Letters of Thomas J. Wise to John Henry Wrenn: A Further Inquiry Into the Guilt of Certain Nineteenth-century ForgersA. A. Knopf, 1944 - 591 pages |
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Page 18
... Calder was free to sell where he pleased . A considerable proportion of the Wrenn books bear inside their back cover Wrenn's pencilled note : " Calder , " followed by the date of purchase . Calder , Wise told me , entered the army in ...
... Calder was free to sell where he pleased . A considerable proportion of the Wrenn books bear inside their back cover Wrenn's pencilled note : " Calder , " followed by the date of purchase . Calder , Wise told me , entered the army in ...
Page 296
... Calder the price he asked . - This Calder 2 is a new bookseller . He has as yet no shop . He was an assistant at Hutt's , and now deals for himself in a small way . He has called on me at the office three or four times , but this is the ...
... Calder the price he asked . - This Calder 2 is a new bookseller . He has as yet no shop . He was an assistant at Hutt's , and now deals for himself in a small way . He has called on me at the office three or four times , but this is the ...
Page 480
... Calder . As you are always so very precise and prompt in refunding me for outlays I make on your behalf , I saw at once that something was wrong , and that either one of my letters to you , or one of your letters to me , had gone astray ...
... Calder . As you are always so very precise and prompt in refunding me for outlays I make on your behalf , I saw at once that something was wrong , and that either one of my letters to you , or one of your letters to me , had gone astray ...
Contents
The Wrenn Library comes to Texas | 3 |
Thomas J Wise convicted as forger | 41 |
Wises defence | 54 |
Copyright | |
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