Limited, 1946. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #436915
Physical description; 372 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-346) and index. Contents; Introducing the secret emperor of book forgers and some of his forerunners -- Early and eventful years -- Robert Browning, his Pauline, and other affairs -- The lake poets: lyrical ballads faked -- Shelley stories: the pirate in full sail -- Revelations of the contemporary diary of Mr. Y.Z. -- The roles of Harry Buxton Forman and Sir Edmund Gosse -- Marriage, secret publishing, and Ruskin Ruses -- Three men and a boy -- Endings sweet & bitter: first doubts of certain xixth century pamphlets -- Re-marriage, and the writing on the wall -- The two Swinburne's: surprises in the poet's study -- Watts-Dunton's surrender: more secrets of 'the pines' Venus -- Paying off old scores and finding a scapegoat -- Revelations grave and gay -- Joseph Conrad: wise takes a chance -- Portrait of a dictator -- His magnum opus, super-firsts, and high honours -- Byron romantics -- The pretty tangle of Mrs Browning's love sonnets untangled -- The exposure and some surprising sequels -- Why the forgeries were done. Subjects; Wise, Thomas James 1859-1937. Wise, Thomas James 1859-1937 ; Bibliography. Wise, Thomas J. Wise, Thomas James. Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950. Literary forgeries and mystifications. Book collecting. Forgery of manuscripts.
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