Wise After Event by Haslam (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Catalogue of an extraordinary exhibition of material relating to the famous Thomas J Wise forgeries, marking 30 years from the publication of John Carter and Graham Pollard's exposure of Wise as a fraudster and forger. No. 351 of the 450 copies for sale, 86 pages, soft covers a bit faded. Ex library of Leeds College of Commerce. …

Limited edition of 500 numbered copies of which numbers 51 to 500 were for sale. Printed wrappers, small 4to, 20 cm, xii, 86 pp. A very detailed and informative catalogue of a splendid exhibition which celebrated the 30th anniversary of the publication of Carter & Pollard's classic unmasking of Thomas James Wise as a forger. Carter contributes a short foreword and Alderman Pariser, from whose collection the majority of the exhibits were drawn, provides a short introduction. The numerous exhibits cover all aspects of Wise's activities: his bibliographies and catalogues; the forgeries themselves; Wise's private printings; the exposure by Carter & Pollard; and "Wiseiana" including material on Wise's establishment, marketing and defence of the forgeries; Wise as a Bookseller, as a Benefactor; and other relevant exhibition catalogues. The catalogue concludes with an index to the Wise correspondence - some 700 items - in Sir Maurice Pariser's remarkable collection.Catalogue entries are detailed and frequently annotated. Carter notes in his introduction that many of the items in the exhibition had belonged to friends or associates of Wise, including Harry Buxton Forman, Herbert Gorfin, Edmund Gosse, and Walter Brindley Slater, 'perhaps Wise's oldest and closest friend'. Wrappers slightly faded at edges, otherwise Good.…

Condition: Good. English. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

A catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts and Letters relating to Thomas James Wise displayed in an Exhibition in Manchester Central Library September 1964. Edited by G. E. Haslam. Foreword by John Carter, Introduction by Alderman Maurice P. Pariser. Pp. xii+86, 4 illustrations (one full page), appendix, errata slip laid on last page; f'cap. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, printed in light blue & black, faintly creased and slightly discoloured; upper hinge starting; Libraries Committee, Manchester, 1964. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies (450 for sale). *The exhibition marked the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Carter and Pollard's Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets In the Foreword, John Carter notes that many of the items in this exhibition had belonged to friends or associates of T. J. Wise, including Harry Buxton Forman, Herbert Gorfin, Edmund Gosse, and Walter Brindley Sister, 'perhaps Wise's oldest and closest friend' [p. vii]. …

One of 50 "not for sale" copies from a total limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Quarter leather and cloth, small 4to, 20 cm, xii, 86 pp, ills. A very detailed and informative catalogue of a splendid exhibition which celebrated the 30th anniversary of the publication of John Carter & Graham Pollard's classic unmasking of Thomas James Wise as a forger. Carter contributes a short foreword and Alderman Pariser, from whose collection the majority of the exhibits were drawn, provides a short introduction. The numerous exhibits cover all aspects of Wise's activities: his bibliographies and catalogues; the forgeries themselves; Wise's private printings; the exposure by Carter & Pollard; and "Wiseiana" including material on Wise's establishment, marketing and defence of the forgeries; Wise as a Bookseller, as a Benefactor; and other relevant exhibition catalogues. The catalogue concludes with an index to the Wise correspondence - some 700 items - in Sir Maurice Pariser's remarkable collection. Many of the items in this exhibition had originally belonged to Wise's friends or associates of Thomas J. Wise, including Harry Buxton.…