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Forging ahead : the true story of the upward progress of Thomas James Wise, prince of book collectors, bibliographer extrordinary and otherwise / by Wilfred Partington.

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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Z989.W8 P3 1939
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Partington, Wilfred, 1888-1955.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937.
Wise, Thomas James.
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937--Bibliography.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Book collecting.
Bibliography.
Penn Provenance:
Lee, Charles (donor) (RBC copy)
Physical Description:
xv, 315 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : G.P. Putnam's sons, [1939]
Notes:
"The bibliography of the bibliographer; a record of his companions, privately printed publications, edited works, forgeries, piracies, etc.": p. [283]-304.
Includes index.
OCLC:
681856

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