Forging Ahead: The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise, Prince of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary and Otherwise
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York [a.k.a. Putnam], 1939
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Counterpane Books, Frazier Park, CA, U.S.A.Counterpane Books
AbeBooks seller since December 11, 2019
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 7.72
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First edition hardcover, bound in red cloth, with gilt lettering on front cover and faded gilt lettering on spine, is in VG condition, having acid-shadow in the first endpaper section, where a previous owner had placed some newsprint pages (possibly reviews of the book); very slight slant to spine, and overall moderate surface and edge wear to volume. Illustrated with b&w plates. "An occasional Kreuger, Whitney, or Coster may be expected in the business world, but the revelation that one of the greatest of book collectors, a group always regarded by the public as supremely respectable, was also a forger provides a dramatic theme for Wildred Partington's biography."--Frederick B. Adams, Jr. Book collecting. Forgery. Crime. Biography. DB.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Forging Ahead: The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise, Prince of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary and Otherwise
- Author
- Partington, Wilfred
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York [a.k.a. Putnam]
- Publication year
- 1939
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Counterpane Books
Frazier Park, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since December 11, 2019
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