Gilreath James Editor (9 results)

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 271 pages. Light edgewear, rubbing to black dust jacket with two tiny closed tears to upper edge of front cover. Previous owner's signature scribbled over with ink on front end paper. Clean, tight copy. Record # 457260.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. x + 271 pp, Chronology of Events, Glossary of book & papermaker's terms, Introduction, 11 essays by contributors and facsimile documents used to evaluate the Mark Hofmann "Oath of a Freeman", in order to determine its authenticity. It was found to be a forgery and judged so by the courts. Appendixes A- H. Notes on the Contributors. 7.5" x 10.4" black cloth boardscrisp, silver spine letters Near Fine, DJ with inner flap clipped. MicrDJ with microwear to all four corners. Size: Quarto. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. pp: x, 271; facsimiles of Mark Hoffman's forgeries and related correspondence. Bound in black cloth, gilt spine lettering, illustrated dust wrapper. 10.25" x 7".

cloth, dust jacket. Forgery (illustrator). 7.25 x 10.25 inches. cloth, dust jacket. x, 271 pages. First edition. Contains an anthology of documents and first-hand accounts by Justin Schiller, Marcus McCorison, Robert Mathiesen, and others who represent institutions and individuals that were involved in the story of Mark Hofmann's "Oath of a Freeman" forgery. Illustrated with facsimiles.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. "This book is a compilation of documents and first-hand accounts of the institutions and individuals that were involved in the highly publicized story of Mark Hofmann's forgery of the Oath of a Freeman, understood to be the first printed document (1639) in the United States." 271 pages.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, as issued. First Edition. Westport, Connecticut & London: Greenwood Press, 1993. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Has chapters on printing, books and the Revolution; copyright in 18th century France and America; Ben Franklin; book markets and reading in France; etc. Also a chapter by Marcus McCorison on 18th century American book collectors. Foreword by John Y. Cole. First printing, with "First published in 1993" so stated, and complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Bibliography. Index. Handsomely bound in the original green cloth, silver-stamped over black panels on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xv, 215pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

First Edition. Pp. x+271, text figures (full or double page), chronology, appendices; roy. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, 1991. First edition. *'A compilation of documents and first-hand accounts of the institutions and individuals that were involved in the highly publicized story of Mark Hofmann's forgery of the Oath of a Freemanb, understood to be the first printed document (1639) in the United States . . . also presents a partial inventory of the various means - scientific, forensic, historic, and literary - that investigators have available to test a printed document's authenticity.' [wrapper blurb].